What happened to those children was despicable....to put anyone's life at risk is appalling but your own kids ....that's real evil!

however, blaming the welfare state is totally out of order. I agree that desperate people go to desperate lengths ....and it is not possible to live on benefit (JSA) for any length of time....not without getting into horrendous debt! This wasn't the case here...this was greed. To link this man and his wife with everyone who is out of work is just not an awful sleight upon the millions who genuinely can't get work but it shows the depth that this government will go to just to get themselves re-elected!

its simply not true that the unemployed are scrounges....MOST WANT TO WORK but there are simply no jobs. Where I live the local jobs section which used to boast 8 pages of jobs had 2 last week. Most jobs were for careers, a few cleaners and everything else was commission only....no proper wage. To risk your benefits for those type of jobs is sheer madness. My husband does similar work and we depend on WTC to survive...and what I earn on eBay! If we nothing gave up trying to earn money and went onto JSA again we would be £120 a month better off ...at least! What stops us is the the attitudes of others...and that includes the staff at job centres who treat you like dirt! It made me I'll. I'd rather struggle than face that lot every fortnight!

As for the comment about Thatchers Britain...too right! We have a country where the so called empowerment of women means that kids are growing up without a mum at  home..what was marketed as opportunity has become necessity as mums have to work...not part time to fit around the schools, but full time. The glut of extra people in the jobs market, further fuelled by immigrants, has meant wages are pushed down and down.....so now most families need 2 full time wages.  Kids run riot, don't get proper supervision or properly fed. 

People are quick to condemn the unemployed but what about those who PROFIT out of unemployment...are they not worthy of your scorn too? What about the shareholders in companies that are under performing who demand dividends even though it means sacking some of the workers or lowering their pay? The directors who raise their salaries and lower their workforce's....or lay them off to produce goods in China? Shareholders don't work for their money ......are they any better than the person who has been sacked to provide their income? Fact is we have a greed culture where people want more sand more ...and who gives a damn how they get it...or who they tread on along the way! The 'I'm alright Jack' brigade! We have bankers, directors and the like who pay themes selves more in a year than most earn in a lifetime! They have more money than they can ever spend ...and they want more and more....with people starving in the world, they only look at how they can exploit them....

Fact is ...it's all about power....money gives you clout....you can dictate if your bank balance is big enough! Cameron ....and many MPs ....wouldn't be where they are today if they didn't have the wealth in their back pockets....and they seek to serve those who put it there! When they talk about the people of this country....they don't mean us....we really don't matter...except when it comes to elections....then they love us for about 12 weeks! There is work for everyone in the country....but its not in their interest to make it available. We have a couple of aircraft carriers being made piecemeal to keep the dwindling shipyards open....we have 4 oilers being built for the RFA in S Korea... We have trains that could be built here being built abroad....contract after contract going overseas for the government....why are we not giving British workers jobs....opening up steel industry again? Why is the nation that made the Industrial Revolution happen reduced to banking, retail and leisure? Where is the pride?

want to know?

We sold it for a handful of share certificates and a fast buck....handed out by Thatcher (whose 'dopey' husband Dennis was one of the richest and most powerful men in the country....who never prospered from wee wifey's position....yeah right!) and Blair (who found god ...and few million pounds worth of property after he 'retired' from office!!!)

yes...it is all the fault of the unemployed benefit 'scroungers'.... they are responsible for state of the nation

.....never was it more true.....DIVIDE  & CONQUER!