I'll laugh on the day she realises the tax she is paying goes to keep a load of people in beers & fags or subsidised housing while she gets up at 5am to do an 18 hour day.
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Labour supporter Jack Monroe defects to Green Party
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To be fair she has a point, the Labour Pary isn't the party of the working class anymore, it's the party of the non working class
Whether you're rich or poor, if you exist just to leech on everyone else you're Labours core voteSocialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.
No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.Comment
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As an aside, I can't get over the sorts of people voting green round where I live (well, I can - it's just how they conform to the stereotype that I can't get over).
Those "Join the Green Surge" stickers are popping up on the rear windows of Volvo Estates all over the place. Volvo estates driven by smug, middle class downshifters who live in big, draughty houses and drive an inordinate number of miles every day to drop their kids off at school.
I reckon voting Green amongst those sorts must be some kind of exercise in vanity; I mean their lifestyles in no way chime with the those being promoted by the loonies in the Green PartyComment
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Originally posted by Gumbo Robot View PostAs an aside, I can't get over the sorts of people voting green round where I live (well, I can - it's just how they conform to the stereotype that I can't get over).
Those "Join the Green Surge" stickers are popping up on the rear windows of Volvo Estates all over the place. Volvo estates driven by smug, middle class downshifters who live in big, draughty houses and drive an inordinate number of miles every day to drop their kids off at school.
I reckon voting Green amongst those sorts must be some kind of exercise in vanity; I mean their lifestyles in no way chime with the those being promoted by the loonies in the Green PartyLet us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by vetran View PostI'll laugh on the day she realises the tax she is paying goes to keep a load of people in beers & fags or subsidised housing while she gets up at 5am to do an 18 hour day.
I don't particularly like the woman or agree with what she says but I hardly think the label "champagne socialist" applies in her case.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostShe WAS someone living on benefits and having to stretch every penny to feed herself and her son, she's probably far better acquainted with such people, and the reality of living on the poverty line, than either of us.Comment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostShe WAS someone living on benefits and having to stretch every penny to feed herself and her son, she's probably far better acquainted with such people, and the reality of living on the poverty line, than either of us. Crass generalisations about those on benefits tend to demonstrate classist bias.
I don't particularly like the woman or agree with what she says but I hardly think the label "champagne socialist" applies in her case.Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by Gumbo Robot View PostDid she not quit her job as a firefighter to have a child via IVF & then go on to benefits? A lifestyle choice on her part really subsidised by the taxpayer.
A couple of years ago, Monroe left her job at the Essex Fire Brigade, as the stress of bringing up her son, Jonny, now three, as a single mother working irregular night shifts was making both of them ill. It meant losing a £27,000 income — and selling everything they owned in order to make ends meet.
she was an 'emergency dispatcher' her father was a firefighter.
As you point out though D000hg however is wrong as usual, she decided she didn't want to work and wanted us to support her. Unlike the thousands of single parents who manage to keep kids & a job.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by Gumbo Robot View PostDid she not quit her job as a firefighter to have a child via IVF & then go on to benefits? A lifestyle choice on her part really subsidised by the taxpayer.
Dear Richard Littlejohn, here’s some polish for that turd. | JACK MONROE: COOK, CAMPAIGNER, GUARDIAN COLUMNIST, MOTHER, AUTHOR, ETC.My subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.Comment
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Originally posted by pjclarke View PostThat's the Richard Littlejohn version ...
Dear Richard Littlejohn, here’s some polish for that turd. | JACK MONROE: COOK, CAMPAIGNER, GUARDIAN COLUMNIST, MOTHER, AUTHOR, ETC.
I didn’t sail out of the door for a life on benefits, I left to find a job closer to home, with better hours more suited to bringing up a young child alone. It took 18 months for me to find that job, and hundreds of applications, but I did it. And that’s what sticks in your craw, isn’t it? Because in order to satisfy the stereotype that you peddle day in day out in the rag currently lining my ferret cage, I should have stayed feckless and unemployed, and not tried to feed myself and my son decent nutritious meals, nor had the audacity to write about it.
She still left her job and let the state pay for her. It wasn't even as if she was made redundant.Last edited by DodgyAgent; 19 March 2015, 11:46.Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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