Angela Rayner was right!

How much lower can this government go? Having proved itself totally corrupt and incompetent throughout the Covid crisis, it has now whipped its MPs to vote against Labour`s motion to "continue directly funding provision of free school meals over the school holidays until Easter 2021" (Star, 22/10/20). The business minister Paul Scully actually said on television that children had been going hungry "for years", as if it was no big deal, and why should governments worry about it anyway! Another Tory MP, Ben Bradley said that free meals "increase dependency". One must assume then that he and all the hundreds of Tories who voted against the motion never take advantage of the heavily subsidised meals at the Commons restaurants, or dined out during the "eat out to help out campaign", as it would surely have made them too dependent on the state for their cheap food! After all, they only earn around £80,000 a year plus expenses, plus 2nd job salaries for many! Presumably they never choose to eat "Chargrilled ribeye steak with hand cut chips, tomato, mushroom and Bearnaise sauce" at the Members` Dining Room, as it would only cost them £9.19? The "pan-fried salmon with courgette provencale, buttered cocotte potatoes, black olive crumb" must mostly go to waste as these conscience-laden MPs couldn`t possibly eat it for fear of taking advantage of the state`s generosity! What a disgraceful shower these Tory MPs are, and how apt Angela Rayner`s description of them was! What the Labour party should now pledge is firstly an end to these less than half-price meal deals at the Commons, and secondly, free school meals for disadvantaged children all year round, in perpetuity!