I need to print this off and apply it to RTU’s next few speeches and media appearances. Could be good for a laugh at his expense.
‘Reintroducing fairness to the welfare system’ – introducing means-testing in order to dismantle the welfare system.
‘Fairness’ – discriminating against people.
‘Creating a system based on fairness’ – ignoring need, in favour of targets.
‘Work experience’ – unpaid labour.
‘Fit to work’ – somebody suffering from an incapacitating condition, whose heart still beats.
‘Tough’ – punitive.
‘Tough but fair’ – punitive and arbitrary.
‘Employment Support Allowance’ – financial support for people incapable of retaining employment due to illness/disability.
‘Unconditional support’ – strictly conditional support.
‘Scrounger’ – somebody who is poor.
‘Hardworking people’ – people on very high salaries, such as company executives.
‘Striver’ – somebody who works for a low salary, and who doesn’t object to a pay cut. Alternatively, somebody who works for a high salary, and who doesn’t object to a pay rise.
‘Skiver’ – somebody who is temporarily too ill to work…
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Angie Harding said:
but we had a means-tested system back in the 1920/30 that’s why the welfare system was set up in the first place or am I missing something.
Liz said:
Yes, but don’t forget Hansard reference of 10/12/13: “we know them as stock”. Or the reference (I kid you not) in the DWP Delivery Plan to using credit reference agency data to “cleanse the stock of fraud and error”.
jeffrey davies said:
im lost for words but isn’t it strange those who shout the most have something to hide yet he should look at himself isn’t he a social scrounger of the biggest kind by paying for owt yes it nice being a toss pot jeff3
jaypot2012 said:
Oh please do Mike 🙂
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