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    Cutting down the number of jobless

    Tory MP Ben Bradley 'sorry' for blog post about jobless - BBC News

    A Conservative MP has apologised for a 2012 blog post in which he suggested benefit claimants should have vasectomies.

    I think he has a point. The world is over-populated and humans use too many resources. Its no good whining at the death of flipper from eating plastic on Blue Planet 2. We need to do something.

    Life is too easy and death too hard. Should there be more focus on quality of life?

    In North Wales the only ambition alot of teenage girls have is to knock out some sprogs and live off the benefits.

    Thoughts? Is it the thin end of the wedge?

    #2
    I prefer Norman Tebbit's approach - get on your bike.

    Then legalise bike hunting in areas of the country where it is not currently legal.
    …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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      #3
      I thought the government had gone full Game of Thrones when I read this title
      "Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case then we have free speech."- Elon Musk

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        #4
        I would have thought the cap on benefits regardless of how many children you have would be an incentive to not have more children.

        I know when I was a lad in Liverpool there was a real shame in not having a job. I'm not sure that applies to many places now.

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          #5
          Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
          Tory MP Ben Bradley 'sorry' for blog post about jobless - BBC News

          A Conservative MP has apologised for a 2012 blog post in which he suggested benefit claimants should have vasectomies.

          I think he has a point.
          The world is over-populated and humans use too many resources. Its no good whining at the death of flipper from eating plastic on Blue Planet 2. We need to do something.

          Life is too easy and death too hard. Should there be more focus on quality of life?

          In North Wales the only ambition a lot of teenage girls have is to knock out some sprogs and live off the benefits.

          Thoughts? Is it the thin end of the wedge?

          So you're calling for teenage girls to have vasectomies.

          I see no problem with this. None whatsoever.

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            #6
            He has a point but it is not a new one.

            If you are raised by parents who never work why would you think there is a problem with following in their footsteps?

            As has been said before if you genuinely want to make a difference you simply stop giving people free housing for getting pregnant.

            So yes you can still get pregnant but mummy and daddy will be housing you - it probably means some kids will end up on the streets dieing but lets be honest that is only a good thing - if you assume you actually want to solve the problem and not just wail about it and do nothing.

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              #7
              Originally posted by WTFH View Post
              I prefer Norman Tebbit's approach - get on your bike
              Just like contractors do?

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                #8
                Originally posted by The_Equalizer View Post
                Just like contractors do?
                In the past they might have got in their Ferrari or Maserati but probably these days they will get in their Campervan.
                I'm alright Jack

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by original PM View Post
                  He has a point but it is not a new one.

                  If you are raised by parents who never work why would you think there is a problem with following in their footsteps?

                  As has been said before if you genuinely want to make a difference you simply stop giving people free housing for getting pregnant.

                  So yes you can still get pregnant but mummy and daddy will be housing you - it probably means some kids will end up on the streets dieing but lets be honest that is only a good thing - if you assume you actually want to solve the problem and not just wail about it and do nothing.
                  Like Conservative politicians or members of the House of Lords or....
                  Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                    #10
                    Personally I think politicians should all have vasectomies.

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