tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post6040742977294512134..comments2023-10-31T15:14:05.373+00:00Comments on Hagley Road To Ladywood: Welfare handouts, idle people and Portillo's clangerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post-16506250528677387882009-09-04T13:24:43.460+01:002009-09-04T13:24:43.460+01:00The one fact that he neglects to mention when harp...The one fact that he neglects to mention when harping on about the workless says it all to me.<br /><br />workless households 1979: 8%<br />workless households 1996: 19%<br />workless households 2009: 17%<br />(source: Labour force survey)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post-36577204780402062292009-09-04T08:49:24.016+01:002009-09-04T08:49:24.016+01:00Now isn't El Miguel so committed to the work e...Now isn't El Miguel so committed to the work ethic that when he started work he lasted a couple of months and pulled strings from his college (Peterhouse Cambridge) to get a sinecure with an MP because he couldn't stand the pressure?<br /><br />Incidentally isn't about time he got nailed as the defence secretary who sold off the military houses to the Japanese and initiated the period of neglect of the troops homes? The officers were treated separately I think.Richard Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225331967587897653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post-66691997905385758372009-09-03T17:49:10.246+01:002009-09-03T17:49:10.246+01:00Bring back the workhouse!
Do you think that'l...Bring back the workhouse!<br /><br />Do you think that'll appear on the Tory manifesto in the next election? I bet they'd like it to....Helen Highwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08087854313840436307noreply@blogger.com