My experience: went to school, achieved adequate grades, got a job at the entry level, met a girl, found a rented flat, got married, worked hard for promotions at work, waited five years, managed to get a house on a shared ownership scheme with local council, then brought up two kids. A friend's experience: went to school, achieved nothing, got a part-time job at the entry level, met a bloke and had a kid, got a flat provided by council, met another bloke and had a kid, got a bigger flat provided by council, met another bloke and had a kid, got an even bigger flat provided by council. met another bloke and had a kid, got a town house provided by council. A friend's daughter's experience went to school, achieved nothing, got a part-time job at the entry level, met a bloke and had a kid, dumped bloke, got a flat provided by the council, now no longer works. Who knows, maybe she'll have more kids. Nope, nothing wrong with this picture here.
I do take your point Shadow, I have no personal experience of LBC with which to evaluate the interview, to my ears it did sound genuine but who knows. However, with a deficit of about £125 billion per year out of total government spending of over £600 bn per year and a total debt of over £1 trillion (£1,000,000,000,000) you have to question where it is going and what needs to be done about it. Most accept the need for cuts but don't want to feel the effects of those cuts personally. The welfare budget is the biggest, it needs reducing and this tale, whether real or not, indicates that there is considerable scope for cutting.
