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Aug 30
2008

Posted by richard

I was reading the newspaper and I came across an article about Abu Qatada. He’s the fanatical Islamic preacher who is on bail under strict conditions, after our courts ruled sending him home to Jordan would breach his human rights (and don’t get me started on -that-).

Well the articles says his family (a family of five) are living on benefits of £50,000 in an £800,000 rented four-bedroom semi-detached house. 50 grand! My god I have two jobs and I don’t even -earn- that! What is this country coming to that a man like him, who espouses hate and violence, can get 50 grand in benefits?!

The picture associated with the article, incidentally, shows him carrying several heavy shopping bags outside Morrisons, and a paragraph mentions he clams incapacity benefit for a … what for it … bad back.

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Apr 28
2008

Posted by richard

Something caught my eye tonight when I was quickly scanning the BBC news page: Jail over £5,500 benefits fraud

As you might imagine, I agree with that. Scam the system, take our money, and pay for it. The thing is, only a few months ago – an MP called Derek Conway did the same thing with a lot more money (something like £40,000 over three years) which he was forced to pay back £13,161.

So from this you can surmise our political system is corrupt. If you’re an MP it’s ok to abuse the taxpayers and take our money for your own lazy son, paying him for work you can’t prove he’s done. If we were a fair and just society, he would be spending about a year in prison right now, don’t you think?

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