A TORY politician fled a furious backlash yesterday after attacking a BBC drama that depicted a single mum struggling to feed her kids and branding those forced to turn to foodbanks as alcoholics, drug users and people with “mental health problems.”
Aylesbury Vale District Councillor Mark Winn flew into a rage at the “propaganda” Casualty storyline about a mother-of-two stripped of her benefits via welfare secretary Iain Duncan Smith’s cruel “sanctions” policy.
Angry Cllr Winn was forced to suspend his Twitter account after accusing the broadcaster of “supporting Labour propaganda rubbish,” adding: “The people visiting food banks are those with drug, alcohol +mental health problems.”
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE



