And this applies to all colours of government, current and previous - who decided that the formation of an economic policy for the UK depend on whether or not you'd lose votes in certain parts of the country ?

Aye, those ungrateful oiks up North won't vote for him, right then, we'll stuff 'em good and proper.

You know, when I read stuff like this, I want devolution for the North, I don't really want to be part of the shallow, Boris-loving tendency of the South East.

If we're devolving, can we let the Lankies have Todmorden back now it's had a wash?

Have it back?
Half of it was never in Lancashire, even the Town Hall literally straddled the border.

With the amount of mud left behind after the floods, I wouldn't call it a wash, it looked like large lumps of Lancashire washed into Yorkshire.
If they want that back, they are welcome to come and get it.

rlThe MoJ video that the DWP don't want anyone to seerl

The Ministry of Justice produced a video for publication on youtube, informing benefits claimants how best to approach an appeal tribunal. Atr the insistance of Chris Graying, the video was pulled and when it later re-appeared, was pulled again.

So, it now appears that the DWP are not only content with removing benefits from the most vulnerable, they want to make sure that those whose benefits were removed unfairly, can't get a chance of winning an appeal.

Saw this at the beginning of the week, it spread pretty quick around FB. It went from having around 10 views on that famous sharing site we can't name to having over 1000 in one day


Edited: Didn't know it had disappeared again tho'. I have book marked your link for my future reference

rlCallum's Listrl

A list of suicides where benefit changes had some culpability.

Sleep well Mr Duncan Smith?

I've been a bit busy of late, so I might have missed it, but has Sal Paradise been back yet to explain what happened when he reported his drug-peddling, benefit-scrounging relative to the relevant authorities?

One more to add to that list. A lady called Wendy Hills killed herself this week because she lost her ESA and was so frightened of losing her DLA that she could no longer carry on.

RIP Wendy - we will carry on fighting.

That is a rhetorical question right?

I think of it as an example of a nudge policy.

I didn't report him - the police arrested him!! seems he didn't heed the warning of his suspended sentance a year ago and continued to grow his herbal remedy for his bad back well beyond his own personal consumptional needs, back in court July.

In the mean time he has had to pay back £10k of his reported £130k gain - previous confiscation was 40k of herbal plants and 10k in cash. All public record see Bradford Telegraph & Argus.

Not bad for someone claiming disability benefit!!

I don't understand, are we saying that claiming disability benefit turns you into a drug dealer?

I always thought there was something shifty about Mrs Hull White Star.

Where do you think I get the foil for me crack?

Whats him being on "disability benefit" (there is no such thing by the way) got to do with him being a drug dealer? Why the big deal that he is on "disability", dealing?

Would you say "not bad for someone claiming working tax credit"????