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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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 I did a lol at radio 4 this morning.
	I did a lol at radio 4 this morning.George Osbourn was on it and Evan Davis said "so you're saying if you want poor people to get more money you should vote labour"
(, Thu 27 Jun 2013, 10:41, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
 Balls was on earlier and didn't fare much better, he failed to condemn the change of the wait for the dole to 7 days from 3.
	Balls was on earlier and didn't fare much better, he failed to condemn the change of the wait for the dole to 7 days from 3.(, Thu 27 Jun 2013, 10:45, Reply)
 "You should spend the first week of being unemployed looking for work not looking to sign on!"
	"You should spend the first week of being unemployed looking for work not looking to sign on!"That's the Tory line.
But hey aren't job centers meant to help people find work?
(, Thu 27 Jun 2013, 10:52, Reply)
 I went into Winchester job centre once, in 1990. It was fucking horrible.
	I went into Winchester job centre once, in 1990. It was fucking horrible.True story.
(, Thu 27 Jun 2013, 10:54, Reply)
 They were fucking useless when I was unemployed.
	They were fucking useless when I was unemployed.I went in a shirt and tie the first time I went, thought it would be like an interview. I was wrong.
(, Thu 27 Jun 2013, 10:56, Reply)
 Apparently if you're half-decent, they make you apply for jobs working at the job centre.
	Apparently if you're half-decent, they make you apply for jobs working at the job centre.And you can't really refuse can you? They tried this with an old employee of mine, luckily she got other work just in time.
(, Thu 27 Jun 2013, 11:03, Reply)
 It would if Balls hadn't, as you said above, simply gone along with it.
	It would if Balls hadn't, as you said above, simply gone along with it.(, Thu 27 Jun 2013, 10:46, Reply)
 Labour are flailing about, desperate to be seen as tough.
	Labour are flailing about, desperate to be seen as tough.They're fucking it all up.
(, Thu 27 Jun 2013, 10:48, Reply)
 I expect that if I can counter a lot of the tory retoric by shouting at the radio in bed
	I expect that if I can counter a lot of the tory retoric by shouting at the radio in bed someone who's a professional politician with advisers and shit should be able to do better.
(, Thu 27 Jun 2013, 10:58, Reply)
 I'm wondering if they actually want to lose the next election
	I'm wondering if they actually want to lose the next electionso that the Tories can carry on fucking up the country and then they can take a stab at 2020 when things should be picking up anyway.
(, Thu 27 Jun 2013, 11:12, Reply)
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