The DWP
admits they
invented
'Fake' benefit
claimants
Quiz
Five two part quiz questions for the
magazine, not sure of level to aim at.
Tot up your score before Googling (I
had to for quite a few of them) or check
answers on Online Publication thread.
1) What is the alternative name for Tofu
and what is it made from?
The Department of Work and Pensions has
admitted that it invented fake benefits
claimants in order to praise their own benefits
sanctions in their publications. No wonder.
Because for Conservatives, poor people just
aren’t real people.
One fictional character from their leaflets,
‘Sarah’, beams as she gushes that she was
“really pleased” that her benefits were cut
because it inspired her to redraft her CV. Of
course ‘Sarah’ is a model from a bank of stock
photo images and her adoring words are the
ghost work of Department of Work and
Pensions employees. Because God forbid
anyone associated with the Tories might know
some actual poor people, right?
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2) Jack Dromey MP, Which union was
he Deputy General Secretary of and
who is he married to?
3) Ed Balls was eliminated from Strictly
Come Dancing after how many weeks?
Who was his professional partner?
4) What and Where is Timbuktu?
5) Justice for Orgreave, Where exactly
is Orgreave? Which Home Secretary
gave them hope of an enquiry before
the idea was scuppered?