howard mcsweeney1 wrote:no party political points indeed!!
the chancellor has already done that with his comments linking mass murder and perversions with the benefit system, possibly the nastiest comments yet that i have heard from a leading politician and he was up against strong opposition.
Osborne was absolutely right to say what he did.
What we have seen with Labour's reaction to this is simply their usual tactics of trying to close down a debate on a valid subject because it does not suit them, they tried this also over immigration with accusations of racism at anyone who questioned it.
Back to the Philpotts for which there are two matters partly related.
The depraved individual actions that led to the deaths of these children are not simply because of his being on benefits and such wrongdoings are not confined to benefit cheats. There are nasty evil people in all stratas of society.
It is his whole lifestyle that is in question in which he milked the system to maximum advantage, breeding multiple children from multiple women to get money to fund his indolent, useless and utterly depraved 'way of existence'. He would not have been able to live a life like that if the benefit system was fit for purpose.
This man and others like him, perhaps on a lesser scale, bring disrepute to the benefit system on which many genuine and deserving people also depend. It is the laxness and inadequacies of the system that allowed this lifestyle that is as much at fault as he is. This is a valid debate that must be aired.
Anyway - this man deserves the rope but as we are not civilised enough to deal with him that way then I hope he gets a very 'hard' time from other inmates for the rest of his wretched and worthless life.;