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Vote Labour, in another 5 years you will get this regurgitated note
The former chief secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne, has reignited criticism of Labour's stewardship of the economy with a note for his successor which said "there's no money left". Laws told reporters: "When I arrived at my desk on the very first day as chief secretary, I found a letter from the previous chief secretary to give me some advice, I assumed, on how I conduct myself over the months ahead. "Unfortunately, when I opened it, it was a one-sentence letter which simply said: 'Dear chief secretary, I'm afraid to tell you there's no money left,' which was honest but slightly less helpful advice than I had been expecting." |
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The Low Wage economy is a Tory dreamland for them. Their supporters who own firms that employ these low wage earners are supported by the Tax Credit system to acquire cheap labour. If not local then bussed in from Eastern Europe to fill the gaps. Housing Benefit similarly lines the pockets of Tory landlords and encourages high rents.
The solution would be decent wages for all and rent caps, which they have in USA the home of the Free Economy. |
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Shirly picking up litter IS A JOB....6 months on the dole=no job=.....Then pick up litter FOR A WAGE...Full time.
(Plenty of TRASH in London). Street sweepers are ditching their brooms for state-of-the-art ‘vacuum cleaners’. The three-wheeled machines, which cost £13,000 each, are already being used on the streets of Worthing. The gadgets, called Gluttons, are estimated to be four times more productive than manual sweeping. They are petrol-powered but started by a battery meaning they are also quiet. The manufacturer claims the Glutton is no louder than 68 decibels, about the same as a domestic vacuum cleaner. Worthing Borough Council drafted them in as part of its bid to keep the town tidy. They are especially useful in cleaning hard to reach areas such as behind benches and under hedges. Waste is collected in the machine's 240-litre tank from where it can be dumped into bins or a larger collection vehicle. Councillor Bryan (CORR) Turner, cabinet member for a clean and green environment, said: “Street sweepers have certainly come a long way from their 'turn of the last century' roots. “They look unusual and certainly don't look like the usual sweeper on the street. “It makes sense for us to invest £26,000 in these sweepers as we like to keep the town centre as clean as possible for our visitors and businesses alike. “But the public must play their part too. If they didn't dump the litter, we wouldn't have to pick up after them. “We don't like to prosecute litter droppers but instead try to prevent people from littering in the first place through our education programme.” The Gluttons are the latest addition to the town's litter-busting tactics, which includes more than 500 bins and 300 dog mess bins across the town. Not cheap cleaning up betting slips. |
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I'd be surprised if there were not plenty of extremely lazy people who actually have jobs. The sort of people who perhaps amuse themselves by having a go at people not quite so fortunate as themselves.
How many people making sweeping judgements have actually had any experience of claiming benefits? I suspect it isn't quite as easy as suggested to continue claiming benefits and making no effort to get a job. |
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Some just fill their faces and arms with tattoos to avoid getting a job. That usually does the trick.
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My mate use dto be on the dole, he's now a happily employed Street hygene technician, I guess he'll be back on the dole again if UKIP ever get into power? Mind you he is as anglo saxon as they come, Farage was only talking about ethnics I bet...
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I never cease to have total admiration for the propaganda machine in this country that leads to the electorate always pointing the finger at the lowest in the chain as being the source of the country's problems while conveniently ignoring the top of the pile.There are some very clever and manipulative people involved in the process.
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The country is shagged from the top down,from the greedy bankers who bought the country to its knees,to the dole merchants who just ponce off the dole and have no intention of getting a job
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Pretty easy really, Saritamer, just keep feeding them tabloid comics to the unthinking masses, they even pay for it.
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as part of the jobseekers agreement you have to look for work full time-37 hours per week.If they pick litter they'll get sanctioned+lose benefits.
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Saddo - "Excellent example of the British psyche. We've been raped and robbed by politicians and bankers for ever and the country is in massive debt for decades due to these people.
How shall we make the country viable again? Make dossers pick litter up" That's IT in a nutsac mate...just how the fcuk have they managed to brainwash the majority into overlooking THEIR legalised fraud whilst demanding zero tolerance on the deadbeat society that are scamming loose change in comparison ![]() I remember nearly 20 years ago Chris Morris had a map of Britian in a hospital bed with a thermometer stuck in it...how prophetic - the country is ILL ![]() |
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Brendrew, there are a lot more than 37 hours in the week.
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plenty of "benefiteers" in and around the houses of parliament let them showa bit of humility and pick up litter,or the bankers that committed fraud again recently and no action taken give it to them to re-pay in someway,not effin likely always stampon those at the bottom of the pile.
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The amount of benefit given as JSA is small compared tothe benefits given to those actually in work in the form of Working Tax credits and Housing benefit. The low wage economy is only sustainable this way, its flawed. Targeting the obviously workshy may make people feel better but will not make a blind bit of difference.
However it is a nice distraction for the masses. |
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Targeting the workshy would also be morally just. The lazy should not be given a free ride simply because it makes little difference. It makes a great difference! The comparison with the robbing bankers IS justified. They too should be forced to repay but in a monetary fashion plus forced work. No chance of any of it happening though.
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We were at a seaside resort and there was a vanload of youths doing community service picking up litter on the seafront and beach.
They then returned to the van to eat a lunch that they appeared to be given. As they munched away they threw their litter out the van windows. |
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Farage may have a boat like a horse but his utterances are akin to what is excreted at the other end. Like some others who have contributed, I am frequently amazed and horrified by how many people are taken in by this pernicious nonsense. Some claimants are taking the piss but the vast majority are not. Some immigrants are benefit spongers - they are in a minority. One or two Muslims are murderous zealots - the overwhelming majority are as disgusted as the rest of us. Wise up - tales of folk making positive contributions do not sell newspapers or promote policies.
Indian Castle and Baradari for the weekend features. |
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It makes a great difference!
It makes people feel good but what actual difference to peoples lives does it make? |
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It makes the workshy realise they have to do something for their keep! It makes those who work their blx off to earn a living feel LESS like a mug. I would feel less hostile to the lager swilling tracksuit dosser if he had bought the can he drinks in the street at ten am, IF HE HAD BOUGHT IT FROM AN EARNED WAGE!
Victor. I said something similar in an earlier post. Not all claimants are users. Those that have contributed deserve their benefits. |
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I'm sure if there was live birching of the workshy on tv many people would love it....but it wouldn't help pay their rent, it wouldn't get them a decent secure job...but its a nice distraction.
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I think people tend to forget about the poverty of body/mind/soul of most of those at the bottom of the pile born into an environment devoid of the basic criteria required to even make an attempt at getting a foot onto the first foot of the ladder,no one to open doors for them no one to look out for and be of help for them,more or less humiliated and castigated,how many of our "honourable members" would make it under the same circumstances,when they spout this s--t they should produce their,s and their family,s cv,s,not many if any from "kitchen sink estates" I,ll vouch.
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the 1% are pissing themselves stupid at the minions arguing amongst themselves about which deserve their meagre, subsistence level incomes and which are worthless scum that should starve to death
meanwhile corporations (and the billionsaires that own them) pay poverty wages, subsidised by actual tax payers, which allows them to make vast profits and, thanks to the current, have at least 100 new vehicles since 2010 by which they can ship ALL the profit offshore without paying a single penny in tax on it AND manage not to have the subject form any significant part of debate in the country fcuk me, that is some trick to pull off |
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Workshy! Workshy!The clue is in the title. I don't care how the WORKSHY PAY THEIR RENT. Anyone who refuses work simply because they are workshy deserves NOTHING .
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I don't care how the WORKSHY PAY THEIR RENT
I didn't mean the workshy paying their rent. I meant the guy working 60 hours a week on minimum wage and still having to claim working tax credits and housing benefit. |
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The sysstem cleverly makes em feel like non claimants, "credits" instead of "benefits".
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Eggsactly...call benefits credit and its Ok.
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when they are in work they should be called 'wage subsidies' and employers that don't pay enough should be named
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Amazon et al love "credits"
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Sometimes I find it hard to believe that this forum is no a site based on pure Capitalist principles..
Betting on here should require you to be single minded and above all greedy. However the usual left wing bigots come on and have a pop at the successful and defend the lazy and feckless.. Do any of them bet or do they just infiltrate forums Worldwide with their nonsense. ![]() |
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Thin and Crispy wants the birch reintroduced...well so do I.
I'd also propose the State should only pay benefits to the workshy in return for them agreeing to be sterilised or undergo a vasectomy.Whilst some liberals might not embrace this idea straight away if they stop to think about it the result would do away with the dregs of society within a generation ...so what's not to like. |
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And for every filthy tattoo they have they should forfeit a full week's benefit. That will crystallise their thoughts next time they abuse their (already) grubby body.
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All classes' below working class should be exterminated, if you don't work you die !
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