This comes to mind First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me. -Martin Niemöller
The government need to realise the money they play around is ours, not there’s. Why are they always targeting the poor and needy, a billionaire trying to make poor people poorer, they are disgusting.
@@alex_n8863 it does appear that the taxpayer is a major inconvenience to government too many sick too many elderly too many unemployed too many criminals too many police too many union's ,if only the great unwashed knew their place it is our job to be governed not the government's job to govern!
as a disabled person who cant work, there is nothing more then i would like then to be able to work again, but unfortunatly, chronic pain does not make it that easy. To top it off you have to here news like this that makes you feel even worse about your life. Keep up the work James! voice of reason in this mad world!
Same. I want to work, I want to do something worthwhile. I do not however want to be forced at gun point to do a low paying dead end job that I can’t do safely or adequately, which I suspect is what the Tory ghouls want I’m trying to go back to university currently, but this Tory government has gutted every single aspect of society that would help me get there. from public transport to learning support - all completely devastated.
James, I'm not sure if you identify as a socialist, but you're Opinions on social injustice and empathy for hard working ordinary folk are comforting. Keep it up!
He doesn’t. He’s sadly pretty pig headed in terms of recognising that capitalism itself is to blame for a lot of this sort of thing. I like him, but he’s been pretty vitriolic towards socialist politicians in the past - namely Corbyn. He’s a typical liberal.
There is no way to slither out of this. The Tory’s have known about this oncoming disaster for years.But Ordinary Peoples Children don’t count.I’m sure there is no concrete fatigue at Eton or any other Public School.It’s the Eton Swill excuses for human beings vomiting up their usual BS is sickening.
When I was young I went to a school in Slough where , before the M4 was built, we could see the playing fields of Eton. Even in those tender years until 13, the gulf between us and 'them' was evident, and Eton College and Windsor Castle were within cycling distance, but in lifestyle we might just as well have been living on the moon. We were simply oafs and serfs, and of far lower value than their favorite dog or horse. The mindset doesn't seem to have changed much, if at all, over the past 70 years.
He's one of the minority of people in any society who would support fascism in a heart beat. He won't be happy until camps for the 'lazy' with 'arbeit macht frei' emblazoned on the front are being built.
He definitely would have supported the Nazis "euthanize the sick and infirm" policy And would be in favour of bringing back work house mills for the poor and the Parasitic spongers he sees the needy and weak in society as.
@@chatham43I pity you, I really do. You must be so bitter, so alone. It saddens me that there are still some who see disabled people as some kind of a 'burden'. It's deeply twisted. It suggests a basic lack of any kind of humanity.
This also really ignores the fact that companies are very discriminatory against people with disabilities often fobbing them off with excuses like 'you can't do the job without supervision' etc when it comes to looking for work.
@@anonomous8719 I had a centre that provides work placements in their own purpose built centre for disabled people tell me I am too disabled to work in their canteen. If any organisation knows how to avoid a discrimination claim it would be them. We are far from a protected class as far as employment its just an illusion.
@@anonomous8719oh yeah, because the Disability Discrimination Act is ever enforced, it's not, it's not worth the paper it's written on. It's very difficult to prove discrimination, no matter how obvious because management and go band together against the targeted person.
We all know how bad the Tories are, but what I genuinely can't understand is why some people still defend them. None of these policies make sense and the people implementing them are evil.
The only people still supporting the Tories are so rich they've got no idea what the real world is like or they're not rich, which means Tory policies are hurting them, but they know Tories will hurt 'lower' people even more. When a Tory reads a story about a disabled person starving to death it reassures them that their own living standards being destroyed is worth it.
We are bankrupt and theirs no one talking about the bank of England losses that needs to be covered by the treasury 30 year guilts were at 90 now their at 40 and the price will be 20 by the end of January 2024 they are funding the bank losses by issuing 6 month guilts James has no interest in taking about this serious issue
@@DarrenSmith-zz6fkThat's very serious and I was reading about it earlier today. It's not that it isn't being talked about, it's just that this is a different subject.
The early adventure into blame the sick began in 2010 when it became common place for dead people to receive a letter from the DWP about their new work start or their benefit claim will be stopped.
I blame consecutive governments for the position we are in now we are bankrupt paying the bank of England for their huge losses whitch we are obligated to do like any profits from the bond portfolio goes back to the treasury James won't talk about the coming financial crisis which will be here in the next few weeks months or years he just ramples.on
@itsbatsmennotbatters8217 Turns out that people who have all the power love people like you that think the divide should be between unemployed and employed people. Stop punching down. Focus your anger on the rich and the powerful. Do you think there should be billionaires while there are children who are starving? Is that a functioning society?
The science of psychology has found out numerous techniques to manipulate people in letting it happen. The irony is, that the studies psychology and sociology were introduced around 1946 to study what happened to the Germans, in order to be able to prevent the horror happening again. Instead the results of the investigations are used to manipulate people even more than ever was possible. Moral: always keep guards at the gate while you're enjoying yourself.
It's almost as if the whole country has been groomed to be okay/excuse all of this. Or as if UK fell asleep in its comfort and woke up to everything being wasted.
These people don't understand what it's like to live with a long-term health condition. What I wouldn't give to force them to live a day in the life of someone that's unable to work.
They don’t care about that. Remember the undercover tv program years ago where someone joined the company that examined people to see if they were fit for work and was told as long as they can push a button they are fit for work. How many jobs entail someone just sitting or reclining while just pushing a button? Some of the staff of the place on the TV program even just took the paperwork home and decided if people were fit for work before even seeing them.
I had an accident in work, I broke 2 vertebrae, after 35 weeks I was "FORCED" back to work as I could no longer survive on the benefit I was claiming (I am 60 & have 42 years NI contributions a total of £84 a week) . But its ok my employer lets me have a day off when it becomes too much for me ( well I am allowed to use holidays at short notice). I have worked through the Thatcher years this lot are worse !
The primary readers of the Daily Mail, or the victims, are the intended audience for this piece. I hope that the readers of this newspaper will come to their senses and stop reading it and similar newspapers.
Time some of these dishonest MP's face jail time, also the MP's rules need to change no second job no handing contracts to company's they have interests in. If they wish to have second job the should pay for there second home as they earn more than they should.
I'm sure my son who suffers severe mental health issues which often manifests itself in delusional paranoia, to the point he once phoned me to tell me he knew who his real dad was, he was steve and a magician turned him into a fridge during one of his many recent hospital admissions could probably be a more rational minister than most if not all the current Tory bunch, So maybe they have a point about forcing ill and disabled into looking for work. It would be bad enough if they just were forcing them to look, but I'm sure the Torys will be relishing the chance to punish them when nobody in a million years would offer them a job wothy of the description..
We need to take action in the next election and don't vote for any politician no matter the party when they install a government it will be ligament giving we are supposed to live in a democracy and they will need to come back to the electorate to form a legitimate government in this process we have a chance to demand real change by putting people in who will govern for the people not the billionaire donors
Please James just stick to the facts that everyday policy from government just pushes the less well off just pushes them further in to depression. The tories surpise me that they have not re-open th workhouses.
I worked for a social housing provider. The rule when awarding contracts was that no one closely related or associated with anyone working in the association could be awarded a contract, whether it be for something small like gardening or window cleaning or something big like construction or new computer system. The question was asked of the company when asking them for quotes, and it didn't matter if you were related to the cleaner or the ceo or anyone in between. I really do not understand why this doesn't apply in government. Well actually I do understand why - so that they can award contracts to friends and family.
I re.ember when cct came in. I live on an island and this wld just not work here because local businesses wld have rcvd no work being undercut by businesses from the mainland of UK. A planning officer wrote a new policy called best value which was implemented. It meant employers or contract offers cld go to companies that showed better quality of equipment etc if that was reqd. It just showed that one size does not fit all.
My mother in the US is in her early 60s, uses a walker, has had back surgery, and can't stand for more than 2 minutes and was told that she does not qualify for disability. The Republicans currently want to also raise retirement age for Social Security to 69+ just because people live longer than they did 80 years ago. So now my mom might wind up with no disability to help her and no SSI to help pay her bills, and if she can get it it'll be at a reduced benefits, for and they want to make it even harder for the old lady with a walker to be able to get assistance/SSI reimbursement for a lifetime of working as a nurse. It seems like your Torries want the same thing that the Republican party wants and your country's conservative party are running on a delay behind the US and what they push. Trust me, you don't want your government going closer and closer to the current structure we've got in the US.
As someone who has suffered since 2003 with disabilities after a crippling glandular fever attack. I struggled hard in work every day until 2014 when my body gave up and I spent two separate periods in hospital on morphine. Since then I've been signed off ESA has left me alone in Support group and I've had to go to a tribunal for PIP which I won in under 3 minutes after an 18 month wait enhanced both elements. I've had so many outright lies on DWP reports like being able to apply pain relief patches to my own back. I am not a contortionist. Living on ESA and pip is not a luxurious easy life esp now electricity prices are what they are. I've been saying for years we'll be next and the stress and worry has made me worse. No employer is going to take me on even if I'm ordered to get a job, who is going to employ long term sick if you're up against several fit and healthy people? It's ridiculous yet again taking jobs away from others. Forcing pensioners to work, sick and disabled too where are the youngsters going to find jobs then?
There was a time when we were called "burdens of the state", but you see it, crawling along, eventually we will all be burdens, for we can all be quantified
What everyone is missing here is the uk was a very wealthy country and even now isn't a pauper! There needs to be a UBI!! then there is a safety net for everyone!!!! And all people can then work what they really want to do and are capable. It's really simple!! Get A.I to do the jobs
the first country to implement UBI may well go bankrupt as everyone will go there. you need to really do it on a much bigger scale. say all of the EU do it together or something.
who will employ the unemployable on a real terms contract with pay that doesn't push them deeper into poverty,,, these people will end up even more broken and costly to the tax payer,,,, or dead
I was genuinly surprised that James did not know that the world amuses itself with Britains ruling the waves...hahaha. The remarks uttered by your politicians during the brexit struggles where so rude and so arrogant and offending towards other countries, of course that will not be forgotten and waits for retalliation. For the Britains it might be accepted as part of their culture : just a typical upperclass style of debate. The rest of the world perceives it quite differently. The language displays arrogance and rudeness while at the same time dictating moral to others. The image of JRM lying asleep on the front bench, presenting his goodies on a tray, will be engraved for eternity on the retina of the world population....
American fan. . Watching 3 month old show on corruption in England. I think the Pennsylvania Kids for Cash scandal proves America does everything better than UK such as corruption . Big fan.
I have lost 2 jobs now due to ill health. After first illhealth retirement i cldnt afford to live on small works pension so had to get another job. When i got that job i stopped collecting disability money as i thought it wasnt right to do so although i cld have. Then i lost 2nd job and was put on disability money again. There was no disability policy in the nhs (2nd job) , my job was changed with absolutely no discussion with me and they wanted me to work more hours in a sedentary post which only aggravated my problems. I did tell them i wld suffer but mgmt, as is typical with nhs, wld not listen to me. Within 18 months of new job, which included 12 months sick, i was out and i had been there 10yrs. Nhs is the most uncaring organisation .
When I think of the Chancellor of the Exchequer I think of RA Butler. He was also a notable Secretary of State for Education who made lasting beneficial changes.
'Languish' is not the word you use when describing the sick, underprivileged people. It may be a word I'd use to describe Sunak and family, Gillian and Michael Keegan (incidentally, he just happens to be a cabinet office civil servant concerned with their relationship with suppliers). Makes me sick.
I mean: by following through the theories of Darwin, and come to the conclusion that weak and unwanted people need to be erased in order to survive as the human race, is quite something else than empty headed decisions made by people who are completely indifferent to others.
Or regardless your doctor decides whether you can work…then their doctors interview then you appeal any decision they make and it will get overturned 99% costing government even more money…they never learn…it costs twice as much than it does to pay claimants their benefits anyway
I remember when Labour were in favour of reforming UC (Universal Credit) and the work capability assessments. Quite rightly they often critiqued the current system for its cruelty and Kafkaesque absurdity. Now they are adopting the Tory methods.
Wow! "It takes dignified people and makes them less than what they were before they entered". If that isn't a damning indication of how flawed and unfit for purpose our political system is then I don't know what is!
By definition no engender would turn up to inspect a school unless they knew their was a problem in the first place so saying that most schools have no problem a low % is disingenuous they know the numbers and the problem and have basically ignored the problem. For 15 years
Describing those on sickness benefits as languishing, to me indicates that those benefits need to be increased so that those who are forced, through no fault of their own, to survive off those benefits can do so with a decent quality of life. It further indicates that the government are not doing their best to incentivise employment of those on sickness benefits who can and want to work provided certain accommodations are put in place and that their benefits aren't automatically reduced based on their, often meager, additional income from work. Participation in the labour market in nearly all cases greatly benefits the disabled person, the employer and society in general.
These calls are heartbreaking. Here in New Zealand it looks like a political party similar to the Tories are going to be in here soon (our election is next month) They are also picking on sick people saying they should work. My son has psychosis and is on a government benefit and it makes me so angry that they would assume he is well enough to work. Terrible to pick on the most vulnerable.
When you are unsure that you cannot rely on your own body to get back to work, it needs someone holding a person's hand being very supportive, not taking any money away until you are sure you are able to sustain yourself by working.
I may disagree om tax policy etc...Blah blah. But Rory Stewart is the decency and honesty the "right" needs. Otherwise we're in a world where Trumpism completely controls half of our politics. I may disagree with you at times Rory, but I don't assume I'm correct just because I agree with me! If only Rory Stewart and David Miliband were the one's arguing across the floor. I'd bet life would be better for average, honest and real British people. :(
I think you are wrong on this one James, sick pay, disability benefits e.t.c. there are a sizeable minority that are swinging the lead which in turn makes it worse for the majority of genuine people who desperately need help.
EMPLOYERS DONT WANT A 4 DAY WORK WEEK... WHY WOULD THEY GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO ACCOMODATE AND TAYLOR THEIR ROLES TO SOMEONE WHO IS ILL/DISABLED.... UNLESS THEY THE EMPLOYER GETS A GRANT OR FILL A QUOTA WHEN DOING SO, THIS JUST DOES NOT HAPPEN.
@@briancampbell8449 well done Brian the dickheadtionary…. you read that comment and that’s the conclusion you drew…. You do know that you can shout in the written form with an explanation mark… I was not doing this.
With the speed that the builders that are contracted by the public sector use, at ridiculous costs, it will take decades to get the works done. Let’s be honest, these outsourced builders don’t exactly work quickly.
Obviously Twisty crass bot. Because that’s the hot topic… 😂😂😂 That same topic it didn’t know about Labours plans to deal with the issue which were then scrapped by its crass brigade party. Which would have been finished this year before being scrapped. But it didn’t know that so… 😂😂😂 At least try to keep up with what in the news. Classic Twisty crass bot. 😂 And those people are STILL waiting for your evidence. Don’t say it’s run away from that as well! 😂😂😂
If you can WFH with your illness or disability then you should. I'm not saying that you MUST work. I'm saying, ''if there is nothing stopping you, then you should.'' I really do not think that is unreasonable.
For that to work there needs to be a comprehensive reform of the Social Security system, it's aims and it's assessment process. Currently there's a one size fits all policy, and we know that this isn't reality. Everybody's illness and their reactions to it are different, be they physical or mental.
The problem with that is even in a WFH situation you often still have to work a regular schedule of set hours. Like Judy at 19:30 tells James, many people with a disability have better and worse days which is going to make working a fixed schedule impossible without the employer and co-workers being very accommodating about when or if the person works. Most jobs don't offer that degree of flexibility.
Who gets to decide whether these people are fit to work from home or whatever you think is OK for them? You? Some Tory minister who hates the poor? Doctors, who are already overstretched? Some other rich MP who sticks their money in a tax haven??
Except it isn't and it's orwellian double speak for find any excuse to cancel millions of sick and disabled people's benefits to save money for the state. Remember a dwp trial only a few years ago ruled a severely sick individual "fit to work" only for that person to die of said illness the next day! The system is utterly inhumane and gives a pathetic scrap and makes sick and disabled jump through years of exhausting and degrading hoops to even get access to it. Use your brain and actually look into the subject instead of going for a quick easy reflexive prejudice you've already got in your mind
No they not the 2.5 mill on disability have shown 1.5 mill are genuine and they are not after them at all just the other million who are rigging the system , theres plenty on disability but working cash in hand jobs trust me ive done it 😁
Source : trust me bro. You assume because you're a cnt everyone else is but it isn't the case. In fact all serious investigations found benefit fraud to be less than 0.1% of cases and that "clamping down" on benefit fraud was costing the state more than the negligible amount of fraud that existed before!
As with any kind of "system" there are always a few that will take advantage. However, DWP is ALWAYS the one that will punish the many because of the actions of the few.
A few? What about all the politicians and probably civil servants that can falsely claim much more than any benefit claimant is likely to get? If someone is suspected of making false claims they already have the ability to investigate them. Sanctioning people by removing what little they get isn’t likely to lead to great outcomes is it? If person x struggles to feed, clothe, heat and wash themselves already taking money away from them isn’t going to help them mentally or physically and isn’t likely to assist them in obtaining work either is it? A lot of people on benefits won’t have the work experience or education to get the kind of job they could physically do. After all if someone has no qualifications or experience except for a manual job are you going to employ them to work from home doing clerical work? No they’ll be told to apply for work waiting tables, working in a supermarket, labouring or the like which, if they are sick and/or disabled they aren’t capable off. Maybe the government could offer people the chance of retraining but then we know how that would work. They’d say you have to work for a company that is going to give you training/experience for your benefit and after the government have stopped paying the company to ‘employ’ you they would drop you like a hot potato. Never mind that getting to and fro from work and feeding yourself etc, while working will mean the person will be spending more than if they weren’t working.
bullies always pick targets that cant fight back!
Not always, Sad I.Q. for example has stupidly picked targets who are very much fighting back
We can fight back, by not voting for these Tory clowns in thy next general election
the right punch down. always have.
I'm not languishing, I'm anguishing... only one letters difference but a whole world of difference in my lived experience...
This comes to mind
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me.
-Martin Niemöller
The government need to realise the money they play around is ours, not there’s. Why are they always targeting the poor and needy, a billionaire trying to make poor people poorer, they are disgusting.
Unfortunately that's their mindset. They think they're important and deserve to take our money, the rest of us aren't of value; so don't.
@@alex_n8863 it does appear that the taxpayer is a major inconvenience to government too many sick too many elderly too many unemployed too many criminals too many police too many union's ,if only the great unwashed knew their place it is our job to be governed not the government's job to govern!
It's almost like the world forgets that the function of the governments is to work for tax payers.
Only had time for first 30 min today; I'm truly etched by the compassion on display by Mr. O'Brien. It is lovely to see.
TY James.
And to think he does it all for free too, just purely out of love for his fellow Guardianistas
as a disabled person who cant work, there is nothing more then i would like then to be able to work again, but unfortunatly, chronic pain does not make it that easy. To top it off you have to here news like this that makes you feel even worse about your life. Keep up the work James! voice of reason in this mad world!
I'm in the same boat, I feel you. Just remember these people have no problem claiming expenses for things that they shouldn't be!
This policy won’t apply to you
Same. I want to work, I want to do something worthwhile. I do not however want to be forced at gun point to do a low paying dead end job that I can’t do safely or adequately, which I suspect is what the Tory ghouls want
I’m trying to go back to university currently, but this Tory government has gutted every single aspect of society that would help me get there. from public transport to learning support - all completely devastated.
I hope you find some comfort that some people understand x
If you're genuine then you'll be OK. Get a grip
These calls were heart breaking. We're all just one accident or illness from being in this same situation.
The state makes some people's conditions worse by targeting them for being sick, and lets not forget the one's the dwp have killed, RIP Eroll Graham
James, I'm not sure if you identify as a socialist, but you're Opinions on social injustice and empathy for hard working ordinary folk are comforting. Keep it up!
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He doesn’t. He’s sadly pretty pig headed in terms of recognising that capitalism itself is to blame for a lot of this sort of thing.
I like him, but he’s been pretty vitriolic towards socialist politicians in the past - namely Corbyn. He’s a typical liberal.
@@jeffsimon9594get some friends
he is a centrist, he preferred boris to corbyn.
Well of course they are he’s like the rest of them. A member of the elite who talks for the liberal elite
There is no way to slither out of this.
The Tory’s have known about this oncoming disaster for years.But Ordinary Peoples Children don’t count.I’m sure there is no concrete fatigue at Eton or any other Public School.It’s the Eton Swill excuses for human beings vomiting up their usual BS is sickening.
When I was young I went to a school in Slough where , before the M4 was built, we could see the playing fields of Eton.
Even in those tender years until 13, the gulf between us and 'them' was evident, and Eton College and Windsor Castle were within cycling distance, but in lifestyle we might just as well have been living on the moon.
We were simply oafs and serfs, and of far lower value than their favorite dog or horse. The mindset doesn't seem to have changed much, if at all, over the past 70 years.
That guy saying Disabled people should be forced to work was a ghoul.
He's one of the minority of people in any society who would support fascism in a heart beat. He won't be happy until camps for the 'lazy' with 'arbeit macht frei' emblazoned on the front are being built.
...you mean the one you deliberately misunderstood...😊
@@chatham43
Was it you?
He definitely would have supported the Nazis "euthanize the sick and infirm" policy
And would be in favour of bringing back work house mills for the poor and the Parasitic spongers he sees the needy and weak in society as.
@@chatham43I pity you, I really do. You must be so bitter, so alone. It saddens me that there are still some who see disabled people as some kind of a 'burden'. It's deeply twisted. It suggests a basic lack of any kind of humanity.
This also really ignores the fact that companies are very discriminatory against people with disabilities often fobbing them off with excuses like 'you can't do the job without supervision' etc when it comes to looking for work.
Sue them under the equality act as you are a protected class being discriminated.
@@anonomous8719yeah, like disabled people can afford that...
@@anonomous8719 I had a centre that provides work placements in their own purpose built centre for disabled people tell me I am too disabled to work in their canteen. If any organisation knows how to avoid a discrimination claim it would be them. We are far from a protected class as far as employment its just an illusion.
@@anonomous8719oh yeah, because the Disability Discrimination Act is ever enforced, it's not, it's not worth the paper it's written on. It's very difficult to prove discrimination, no matter how obvious because management and go band together against the targeted person.
@@adammorgan1776 tribunals will rule 85% (according to stats) in the claimants favour - maybe try to lose the victim mentality.
We all know how bad the Tories are, but what I genuinely can't understand is why some people still defend them. None of these policies make sense and the people implementing them are evil.
Because the Daily Mails of the world have done a great job at brainwashing the masses
The only people still supporting the Tories are so rich they've got no idea what the real world is like or they're not rich, which means Tory policies are hurting them, but they know Tories will hurt 'lower' people even more. When a Tory reads a story about a disabled person starving to death it reassures them that their own living standards being destroyed is worth it.
We are bankrupt and theirs no one talking about the bank of England losses that needs to be covered by the treasury 30 year guilts were at 90 now their at 40 and the price will be 20 by the end of January 2024 they are funding the bank losses by issuing 6 month guilts James has no interest in taking about this serious issue
@@DarrenSmith-zz6fkThat's very serious and I was reading about it earlier today. It's not that it isn't being talked about, it's just that this is a different subject.
We need a reform uk government or someone who will stand up
How do you not just have a mental breakdown trying to rationalise this totally irrational situation???
The early adventure into blame the sick began in 2010 when it became common place for dead people to receive a letter from the DWP about their new work start or their benefit claim will be stopped.
....and before that too...as you know...
A Functioning society cannot have a welfare system which rewards unemployed over the employed.
I blame consecutive governments for the position we are in now we are bankrupt paying the bank of England for their huge losses whitch we are obligated to do like any profits from the bond portfolio goes back to the treasury James won't talk about the coming financial crisis which will be here in the next few weeks months or years he just ramples.on
@itsbatsmennotbatters8217 Turns out that people who have all the power love people like you that think the divide should be between unemployed and employed people. Stop punching down. Focus your anger on the rich and the powerful. Do you think there should be billionaires while there are children who are starving? Is that a functioning society?
@@robertbrennan8187I think it's a bot. Same comment has been posted all over the place.
The odd thing is how people seem to be letting it all happen
The science of psychology has found out numerous techniques to manipulate people in letting it happen. The irony is, that the studies psychology and sociology were introduced around 1946 to study what happened to the Germans, in order to be able to prevent the horror happening again. Instead the results of the investigations are used to manipulate people even more than ever was possible. Moral: always keep guards at the gate while you're enjoying yourself.
It's almost as if the whole country has been groomed to be okay/excuse all of this. Or as if UK fell asleep in its comfort and woke up to everything being wasted.
Hers we go again .cameron and osborne did this when they entered downing street went after the benefit .12yrs later Cameron back benefits again
These people don't understand what it's like to live with a long-term health condition. What I wouldn't give to force them to live a day in the life of someone that's unable to work.
They r in westminster in the tory party. They know what it's like.
The question i have is what happens when the amount of people ordered back to work exceeds the available jobs that disabled people are able to do?
See my earlier note on 'useless mouths'!
They don’t care about that. Remember the undercover tv program years ago where someone joined the company that examined people to see if they were fit for work and was told as long as they can push a button they are fit for work.
How many jobs entail someone just sitting or reclining while just pushing a button?
Some of the staff of the place on the TV program even just took the paperwork home and decided if people were fit for work before even seeing them.
I had an accident in work, I broke 2 vertebrae, after 35 weeks I was "FORCED" back to work as I could no longer survive on the benefit I was claiming (I am 60 & have 42 years NI contributions a total of £84 a week) . But its ok my employer lets me have a day off when it becomes too much for me ( well I am allowed to use holidays at short notice). I have worked through the Thatcher years this lot are worse !
Thank you James.
Who let this happen? It didn't just start here. Supporting a right wing opposition has allowed the tories to shift further to the right.
This Tory bunch are more left wing than stunt.
...and Labour desperately following...they have an election to win...😊
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Strange that I thought a lot of tories were a bit left in the government
The primary readers of the Daily Mail, or the victims, are the intended audience for this piece. I hope that the readers of this newspaper will come to their senses and stop reading it and similar newspapers.
Cheers mate just popped down the local and bought 50 papers of it now
A prize example resides above!
No we won't because I just don't believe James
Time some of these dishonest MP's face jail time, also the MP's rules need to change no second job no handing contracts to company's they have interests in. If they wish to have second job the should pay for there second home as they earn more than they should.
If you renevate 50 schools a year it will take only 1100 years till all are finished! Does anybody else see a problem there?
I'm sure my son who suffers severe mental health issues which often manifests itself in delusional paranoia, to the point he once phoned me to tell me he knew who his real dad was, he was steve and a magician turned him into a fridge during one of his many recent hospital admissions could probably be a more rational minister than most if not all the current Tory bunch, So maybe they have a point about forcing ill and disabled into looking for work. It would be bad enough if they just were forcing them to look, but I'm sure the Torys will be relishing the chance to punish them when nobody in a million years would offer them a job wothy of the description..
Hope you're OK pal.
We need to take action in the next election and don't vote for any politician no matter the party when they install a government it will be ligament giving we are supposed to live in a democracy and they will need to come back to the electorate to form a legitimate government in this process we have a chance to demand real change by putting people in who will govern for the people not the billionaire donors
As John Milton wrote in the 1600s - “They who have put out the people's eyes reproach them of their blindness.”
It makes me angry if a MP is well sick they still get payed and still claim exspences above there wages
Please James just stick to the facts that everyday policy from government just pushes the less well off just pushes them further in to depression. The tories surpise me that they have not re-open th workhouses.
Thank you so much for this!
I worked for a social housing provider. The rule when awarding contracts was that no one closely related or associated with anyone working in the association could be awarded a contract, whether it be for something small like gardening or window cleaning or something big like construction or new computer system. The question was asked of the company when asking them for quotes, and it didn't matter if you were related to the cleaner or the ceo or anyone in between.
I really do not understand why this doesn't apply in government. Well actually I do understand why - so that they can award contracts to friends and family.
I re.ember when cct came in. I live on an island and this wld just not work here because local businesses wld have rcvd no work being undercut by businesses from the mainland of UK. A planning officer wrote a new policy called best value which was implemented. It meant employers or contract offers cld go to companies that showed better quality of equipment etc if that was reqd. It just showed that one size does not fit all.
My mother in the US is in her early 60s, uses a walker, has had back surgery, and can't stand for more than 2 minutes and was told that she does not qualify for disability. The Republicans currently want to also raise retirement age for Social Security to 69+ just because people live longer than they did 80 years ago. So now my mom might wind up with no disability to help her and no SSI to help pay her bills, and if she can get it it'll be at a reduced benefits, for and they want to make it even harder for the old lady with a walker to be able to get assistance/SSI reimbursement for a lifetime of working as a nurse. It seems like your Torries want the same thing that the Republican party wants and your country's conservative party are running on a delay behind the US and what they push. Trust me, you don't want your government going closer and closer to the current structure we've got in the US.
I don't believe this video
Brilliant! As always....
As someone who has suffered since 2003 with disabilities after a crippling glandular fever attack. I struggled hard in work every day until 2014 when my body gave up and I spent two separate periods in hospital on morphine.
Since then I've been signed off ESA has left me alone in Support group and I've had to go to a tribunal for PIP which I won in under 3 minutes after an 18 month wait enhanced both elements.
I've had so many outright lies on DWP reports like being able to apply pain relief patches to my own back. I am not a contortionist.
Living on ESA and pip is not a luxurious easy life esp now electricity prices are what they are.
I've been saying for years we'll be next and the stress and worry has made me worse. No employer is going to take me on even if I'm ordered to get a job, who is going to employ long term sick if you're up against several fit and healthy people?
It's ridiculous yet again taking jobs away from others. Forcing pensioners to work, sick and disabled too where are the youngsters going to find jobs then?
There was a time when we were called "burdens of the state", but you see it, crawling along, eventually we will all be burdens, for we can all be quantified
They are encouraging them back to work as an example of genuine goodness and altruism. I swallow this as I would medium priced car.
If a disabled person can work why not
Many of the comments here make my blood run cold. What kind of a society are we becoming?
What everyone is missing here is the uk was a very wealthy country and even now isn't a pauper! There needs to be a UBI!! then there is a safety net for everyone!!!! And all people can then work what they really want to do and are capable. It's really simple!! Get A.I to do the jobs
That's just a little too sensible for the UK.
the first country to implement UBI may well go bankrupt as everyone will go there. you need to really do it on a much bigger scale. say all of the EU do it together or something.
James absolutely brilliant 🤠
You usually hear these stories from third world countries. Interesting times we live in.
I think people like you should spend a week in Africa or South America and see before you make sweeping judgements about how bad it is here…
who will employ the unemployable on a real terms contract with pay that doesn't push them deeper into poverty,,, these people will end up even more broken and costly to the tax payer,,,, or dead
Thanks to the Irish man for shining a spotlight on the true position of UK in the world today
But at least the Brits can gorge themselves on tasty, nutritious sovereignty…
I was genuinly surprised that James did not know that the world amuses itself with Britains ruling the waves...hahaha. The remarks uttered by your politicians during the brexit struggles where so rude and so arrogant and offending towards other countries, of course that will not be forgotten and waits for retalliation. For the Britains it might be accepted as part of their culture : just a typical upperclass style of debate. The rest of the world perceives it quite differently. The language displays arrogance and rudeness while at the same time dictating moral to others. The image of JRM lying asleep on the front bench, presenting his goodies on a tray, will be engraved for eternity on the retina of the world population....
American fan. . Watching 3 month old show on corruption in England. I think the Pennsylvania Kids for Cash scandal proves America does everything better than UK such as corruption . Big fan.
Well done Mr Meldrew. You’ve got it off your chest and you will sleep better tonight!😂
Yep language is of supreme importance but even that has been under attack these last few years!
I have lost 2 jobs now due to ill health. After first illhealth retirement i cldnt afford to live on small works pension so had to get another job. When i got that job i stopped collecting disability money as i thought it wasnt right to do so although i cld have. Then i lost 2nd job and was put on disability money again. There was no disability policy in the nhs (2nd job) , my job was changed with absolutely no discussion with me and they wanted me to work more hours in a sedentary post which only aggravated my problems. I did tell them i wld suffer but mgmt, as is typical with nhs, wld not listen to me. Within 18 months of new job, which included 12 months sick, i was out and i had been there 10yrs. Nhs is the most uncaring organisation .
When I think of the Chancellor of the Exchequer I think of RA Butler. He was also a notable Secretary of State for Education who made lasting beneficial changes.
'Languish' is not the word you use when describing the sick, underprivileged people. It may be a word I'd use to describe Sunak and family, Gillian and Michael Keegan (incidentally, he just happens to be a cabinet office civil servant concerned with their relationship with suppliers). Makes me sick.
And why aren’t you more outraged. Maybe you’re exhausted from all the constant Gass lighting of the last 10+ years
Well the war isn't gonna pay for itself.
True😞
Didn't know we were at war but if the civil one starts, gimme a shout!
It can’t be scandalous if everyone is doing it it’s normal?? What is scandalous is having a country that still doesn’t understand what is going on
Of course they are. After all, "Arbeit Macht Frei".
.... a few history lessons would not be astray....
I mean: by following through the theories of Darwin, and come to the conclusion that weak and unwanted people need to be erased in order to survive as the human race, is quite something else than empty headed decisions made by people who are completely indifferent to others.
BREXITANIA ... is broken ... there is no debate to be had!
Or regardless your doctor decides whether you can work…then their doctors interview then you appeal any decision they make and it will get overturned 99% costing government even more money…they never learn…it costs twice as much than it does to pay claimants their benefits anyway
I remember when Labour were in favour of reforming UC (Universal Credit) and the work capability assessments. Quite rightly they often critiqued the current system for its cruelty and Kafkaesque absurdity. Now they are adopting the Tory methods.
Wow! "It takes dignified people and makes them less than what they were before they entered". If that isn't a damning indication of how flawed and unfit for purpose our political system is then I don't know what is!
Could someone tell Rishi that the RAAC problem was first reported almost 30 years ago so i do not know why he keeps saying 'New information'.
Even if someone does not make a decision on policy.. does not mean they cant have a quick side chat to those who do
The Conservative Party didn't deserve Rory Stewart.
This isn't anything new. They have been saying this for the past 13 years.
It's sickening to think there are millions of fit healthy young ones to find work not pick on the sick it makes me angry james
Love Rory 🎉❤😊
Pls can we have Fogarty's show posted as well
The look on Penny Mordant doesn't look that impressed with what Rishi Sunak is saying the look on her face says that Rishi is not telling the truth
Most disabled folks are in favor of the Bravemans’ immigration policy, it doesn’t get more ironic than that😅
The Rishy Dishy country Dishwash...
Jingled of course
Nos is both Nitrous Oxide & an energy drink (named after the latter).
By definition no engender would turn up to inspect a school unless they knew their was a problem in the first place so saying that most schools have no problem a low % is disingenuous they know the numbers and the problem and have basically ignored the problem. For 15 years
Describing those on sickness benefits as languishing, to me indicates that those benefits need to be increased so that those who are forced, through no fault of their own, to survive off those benefits can do so with a decent quality of life. It further indicates that the government are not doing their best to incentivise employment of those on sickness benefits who can and want to work provided certain accommodations are put in place and that their benefits aren't automatically reduced based on their, often meager, additional income from work. Participation in the labour market in nearly all cases greatly benefits the disabled person, the employer and society in general.
Trouble is that employers don't want to employ disabled people because we can't meet their work targets
And break the law
These calls are heartbreaking. Here in New Zealand it looks like a political party similar to the Tories are going to be in here soon (our election is next month) They are also picking on sick people saying they should work. My son has psychosis and is on a government benefit and it makes me so angry that they would assume he is well enough to work. Terrible to pick on the most vulnerable.
I got believe any of this
When you are unsure that you cannot rely on your own body to get back to work, it needs someone holding a person's hand being very supportive, not taking any money away until you are sure you are able to sustain yourself by working.
If it turns out a person cannot, there should be an immediate way back to help.
Uploaded the whole show without ads by mistake 😂
get adblock, ive not seen any ads for 10+ years
Im fae rabbies burns land 2 miles up the rd, but that never sounded welsh, not something I'd hear in Ayr
It's the eyebrows
2:18 keep it in the family
I may disagree om tax policy etc...Blah blah.
But Rory Stewart is the decency and honesty the "right" needs.
Otherwise we're in a world where Trumpism completely controls half of our politics.
I may disagree with you at times Rory, but I don't assume I'm correct just because I agree with me!
If only Rory Stewart and David Miliband were the one's arguing across the floor.
I'd bet life would be better for average, honest and real British people. :(
The Daily Mail covered the Michael Keegan case.
yes, one article, in the midst of 17 about Harry at a soccer match,,,,do keep up
What happened to remploy ?
was shut down by tories years ago
Exactly x
Sunderland rabi is hilarious. (&probably true)
This guy is so funny. Best comedy since Alan Partridge.
Same old story, let's pick on the sick and disabled again, that's the tories, because they can and they don't even care
People dropping by to promote their books, yawn.
I think you are wrong on this one James, sick pay, disability benefits e.t.c. there are a sizeable minority that are swinging the lead which in turn makes it worse for the majority of genuine people who desperately need help.
Steve.
EMPLOYERS DONT WANT A 4 DAY WORK WEEK... WHY WOULD THEY GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO ACCOMODATE AND TAYLOR THEIR ROLES TO SOMEONE WHO IS ILL/DISABLED.... UNLESS THEY THE EMPLOYER GETS A GRANT OR FILL A QUOTA WHEN DOING SO, THIS JUST DOES NOT HAPPEN.
It's TAILOR Mr Shouty.....do you need a hug?
@@briancampbell8449 well done Brian the dickheadtionary…. you read that comment and that’s the conclusion you drew…. You do know that you can shout in the written form with an explanation mark… I was not doing this.
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Great show but be careful James they may even come for you as telling it as it is , is frowned upon by the conservatives!!!!
With the speed that the builders that are contracted by the public sector use, at ridiculous costs, it will take decades to get the works done. Let’s be honest, these outsourced builders don’t exactly work quickly.
Just try and buy a CRT television these days.
😀😀😀
If the left wing woke metropolitan liberal elite get rid of Gillian Rishi should replace her with Lee Anderson
Definitely need to update the pic of James on the title screen. Haha, WOW, he now looks an absolute mess.
Starmer asked six questions today about concrete and he wants the public to vote for him
Obviously Twisty crass bot. Because that’s the hot topic… 😂😂😂
That same topic it didn’t know about Labours plans to deal with the issue which were then scrapped by its crass brigade party. Which would have been finished this year before being scrapped. But it didn’t know that so… 😂😂😂
At least try to keep up with what in the news. Classic Twisty crass bot. 😂
And those people are STILL waiting for your evidence. Don’t say it’s run away from that as well! 😂😂😂
...it's an open goal for him. ....he's gonna make the most of it....😊
@@chatham43 oh how cute, bots talking to bots. get a room?
The comments are full of them
@@toriesdontgettazered7464 Run out of arguments? > Just shout "Bot"!
*But the Keir Starmer, or may I say stammer, that you're supporting is not offering any alternative, leave alone a better one.*
Exactly
there is no worse alternative, this is the point
if you never punish a party for poor conduct you condone even worse behaviour
Anyone who is opposing this useless, embarrassment of a government is an alternative
If you can WFH with your illness or disability then you should. I'm not saying that you MUST work. I'm saying, ''if there is nothing stopping you, then you should.'' I really do not think that is unreasonable.
For that to work there needs to be a comprehensive reform of the Social Security system, it's aims and it's assessment process. Currently there's a one size fits all policy, and we know that this isn't reality. Everybody's illness and their reactions to it are different, be they physical or mental.
The problem with that is even in a WFH situation you often still have to work a regular schedule of set hours. Like Judy at 19:30 tells James, many people with a disability have better and worse days which is going to make working a fixed schedule impossible without the employer and co-workers being very accommodating about when or if the person works. Most jobs don't offer that degree of flexibility.
Who gets to decide whether these people are fit to work from home or whatever you think is OK for them? You? Some Tory minister who hates the poor? Doctors, who are already overstretched? Some other rich MP who sticks their money in a tax haven??
@@rustynail1194 Currently it's some no-mark that more often than not has no medical, or mental health training
@@rustynail1194 Cynicism does not prove me wrong.
Except the policy is to help those with disabilities to work from home - James misinformation strikes again
@anonomous8719
This isn't about "helping" people.
If you believe that then you're very naive.
Except it isn't and it's orwellian double speak for find any excuse to cancel millions of sick and disabled people's benefits to save money for the state. Remember a dwp trial only a few years ago ruled a severely sick individual "fit to work" only for that person to die of said illness the next day! The system is utterly inhumane and gives a pathetic scrap and makes sick and disabled jump through years of exhausting and degrading hoops to even get access to it. Use your brain and actually look into the subject instead of going for a quick easy reflexive prejudice you've already got in your mind
Government policy never 'helps' people into work.
No they not the 2.5 mill on disability have shown 1.5 mill are genuine and they are not after them at all just the other million who are rigging the system , theres plenty on disability but working cash in hand jobs trust me ive done it 😁
Tell me more about that 1 million who are "rigging the system". Where are you getting that information from?
This is 2015 all over again. IDS plucking a figure out of thin air, ATOS finding that number, and the Tribunals giving them their benefits back.
Source : trust me bro. You assume because you're a cnt everyone else is but it isn't the case. In fact all serious investigations found benefit fraud to be less than 0.1% of cases and that "clamping down" on benefit fraud was costing the state more than the negligible amount of fraud that existed before!
Id like to think that they're targeting the obvious pisstakers.. because lets be honest, there is a few.
They're not.
That system's been a shambles ever since New Labour brought in Atos in 2005 - and Atos are hated for very valid reasons.
As with any kind of "system" there are always a few that will take advantage. However, DWP is ALWAYS the one that will punish the many because of the actions of the few.
you would like to assume the tories arent lying to you? how gullible are you?
A few? What about all the politicians and probably civil servants that can falsely claim much more than any benefit claimant is likely to get?
If someone is suspected of making false claims they already have the ability to investigate them. Sanctioning people by removing what little they get isn’t likely to lead to great outcomes is it?
If person x struggles to feed, clothe, heat and wash themselves already taking money away from them isn’t going to help them mentally or physically and isn’t likely to assist them in obtaining work either is it?
A lot of people on benefits won’t have the work experience or education to get the kind of job they could physically do. After all if someone has no qualifications or experience except for a manual job are you going to employ them to work from home doing clerical work? No they’ll be told to apply for work waiting tables, working in a supermarket, labouring or the like which, if they are sick and/or disabled they aren’t capable off.
Maybe the government could offer people the chance of retraining but then we know how that would work. They’d say you have to work for a company that is going to give you training/experience for your benefit and after the government have stopped paying the company to ‘employ’ you they would drop you like a hot potato.
Never mind that getting to and fro from work and feeding yourself etc, while working will mean the person will be spending more than if they weren’t working.