martyh

As some of the CF members may know i work for local authorities fitting doors and windows for council house refurbishments ,as you can imagine i come accross some pretty scummy people but today i was fitting in a house in Newcastle were a 19yr old girl was visiting her sister to use the laptop for facebook .She struck up conversation by talking about her "terrible" life because the social had stopped her money because she hadn't been looking for a job ,and now only gets enough to support her 2yr child who is in daycare/preschool or whatever .I replied that "yes the government are cracking down now so you will have to get a job" she replied "nah ,i knew they would stop it so i got pregnant again now they will have to give me my dole back,i'll have about 4 bairns by the time i'm 25"

I think Cameron et al have their work cut out for them changing attitudes like that ,it makes me feel like giving up now and just not bothering