Post by nickd on Jan 29, 2012 10:08:31 GMT 1
Few people can fail to be incensed by RBS boss Stephen Hester getting a £1 million bonus
Cameron's surrendered to RBS without having a war; - it's distinctly unlike his heavy handed approach when it comes to dealing with those reliant on welfare.
Very recently David Cameron has argued how welfare reform should reflect what the public want on a question of morals. He has told us how his government will overturn the amendments made by the House of Lords on welfare reform to reflect what he sees as public outrage at the prospect of people on benefits not having their benefits capped.
The public is equally, if not more so, outraged at the prospect of RBS boss Stephen Hester receiving a bonus of £1 million pounds. RBS crashed spectacularly in the financial melt down and ended up being bailed out by the UK tax payer to the tune of an 85% ownership in the bank.
Whereas Cameron goes to war on welfare at every opportunity in the interest of gaining public popularity, - he does nothing to intervene on Hester's bonus. Welfare campaigners will be increasingly be incensed by the Prime Minister's lack of back bone over tackling those that plunged us in to austerity.
If Hester gets the bonus he should hand it back, welfare campaigners are highly likely to step up their fight back on a government hell bent on diminishing the rights of the less well off.
Government's agenda increasingly looks like one of 'Robin Hood in reverse'; - blatantly stealing from the poor to provide for the rich. The Prime Minister's failure to intervene in Hester's case makes him look increasingly feeble when it comes to tackling those who really pull the strings.