'Call Me Dave' has finally done something that is so far beyond the pale that satire just cannot touch it.'Call Me Dave's government has announced cancer patients on chemotherapy will have to undergo tests to prove they can’t work.
This is not satire – it’s true:
DWP proposes to force chemotherapy patients to undergo stressful benefit checks
Here’s a link to Macmillan Cancer Support’s online petition against the government’s plans:
Time is running out to make sure that people with cancer don’t lose benefits.
And finally, to explain why the government might be doing this, have a look at this article:
Welfare reform and the US insurance giant Unum
What's almost as bad is the connivance of the Liberal Democrats who are enabling this travesty to take place, all in the name of cutting the deficit. Meanwhile there will be no Tobin tax on financial transactions, bankers will pay themselves enormous bonuses, FTSE 100 executives will award themselves huge pay rises, and we will be expected to bail the banks out yet again when they fail as surely they must.
We know where the cancer is. Let's cut it out!
