I agree that it was badly handled but if you're going to try and rebuild trust in the benefits system then it needs to be spread evenly regardless of how much it raises. People who don't ne… (View Post)

There's also fairness from the other end though. One of the consequences of Blair era welfare reforms was that a lot of objectively well off people started getting benefits. Winter Fuel Allowanc… (View Post)

Thanks that's really helpful. As something of a mild mannered gradualist myself that might explain why I couldn't immediately understand the dislike. (View Post)

One of my favourite political satires is a novel called 'The Right Honourable Chimpanzee' by Georgi Markov (of poison umbrella fame). The Prime Minister is kidnapped and replaced my a talki… (View Post)

Your last sentence is entirely correct but you're ire is in the wrong place. I've worked around senior civil servants for years and in that time I'm utterly convinced that they carry o… (View Post)