OK, lets play the scenario. Disabled person with uncureable chronic condition is awarded welfare support for life. I've already given you a few examples. Latest Tory twat comes along and demands… (View Post)

I don't like the word "stigma". If you are permanently disabled why should you be stigmatised? At the same time I have these radical ideas about making work pay. That can't be don… (View Post)

I am going to continue to bang the same drum - the structure is the issue, not the amount being spent. We're spending more and getting less. I wholly agree on the need to cut the welfare budget … (View Post)

I am hugely sympathetic with the Labour rebels - from their perspective this is what *Tory* governments do and they have spent their formative political years opposing. And now here they are, elected… (View Post)

Entirely off topic. My daughter took part in a schools Energy Challenge (sponsored by Shell) competition and won. As well as the kudos her prize was an iPad. Moving up a year she’s doing an elective … (View Post)