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Originally Posted by martyh
No they won't .As i said these people don't work and don't claim ,they live off the proceeds of crime so they will continue stealing ,mugging ,dealing ect as they always have done .Those who do claim some may turn to crime and some may surprise us all by getting work ,either way i doubt the petition will have any effect as i suspect there may be legal issues with stopping benefits because someone has a criminal record ,i don't think legaly that they could single out rioters from other criminals who do get benefits .So although the petition is popular and does show the feeling of a large number of people ultimately it won't have the desired effect imo
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Actually, my last comment was about evicting rioters from their houses wich is equally pointless as stopping their benefits.