Benefits were sold to the public as a last‑resort safety net: you pay in through your taxes and National Insurance so that if the worst happens, nobody is left with nothing.
That social contract depends on one thing – the people funding it believing it is tightly focused on essentials, not optional extras.
Yet we now have a system where being on benefits is increasingly tied to “perks” and “discounts” for non‑essentials – days out, attractions, “experiences” – at the exact same time as working families, taxed to the hilt, are cutting back on those very things for their own children.
The basic question writes itself: how is it remotely fair that the people financing the system can’t afford these outings, but the system is being used to subsidise them for others?
This isn’t an argument against a safety net. It’s an argument against a political class that has quietly rebranded welfare from emergency support into a parallel lifestyle infrastructure, while telling workers there is “no money” to ease their tax burden or improve their own living standards.
That should not be happening in any serious, responsible country.
🇬🇧 Keir Starmer
“we’ll freeze those energy bills going forward”
“Under a Labour Government we would allow prices to go up Ella”
When the man is on record so many times stating what he is going to do, then within weeks does the opposite - the trust is gone.
How can anyone ever believe a single word Keir Starmer ever says again?
This makes Ollie Watkins scoring the winner for England tonight even better. He wanted John McGinn and Scotland to succeed, and the beady eyed jock laughed in his face wishing nothing but misery on England. McGinn was one of the worst players at the Euros
02.07.2023 - FC Romanos
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Division 1 or below ideally already have 1 Premier league and Division 1 opposition
The inheritance tax is morally wrong - it is a double tax. Every family should have the right to pass their belongings on to their children and grandchildren - that’s their possessions they have worked for and own - not the governments or anyone else’s.
Taylor Swift is concerned about climate change.
Fun fact: Her private jet emits more carbon in a single trip than your car in your entire lifetime. She topped the list of most private jet flights in 2022 (with more than 200 flights), and that's when she wasn't even on tour 🤡