CAMPAIGNERS demonstrated at an international golfing event
in Tory MP Esther McVey’s Merseyside constituency yesterday to demand
she be kicked out at the next general election, writes Peter Lazenby.
The Wirral West MP (pictured) will attend Cabinet after
this week’s ministerial reshuffle but campaigners argue she should be
ditched for what she’s done to disabled people as employment minister.
She supports sanctions delaying benefits to disabled
people for up to two years, has attacked the Citizens Advice Bureau,
denied foodbanks are linked to welfare cuts and said “many of those
classed as disabled are not.”
Wirral Trades Union Council has launched a campaign to oust her at the general election, backed by disabled people.
Yesterday they targeted the Open golf tournament at Hoylake in Wirral.
Wirral TUC’s Alec McFadden said: “Esther McVey has blood
on her hands. It’s quite clear that not only the people of Birkenhead
and Wirral want to see Esther McVey sacked, but the response from the
golfers and people coming here has been fantastic.”
