Father-of-ten blames council house for marriage breakdown

[Spetulhu]

10 children? Perhaps he should be given a free castration first?

[Louis VI the Fat]

What's up today with all those 'Oh noes! It's the end of British civilization as we know it, crucify Bliar!' threads?

10 children? Perhaps he should be given a free castration first?

I do hope you mean sterilization?

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

ShadesWolf got hold of a copy of the Mail.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Man, I don't mean to offend, but I am glad I don't live in Britain.

Here's an idea: sterilization and foster homes until he gets a job and can afford a bigger house. Here's an even wackier idea: make him work.

In their living room they have a wide screen TV, dvd player and video, freeview box and a £280 X-box game console.

That's slightly irritating to those who work for a living.

Oh, and BKS-

'The council have offered me and the kids accommodation in a bed and breakfast but my psychiatrist thinks I might harm myself if I live there.

WTF? Harming himself, psychologically, by living in a B&B? I sure as heck wouldn't mind living like that.

Crazed Rabbit

[ShadesWolf]

ShadesWolf got hold of a copy of the Mail.

oh yes, be warned...

Or should I say be afraid be very afraid.

I would have usually got the Telegraph, but is a little to large to put on my desk

[caravel]

A perfect example of the nanny state and one of it's charges, though I'm sure these types of cases exist worldwide wherever there is a welfare system, or particularly an easily abused, lax welfare system as in the The UK. The problem is that tightening up on this and even, oh the horror, kicking him off the dole and into a job, would probably be some kind of infringement of his human rights. I can imagine him now after taking it to court, talking about the stress he had suffered etc. The judge would find that he was entitled to doss his life away at the taxpayers expense, and that forcing him to go out and work might cause him to "harm himself", then he'd probably get a bucketload of compensation as well, and guess who pays for that?

[rory_20_uk]

I agree that this is Nanny Stateism. I don't care which party causes it (although Old Labour did create the beast) it needs to be curtailed.

I'm British, but the way things are going my children won't be born on this soil. I never thought I'd be saying that.

[macsen rufus]

Bah!

Two child allowances per family, third strike no allowance and free vasectomy voucher. Fourth strike, hand me the bricks....

And I mean for everyone, even those in jobs and who can afford it....

[littlelostboy]

I agree that this is Nanny Stateism. I don't care which party causes it (although Old Labour did create the beast) it needs to be curtailed.:

Really? Singapore is considered one of the world's finest Nanny Stateism. Yet, we all good citizens have to work and work and work. No welfare for us. Just do whatever the Government tell us to do.

In their living room they have a wide screen TV, dvd player and video, freeview box and a £280 X-box game console.

Is that part of the state benefit??????? This guy get all these without working for them?

[Spetulhu]

10 children? Perhaps he should be given a free castration first?

I do hope you mean sterilization?

Castration. Give him prosthetic testicles if you want to be nice, but removing the real ones is the only 100% proof method.