Benefit Street Where 90% Of The People Claim...

[trt]

If they are stupid enough to take part in a CH4 documentary about benefits they deserve to be belittled!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2534110/Theyve-just-tried-make-look-like-slums-Jobless-stars-Benefits-Street-documentary-accuse-Channel-4-manipulative-stitch-up.html

[sandyRoe]

Tokens would be no good. They'd only sell them to buy drink or drugs. Reintroducing Workhouses would be the answer.

[anneasquith]

lets just put up a 12ft, wall around these ghetto's and have no one allowed to enter or leave, !

[DrFilth]

Elina can i take it he did not like the show -)

[Elina]

He needs one of your chill pills Dr ;0)

[Elina]

Another view though eh?

[DrFilth]

> Elina
He needs one of your chill pills Dr <

if i had watched it i would need a full packet and be short of one nice lump hammer that would have gone straight through the screen

[humbersloop]

I found the figures and analysis here pretty clear-eyed

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/georgeosborne/10555058/The-biggest-drains-on-the-state-have-slipped-past-search-for-savings.html

[BRIGHT SPARK]

Whilst there's rot at the top ,there will always be rot at the bottom!!

[DrFilth]

they should have called it dead end street and used this tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0WPC-N3UYE

[ToraToraTora]

Ok I watched it, they all claim to be skint but strangely they can all afford, cigs and booze and I'm sure Black D was on waccy baccy.

[anneasquith]

what we saw was what the programme makers wanted us to see, ie, smoking,drinking. I saw a woman paying 50p for a toilet roll :)