Herbert lost his leg on duty in Basra, Iraq, the Telegraph reported in 2007, when, while on patrol, a roadside bomb detonated and decimated the vehicle he was riding in. He wrote the above Facebook post after being approached by recruiters from an Islamophobic group.
The reality of capitalism and a right-wing government hellbent on destroying welfare, a deadly mix.
And the Conservatives are trying to call themselves the ‘compassionate’ party and the party of hard working people. This is no way for anybody to have to live and it is directly their fault.
Teachers have reported a trend of kids turning up at school not wearing any shoes because their parents can’t afford em
Ah, but don’t worry, because we’re going to spend £100bn on renewing Trident. We’ll still have a seat at the big nuclear weapons table, making the country feel relevant. I mean, we’re not going to use them, they’re just going to be there as a deterrent. Because having nuclear weapons prevents countries from being attacked from terrorism, both foreign and domestic, right?
Children going hungry and not clothed. In 2015. In Britain.
by far the best “meme” is british lads over reacting to something normal like “IANS BLOODY GOT A WHOLE LOAF OF BREAD IN HIS FREEZER, WHAT AN ABSOLUTE MAD MAN!!!”. Gotta love Ian.
IAN THE NUT CASE BLOODY PICKED UP A BROOM AND STARTED SWEEPING AT THE CLUB! CERTIFIED LEDGE!!!
YEAH BUT HE’S NOT AS MAD AS DEAN
DEAN YOU ABSOLUTE MADMAN, YOU ABSOLUTE LEDGE, YOU’RE SUCH A LEGEND YOU’RE PRACTICALLY A FOOT
It’s weird that this should come back on my dash today, because I literally just saw a Facebook post of a guy just lying down on some train seats, with a comment ’[name] YOU ABSOLUTE NUTTER!!!!!!!’
No offence but when u talk about “benefits scammers” and fraud in the benefits system without mentioning how it accounts for just 0.7% of welfare spending, u are actively contributing to the demonisation of disabled and poor people.