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KY_EnviroGuy

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3. I have read some very sad stories on the Guardian and BBC where...

Reply to Recursion (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 20, 2019, 05:30 PM

Dec 2019

people in poor health living in villages with no government offices and no public transport were required to re-comply something like every month just for some basic aid, and some just could not make it to the nearest office each time and were dropped.

Most folks like that have no voice or power to fight mistreatment. I suspect there's millions of them in the UK and know there's a huge number in the U.S. Many die early due to this problem.

I seriously think the cruelty of the Tories is equal to, or perhaps beyond America's Republicans.

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Interesting statement by UK Labor MP Starmer relating to the UK's future. [View all] KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2019 OP

Universal Credit was a good idea but the Tories wrecked its implementation Recursion Dec 2019 #1

I have read some very sad stories on the Guardian and BBC where... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2019 #3

I suspect that this is an appeal to the unions more than anything else. OnDoutside Dec 2019 #2

Do you think the Tories will use this window of power to destroy or.... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2019 #4

They always do try, and with Brexit, I'm sure they'll double down. If OnDoutside Dec 2019 #5