tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post5188810063471459289..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: The Conclusions Are Obvious…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-84100092101533410012016-02-14T06:06:07.390+00:002016-02-14T06:06:07.390+00:00"Haven't you posted this one already?&quo...<i>"Haven't you posted this one already?"</i><br /><br />Not that I'm aware of!<br /><br /><i>"I truly think that these days responsible people can find themselves in a position once reserved for the feckless..."</i><br /><br />I accept it's possible, but I very much doubt it's anything other than very rare, requiring a very large amount of bad luck.<br /><br /><i>"...the impact was entirely foreseeable, which might not have been a flaw but rather by design."</i><br /><br />It's a dilemma - evil, or thick? Neither thought is appealing.<br />JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-16116442163435776302016-02-11T16:51:40.683+00:002016-02-11T16:51:40.683+00:00'Housing benefit is usually paid directly to y...'Housing benefit is usually paid directly to you if you're a private tenant. It's paid to your landlord if you live in social housing. '<br /><br />http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/housing_benefit_and_local_housing_allowance/applying_for_housing_benefit/how_is_housing_benefit_paidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-88704456826200930372016-02-10T19:34:34.533+00:002016-02-10T19:34:34.533+00:00Bunny
I tried to look up the date it changed on t...Bunny<br /><br />I tried to look up the date it changed on the internet but couldn't find it, though I worked with the bloke ten years ago and he said it was problem then. Interestingly enough the research did show that it was paid by councils which could explain that the implementation could be different in different areas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-43936241293180619462016-02-10T19:26:05.843+00:002016-02-10T19:26:05.843+00:00Under the sob-sob smokescreen we see the results o...Under the sob-sob smokescreen we see the results of the anti-family, anti-father, anti-authority, self-indulgent society that rich hypocrites like Polly Toynbee have spent decades gleefully promoting. Such cosmic lack of self-awareness makes the eyes water. <br />Greencoatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-55953071378197080352016-02-10T09:09:23.419+00:002016-02-10T09:09:23.419+00:00Bunny, I know three / four years ago we were discu...Bunny, I know three / four years ago we were discussing the impact the reform would have on the social market, especially around housing benefit being paid directly to claimants rather than the landlord, so this is a recent change - and the impact was entirely foreseeable, which might not have been a flaw but rather by design.The Cowboy Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04967260831514096205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-75349544164838871412016-02-09T22:06:20.815+00:002016-02-09T22:06:20.815+00:00Bunny
A former colleague when we worked together ...Bunny<br /><br />A former colleague when we worked together over ten years ago now stated that housing benefit was paid to the claimant and not directly to the landlord and that was ten years ago. Which makes me think that dear old Polly should have been writing this under the Blair/ Brown years. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-65678854224851018682016-02-09T16:43:35.775+00:002016-02-09T16:43:35.775+00:00I usually agree with you, Julia, but not on this.
...I usually agree with you, Julia, but not on this.<br /><br />Rented accommodation may not be someone's house but it is their home. If they're in social housing they probably haven't moved because there isn't available social housing of the right size and they haven't got the readies to secure private rented housing. So most of the dole money goes on the appalling bedroom tax which should never have been implemented until there was enough suitably sized housing so that those who continued to remain in under-occupied housing had truly made a choice to do so - and to pay for it (and I don't blame the Evil Tories - Nulabour introduced a bedroom tax for private rented accommodation two years before). Don't know about anyone else, but if I were sitting in the middle of winter in a freezing cold house, I'd be tempted to rob the rent money jar for the meter to get warm.<br /><br />I truly think that these days responsible people can find themselves in a position once reserved for the feckless - all it would take would be to become ill when in casual, low paid work and have no support network.<br /><br />Perhaps you were merely being provocative.<br /><br />Jay Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-13444221348381367082016-02-09T12:27:34.783+00:002016-02-09T12:27:34.783+00:00Haven't you posted this one already?
Software...Haven't you posted this one already?<br /><br />Software glitch?AndrewWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00196842185913965725noreply@blogger.com