Had a strange few days so havn't put owt up. A lot of things are too personal and it would be unfair to share secrets to the world however I have developed strong feelings regarding taking responsibillity for ones own life. Though I have no gripe with benefits for those in trouble and am far from conservative politically I find that some have spent their entire lives supported by the state. I now see a second generation of their children who have no conception of how the world works. That everything has to be paid for somehow. That the shelves in the shops need filling, someone needs to deliver the stuff, someone needs to make the stuff. I have no beef with those who choose to be unemployed either, until we have full employment some are going to have to be unemployed and it is best if it is those that wish to be unemployed. I drove through Willington in County Durham and the Stadium of Light in Sunderland which has a huge chunk of land left desolate beside it. There are no jobs round these areas. They have been left to decay since they served their purpose. Some people their will never have any opportunity to work. It becomes almost admirrable to see that some take the initiative to even steal copper from the railway lines, at least they are making some effort to escape the shit hand they have been dealt. I have never known such a North South divide as now nor such a gap between rich and poor. It is a recipe for disaster. Read The Spirit Level by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. The UK has the 4th largest gap in income of all developed countries, children in the UK experience more conflict and violence than in any other Western industrialised country.
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