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Call it tough love, with the love removed: it’s Kemi’s war on benefits claimants

The Guardian·John Crace·about 5 hours ago
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C all it tough love. Only without any of the love bit. Let’s face it. There comes a time in every Conservative politician’s life when you have to say enough is enough. That it’s just not fair on the rest of us. Now, MPs might just have enjoyed a five-day mini-recess, but they deserve every minute’s free time they get. Because they clearly work far harder than everyone else. But on a Tuesday morning it sticks in the throat to think of people lying around at home, being paid to have disabilities that exist mainly in their imaginations, while you have to give a speech in central London.

The thing is, we just haven’t been ambitious enough for people on welfare payments. Let me introduce you to KemiWorld. Think of the double amputee who ran a marathon. Though try not to think of the cost to the NHS of the prosthetics. Welfare is very much a one-way balance sheet as far as Kemi Badenoch . The point is that most disabled people just sit at home and moan. They need to get out more.…

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