The scouse Cash family.

James Brown

howamidifferent wrote: »

It's well overdue this country bringing in similar benefit caps to discourage sitting on your arse all day and taking hard earned money from others to pay for your lifestyle. This country has become a socialist utopia for the scrounging class.

Ah, I was with you until your confused mention of socialism.
Equality would mean everyone gets a fair shake. Any scrounger wouldn't be put on a pedestal.
I've yet to see anyone post any quote from any party re looking after dem dat don't want to work.

Two kids max, then zero welfare for number 3.

salonfire

And yet the Tory party that introduced these cuts and austerity are swept into power with their largest majority in years.

The country rightly give a up yours to the mickey money brigade like this couple

The left in this country would do well to keep the head down and paws by their side lest Tory like policies become just as popular here.

Spanish Eyes

Ah who can do anything. Let the leeches laugh at us who work and commute and pay for them.

I can't blame them really, those of us who pay for this largesse have been silenced now, so on they go. Nice.

We who are paying also need a voice. Can you see that happening anytime soon? Not a chance.

end of the road

salonfire wrote: »

And yet the Tory party that introduced these cuts and austerity are swept into power with their largest majority in years.

The country rightly give a up yours to the mickey money brigade like this couple

The left in this country would do well to keep the head down and paws by their side lest Tory like policies become just as popular here.

well no, the country hasn't given any up yours to the "micky money" brigade. in fact, i don't even think they even featured in the discussion at all.
tory policies created the wellfare class in the uk anyway.

elperello

salonfire wrote: »

And yet the Tory party that introduced these cuts and austerity are swept into power with their largest majority in years.

The country rightly give a up yours to the mickey money brigade like this couple

The left in this country would do well to keep the head down and paws by their side lest Tory like policies become just as popular here.

The main issues in the election were -
EU/Brexit
NHS
Crime
Economy
Immigration

I'm sure some people were influenced by welfare issues also.

I hope we don't see Tory policies in Ireland, we had enough of them when they ran the place.
I would expect left leaning politicians to stand up for their principles and not be cowed into submission.

salonfire

end of the road wrote: »

well no, the country hasn't given any up yours to the "micky money" brigade. in fact, i don't even think they even featured in the discussion at all.
tory policies created the wellfare class in the uk anyway.

Of course it was, the introduction of the Universal Credit was a huge talking about in the UK in recent years as well as other Tory cut backs.

Looks like they got a sweeping approval for their hard-line approach to benefit scroungers.

Its not an impossibility the same policies would prove to be popular here.

salonfire

elperello wrote: »

The main issues in the election were -
EU/Brexit
NHS
Crime
Economy
Immigration

I'm sure some people were influenced by welfare issues also.

I hope we don't see Tory policies in Ireland, we had enough of them when they ran the place.
I would expect left leaning politicians to stand up for their principles and not be cowed into submission.

:pac:

They should split among themselves into yet another grouping like RISE. That'll certainly show FG !

end of the road

salonfire wrote: »

Of course it was, the introduction of the Universal Credit was a huge talking about in the UK in recent years as well as other Tory cut backs.

Looks like they got a sweeping approval for their hard-line approach to benefit scroungers.

Its not an impossibility the same policies would prove to be popular here.

there is no hard line approach to benefit scroungers, rather a list of badly implemented attempts to save money which have ended up effecting genuine wellfare users more then benefit scroungers.
if they wanted to have a hard line approach to benefit scroungers then they would pay for the staff to deal with them effectively, but they won't, just like they won't pay for police, nurses, staff to enforce the border etc.
whether they will actually do that going forward is anyone's guess, personally i suspect they actually won't.

fritzelly

end of the road wrote: »

there is no hard line approach to benefit scroungers, rather a list of badly implemented attempts to save money which have ended up effecting genuine wellfare users more then benefit scroungers.

Shouldn't have watched Benefits Street (or what was that other one) - giving the extreme of wasters as if they were the norm

end of the road

fritzelly wrote: »

Shouldn't have watched Benefits Street (or what was that other one) - giving the extreme of wasters as if they were the norm

agreed, nobody should watch that rubbish, but they do.
i can't think of the name of the other program unfortunately but no doubt it's just as much drivel.