R.I.P. Frank Field 12:04 - Apr 24 with 856 views | Ryorry | A good man. | |
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R.I.P. Frank Field on 14:11 - Apr 24 with 763 views | cbower | Called out a problem decades in advance and was listened to but eventally, largely ignored. Guess what, the problem is is even bigger now! A decent fella as you say. | |
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R.I.P. Frank Field on 14:28 - Apr 24 with 733 views | mutters |
R.I.P. Frank Field on 14:11 - Apr 24 by cbower | Called out a problem decades in advance and was listened to but eventally, largely ignored. Guess what, the problem is is even bigger now! A decent fella as you say. |
Apols for my ignorance here, what did he call out? | |
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R.I.P. Frank Field on 14:52 - Apr 24 with 705 views | jontysnut |
R.I.P. Frank Field on 14:28 - Apr 24 by mutters | Apols for my ignorance here, what did he call out? |
He was an early campaigner on child poverty, low pay and welfare reform but as Kevin Maguire of the Mirror put it was probably more favoured by the right than the left, falling out with the Labour Party on several issues in later years, including Brexit and antisemitism. | | | |
R.I.P. Frank Field on 14:57 - Apr 24 with 682 views | GlasgowBlue | Indeed. Not stuck in party dogmas and always willing to talk to all sides and think outside of the box. R.I.P. | |
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R.I.P. Frank Field on 15:51 - Apr 24 with 623 views | Radlett_blue | A great shame. Field was a political Cassandra - he told the truth, particularly about welfare, but his prophecies weren't believed because dealing with the truth was unpalatable. Blair bottled it, as have subsequent administrations, so we still have the ticking time bomb of unsustainable welfare. RIP. | |
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R.I.P. Frank Field on 16:31 - Apr 24 with 546 views | mutters |
R.I.P. Frank Field on 14:52 - Apr 24 by jontysnut | He was an early campaigner on child poverty, low pay and welfare reform but as Kevin Maguire of the Mirror put it was probably more favoured by the right than the left, falling out with the Labour Party on several issues in later years, including Brexit and antisemitism. |
Thanks for this. | |
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R.I.P. Frank Field on 19:03 - Apr 24 with 443 views | cbower |
R.I.P. Frank Field on 14:11 - Apr 24 by cbower | Called out a problem decades in advance and was listened to but eventally, largely ignored. Guess what, the problem is is even bigger now! A decent fella as you say. |
Welfare, social care, pensions. | |
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R.I.P. Frank Field on 20:22 - Apr 25 with 224 views | bluebudgie | He also supported and helped the victims of contaminated blood over the years | | | |
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