I never said shut up, but yes claiming to be treated worse than asylum seekers is an absurd falsehood/dog whistle. Would you like to be forbidden from working and obliged to live off £49.18 per week?… (View Post)

By that logic we need to cut pensions because we have more people claiming them than ever before. Its either restrict eligibility or cut the amount, there's no way around the maths. We could hav… (View Post)

Her foreword if you read more about it is quite thoughtful and entirely in line with the kind of discussion that Orwell was absolutely in favour of. https://www.newsweek.com/new-1984-foreword-include… (View Post)

I think Orwell would entirely approve of having a foreword that was a thoughtful and controversial critique rather than thoughtless, slavish praise. (View Post)

Coffee is the amusing one. Where I often stop there's a choice of 2 places to get a coffee opposite each other. Costa Coffee - where you can get a Costa Flat White or Latte for £4 Tesco's w… (View Post)