Stooo wrote:Cleopatra wrote:Fletch wrote:guest wrote:It's a good and well acted drama, but rather contrived in my opinion. It is as if every kind of the worst benefits disaster or mishap cliche is thrown into the film's running time. I groaned at the "nasty" Jobcentre supervisor calling the "nice" supervisor into the office for a dressing down for helping Blake, using that passive aggressive "unacceptable" language to do so.
Much of the issues illustrated will no doubt be levelled at the Tories, and rightly so, but some are going to be inherent whoever is in government, such as older claimants finding themselves frustrated with online applications, or the state using 3rd parties to make the ESA assessments.
Let's not forget that not only a lot of research went in to this film but the UN itself investigated the UK and found it severely lacking in the way it treats disabled people and the benefits system and procedures put in place by the Tories. (2010 onwards)
UN: 'Grave' disability rights violations under UK reforms
UK welfare reforms have led to "grave and systematic violations" of disabled people's rights, a UN inquiry has said.
Changes to benefits "disproportionately affected" disabled people, the UN Committee on the Rights of Disabled Persons (CRPD) found.
The UK was the first to be investigated under a UN convention it has been signed up to since 2007.
But the government said it "strongly refuted" the committee's findings and its "offensive" view of disability.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37899305
The whole system has got worse and worse with changes being made for seemingly no other reason than to make life more difficult for claimants. Oh and lining the pockets of large corporations at the same time...
I remember watching a documentary a few years ago, where Duncan-Smith visited housing estates across the poorer areas of Britain, "researching"for his universal credit reforms. I knew then, that the Tory ethos of dog eat dog would be applied as soon as they were returned to power. He as good as said that he wanted to rid people of their security - their right to a decent home, access to food, heat etc. would depend on being able to jump through impossible hoops, which he intended to implement as soon as he was able.
The effects of his universal credit are intended ones, not collateral damage.
The hostile environment has marginalised the disadvantaged as well as expats who want to live here. Sixth biggest economy in the world for now...
About to be overtaken by India. With Brexit still to come.
Nor do I refer to people as 'blacks'
