tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384527644390171544.post4158243424568516234..comments2024-01-14T23:59:23.833+00:00Comments on Too Many Cuts: Are you sure you're all right (Jack)?PartySpannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15891187860810016587noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384527644390171544.post-886042942018173072011-12-25T23:59:19.343+00:002011-12-25T23:59:19.343+00:00That's a good example of how someone falls thr...That's a good example of how someone falls through the gaps, Anonymous, and also of the system - which is supposed to help - failing you at the first opportunity. I've heard of abused wives being told they wouldn't get help because 'intentionally homeless', too. <br /><br />The motivation seems to be mostly about trapping the few who try to manipulate the welfare system, frothingangryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18237907725025720853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384527644390171544.post-58062172563181441412011-12-07T21:51:06.878+00:002011-12-07T21:51:06.878+00:00This really hits home, sad that the likes of Camer...This really hits home, sad that the likes of Cameron, Osbourne and Clegg are so far removed from real life that it would mean nothing to them. <br /><br />I remember when I first left uni and found myself with no where to live because I couldn't continue living in my student house as my housemates had left. Helpfully, I was told that I should have taken on the £600 pm rent myself (difficult Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384527644390171544.post-9434610071455170672011-12-07T21:15:02.587+00:002011-12-07T21:15:02.587+00:00Thanks for the post. I so agree, it could be any ...Thanks for the post. I so agree, it could be any of us.Rachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523283813774455180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384527644390171544.post-25202615867883643972011-12-07T01:04:18.650+00:002011-12-07T01:04:18.650+00:00Yes! But where do they hope we will disappear to??...Yes! But where do they hope we will disappear to??<br /><br />I used to wonder exactly where Mrs Thatcher thought this "wall" might be, that the weak should go to.<br /><br />Looks like we're going to have to build it ourselves ... on workfare.frothingangryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18237907725025720853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384527644390171544.post-2731905705634880762011-12-05T21:21:22.239+00:002011-12-05T21:21:22.239+00:00We are, many of us, one illness/accident/redundanc...We are, many of us, one illness/accident/redundancy/cost cutting exercise etc away from not being able to pay the bills, the rent, the mortgage, for our childrens food, to heat our homes<br /><br />Pay freezes, job cuts, rising inflation, loss of overtime, erosion of employment T+C's, govt thefts from pension pots etc mean that my family's "cushion" against the lean times has AFMumsnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666951474313404522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384527644390171544.post-30208326876352747872011-12-05T20:06:30.142+00:002011-12-05T20:06:30.142+00:00Fabulous post! Absolutely spot on - There but for ...Fabulous post! Absolutely spot on - There but for the Grace of God...miaowwwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09827230222718071197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384527644390171544.post-10951277370692036922011-12-05T20:00:38.897+00:002011-12-05T20:00:38.897+00:00Excellent post, we can all make an everyday differ...Excellent post, we can all make an everyday difference to someone by buying a big issue. Find your big issue seller and say hi, buy from them, smile at them. They work bloody hard in the freezing cold!FrothingFonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05813188220554415348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384527644390171544.post-29677047056363240092011-12-05T19:43:20.334+00:002011-12-05T19:43:20.334+00:00Excellent post and I've join too.I didn't ...Excellent post and I've join too.I didn't know what a frother was untill someone explained it to me today and you never guess what? Yes, I'm a frother too.Keep the stories comming in-ThanksI'malrightJackhttps://twitter.com/#!/IamalrightJacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384527644390171544.post-41658945426241553992011-12-05T18:17:58.958+00:002011-12-05T18:17:58.958+00:00A quick reminder to people that you can use WriteT...A quick reminder to people that you can use WriteToThem.com to easily find & email your MP :)<br /><br />#frothersfrothingangryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18237907725025720853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384527644390171544.post-3883812595351651132011-12-05T17:16:12.986+00:002011-12-05T17:16:12.986+00:00Yes, great post.Yes, great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384527644390171544.post-71362816345941836382011-12-05T13:49:56.978+00:002011-12-05T13:49:56.978+00:00Great post. You really hit the mark there - it can...Great post. You really hit the mark there - it can happen to any of us, and if we think that having a good job and/or savings can prevent homelessness or that only feckless idiots end up without a home, then we are fooling ourselves.Lynn C Schreiberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397301192767939627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384527644390171544.post-383550193940357032011-12-05T11:52:54.140+00:002011-12-05T11:52:54.140+00:00Stunning article. In all senses.Stunning article. In all senses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384527644390171544.post-67919908147504006362011-12-05T11:37:49.198+00:002011-12-05T11:37:49.198+00:00This is why I 'Occupy' a tent in London .....This is why I 'Occupy' a tent in London ...we strive to bring about conversations just like this and have them addressed. For too long, the silence of the people has facilitated the manipulation of the financial sector into our government. Now the government and finance are so entwined, the people are not the priority.<br /><br />I realise the 'Occupiers' (including Occupy Wall Tina Louisehttp://www.tinalouise.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6384527644390171544.post-53201151802570433582011-12-05T09:38:44.433+00:002011-12-05T09:38:44.433+00:00Thank you. This is us really- both with good jobs...Thank you. This is us really- both with good jobs: 2 disabled children later still coping well on one salary; a redundancy and- pow! <br /><br />I believe people make an internal choice to write people off whoa re in need as 'not like me'; a defence mechanism. I have a suspicion I may have done that, although several years in the charity sector working with people- erm- just like me Diddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10488150837446755083noreply@blogger.com