I have been breaking the rules again, I listened to the words of a politician and applied logic to them, this never ends well, does it?
The new ways to "reward hard working people" from the Tories looks to be another really stupid plan, designed to cripple the DWP and NHS and so pass the matter into private hands.
I write, in relation to this story.
So, if they are going to make people sign on every day instead of every fortnight, this will increase the workload of job centre FoH staff by up to 14 times, and if people are expected to stay all day, you can multiply that by the number of signings they deal with every day. Each job centre could potentially have hundreds if not thousands of visitors every day. Most of the job centre buildings could simply not cope with that number due to fire safety and insurance conditions alone. That's before the extra pressure loaded onto the staff with the increased workload, which is already at breaking point, would staff sickness or god forbid, a strike, result in all the people queuing outside being penalised?
There is also the travelling expense issue, anyone living in Shoreham who would be required to attend Worthing Job Centre every day, would be looking at a 7 quid a day bus ticket, that would put them £35 a week down before they start. Although I seem to recall a rule in place that suggested that if someone lives more than four miles from a Job Centre they could not be forced to attend more than once a week, but I expect that rule will disappear pretty quickly along with all the other laws there to protect us from exploitation.
As for the "community service" element, are they planning on making unemployment a crime now? If people are working they should be paid minimum wage at the very least, if they are being paid benefits they should only be required to work the equal amount of hours that, at minimum wage, make up that benefit, not a fixed 30 hours a week anything else would be technically illegal.
Let's look at this part in some detail:
Are we to expect some kind of internment camps for addicts and the mentally ill, would these be a combined venue, because it appears to be claimed that they are similar. I'm not sure how the effects of mental health conditions can be "dealt with" intensively, the same goes for serious long term addiction, there are no miracle five minute cures, no matter what some private companies operating to a cost rather than a standard might claim.
Is there to be an intensive programme to cure physical injuries and disabilities too? Can Gideon cure a broken leg in a week or miraculously heal the sick and dying, he's not Jesus you know, no matter how much he seems to think that he is. Maybe he could prove this to us, one way or the other, by taking a long walk off a short pier quite literally.
Another extremely badly thought out plan by the Tories that no doubt will be put into practice with equal thought and execution. Maybe execution will be their next plan, they seem to want to support the Daily Mail's historical connection with the Nazi Party, and claim that it's nothing more than being "Raucous".
Twats, one and all.
K
