Benefits Party

Rachel Reeves, Labour's shadow secretary for work and pensions, has been receiving a lot of political flak over the following comment she made during a recent interview with The Guardian:

“We are not the party of people on benefits. We don’t want to be seen, and we’re not, the party to represent those who are out of work.”

Now it's a sign of how completely bonkers the Labour Party is these days that one of its senior figures can be heavily criticised for speaking such an obvious truth. 

But throughout the lifetime of the present Westminster Parliament the Labour opposition has voted against every welfare reform put forward by the Coalition Government while failing to come up with any serious proposals of its own.

If I had my way, I would limit the length of time that people can claim out of work benefits because there's no reason for fellow citizens to be unemployed for years on end, unless they suffer from a serious medical condition.