Well I've been thinking recently on what is going to be the key factor, the lynch pin, the step too far that ultimately is going to bring the British public out onto the streets. Despite mass immigration, illegal wars, the ever encroaching police state and the dying economy, there is one safety net that has kept the British public complacent and that is the benefits system.
The benefits system has basically allowed a large underclass to develop but also has provided people with a safety net if they haven't any employment. Its allowed an acceptable standard of living for people with disabilities and has kept a large portion of the population glued to the X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent. With the benefits rolling in, people have become apathetic and quite content just to sit infront of the TV.
However, this is I feel coming to a sharp end. The government has recently started to migrate long-term claimants of income support and incapacity benefit onto the new "Employment and Support Allowance" - a benefit that is supposedly to help people find work.
I've done some research and apparently, the new benefit and the means testing system isn't as clear cut as it used to be. Its being run by the ATOS Origin company and quite simply, they've been declaring people "fit for work" regardless of even if they have major health issues such as angina or even MS. These people ultimately get forced onto Jobseeker's allowance.
Now to add that in with the faltering economy. Just recently a new Tesco store opened up. 20 or so jobs were available and something like 400 or more people applied with only so many interviews being given. There's so few jobs, very little openings and many of the major companies such as Tesco, Asda, McDonald's, HMV, etc are not taking on new staff. The only few jobs available are for experienced managers.
So we've ultimately got a disaster situation brewing here. Millions of people that are on income support/incapacity benefit will be pushed through onto Jobseeker's allowance and forced to find work. This is but the first step.
Problem is, there's absolutely no work available. The second step will be when the cash strapped government eventually starts to cut even more into the welfare budget and start forcing more off Jobseeker's.....this I feel will come in another year or so.
Third step will be an eventual overall decline in public services such as benefits as the government eventually stops paying welfare altogether or imposing such hard regulations that average people struggle to get any meaningful benefit support.
This I feel is going to be the straw that breaks the camels back. Its going to be the ultimate demise of the welfare state that is going to bring people out into the streets. I don't see though this scenario being necessarily people rioting against the government - just people rioting in general, ransacking supermarkets, millions of unemployed migrants and natives fighting it out Northern Ireland style on ex-industrial council estates, etc.
Its as the saying goes - people are three meals away from rioting. Take their safety net away and when they have no means to support themselves, it won't be who Simon Cowell is putting through on the X-Factor but "what will we eat tonight?"
Obviously the government can't be that stupid and have to realise the overall public order of the country is teetering on the brink of oblivion. Just that last mile and the house of cards will collapse.
Of course we wouldn't be in this mess if only jobs had not been off shored and the previous government's had not allowed such a huge number of people to become reliant on the welfare system as their only means of support.
The benefits system has basically allowed a large underclass to develop but also has provided people with a safety net if they haven't any employment. Its allowed an acceptable standard of living for people with disabilities and has kept a large portion of the population glued to the X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent. With the benefits rolling in, people have become apathetic and quite content just to sit infront of the TV.
However, this is I feel coming to a sharp end. The government has recently started to migrate long-term claimants of income support and incapacity benefit onto the new "Employment and Support Allowance" - a benefit that is supposedly to help people find work.
I've done some research and apparently, the new benefit and the means testing system isn't as clear cut as it used to be. Its being run by the ATOS Origin company and quite simply, they've been declaring people "fit for work" regardless of even if they have major health issues such as angina or even MS. These people ultimately get forced onto Jobseeker's allowance.
Now to add that in with the faltering economy. Just recently a new Tesco store opened up. 20 or so jobs were available and something like 400 or more people applied with only so many interviews being given. There's so few jobs, very little openings and many of the major companies such as Tesco, Asda, McDonald's, HMV, etc are not taking on new staff. The only few jobs available are for experienced managers.
So we've ultimately got a disaster situation brewing here. Millions of people that are on income support/incapacity benefit will be pushed through onto Jobseeker's allowance and forced to find work. This is but the first step.
Problem is, there's absolutely no work available. The second step will be when the cash strapped government eventually starts to cut even more into the welfare budget and start forcing more off Jobseeker's.....this I feel will come in another year or so.
Third step will be an eventual overall decline in public services such as benefits as the government eventually stops paying welfare altogether or imposing such hard regulations that average people struggle to get any meaningful benefit support.
This I feel is going to be the straw that breaks the camels back. Its going to be the ultimate demise of the welfare state that is going to bring people out into the streets. I don't see though this scenario being necessarily people rioting against the government - just people rioting in general, ransacking supermarkets, millions of unemployed migrants and natives fighting it out Northern Ireland style on ex-industrial council estates, etc.
Its as the saying goes - people are three meals away from rioting. Take their safety net away and when they have no means to support themselves, it won't be who Simon Cowell is putting through on the X-Factor but "what will we eat tonight?"
Obviously the government can't be that stupid and have to realise the overall public order of the country is teetering on the brink of oblivion. Just that last mile and the house of cards will collapse.
Of course we wouldn't be in this mess if only jobs had not been off shored and the previous government's had not allowed such a huge number of people to become reliant on the welfare system as their only means of support.
