A TORY MP has claimed that most children who struggle in his constituency are due to “crap parents”.
James Daly – the MP for Bury North – made the remark during an interview with the i newspaper.
A member of the New Conservatives, a hard-right group led by fellow Tory MPs Miriam Cates and Danny Kruger, Daly was making the case for “working-class conservatism” and the importance of family “stability”.
Daly said: “I think New Conservatives represent very much working-class conservatism.
“We’re not a strange right-wing sect. It’s just people who want to give people the best chance to succeed and thrive in life.
“When you think about the family, it’s about stability. Most of the kids who struggle in Bury are the products of crap parents and so what do we do to try to address that issue?
“On the left it would just be we’ll throw money at this and hope something sticks, somebody like me thinks about this more fundamentally.”
James Frith, Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate for the constituency, said in response: “Rather than insulting the parenting skills of people in Bury, he should look closer to home.”
He added: “Over the last 13 years the Conservatives have failed to grow our economy, protect our public services or provide opportunities for young people in Bury and across the UK.”
