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    Callum McCaig‏Verified account @callum_mccaig 14 Apr 2017

    Callum McCaig Retweeted Gillian Martin

    'Same financial considerations for those on benefits & working.' What if you can afford 3rd child then lose your job? Kid still needs fed.https://twitter.com/gilliangmartin/status/852829109596049412 …

    Callum McCaig added,

    Gillian Martin @GillianMSP
    Response from NE Tory MSP Peter Chapman to my letter on #rapeclause If I can direct you to the 2nd last sentence in particular pic.twitter.com/QvQSYtfMEn
    5:21 AM - 14 Apr 2017
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      2. Cllr Karen Adam‏ @cllr_karenadam 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @callum_mccaig

        Or if your partner leaves... I'd have been in serious financial difficulty if this was the policy four years ago.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Callum McCaig‏Verified account @callum_mccaig 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @cllr_karenadam

        Aye, the policy basically ignores or doesn't care how life actually happens.

        0 replies 2 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Debs‏ @debs_reilly 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @callum_mccaig @GraceBrodie

        That doesn't matter it's their own fault for having 3in the first place and if not their fault, who's... must be SNP

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. DeniseCouper‏ @GraceBrodie 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @debs_reilly @callum_mccaig

        And it's not as if we need kids to pay our pensions, health care & look after us when we are old....oh wait

        0 replies 3 retweets 6 likes
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      1. Alan Morrison  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺‏ @1AlanM 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @callum_mccaig @GraceBrodie

        Most people are only a couple of months away from destitution at any given time. It really doesn't take much to tip you over the precipice

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      2. Rosa Alba Macdonald‏ @rosa_alba_macd 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @callum_mccaig

        Or if you get to the point, 3rd child has needs requiring you 2 give up work to be full-time Carer. losing out on DLA additionality for TaxC

        1 reply 4 retweets 2 likes
      3. GMcM‏ @Arrochar47 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @rosa_alba_macd @callum_mccaig

        The rules are transparent and people can make a decision based on these.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Rosa Alba Macdonald‏ @rosa_alba_macd 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @Arrochar47 @callum_mccaig

        A decision to ensure your child has not ASN? How do you ensure that? A decision to ensure your child is not ill/husband does not die? 1/2

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Rosa Alba Macdonald‏ @rosa_alba_macd 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @rosa_alba_macd @Arrochar47 @callum_mccaig

        Or would you have kids w ASN put into full time foster care, not cared for at home? What of unplanned pg- you'd have the mum kill her baby?

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. cb1983‏ @shaw_83 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @callum_mccaig

        Surely cheaper to pay £13.50 per week in benefits instead of experienced third party professionals to help through ordeal of claiming...

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      1. Lynn Kennedy‏ @lynn_evi1lynn 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @callum_mccaig @AngusMacNeilSNP

        Unbelievable! Absolutely speechless at the response from Scottish Tories on this issue 😡

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      2. dougie‏ @DougieDearg 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @callum_mccaig @Sneekyboy

        What happens if your 2nd and 3rd children are twins? How does the state decide which one is considered the most important child?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Alan Morrison  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺‏ @1AlanM 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @DougieDearg @callum_mccaig @Sneekyboy

        There is also an exception for multiple births

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. dougie‏ @DougieDearg 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @1AlanM @callum_mccaig @Sneekyboy

        Thanks Alan

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      1. Helen Kelly‏ @hkell64 15 Apr 2017
        Replying to @callum_mccaig @AngusMacNeilSNP

        And if one parent dies you get time limited widowed parents allowance no matter what the deseased parent has paid in ni and tax

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      1. Daye Tucker #FBSI#People'sVote‏ @RuralLeader 15 Apr 2017
        Replying to @callum_mccaig

        Peter wouldn't understand. Wealthy farmer with Wind Turbine income. #DifferentWorld

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      1.  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Pug-Bot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿‏ @LeepN147 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @callum_mccaig

        Na. You just feed your favourite ones. It's the Tory dream.

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      1. Lady Muck o' Lochay‏ @Mae_Carson2 14 Apr 2017
        Replying to @callum_mccaig @AngusMacNeilSNP

        What if you are [male or female] suddenly bereaved therefore incur extra expense for child care

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