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Original poster

omg at britains most shameless mum

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PainAuChocolat23 · 19/10/2015 21:41

Now im in no way bashing benefits. I am a mum to my wee boy and am currently on benefits and its bloody hard going but i manage as best i can.
But watching this programme im watching with shock, it really isnt nice viewing. There are people using food banks and their 6yr old got a petrol quad for his birthday Shock the impression that i got from this is that they seem to be proud of the life they have on benefits and seemed gloaty. Now i know i may get flamed for my views but people on benefits get a hard enough time without cases like this tarring us all with the same brush

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Passmethecrisps · 19/10/2015 21:44

I find the best solution to this issue is not to watch deliberately goady television.
People who see this one family as a true representation of every benefit claimant have no clue and are not worth troubling yourself about.
I agree that it is completely unhelpful and likely to be upsetting in your shoes though

multivac · 19/10/2015 21:44

Why watch?

BastardGoDarkly · 19/10/2015 21:46

YABVU to watch that tripe. Might as well read the sun.

abbieanders · 19/10/2015 21:46

Should they be ashamed? Is your query here whether you're unreasonable to think that people should be embarrassed to be on benefits, despite being on them yourself? Or something else?

Sirzy · 19/10/2015 21:47

I agree just don't watch.

And hopefully if more people turn off this crap channel 5 will stop making it. They seem to on a mission to alienate as many groups of society as possible

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PainAuChocolat23 · 19/10/2015 21:47

I only watched 10 or so minutes of it while waiting on another programme starting. I really wish i hadnt

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nancy75 · 19/10/2015 21:47

It is goady but these people are real (i'm not watching but I know what it's about)

I don't see how anyone can defend have a limitless number of children if you can't support them yourself

00100001 · 19/10/2015 21:48

see the red button near the top of the remote?
the one with a shirt line ina circle?
press it.

fakenamefornow · 19/10/2015 21:49

I suspect the TV company my have bought the quad bike and paid for their holiday. I wonder if they ham it up to get paid more for other interviews and TV shows.

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PainAuChocolat23 · 19/10/2015 21:50

Im not ashamed nor embarrassed im on benefits it isnt a long term solution and i am planning to go back to work next year.

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fakenamefornow · 19/10/2015 21:51

I don't see how anyone can defend have a limitless number of children if you can't support them yourself

I agree, even if you can support them having so many children is iresponsible and selfish.

Zame · 19/10/2015 21:52

Try and ignore it, I guess there's a few people who are happy to live on benefits for the rest of their lives. Doesn't look like too much fun though does it?
They're not reflective of the vast majority of people who receive benefits. Not by a long shot.

ConfusedInBath · 19/10/2015 21:53

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Zame · 19/10/2015 21:53

Also, it would panic me to have that many children and have to rely on the government to decide how much I can have to support them, knowing at any minute that support could be withdrawn.

CheekyMaleekey · 19/10/2015 21:54

If you can't feed 'em, don't breed 'em!

moggiek · 19/10/2015 21:56

Completely agree, Confused.

Zame · 19/10/2015 21:57

Nice turn of phrase cheeky Hmm

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PainAuChocolat23 · 19/10/2015 21:58

I know they arent reflective of the vast majority but people seem to think thats what all benefit claimants are like which couldnt be further from the truth

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amazonqueen · 19/10/2015 21:59

I havent seen it and have no intention of looking for it. But I bet they have at least one wall that is stripped of wallpaper. For some reason people in these programmes seem to have trouble keeping wallpaper on the walls.

I wonder if the programme makers have anything to do with that as Ive never seen this in a real house. I live on a council estate by the way.

IamTheWhoreofBabylon · 19/10/2015 22:00

It was the constant lying that got to me, and the smoking
What are they teaching their kids as they hear them lie constantly

JeanneDeMontbaston · 19/10/2015 22:00

Well, one answer to the 'if you can't feed 'em' line is the horrific tragedy of the child who died when his mother was wrongly advised about abortion, which was in the papers recently.

But leaving that aside. I think if you offer any kind of welfare state, a minority of people will take advantage. Some of those are deliberate cheaters. Others are not able to judge what's going on. But the majority will be people who deserve that welfare.

If a country reserves help to people it vets strictly, you never reach the people who are really in need and really able to give of their skills. So even if TV programmes seek out the people who show the worse possible side of all of this, you have to remember that there are huge numbers of other people who are not like that. It's like giving blood: sure, a drop or two might be wasted, and perhaps some will be accidentally exposed to too much air, but collectively, the fact we all give blood means there's enough blood given to help people.

Zame · 19/10/2015 22:00

Yeah that is annoying, channel 5 are pricks for showing this kind of shit. I think all the channels are as bad as each other for this crap at the moment though

itsmeohlord · 19/10/2015 22:01

I bet this is Channel 5.

LOL amazonqueen, I know just what you mean!

JeanneDeMontbaston · 19/10/2015 22:03

Grin at amazonqueen.

Don't forget the damp neatly stippled in downwards from a wall in the kitchen, will you?

IsabellaofFrance · 19/10/2015 22:05

So she has a husband/Partner?

Notice how its her getting all the stick.