Glenda Jackson forecasting DWP's Failures with Universal Credit (07 July 2014)

Academy Award winning actress, Glenda Jackson (former firebrand Labour MP for Hampstead & Highgate [Kilburn] ) having gone through the wars with Iain Duncan Smith's disgraceful Tory grandstanding, delivers a speech on the shortcomings of Universal Credit to those lowliest on the income scale. She touches on the fantasy of the 2014 cuts put forth that only served to be, in light of what we now know, the tip of the piercing iceberg of austerity measures.

[@RealPuddsta]

The man had a heart attack and was still sanctioned at a work based interview! This is the state of our country people. Please wake up and stop this from happening and people suffering because of this!

[@stewartstiff7968]

I read the book 'Elizabeth Is Missing' and then watched Glenda Jackson in the film last year, they are both great, I recommend them.
Glenda Jackson was amazing, she fell asleep today.
The DWP are run by Satan, in 2013 after bankrupting myself caring for someone I needed help from my nation, they Satanically confused me as when I should sign on while I was weak in deep mourning and then sanctioned me leaving me penniless, it has had profound consequences on my life but to them it means nothing.
Thank you Glenda for standing up for us against this dark cloud of the DWP as you put it.

[@fatbelly27]

Great speech. No notes. 5 years on, nothing has improved.

[@Throgmorton1961]

YES GLENDA, WELL SAID!

[@MrLetmein2011]

I wish she was my MP,this is what socialism should look like.

[@kit4685]

I work for a charity helping people claim benefits and sorting issues with their claims and I can assure you nothing has changed. If anything it has gotten worse. It’s disgusting how they treat people.

[@brucedanton3669]

She was very well said here too of course may I say for sure. She was a wonderful actor as well as an MP then so too. She is very much missed so too of course. Thank you very much and well done so too.

[@brucedanton3669]

Thank you there for the highlight of course so too.

[@user-cv2wf8yj6e]

We could do with Glenda now , loved her honesty , and wow could she deliver !

[@lesleybrown1583]

they dont care that it doesnt work its not meant to thats the whole point!!!!!!!!!!

[@hannamakela6989]

"Delusions of adequacy." LOL, that was such a burn! :)

[@beewoke6121]

Glenda Jackson should be prime minister!!!

[@fatbelly27]

They didn't listen, Glenda.

[@williamwilson5577]

They still didn't listen Glenda.

[@irenedavo3768]

How many MPs are in House of Commons?

[@marlenejones1433]

A LOSE TO LABOUR STAR QUALITY