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Were they given gruel to eat too?---When does the GOP adopt this plan?
Austerity on Parade
Was this some Dickens inspired piece of tasteless performance art? Sadly no, but still you have got to be fucking kidding me:
A group of long-term unemployed jobseekers were bussed into London to work as unpaid stewards during the diamond jubilee celebrations and told to sleep under London Bridge before working on the river pageant.
Up to 30 jobseekers and another 50 people on apprentice wages were taken to London by coach from Bristol, Bath and Plymouth as part of the government's Work Programme.
Two jobseekers, who did not want to be identified in case they lost their benefits, said they had to camp under London Bridge the night before the pageant.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/04/jubilee-pageant-unemployed
Up to 30 jobseekers and another 50 people on apprentice wages were taken to London by coach from Bristol, Bath and Plymouth as part of the government's Work Programme.
Two jobseekers, who did not want to be identified in case they lost their benefits, said they had to camp under London Bridge the night before the pageant.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/04/jubilee-pageant-unemployed
When does the GO adopt this plan?
http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/2012/06/austerity-on-parade.html
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