I believe that so-called ‘Compassionate Conservatism’ is a myth and for that

Comment on Why I’ll Never Vote Conservative at a General Election by Angry Philosopher.

I believe that so-called ‘Compassionate Conservatism’ is a myth and for that reason I could not bring myself to vote Tory any time soon. The party is still institutionally bigotted against homosexuals, single people and the unemployed. The latter makes me particularly angry. Welfare Claimants are arguably the most vilified and unfairly misrepresented group in Britain today. Rather than being judged as individuals- many of whom are honest, law-abiding and do voluntary work, society tars them all with the brush of being ‘lazy, dole scrounging criminals’ This tabloid-fuelled prejudice has been subtlely endorsed by David Cameron, Chris Grayling and the Conservative Party and I find that utterly reprehensible. Employment status IS NOT a barometer of personal virtue and the idea that it is is causing widespread discrimination against claimants in a way that would not be tolerated with other minority groups. Added to this is the soul-destroying, exploitative and counterproductive New Deal regime Labour forces people to go through. Bullying people into work is not the answer but unfortunately the reds and blues think it is. Labour is bad… the Tories will be even worse. I believe its time for a Hung Parliament.