Monday 4th March 2024

[refitman]

Morning all.

[gilsey]

Good morning.



'Ominous' may turn out to be the understatement of the year.

[AnatolyKasparov]

Well we can but hope.

[refitman]

Nothing like targeting the most vulnerable

[AnatolyKasparov]

Why the assumption that the latter thing can only be achieved by nefarious means - shouldn't we actually hope for a healthier population under Labour?

[refitman]

Why the assumption that the latter thing can only be achieved by nefarious means - shouldn't we actually hope for a healthier population under Labour?

SOME PEOPLE CANNOT WORK. THEY WILL ONLY SURVIVE BY RECEIVING BENEFITS FROM THE STATE. YOU CANNOT REMOVE EVERYONE FROM BENEFITS.

I would have thought you'd spent enough time around people like Ephemerid to know something like that.

[AnatolyKasparov]

I know very well that SOME people cannot work. How does that alter what I said?

I'm no big fan of Kendall, but she did say reduce the sickness benefits bill - not eliminate it.

[refitman]

[refitman]

I know very well that SOME people cannot work. How does that alter what I said?

I'm no big fan of Kendall, but she did say reduce the sickness benefits bill - not eliminate it.

Shadow work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall: there will be “no option for a life on benefits” under a Labour government

What else could this mean?

[refitman]

I hope Corbyn rinses him

[AnatolyKasparov]

Very, very few people spend their entire lives on benefits anyway - save for the small minority who really cannot work.

Her statement there was crowd (or media, if you prefer) pleasing rhetoric and not to be taken too literally.