800,000 people have been on sick for over 10 years

[Diver]

Bloody hell who woke you up?

Somebody mentioned work

[SueEllen]

They are probably measuring it against sitting working in an office all day with little money.

But there are lots of things you can do in most offices to waste time. Like getting everyone on the floor a cup of tea or coffee, posting on random internet forums, playing cricket, go for a walkabout..............

[Marina]

Are you somehow expected to miraculously recover from Severe Disablement after a few years then? I thought we didn't believe in Jesus on here?

If they abolished Disability benefits, you'd see hundreds of thousands of miraculous overnight cures!

[Churchill]

If they abolished Disability benefits, you'd see hundreds of thousands of miraculous overnight cures!

Unemployment benefit claimants.

[Diver]

If they abolished Disability benefits, you'd see hundreds of thousands of miraculous overnight cures!

And hundreds of thousands starving to death. My father was disabled after an accident that shattered his spine and legs. No miracle recovery there I'm afraid. He died bedridden.

[Marina]

As pointed out before - the severley disabled do not tend to get better. My son for instance will never see, so he is probably going to be on these types of benefits for years.

Sorry to sound callous, but what's to stop him becoming a piano tuner, or jazz musician?

There must be some things blind people can do, even better than sighted (although possibly piano tuning is done with oscilliscopes and stuff these days - I really don't know).

[TheBigYinJames]

And hundreds of thousands starving to death. My father was disabled after an accident that shattered his spine and legs. No miracle recovery there I'm afraid. He died bedridden.

I thinkt hat's the point though. A load of otherwise employable people claiming a benefit which is meant to target at real cases of medical hardship.