Reblogged from Diary of a Benefit Scrounger:
Dear Andrew Marr
On the Marr show this morning you said you had "a
greater understanding of disability" since your stroke. Yet when the story was
mentioned that Ian Duncan Smith is thinking of getting rid of the Work Related
Activity Group of ESA, the group that is supposed to help people back into work
when they get instantly and terrifyingly sick, just as you did, you barely
flickered a benevolent eyebrow.
What you actually meant was that you have
a greater understanding of disability for wealthy people.
I wonder, has
anyone talked you through what would have happened if you had been poor? Had you
not enjoyed the great good fortune and success that you have? Immediately, I
imagine a part of you just bridled - "Good fortune? My success is down to hard
work and determination." But refuse collectors work hard, nurses are
determined...
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