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In recent weeks, while trawling through the BirminghamLive website in a desperate attempt to find some actual local news, I have noticed an increasing trend for articles about people on Universal Credit, basically boasting about getting 'money for nothing'. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/im-universal-credit-refuse-visit-32652577 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/im-dwp-benefits-mumfluencer-31000-32652309 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/im-self-confessed-dwp-benefits-32644976 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/im-pregnant-mum-three-dwp-32648304 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/im-single-mum-1700-universal-32653719 The above 5 screenshots are from what is currently presented on the BirminghamLive home page, so it's not like I've been actively looking for these! (I'm pretty sure the same, or at least similar, stories are also plastered across all the other Reach Plc news websites across the UK) So what gives, and what is this all about? Unsurprisingly, there are no comments allowed on any of these articles, because no doubt they would be filled up with all sorts of angry and 'hateful' comments, as well as the usual "fair play to them" etc. On the one hand, it appears on the surface to be some very blatant 'promotion' or even advertising of Universal Credit, by promoting how much people can 'earn' simply by not going to work and earning a proper wage. On the other hand, it also serves as a 'kick in the teeth' for those good honest folk - such as myself - who do go to work and earn a living, which pays for rent/mortgage, council tax, household/energy bills, and puts food on the table. As well as being obvious 'click-bait' to generate advertising revenue, it's also 'rage-bait', designed for people to share on social media - as they can't comment on the articles themselves - which then stirs up a whole load of other arguments. One thing I do find curious though, is that all these 'universal credit scroungers' mostly appear to be 'white people'. Of course, in these latest examples, it's all 'white women' but I have also seen similar articles featuring 'white men' as well. Strangely, you don't see any such articles about Asian/Pakistani men boasting about how much they 'earn' from Universal Credit, while having a nice sideline in dealing drugs, operating protection rackets, or stealing cars to strip them for parts. Admittedly, I've not read any of the articles I have linked to above, so I don't know what they're about. The purpose of this post is just so that I can point out yet another example of how the mainstream media are using social engineering to manipulate the public's perception of reality. Actually now I think about this, maybe this is also some 'predictive programming' in order to drum up support for when the current Government wants to try and reduce the benefits/welfare bill due to the black hole in their finances. "Of course these lazy dole-dossers should get less money!!!"

It should be labelled correctly as "regulated murder", but doesn't sound so fluffy then!

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1 Peter 5&version=ESV 8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

aiihpc.org An Irish palliative care specialist has spoken against assisted suicide, saying death is not a solution. https://www.christian.org.uk/news/doctor-speaks-against-assisted-suicide-in-ireland-death-is-not-healthcare/

I bet most would sign up to it if it meant the difference between using tik tok or being banned!

Spot on, not every Troll lives under a bridge, there are plenty of others living in military barracks or on G.C.H.Q. keyboards!

Is the 'We' he's referring to him & Gary Neville? Because I'm a disabled 62 year old grandmother, and I'd knock both of them out!

Same surname.

They infiltrated the Evangelical church,amongst many, in America years ago, which believes in Rapture, the chosen tribes and God's umbrella over the state of Israel. What utter garbage.

6 months old, but a very informative, articulate and measured analysis.

"A freedom" ??? Freedom is freedom, it is inherent and should be 24/7/365. Otherwise it is not actual freedom but conditional control. It is up to us to use our God given freedom to not harm another. Words spoken may not go down well, but you can go about your day even if pissed off at someone's view point. The shit that spews out of leaders mouth do harm however, because they act upon it using their powers to enforce in legislation, which is abuse and tyrannical.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said. "Just because you have a freedom doesn't mean you have to use it at every moment of every day."