howard mcsweeney1 wrote:barry
the chancellor gleefully made a political point about the deaths of these children, the politics of the gutter and there is no excuse for it.
He didn't gleefully make a point. He was aked for his view and this is what he actually said:
"Philpott is responsible for these absolutely horrendous crimes and these are crimes that have shocked the nation. The courts are responsible for sentencing him. But I think there is a question for government and for society about the welfare state - and the taxpayers who pay for the welfare state - subsidising lifestyles like that, and I think that debate needs to be had."
That doesn't seem gleeful to me, he was just saying there was a debate to be had. That seems a perfectly reasonable reply.
