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That is not an excuse, if she is self conscious then she should get some clearisil for her face and some counselling for her self consciousness, she is exactly the type of person who should not be claiming incapacity benefit. I have worked alongside a burns victim (looked like a clone of Simon Weston almost) and he didn't wallow about in self pity he went to work, I have worked alongside people in wheelchairs, someone with cancer who's hair had fallen out, so a 19 year old girl with a few zits should not be getting £30 extra a week, she is taking the p***

Genuine claimants have nothing to fear, someone who is genuinely disabled and incapable of work won't lose a penny, the chancers, fraudsters, wasters, cheats have something to fear and rightly so. I have no issue whatsoever with genuine claimants who are blatantly obviously not capable of any type of work, likewise I have no issue with those on JSA that are genuinely seeking work and making a hard effort to find work, I do have an issue with those that are taking the p*** Someone genuinely disabled has nothing to fear

The issue shouldn't be though as to whether there are any jobs it should be an issue of whether they are capable of work, if they are capable of doing an admin job or a telesales job or whatever then they should be on JSA like everyone else who is capable of work. Whether there is any admin jobs is a side issue it is a matter of whether the incapacity benefit claimant is capable of doing some type of job, if they are then they belong on JSA Incapacity benefit should only go to those that are totally incapable of working for physical or mental reasons, even drug addicts and alcoholics get incapacity benefit as do people with some phobia's, those groups should be getting treatment for their conditions and counselling so that they are capable of holding down a job not getting incapacity benefit. Anyone who is capable of doing some sort of work should have incapacity benefit taken away and put onto JSA where they belong

I have no proof but the doctors who are doing the tests on the incapacity benefit claimants will have reasonable proof and I would be shocked if less than 1m are moved to JSA Why should I downgrade to a small flat ? I work hard, I pay my taxes, every possession I have and every holiday I have had in adult life have been thanks to my hard work. Maybe so but I would bet there are many jobs in retail, in supermarkets, in pubs and restaurants going right across the country, all towns in this country have those type of premises. Large swathes of the current generation have a "i want it all and i want it now" attitude to life, wanting everything handed to them on a plate as opposed to getting their hands dirty, seeing anything below the position of managing director as being beneath them, not being prepared to get stuck in and do a days work, it is no wonder poles and romanians come over here and "nick" the jobs that are going, the pub where I sometimes go to to watch football ALL the kitchen staff bar 1 are from Eastern Europe, the landlord told me that they are the hardest working and have the best attitude and turn up on time and are reliable and that young Brits simply don't apply for the job or when they do are surly and badly presented because the job centre forced them to apply.

Yesterday out of curiosity I wandered around a High St quite near me, there were no fewer than ELEVEN places with notices asking for staff, 3 bars, 4 restaurants, a small pharmacy, a mobile phone retailer, a cafe and Boots and that is in a smallish town so people are still recruiting You can bet your bottom dollar that most of those vacancies will be filled by poles and romanians as they make much more effort to look for work

It is more the PRINCIPLE that someone is capable of working as opposed to the actual number of vacancies out there. Incapacity benefit pays out 90 odd quid a week, Job Seekers Allowance pays what ? 60 a week ? @RabbitFurCoat If out of the 2.5m that are claiming incapacity benefit even 1m of them are capable of working that is 1m that are moved to JSA thus a saving of £30 a week per claimant, I would say that more than 1m are perfectly capable of work and thus should be moved to JSA as job seekers, whether there is jobs for them to do is irrelevant it is the fact that they are CAPABLE of doing work. @Danny - How can I pay myself £60 a week when I pay over a grand a months rent alone ;) it is simply not practical

I still maintain that the absolute majority of claimants of incapacity benefit are capable of at least some kind of work, I am not talking about landscape gardening or hod carrying but IT stuff and admin and call centre work for example, there are lots of jobs where the person can work from home. You for example spend many hours a day at a PC, if you have the thought process to post on at least 4 forums every day surely you have the thought process to be able to do word processing or database entering or email marketing or something like that even from home you wouldn't have to work in an office. I am using you as an example not picking on you but it is right that much tougher tests are bought in to decide whether someone is capable of doing some sort of work

M.E is easy to fake though, sure there are genuine cases of M.E but it is easy for shirkers and wasters just to pretend they are exhausted when they get out of a chair and hey, no obligation to seek work. I am sure large % of M.E sufferers make a miraculous recovery only to have a relapse just before their next DHSS examination.

I don't think that the words of a left wing rag should be taken as gospel, will reserve judgement till such time as anything official comes out. The Observer is basically a sunday version of The Guardian so full of socialists, marxists, communists and loony lefties who like nothing more than to take digs at the government.

I can't stand Obama but if it was her v Obama for the presidency it is a no brainer even though he is a socialist I would want Obama back in the White House, clueless f***wit though he is at least he isn't a raving nutcase like Palin is

LOL don't bet on it This is America, they elected the retarded Bush so they are more than capable of electing Palin Infact I would go as far as to say that Palin WILL be President after November 2012 :/ Scary thought even as a die hard GOP fan

Even Richard Littlejohn condemned it too :o

Even you gotta admit as a Spurs hater that we are having some unlucky $h!t atm, our most critical players dropping like flies one by one, Spurs season so far is like an episode of Casualty :(

That old man was good :o very soulful voice :o

That blonde doing Use Somebody wasn't bad

Still don't get her, average voice, makes weird faces, alright-ish personality, tries too hard to be Cheryl Cole, just don't see what she brings to the table, what is the point in having Cheryl Cole II when Cheryl Cole I is so successful She would have a great career touring pubs as a Cheryl Cole impersonator but has no star quality voice wise

Exactly The guy has raw power and genuine potential, while Britain is bumming Cheryl Clone from last week someone who can out sing her by a country mile gets through.

Maybe I am biased as the original is one of my fave songs ever but Paige nailed that, justice was done him getting through

Go Paige !!!!!! That was the best of the fukkin series IMHO

Bit harsh that Paige was not let through yet fake Mika got through to boot camp

Nope, there has been a lot of media attention to the fact that the groups trashed Simon's Marbella villa after a drinking session, Simon definitely has the groups this year

Simon has the groups this year

Young fresh meat for Louis, no wonder he wanted him through

He is best off in a boy band though, he is out dated even if he has a good voice, he is best off teaming up with one of the groups

She is just a Cheryl Cole clone though, I saw her tv appearance and with her hair and tiny face it could almost have been Cheryl, she is so fake