Ken Loach tries to open Kwasi Kwarteng's eyes to poverty UK and fails

[@nweston99]

Man who hasn't seen film says film is inaccurate.

[@Captain_Rhodes]

i was on the dole for 18 months. the jobcentre scenes are realy accurate.

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

I was out of work for 6 months in 2019/20, and went to the job centre several times. I decided I was better off burning through my savings than spending time in that place. It’s up their with funeral homes and the bookies as the most bleak and depressing places in the country.

[@Captain_Rhodes]

@@attackpatterndelta8949 i dunno. I can think of worse places. I worked in a call centre once

[@Ron.S.]

@dylan murphy good luck 🤞

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

@dylan murphy I wish you all the very best for the future.

[@richardevans3253]

@@Captain_Rhodes hahahaha.. good was it

[@GormlyKeep]

I worked as 3rd sector caseworker for ten years. Daniel Blake's story is mild compared to the stories I heard day after day

[@wendypope37]

😥

[@benmayhew2K]

Kwasi is a complete 100%Tory boy,rich private education with no idea on how the many suffer.

[@wendypope37]

With his large 6foot plus frame and large healthy look I'll bet he never went without a meal not one .. how do you get that big if you never miss any basic food like a lot of people. Oxbridge Tory sci_im lackey.

[@dansabell6948]

i have witnessed young boys stealing potatoes from the entrance to tesco extra, i guessed they were brothers and they were following their mothers's instructions. Not fancy food off the shelves ... potatoes..

[@jackmcnally9237]

Corruptio optimi pessima! There is no division between white and black public school educated BASTARDS.! So this will be deemed to be progress! Kiss my arse !

[@TheWelwyn21]

@@dansabell6948 you should of reported them to the police thieving bastards

[@misterwibble6411]

@dylan murphy >>and it’s really not hard Not hard my arse, the basic UC payout per month is pathetic -£257 per month for a single claimant - good luck surviving on that - gas, lecy, food, everything other than rent has to come out of that. I'd like to see you survive on that.

[@834arglebardconnden7]

Ken Loach is a beautiful person. This movie is heartbreaking. Ken is showing and bringing to the fore issues that are at our feet today. Fuck the politicians. Ken has done more than any for years.

[@MarkHarrison733]

Loach is a major anti-Semite and a Holocaust denier.

[@Johnconno]

Kwarteng looks like he's never skipped a meal in his life.

[@Red1Green2Blue3]

His smug smile is sickening. This is all an abstract game to him and the nasty party.

[@lameduck3630]

Racist.

[@watermarginramsgate180]

@@lameduck3630 who's racist

[@pumpkin1901]

@@lameduck3630 I can only hope your comment is sarcastic

[@jackmcnally9237]

He is eating us all 24 /7.

[@janwright1]

Ken is RIGHT - THEY DID IT TO ME! - I won my appeal and I had already decided if I didn't I would have no alternative other than suicide.

[@kevinnoscoe6284]

jan wright. Please try to stay strong brother. There in the death throws of power there out next time "god willing ✊🏻".

[@08453300222]

Amen..

[@darryl6332]

Yeah, true!!!.... but nothing in comparison with Hollywood directors. The point is, he might have a few million but he cares about the plight of other less fortunate than himself which is sadly lacking in todays society. He is a great man in my eyes, not only because he gives a voice to issues but more importantly he made my No1 favourite film of all time.... KES ;-)

[@michaelsheppard6177]

jan wright If Ken is a "multi millionaire" it's because he is a talented individual. Would you hold that against him?

[@LilySaintSin]

Exactly! He wasn't born Rich. He earned through talent and hard work.

[@Alagar63]

Ken Loach has got it spot on. I had a serious mental breakdown and I was so ill I couldn’t even hold a pen to sign a a form. I live with PTSD and a immunodeficiency illness. I have agoraphobia and I was told I was fit for work. I wAs to sick and unstable to attend a interview. Because I couldn’t attend I had my money stopped. It left me penny less and I was left with no money ,no food. And had to move out of the flat I was living in. I ended up living with friends who could not afford to feed me as well as their children. I am recovering from my breakdown but still unable to work but still the government people who assessed me still think 8 am able to work. This government do not care about me or any other person who is sick physically or mentally. Poverty is beyond normal and is raising. This country is the 5th richest country in the world. This government are criminal and we need to get them out of power. They lied to all of you who voted to leave the EU to have more control over the people of the UK and they work d on the fear of refugees coming in to the UK . All the terrorism attack’s have stoped now Brexit is done and the greedy Tory government has got what it wanted. Bread fear in people and they are easier to push around.. Funny that hey ?

[@cosmicdiasporapoems2916]

You're brave to say that

[@Ron.S.]

Sad

[@truthseeker7612]

A sad read. Sorry. I hope you are growing from strength to strength.

[@Shaggy-839two]

Funny how terrorism stopped during the pandemic.

[@MrGoneTroppo]

@@Shaggy-839two Except for last Friday

[@rogerthompson6036]

God bless Ken loach we need a lot more like him to speak up for us.

[@jrcp106]

Grammar school > Oxford > BBC > mansion in the whitest, richest cities in the country. Must be his lived experience that qualifies him?

[@dgbucko]

@@jrcp106 Or his compassion and honesty. You are playing the man, not the ball.

[@jrcp106]

@@dgbucko Another posho with a cricket analogy. I expect you were privately educated as well.

[@dgbucko]

@@jrcp106 I see you weren't educated at all. It's a footie reference old boy. Your problem is clear to see; you are fixated on personality and not the message. Now pop along and watch some more Jeremy Kyle repeats.

[@jrcp106]

@@dgbucko And there we are, utter contempt for the working classes. That's why we are all voting Tory ;) .

[@jonathanwaldren2631]

kwasi Kwarteng's response is now the standard response to facts presented to support an argument .... "I don't accept that". It's not up for debate mate. It's a fact. They can sit there look you in the eye and defend the indefensible with lies and spin - they make my skin crawl.

[@mercomania]

Kwarteng so far out of his depth it is embarrassing. His heartless attitude is a sign of him being a true heartless Tory.

[@khalidacosta7133]

He came on there SMILING. This is a serious situation and he's grinning! That tells you his attitude straight away.

[@sergioalmasy8722]

We would have thought Kwarteng would have at least made the effort to watch the film before appearing, knowing full well he was going to be interviewed. He didn't take it seriously. In fairness to him, though at least he turned up, unlike the person who should be there, the Secretary of State for the DWP. These politicians just take the whole poverty issue with a pinch of salt.

[@dirkbogarde44]

The benefit system.......is basically a lottery, depending upon the individuals you encounter. Some are decent and kind.....others are the scum of the earth.

[@jmills1549]

I would agree with you.... Seen it many times,, usually the nice staff get replaced jobsworths

[@cmmndrblu]

Loach is bringing class back into the conversation. And thank god.

[@fatbelly27]

Ken Loach is absolutely correct about the benefits system and the story. I have seen the film. Kwasi needs to watch it with his eyes open. The film absolutely reflects political reality. The figures back him up.

[@MrArchie800]

I struggle to listen to Kwasi for more than 10 seconds at a time as he makes me feel so angry, he is the epitome of disingenuous.

[@ysgol3]

It makes me shudder to hear one of our greatest ever artists being lectured to by a Tory ignoramus.

[@oneworldfamily]

Same. Kwasi's language when he was referring to Ken was laughable.

[@kenirving5240]

Greatest ever? You mean a salty champagne socialist millionaire hypocrite. He talks of sanctions as if they are arbitrary. If you can’t be arsed to work, at least turn up for your appointments. There are over a million jobs going begging in this country, and way too many fussy people who think they’re too good to get their hands dirty. Of course there are exceptions, but that’s what they are, exceptions.

[@quick46]

That bastard Kwarteng grinning like a Cheshire cat when the clip cut to the studio

[@suecondon1685]

Laughing at the Queen's funeral last week too. Sociopathic, narcissistic, supercilious pompous arse... Look where we are now he's Chancellor. God help us.

[@Redu3]

Kwasi Kwarteng - a man who has probably never missed a meal in his life, lecturing Ken Loach on the social situation in Britain. Guy is thicker than two planks.

[@oscillated139]

It isn't his intelligence that is the problem, it is his complete and utter lack of understanding and compassion. These are the attributes that Boris looks for in his cabinet!

[@theoilandgasresourceportal2132]

Ken Loach is a rich hypocrite that makes poverty porn

[@hasjan652]

Can you believe how blind this guy is? My uncle has had a recent stroke. He worked all his life. He went to the interview, and because he had his pride, they declared him fit to work. The report he had back was full of lies. He can barely walk. His mind is not right. It is so cruel. Saying they are creating more jobs, what point is there of this - if people are too sick to work? This bloke is very lucky to be sat on tv, as a blind policitican. What the hell is going on in this country? Where people at the top cream money, people get away without paying taxes. People are making money from housing, and others - are denied the basic rights for benefits when they have worked all of their lives paying into the system? It is a joke.

[@TerryCrodgedy]

Has Jan ... quite right my friend

[@oldtrojanskin]

Almost exactly five years later and the situation has worsened exponentially.

[@caroleannmc3897]

Three separate diagnosis, from three different medical experts. 25 minutes with a physiotherapist, who had never heard of one diagnosis, and I was told I was fit for work. Twice this has happened now, twice I have gone to appeal and won. Twice they have put me through that. It didn't do my health any good. I am also one of the people who has been asked - at more than one assessment - why haven't I committed suicide yet. I was self employed, loved what I did, was good at it, and was heartbroken not to be able to do any of it - probably ever - again. My profile pic is one of my favourite memories from my working life. Not just the doing of that rather grim and chilly activity, but the whole day that surrounded it, the people, place and purpose.

[@davebox588]

The most stupid part is that a good many of the people suffering hardship believed the Tories would fix it because Boris sounds like a nice bloke. People need to start taking elections seriously.

[@GherkmanProductions]

No they don't. Elections are a complete joke. Even if people had a good choice between two parties the chance is positive change will not happen and never will. Both sides are liars. I don't blame the people who choose not to vote

[@GherkmanProductions]

Even when labour has good intentions, they mostly don't live up to their promises- either because the party doesn't allow it or the system doesn't allow it

[@sbor2020]

People put more thought into their X-Factor vote :-))

[@davebox588]

@@sbor2020 they clearly take reality shows more seriously than elections.

[@davebox588]

@@GherkmanProductions so what's the game plan? Increasing numbers of people not voting to the point where the politicians in power don't even bother with approval? You think that'll end well? Hold them to account. If lying meant they'd suffer in the polls they'd be less likely to do it. Your detachment just plays into their misbehaviour.

[@tomthomassony8607]

And Keir Starmer has expelled Ken Loach from the Labour Party. Says all you need to know about Labour in 2021.

[@wilsonhodge71]

But it doesn't really tell us all we need to know does it Tom! The facts are that four associated campaign groups were expelled by by Starmer who were seen as not compatible with Labour values, some of which were critical of Starmer's attempts to tackle antisemitism within the party. Loach called those groups his good friends and comrades. Do keep up Tom.

[@tomthomassony8607]

@@wilsonhodge71 apologies, I haven’t read the latest edict from Keef’s focus group. I will update myself this very minute, so I remain on-message at all times.

[@wilsonhodge71]

@@tomthomassony8607 No focus groups or being on- message Tom but just simple facts. The only spin is your own take on the matter.

[@wilsonhodge71]

@@RomaInvicta1 Not the case as you well know. Perhaps you are confusing the numbers with those who left because of the antisemitism, or do they not count? Would be nice if the whole party was united in confronting antisemitism, but I guess that's too much to ask for. .

[@tomthomassony8607]

@@wilsonhodge71 yes of course. The way Keef runs the Labour Party is totally organic. I was totally wrong about the Focus Groups. I’m still on message.

[@sonnyrose965]

I WISH that the film was just “storytelling”. The fact that people are still living this is so abhorrent. The vulnerable are wrongfully made accountable and it’s disgusting. I hope the system changes in my lifetime because I’ve seen generations of my family/the people around me suffer

[@catbreath007]

Ken Loach for Prime Minister 👍❤️✝️

[@alanbatty3825]

Watch carefully, when they finish showing the film clip, Kwarteng has a big grin on his face. For me that says it all, before the man had even uttered a single word. Such people should be tried for treason and dealt with accordingly.

[@LG-cz6ls]

Yes. I saw that, too. The nasty shithead.

[@MrHappyfuntimeskayak]

Why on earth would they have someone on who hadn't seen the film?

[@merked1980]

At Eton and at just about every other fee paying school, showing compassion is a sign of weakness and isn't allowed under any circumstances. However, being self dependent is very much encouraged in these institutions. Kwarteng and Johnson went to Eton. Loach is wasting his time on this one...

[@brynleytalbot778]

Everyone is highly supportive of each other providing they’re on an upward trajectory. Fail or fall down and you’ll be abandoned.

[@jacob8949]

His purpose is to expose Etonians, not educate them.

[@suzansanchez1105]

Those who went to the old type boarding schools, particularly the ones that used physical punishment did certainly cause developmental damage. It's called "Boarding school syndrome" & it's a fascinating, & insightful topic. Check some of the video s out on KZbin. I always wondered why boarding school adults were so aloof & cold hearted. It definitely comes through in our conservative politicians.

[@Ron.S.]

@@suzansanchez1105 there’s at least one man I know who sought for help and after successful therapy changed - James O’Brien

[@merked1980]

@@suzansanchez1105 Completely agree.. There is a book called Sad Little Men which sets this out in detail too..

[@billypower3349]

I worked and paid taxes from the age of 16 without a single day of unemployment. At the age of 58 I had a heart attack and was medically made redundant from my job. My experiences with the system were appalling. I was treated on a very shabby way and, because I’d worked hard and bought my own home and had savings, my entitlement was an absolute pittance. I had to find a job to survive. I did and at 63 with a dodgy ticker, I’m still working - and shift work too. The whole system is in a complete mess. I found that everything I had contributed over the years amounted to nothing. And it isn’t just the tories either.....

[@minnie5301]

The nazis didn't lose the war

[@stephenking7095]

send the Tory to sit in a Job Centre up north for a week

[@TheHDSuperLow]

maybe if you northerners stopped voting in labour there would be some jobs up there

[@comanchio1976]

+stan1ey You do know that we get the same government North and south, don't you?

[@chrisholland7367]

Stephen King send a tory to sit in a job centre for a week anywhere in the UK. Anywhere outside the Westminster bubble.

[@hfive2715]

People come from Europe unable to speak the language and get work this country. There are only two reasons you sit in a job centre today. 1. you refuse to work. 2. You don't have the moral strength to work a job you deem beneath you or too hard. I am a northern working man and I have NEVER reduced myself to signing on and I never will. GROW THE FUCK UP! OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE MADE TO WIPE YOUR ARSE.

[@alinamanea884]

SEND THE TORY TO HIS RELATIVES IN GHANA, BETTER SOLUTION

[@davidlloyd3116]

1750 food parcels handed out per day in my town. 5 food banks here. You’d never guess. It’s High Wycombe in South Buckinghamshire.

[@lameduck3630]

You do hear stories of people abusing food banks, such as arriving back from a Carribbean holiday and heading straight there.

[@chrisbaker3900]

4:00 - the moment Ken Loach decided his next film would be about the gig economy. Kwarteng is almost proud of his ignorance, and doesn't care who knows it. Tries crude smear tactics then claims he 'respects' KL's position. KL is worth a thousand of this clown.

[@mattw9764]

I literally love Ken Loach. The man is a true humanitarian, who I would compare to Gandhi or Mandela.

[@SSMMTTEE]

Gandhi and Mandela suffered brutally, for decades, to free their people. Loach made a few films. What on Earth do they have in common?!

[@theoilandgasresourceportal2132]

Ken Loach the champagne socialist pedalling his poverty porn

[@suzansanchez1105]

@@SSMMTTEE Passion & compassion for humanity.

[@SSMMTTEE]

@@suzansanchez1105 Bit broad criteria to compare him to those two don’t you think?!

[@suzansanchez1105]

@@SSMMTTEE Maybe. But I enjoy those souls who speak truth to power.

[@TheSapphire51]

He sounds just like Boris. Deny reality.

[@tomallcock3185]

It is criminal that Starmer has purged the Labour Party of people as good as Ken Loach.

[@nigel4776]

I just can't understand why normal working people can listen to someone like Kwarteng and still vote tory. Why? I understand why people don't want to vote for the current labour party, but to actively support this guy and people like him unless you're in the high tax bracket, why?

[@carolinegreen6594]

Love you Ken Loach... telling the truth. Thank you. Thank God for you

[@purplemonkeydishwasher5269]

The Tories love food banks. While caring people will volunteer and donate and look after the needy they can keep the money for their friends.

[@benbunyip]

Thank you Ken Loach.

[@paulrispin4989]

Massive respect to Ken Loach. Tells it as it is. Kwarteng is clueless about inequality.

[@alexanderstefanov6474]

To be fair, he clueless about most everything

[@minnie5301]

No, I'm afraid he's not clueless. He and the party know exactly what they're doing.Evil

[@davidhughes7912]

Kwasi Kwarteng, MP represents a Surrey Constituency - one of the richest counties in the country, he went to Eton and Cambridge and Harvard University. He is as far removed from the lives of ordinary people in this country as the moon is from Mercury.

[@alexandermallinckrodt2847]

You do realise he was there on academic scholarships and his parents were student migrants from Ghana? He was incredibly clever and therefore won the scholarship to Eton, went to Cambridge then won the Kennedy Scholarship to Harvard. He worked up to where he is now.

[@MrChrisw01]

Spelthorne is hardly stereo typical Surrey. A lot of low wage jobs around Heathrow and White Van man tradesman.

[@westsideisdabest7825]

This, Spelthorne is more grey than the stereotypical "leafy green" Surrey.

[@TerryCrodgedy]

I don't know anything about his upbringing but he seems pretty heartless

[@ShubhamBhushanCC]

A Black Tory, leave him be he is busy fighting his own contradictions

[@The-Wolf-with-no-name]

And this ladies and gentlemen is who the Tories are but come the next election England will vote them back into power.

[@wilsonhodge71]

If only the electorate was clever like you Harjinder.

[@truthseeker7612]

Exactly.

[@ja19ke82]

Old etonian Kwarteng telling his own story, devoid of sympathy, empathy, in denial, supporter of the 'hostile environment' which passes for tory social policy.

[@peteg1114]

The story has literally just happened to my father-in-law. Permanently injured due to COPD from working down the mines and now the government wants him to get back to work 2 years shy of retirement. Fuck off! Those who could have worked but didn't need to take a look at themselves.

[@mattoneill9003]

Ken,, you are a legend 👍👍👍

[@Sou1defiler]

Soon as you see Kwarteng in shot, smirking, you know exactly what is going through his head. Mostly.. "Disgraceful oiks demanding to be able to survive.."

[@lucbuydens1783]

Kwast is good at ignoring reality and replacing it with his own facts. How can there be so many people who vote for such an uptight down hitter that he gets elected.

[@lasha4409]

having once been on benefits I know what its like, Kwasi probably thinks the idea of being poor is have to cut down on the bubbly

[@jettec9411]

This is happening here in Denmark as well, we have the same kind of psychopath politicians. When a doctor assests you to sick to work, they bring in a consultant, who never even see you in person, to contradict and suddently you are healthy.

[@rodgerq]

Typical tory outlook. "I'm OK so what's the problem?"

[@aliwright1016]

Ken was right then and he's right now. It's worse now...including the Tory denial.

[@rmleighton1]

The standard answer applied here again is, “We live in a Democracy and the people have spoken”. Rubbish.

[@lordveteran9126]

It's not aged well has it??? Learned nothing...

[@Shaggy-839two]

But these down and outs still keep voting Tory 🤷‍♂️

[@petertyson2]

Notice the sly dig at Ken at the start of the interview from the Tory?... Guru-Murphy - "Have you seen the film?"... Tory - "Don't think many people have." As charming as a Tory twat can be.

[@nineteenfortyeight]

Loach: Total Karteng: I can't address your anecdotes. But I deal with constituents every day .

[@ibidi9710]

Ken me old mukka. You can't teach a Snake how to walk.

[@Gabzerelli5]

The thumbnail sums up this video, brilliant 😂

[@henningdamberg2206]

THANK GOD FOR KEN LOACH. Kwarteng's sentence "there is a place for social commentary" is actually quite revealing...

[@strangescribe1]

Yeah, he's carrying on like its fiction.

[@lambd01d]

I'd like a government that removes the need for such social commentary. At least Dickens' work resulted in positive change. Modern Tories just deny everything and make things worse. They're taking us back to Victorian times.

[@Dave..1978-i9t]

Can you imagine if Loach and Shane Meadows got together and made a film. It would be LEGENDARY

[@lameduck3630]

Sounds effing awful.

[@patriciahiggins9188]

Our benefit system is a disgrace as are the Tories

[@kennethatkins9250]

Well done Ken Where is the political opposition ?

[@powell656]

it is not about race ,it is about class, caste if you like!

[@Chris-the-Saxon]

We really don't have a party that really works for the majority of the people of this country!! We are in a mess!

[@GlennLeinster]

Well said Ken;-) much friendship mate ;-)

[@Godlike-87]

How do Tory's find these horribly classist people with this much precision? It's so blatant now.

[@Dylanesque]

Kwasi should be made to live with an impoverished family on a run down council estate for one whole year. Give him the raw experience of having to live from hand to mouth, day in and day out with no hope that life is ever going to change before you die because the system fails.

[@jmills1549]

I remember it well.... Had good and bad times and always described time out of work claiming dole... PRISON TIME ON OUTSIDE....bad times. Well said Ken

[@Ethericrose]

It's sad that the most important interviews only last 5 mins. And that's about how long the corrupt torys think about people's benefit suffering.

[@stuarthartley7428]

What a lovely human being. Bless you Ken

[@GreenMorningDragonProductions]

Kwasi Kwarteng - YUK. Did Samuel L. Jackson base his character in 'Django Unchained' on this muppet?

[@helenhughes9420]

It's all bloody true and four years on ...its worse 🤬

[@wilsonhodge71]

Have you any evidence for that statement?

[@clivesmith9377]

Anyone trying to defend the undefendable has to lie like kwarteng.

[@linleysmith4528]

This man is unbelievable in his thinking !! 👍🏿

[@heliotropezzz333]

I'd not come across this before. They don't want their eyes opened. They prefer to look away.

[@odinallfarther6038]

His depiction was totally real !

[@craigshawmusic]

Tories are bred to have no empathy or compassion. Same as it ever was and is. Ken Loach is a King for the people.

[@wendymcdermott6586]

Not a smidgen of empathy in that man. Discusting!

[@64offsuiter]

The government of food banks. True. Kwasi is saying that because they are voted in it means they are the best option. Here he says 'i haven't heard of any stories like this'. Just because he hasn't heard of this, doesn't make it not true. So so sad

[@heem6619]

What's the point? He knows, he just doesn't care

[@marklimbrick]

His private education obviously avoided Dickens then? A social commentary by a former Parliamentary reporter. With the aim to provide the facts and motivation to solve real issues of poverty and injustice.

[@marilynkick2956]

For this Tory to say this isn't happening is unbelievable, what is he trying to say that all these people who've had sanctions imposed on them are telling lies. Who is he anyway, must have been put forward for the interview because he'd be instantly forgettable and we wouldn't know who to ascribe such utter rubbish to.

[@jasoncooper1189]

i agree thats all they say pure fucking SCUM

[@petertyson2]

Probably just a random back bencher selected through a game of Eeny Meeny Miny Mo.

[@monsterkis]

petertyson2 no

[@evansmusic48]

Open KK's eyes to UK poverty?!!.....fat chance; he's a Tory.....Capitalism, Business, Greed! Always been the same, eh?!!

[@tonyn9858]

hi if you have serious health ;problems and didn't get any points you will relate to this film I do. very true to life

[@kev643]

It is really tough at Eton.

[@manoftrent71]

Is it Tomkinson-Smythe's turn to get buggered today, Housemaster?

[@hannahl1387]

Thanks Ken.

[@JerzyFeliksKlein]

Did Ken Loach made a mistake there? He said that 1000100 food banks parcels were handed out, it seems way to low.

[@wildandbarefoot]

Ken will return and Kier will burn.

[@gazsm1]

The big difference here is that Ken loach has researched, been part of and spoken to ordinary people going through the benefits system and all the suffering it causes. Kwartang hasn't done any of these things because he dismisses them off hand because, like the Tory party(and the government as a whole) they have become so removed from the lives of ordinary folk. Government is a business, politicians don't go into politics to represent the people, they go into politics to represent the wealthy elites interests, consequently(and deliberately)profiteering from a corrupt system that is geared to serve a few while forcing the majority to fund it.

[@johnmiles1506]

The Tories have criminalised poverty!!!

[@dougie1968]

I know several people suffering mental illness or are physically disabled who were assessed as fit enough to work! They bitterly complained to me their incomes took a nosedive as they were all put on JSA. Naturally they also bitterly complained they had to visit the local job centre fortnightly to sign on and convince the staff members they were actively seeking employment for fear of having their JSA cut. One of them appealed and after the second attempt won. He was put back on all the benefits he was originally on backdated to the time he was assessed as fit enough to work. He got paid a fortune. Being mentally ill he couldn't cope, lost it and was sectioned in a secure mental health facility. Haven't seen hide nor hair of him since.

[@bootangy]

ill neva vote blue

[@festuswilliams654]

This dude is little more than a rhetorical dodge for his party.. I wonder where he stood whilst his peers were calling Mandela a terrorist?

[@paulpeartsmith]

”Is it THAT bad.?” Is going to be exactly how it gets that bad. Channel 4 news in a nutshell.

[@marcusclements3370]

Kwasi Karteng does his best to limp his way around the truth, and to be fair to him he does a pretty good job.

[@simonh779]

I started watching this a second time and soon realised why I stopped it short before. Ken Loach is a gentle man, an artist and proper hero, then as soon as the crappy tory opens his despicable gob I have to spare my bleeding soul.from the horror that he casually pollutes the world with. Absolutely shameless. That would be the perfect tagline for the tories... "Absolutely Shameless Since 1834."

[@martycrow]

How's it going UK?

[@KeepFunkyBaby]

There's always money for war though.

[@manoftrent71]

Always.

[@jintsfan]

Brexit. 23 June 2016. Best day in recent British political history.