16th July 2010

With the rank Tory 'Mail' turning on the Tories they must be in a pickle!

In a remarkable change from its usual gushing support for all things Tory the Daily Wail Mail has just printed an article most unfriendly to David Cameron about Tory bus pass promises.  The front page article reads:

“The move will embarrass David Cameron who dismissed Labour claims that the Tories would slash free bus travel as ‘pure and simple lies’ during the election campaign.”

According to the ‘Mail’ the Tory leader is now having to eat his words as the Tory led ‘ConDem’ government is set to increase retirement ages and also, according to the ‘Mail’ ,“The government also faces the accusation that it has gone back on its promise not to tamper with free bus journeys in its coalition agreement.”

So what is the lesson from this?  Cameron hurls the accusation that Labour was lying before the election for predicting exactly what the ‘Mail’ suggests he may himself now be set to implement.  And will he apologise for calling the Labour leader a liar?  Well, that would be a nice gesture wouldn’t it?

Merseyside has for years through its consortium ‘Merseytravel’ provide free passes for over 60s.  Is this to be scrapped by the government? 

And our earlier report exposes what a spin the Wirral ConDem coalition is in, too.  Will they scrap Labour’s free swimming for kids and pensioners, too, and then tell the pensioners they must find bus fares on top?

And what else does the usually Tory supporting ’Mail’ report on today?  Well, it seems highly interested in whether  Boris, the Tory Mayor of London, is conducting his private life quite as his Sunday School Teacher might have advised.  Well, maybe that takes attention from how well he’s doing in the day job?

Oh dear.  It just gets worse, doesn’t it?