Shocking as it may be to Harriet Harman and her sanctimonious supporters, the Apathetic Majority has little sympathy for those acknowledged by the establishment as living in poverty by dint of receiving less than 60% of average earnings. Particularly those being given the money by way of benefits rather than actually earning it.
Nobody, of course, should be living in poverty. Anybody who is mentally and physically fit and prepared to work hard can, albeit not always easily, get a job. Not necessarily the sort of job they’re going to like but a job that will enable them to pay their way.
Therein lies the problem. Well-meaning farts and fartesses have convinced the young (and the old) they're entitled to a job they're going to like. They’ve also convinced the young they have a choice about the way they conduct themselves at school.
The Grumpy Old Men and Women Political Party will change all that.
Education is the key to the avoidance of poverty.
The Grumpies will ensure our children conduct themselves at school in a manner that will allow all of them to read, write, calculate and properly speak the Queens English when they leave school. We'll stream them into classes that reflect their ability to learn. We'll support the prudent use of corporal punishment and ensure teachers possess the knowledge, ability, authority and desire to properly control a classroom of rampant children. We'll dispense with classroom assistants. Mildly disruptive juvenile snots will be caned or temporarily removed from their classrooms. Serial disrupters will be expelled without appeal and relocated temporarily or permanently in day release or residential Borstal type establishments staffed by teachers capable of dealing with children displaying learning or behavioural difficulties. We'll provide more grammar schools, re-introduce technical colleges, promote far more apprenticeship opportunities and dispense with the concept that everybody must have a university education. Headmasters will be given powers to monitor and fast track the removal of incompetent teachers. Action will be taken against children who make false allegations against teachers. Children will be taught that rights have to be earned and the rights of others have to be respected. Schools will be expected to properly educate our children, not strain to make a name for themselves by churning our hordes of children who have met arbitrary targets set by dick-head bureaucrats.
Sink schools in which ineffectual teachers are expected to educate a class of children speaking a wide selection of disparate languages other than English are a disgrace that will not be tolerated by the Grumpy Team.
Anybody who can't be bothered to take advantage of the learning opportunities offered to them at great expense by the state or has plans to become work-shy parasites will receive a little less carrot and a lot more stick. Anybody who can work but decides they'd prefer not to work will have their benefits substantially reduced.'
There are those who believe that poverty stems from poor parenting, poor housing, lack of ambition, nil aspiration and mixing with the wrong people. Of course it does. That doesn't mean we should all feel sorry for them or spend truckloads of money on them. There's a whole challenging/exciting world out there just waiting for them to get stuck in and make something of themselves. Plenty of underprivileged kids have demonstrated how it can be done.
Life is a Game. Anybody who wants to win should join in and learn how to play the Game.
