No, I'm an illegal immigrant squatting in London, I enjoy the odd pizza at weekends getting smacked off my head. Some weekends my bird comes over to see me, other than that I might sneak the odd lorry back to France to see my ma...hope that helps
Doubt you've ever travelled the world to the extent I have, but happy to lend yer my pikey caravan sometime.
Nope. By an Atos desk jockey asking questions from a script, and ticking boxes. In the report, it was mentioned that being unable to stand up for long periods should not prevent him from working, as most modern employers provide wheelchair friendly working environments. As I said, he was a brickie by trade, so I'll be interested to see how he gets a wheelchair up a scaffold.
I still ask the same question, why can someone with no legs or a disability with them not work? Ffs we are in the 21st century where the world is run on computers. I bet if there was no disability system a good percentage of disabled people would manage to find a job. Equal rights, equal opportunities and all that ****, it's not a one way street. Anyone without a decent pension will have to work until they drop once the retirement age goes up to 70, most of them will be less mobile than the people currently claiming benefits!
I am not against people with disabilities being helped back into work. Far from it, in fact. But just pulling the rug out from under them doesn't seem a very good way to do it. The guy I am talking about has been unable to practise his trade due to ill health, and has had his benefits stopped overnight following an assessment by somebody who is not a healthcare professional. He has been looking for other work in the meantime, but how many employers do you think want to take on a 63 year old bricklayer with dodgy legs? What work do you suggest he applies for? There are a lot of driving jobs in London, but as he would struggle getting in and out of a vehicle, he might be a bit ****ed there. Perhaps he should apply to be a traffic warden, you see loads of them whizzing about in wheelchairs.
Fair comment, especially at 63, I'm guessing he retires in 2 years, does seem pretty harsh at that age having claimed previously. I would have said retraining new skills but if he retires at 65 then I really don't see the point. The problem is there are thousands of disabled people in the work place and it's those that can't be asked that are making the current hurdles that exist for your neighbour. I knew a guy that had a heart attack, got all the disability/mobility stuff, but was still working on the side, yeah i get they are allowed to work so many hours, but this guy did heavy lifting, driving, everything...just takes the piss i think out of those that genuinely need it.
How is a disabled person supposed to get a job in a world run by computers? Shirley the computers have all the jobs.
Exactly - he'll be drawing his pension in two years anyway, but now he has a load of stress dumped on his lap. The ironic thing is that it was never his idea to claim DLA in the first place - it was the local Jobcentre that advised him to do so, thus keeping the unemployment figures down no doubt.
