I was initially in a right quandary about this.
A crackdown on 'Shameless' families could see state officials turning up at people's homes to get them out of bed for work and make sure their children go to school.
Yeehah! That'll teach the lazy, freeloading bastards.
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears said the Government was prepared to take drastic steps to tackle a 'hardcore' of workless neighbourhoods where no one has a proper job.
Way to go, ginger dwarf, give 'em hell!
Sources say council staff would be given the power to enter homes to get people out of bed in the morning, or turn up with rubber gloves and detergent to oversee the cleaning of filthy homes.
Oh, actually. No. I think I've changed my mind.
Is it just me, or is this a straw man of huge proportion? Listen, Labour, you have no right whatsoever to enter anyone's home, for any reason, unless they have broken a law. And by that, I don't mean one of your thousands of new laws that have been created to punish those that disagree with you.
It is the choice of the 'Shameless' to do as they please. I would applaud you in trying to stop them doing so, but not by overriding their personal freedom, in their own home, in what we somewhat laughingly call a free country since 1997.
Miss Blears is working with Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell on measures that would see families who refuse to take part stripped of their benefits.
'We need to be bold and innovative, because it is clear that for "Shameless" families the current system does not do enough to get people into work.'
Bingo! There you have it. It is the system that shovels money in the direction of these people, simply for sitting on their arse in their Kappa trackie bottoms, that is the problem. You could stop that tomorrow. In fact, you have even touched on it in the 'stripped of their benefits' bit. You don't need some new scheme (probably expensive in itself) to do that, just cut the money supply.
What you certainly do not need to do, is claim that because people are habitually not working, funded quite adequately by yourselves, you now have the right to enter their homes. Take away the financial incentive for being lazy and see how quickly they run to the job centre.
Surely this is as plain as the nose on the little one's face? Or has the Labour predilection for control and authoritarianism taken so much hold that common sense is now irrelevant. Blears is not only a physical midget, she is an intellectual one as well.
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Sir,
Shame on you for being so benevolently kind in your description of the Poisoned Dwarf!
I shall expect better of you next time please.
I'm aghast...
Do these lazy recipients of taxpayers cash - Ministers I'm talking about - ever think these things through properly?
On the whole we're a placid lot in this country, indeed too much so, and it would take much to cause us to riot. However, prising the feckless from their sofas and daytime Sky TV is a certain sure-fire way to have the chavs smashing up bus shelters and burning cars.... ermm, natch' I mean more shelters and motors than they usually wreck on a wet Wednesday evening upon the Estate.
Go on Hazel. Get round number 23, mind the numerous kids bikes littering the garden path and go tell Mr Chav Snr to get off his arse. Show Ms Chav where the hover is kept, chase after the 3 layabout sons who haven't once worked since leaving school 5 plus years ago. Go on love, give it to 'em good n'proper!
PS Hazel; the fire brigade, riot squad and Israeli air support can all be reached on 999... or 112 if you want impress your EU pals.
Empty threats. Even our present dictators could not literally do this kind of thing. They might try, but increasing beggars on the street and maybe street prostitution would be just two possible results. What would they do with the kids? Have they got empty beds in care homes?
Hazel Blears, grew up in a very working class home in possibly the most working class area in England, Salford. Joined a party which was formed by the trade unions, who grew along with the abolishon of the slave trade and ending of child labour.
There is nothing worse than an inverted snob.
The idea is an abomination of democracy and civil liberties. There are definitely better ways to achieve the same result.
She also seems to forget that there aren't 3 million plus jobs out there to drag these people to.
Seems a great way of creating more civil servants (we can all have a Moira Anderson under the stairs telling us what to do now).
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