Cheap and Nasty

Garth George opines:

In its third term this Labour-led Government will surely be remembered for style over substance or, to put it more bluntly, bullshit over benefit.

The latest and most outstanding example is the vaunted SuperGold card for us over-65s. Despite all the promises and publicity, it is not worth the plastic it is printed on.

It is less than a joke; what it offers is so pathetic as to be contemptible.

Where are the discounts on things essential to the elderly on strictly limited incomes? Like public transport, air fares, petrol and diesel, doctors’ visits, rates, electricity and gas, telephones, spectacles, false teeth, hearing aids and so on?

How come there are no discounts for services provided at a price by the Government itself? Why is it that businesses have to carry the cost?

Because, as usual, the Government wants someone else to pay for what has transpired to be nothing more than a cheap political publicity stunt.

Indeed what was meant to be a huge political success has become a laughing stock.