awaytogo Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Benefit street on now. Worth a watch, No shortage of a Cigarette or tin of alcohol ( no matter what time of day) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Getting some good shop lifting tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awaytogo Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 Getting some good shop lifting tips Will be an increase in tin foil sales, or do they lift that as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Wonder if it will have characters defying gender stereotypes like Pigeon Street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie_George Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 What shocked me was that some of them are losing the Brummie accent. Some sound like Ali G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Of Highbridge Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 More PROPAGANDA Look at the work shy slackers. Let's cut EVERYONE'S benefits and shove them out onto the streets. etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ah-so Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 What fun, in "Big, Fat..." kind of way. Had a look at the comments on Twitter, which fall in a hanful of categories: 1. Idle scum 2. But what about the banksters? 3. These do not represent ordinary benefit claimants. 4. Thatcher... 5. This is Tory propaganda, worse than the mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awaytogo Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 More PROPAGANDA Look at the work shy slackers. Let's cut EVERYONE'S benefits and shove them out onto the streets. etc.. Cuts are coming which ever party are in power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Cuts are coming which ever party are in power. The story should be who are all these guys renting off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 More divide and rule propaganda from a complicit media. Who caused the mess; who had benefitted from it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byron78 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 More divide and rule propaganda from a complicit media. Who caused the mess; who had benefitted from it? Must admit I'm wondering if Osborne timed today's remarks to coincide with this. Thank god I threw the TV out nearly 10 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybernoid Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Those were not actors. There are extremes in all of life but to pretend this isn't a reality in some parts and that the entitlement is ingrained is simply not rational. They are representative of a proportion of claimants, like it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byron78 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Those were not actors. There are extremes in all of life but to pretend this isn't a reality in some parts and that the entitlement is ingrained is simply not rational. They are representative of a proportion of claimants, like it or not. Where are all the real life documentaries about bankers, heriditary peers fiddling their expenses, and land owning rentiers who are subsidised as "farmers" by the EU to the tune of several thousand each a week I wonder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frugal Git Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) Where are all the real life documentaries about bankers, heriditary peers fiddling their expenses, and land owning rentiers who are subsidised as "farmers" by the EU to the tune of several thousand each a week I wonder? I saw a little known proxy show about this yesterday on BBC1 called the Antiques Roadshow. It was heartwarming to see the look of disdain and nonchalance in the eyes of a particular demographic when the 'expert' told them the latest eye watering valuation of their fine arts and crafts pieces. The money to realise those valuations the boomers were sneering at comes straight from the Bankers and heriditary peers alleged illicit coffers. And fellow boomers fake house prices of course (edit - and early gen X ers of course. Because they're worth it). Edited January 6, 2014 by Frugal Git Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybernoid Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Where are all the real life documentaries about bankers, heriditary peers fiddling their expenses, and land owning rentiers who are subsidised as "farmers" by the EU to the tune of several thousand each a week I wonder? Whats that got to do with anything? That doesn't make this fictional does it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awaytogo Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 Where are all the real life documentaries about bankers, heriditary peers fiddling their expenses, and land owning rentiers who are subsidised as "farmers" by the EU to the tune of several thousand each a week I wonder? I agree about the bankers and MP etc , But that does not make this program any more unreal or the cost to us of keeping these people any less. These people, as well as a lot more are making a mess of this country and people need to stop classing it as the norm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frugal Git Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Whats that got to do with anything? That doesn't make this fictional does it It has everything to do with it, but you're right it doesn't make this fictional. It's just that most people curiously roll their eyes and change the channel when they hear about billions being embezzled and yet get frothy about some poor lumpenproletariat with an iPhone and a 55 inch telly. People are strangely apathetic about their pensions etc being skimmed compared to their taxes being used to prop up an underclass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash2006 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 More PROPAGANDA Look at the work shy slackers. Let's cut EVERYONE'S benefits and shove them out onto the streets. etc.. Exactly, its government propaganda to get the fools to side with future government policies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybernoid Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 It has everything to do with it, but you're right it doesn't make this fictional. It's just that most people curiously roll their eyes and change the channel when they hear about billions being embezzled and yet get frothy about some poor lumpenproletariat with an iPhone and a 55 inch telly. People are strangely apathetic about their pensions etc being skimmed compared to their taxes being used to prop up an underclass. Do they? I don't know. I expect you don't either. But maybe they do. That doesn't mean those at the opposing end of the political spectrum don't do exactly the same thing ; Seize on those programs/articles that enforce their prejudice/view and attempt to dismiss those that do not, as we have seen on this thread. Im just pointing out that this is reality. Its amusing to see those pretending it isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frugal Git Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Do they? I don't know. I expect you don't either. But maybe they do. That doesn't mean those at the opposing end of the political spectrum don't do exactly the same thing ; Seize on those programs/articles that enforce their prejudice/view and attempt to dismiss those that do not, as we have seen on this thread. Im just pointing out that this is reality. Its amusing to see those pretending it isn't. No pretending this isn't real. It surely is...down to the classy framing of the feral youth with the aforementioned iPhone and telly. The point is that we don't get program after program packaged in an attractive soundbitey manner like this one displaying the hypocrisy of the other extreme - apart from the revolution will be televised, but that was at 11.30pm on bbc 3 rather than prime time c4. was very good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awaytogo Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 More divide and rule propaganda from a complicit media. Who caused the mess; who had benefitted from it? We are already divided, this program just shows what many people already know. Do you believe people who are working are happy paying taxes to fund people who do not want to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash2006 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 We are already divided, this program just shows what many people already know. Do you believe people who are working are happy paying taxes to fund people who do not want to work. the Lords get £7500 a month for just appearing an hours work, I dont see a show about that do I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexw Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 (edited) No pretending this isn't real. It surely is...down to the classy framing of the feral youth with the aforementioned iPhone and telly. The point is that we don't get program after program packaged in an attractive soundbitey manner like this one displaying the hypocrisy of the other extreme - apart from the revolution will be televised, but that was at 11.30pm on bbc 3 rather than prime time c4. was very good though. Spot on. I'm waiting for the prime-time show that chooses 2-3 bank executives every week, and highlights all the different frauds the companies they were running or a part of carried out while they were in office. It should also attempt to interview them, and show by how much they have personally benefited. They can start with Lord Steven green our current trade minister and ask him how much profit HSBC booked from laundering money from drug cartels. Cybernoid when do you think this show will air? Or something similar. Give us a time frame. oh and after that another one can run about the various land holdings of our feudal nobility. Showing how much they are worth and how many people where driven from their land / killed in the process. A noble a week would be good. Edited January 6, 2014 by alexw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash2006 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 the Lords get £7500 a month for just appearing an hours work, I dont see a show about that do I. They are at it again, propaganda, just look at the 6 months before they lower HB etc.. Look at the amount of propaganda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pig Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 We are already divided, this program just shows what many people already know. Do you believe people who are working are happy paying taxes to fund people who do not want to work. Its just that the amount paid out to keep people in a sh*tty life pales into significance compare to the amount they are paying to prop up this almighty ponzi scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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