R.I.P. Frank Field 12:04 - Apr 24 with 855 views | Ryorry | A good man. | |
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R.I.P. Frank Field on 14:11 - Apr 24 with 762 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 732 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 704 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 681 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 622 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 545 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 442 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 223 views | bluebudgie | He also supported and helped the victims of contaminated blood over the years | | | |
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