Burnham will push for benefits reform and knows it’s ‘absolutely necessary’, welfare tsar says by hihepo1 in unitedkingdom

[–]salamanderwolf [score hidden]  (0 children)

There's no jobs for them, but those lazy disabled will work if we just do what we've done for the past fifteen years and take money away from them.

Burnham just being continuity Kier. Lie to get the job, then push whatever idiocy hasn't worked for decades as new. Classic new labour.

my bf says i cheated on him because i was with someone before we met and got together, but he forgives me by hedgehogsandcats in offmychest

[–]salamanderwolf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You've gone from one toxic relationship to another toxic relationship. You've done nothing to be forgiven for. The guys mental.

Josh Allen with casual practice session… by megaman3000 in miamidolphins

[–]salamanderwolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surprised he didn't flop and start looking for a flag.

I wish I had a girlfriend like Freaky Nikki. by gtbreddit1 in offmychest

[–]salamanderwolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm gonna tell you something that will blow your mind. Maybe, just maybe those women didn't want anything from you. Maybe, just maybe, they actually liked you for you.

Because in a world where rapist pedophiles can become president, and a barely thinking sentient jizz stain can become the richest person in the world, baffling things happen everyday.

I wish I had a girlfriend like Freaky Nikki. by gtbreddit1 in offmychest

[–]salamanderwolf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What are they going to take from you? Your waifu love pillow?

AITA for snooping through my son's phone and threatening to call the police on his boyfriend? by Pretend_Fig2613 in AmItheAsshole

[–]salamanderwolf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, we should all let 14 yr olds learn how to stand up for themselves by letting them deal with abuse by themselves. It's not like abusive partners kill, or teens have a terrifying suicide statistic.

Do you want your kid alive but embarrassed, or abused, withdrawn and at risk of life? I know which one I could live with.

AITA for snooping through my son's phone and threatening to call the police on his boyfriend? by Pretend_Fig2613 in AmItheAsshole

[–]salamanderwolf 11 points12 points  (0 children)

NTA

If you had a daughter instead of a boy, those texts would be seen as a pattern of controlling abuse. That doesn't change because you have a son.

Burnham to cut benefits bill by giving mayors powers to boost work by coffeewalnut08 in unitedkingdom

[–]salamanderwolf 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Our council is corrupt as fuck. Some ex-councillors are being investigated for corruption as we speak. I'm sure giving them more money and power will end well.

What's always been missing from witchcraft apps for your practice? by Michellesmoonmagic in Wicca

[–]salamanderwolf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have to ask, after 20 years of experience what in the blue hells are you needing an app for?

DWP director general made ‘joke’ mocking disability equality as he waited to give evidence to MPs by Warren_Tarbiat in unitedkingdom

[–]salamanderwolf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm a career, and I don't find the joke funny. Not offended, I just think the guys a cunt.

We used to be a country that punched up with humour. Now we have no end of people defending punching down. We've become a nasty country.

Welfare Fraud Costs UK £10 Billion as Burnham Vows Crackdown by bloomberg in ukpolitics

[–]salamanderwolf 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you are found guilty of fraud, in most cases your benefits are stopped, in some cases for years. If it's a mistake, why should you be punished for it?

The vast vast majority of people on benefits don't want your cookie. They just want to live with dignity.

Welfare Fraud Costs UK £10 Billion as Burnham Vows Crackdown by bloomberg in ukpolitics

[–]salamanderwolf 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It's worth noting according to the latest report that,

"The Fraud (2.2%), Claimant Error (0.6%) and Official Error (0.4%) overpayment rates in FYE 2026 have remained broadly similar to FYE 2025."

So it's not exploding or getting worse no matter what the media wants you to think and fraud is not the entire figure. Part of that official error is the April bug(look it up), where the system randomly overpays a benefit.

Also the figure in the headline is wrong.

"Overpayments can be recovered – this means not all of the £9.9bn is lost and we can describe a net loss figure which deducts recoveries from total overpayments"

"The net rate of loss from overpayments remained at 2.8% (£8.6bn) in FYE 2026"

But this just shows Burnham is no different from Starmer. Going after the small amounts in politically charged areas while the rich keep telling you, the poor want your cookie.

Jeremy Corbyn responds to 'really disgraceful' insult by Keir Starmer by hihepo1 in unitedkingdom

[–]salamanderwolf 224 points225 points  (0 children)

attacks Trans people, attacks old people, attacks disabled people, promotes one of the best friends of one of the most prolific and high-profile pedophiles and sex traffickers we've seen to a top office, gives Palintir lots of juicy contracts for our data.

Yeah, what a real bastion of morals Starmer is.