The Truth about the Unemployed

As 1.79 million sign on this week we are bound to receive renewed calls to be tighter on these "scroungers", your average caller into Radio phone In's believe these people, whose only fault is to be jobless and in need, go on the dole and stay on the dole because it makes life easy for themselves.

"Degrading"

Try living on £60 a week, knock it down to £45 a week if your under 25, and the truth shines through, the dole is no longer economically or socially worth staying on. The people like myself who have to after very recently graduating, and having yet not found a job it is all the words Mr Purnell Work and Pensions Secretary suggests it is. It is degrading, horrible, worthless and above all pointless.

"Options Open"

The only options it seems for the jobless is to continue to apply, i have through my University life been involved with the Union, with societies and clubs and i have my degree one of which is average. Still no luck and no real help, I'm not lamenting the Job Centre they do the best job they can and they have brilliant staff, it's general lies from the press to people, from government to educational institutions none of them have a grasp on the real world and none of them ever will.

"Lies"

Lies such as the ones that come from Students least favourite Labour Propagandist Bill Rammell, a man so far deluded that he comes out with one stat probably produced in the 1980's that suggests students from University get more money than people who don't. It's probably true but does it improve your chances of getting a job, i doubt it.

James Purnell who believes that people should sign on each and every day for their paltry £60 pounds, how does this work James? How can a person living in such a remote part of the country who has the most awful of train links such as for example Cornwall, be able to sign on and then hop to wherever for a job interview in say a place like Bristol or even further a field? They can't it's a rubbish idea James. Furthermore what about places without Job Centre's such as St Ives and various other towns in Cornwall in which by public transport it takes 40 minutes which costs £4.50 return. Say a Fiver a day that's almost half of the dole gone, stupid frankly stupid.

"The media"

Oh i do love the media, they make politics a personality contest instead of deep discussion of policy because that's "BORING", well it isn't, the facts need to be said, the media paints people on the dole and benefits as scroungers, and they are not as I've shown above it's far from scrounging more like surviving.

All in all this is a discussion this country needs to have, people on the dole don't want to be there and for the record I've applied for 75 jobs that i have met the specification for in the last 5 months, had 9 interviews and still i haven't got a job, is this lazy? is this scrounging? No it's not it's the situation most of the 1.79 million find themselves in.

Can I Call You Joe: - The VP debate a Analysis

Look it's very late in Britain and staying up to watch VP presidential debates in something you have no control in must seem pretty sad, but it's politics and this was billed as a car crash television moment. Sadly for the viewers Biden showed composure under allegations that were false and Palin for her credit came across as warm just shame about her general views.

Who Won?

For all my nervous energy (I'm a cautious Barack Obama/Joe Biden supporter) i felt this was a draw, the Palin familiarity and the way she talked to the "folks" at home will improve that feel good factor on her, however the problem is, and I've read this a lot, she isn't the presidential candidate, then again I doubt it would help if she was.

Biden was factual but also held his attacks for John McCain, and he was neither patronising with Palin or hostile, but it suits the Democrats with the recent poll swings benefiting Barack Obama to be in this mode.

Did It Tell Us Much

It told us that Sarah Palin is not as rusty as we felt, neither will she destroy the McCain campaign, i believe McCain and Obama will decide the election not the gaffs of their VP's (unless they are really unsuitable). I think it told us that McCain sits with a novice, a rather sickly but crowd pleasing novice, and this is the problem if this economy question drags on.

Biden is a safe pair of hands, and Obama is a man with a small amount of experience, but enough to serve as America's President. I expect the big event that will affect the race will happen tomorrow when the bail out is voted upon.

So What Next

I think Palin will give McCain a small bounce but one that may be overshadowed by the economy once again, i think Palin will gain a positive score from tonight but as i see it i doubt it will be enough to swing the election back to McCain.

So next is McCain vs Obama 2, and with the aftermath from this latest bailout likely to be in the air, it will be interesting if McCain patronises Obama the way i felt he did in the first one especially on the economy, then McCain might fall too far behind to claw back.

But we'll see.