I can't help but feel some of the 'oh noes, the unemployed only be given £400 a week to spend on housing' may involve some suspicion that in the pricey areas where the unemployed/unemployable are currently living, crime will decrease as they depart.
Not saying that all of them are criminals, it will likely be a minority (as in 'small number' not 'ethnic origin'), and their departure will mean they'll have a whole new place to shit where they eat.
I also think the government has missed an opportunity here - at a time when the public sector is facing the same pain as private sector, this was something of an opportunity to mitigate union bitching and moaning whilst at the same time ensuring no one could point fingers at the policy without sounding a bit mental. Had they set aside some of the savings to be made from this to help public sector workers afford places in London.
The public have little tolerance for public sector groups whinging about how hard it all is as it is, looking generous shifts the ground underneath the unions that bit more leaving them in a difficult position.
Politics is a lot about making moves in order to wrongfoot your opponent, especially when facing up to having to do some things the public may not like. Do your changes, but ensure they're done in such a manner that your detractors can only paint themselves into corners fighting them.
And in coalitions those detractors may also include your partners...
Gideon and Forehead don't seem to have picked that up properly yet. But then modern politics is more about media massaging than tactical moves, so why fight your enemy with brains when you can just leak information? From The Prince to The Pillocks.
Not saying that all of them are criminals, it will likely be a minority (as in 'small number' not 'ethnic origin'), and their departure will mean they'll have a whole new place to shit where they eat.
I also think the government has missed an opportunity here - at a time when the public sector is facing the same pain as private sector, this was something of an opportunity to mitigate union bitching and moaning whilst at the same time ensuring no one could point fingers at the policy without sounding a bit mental. Had they set aside some of the savings to be made from this to help public sector workers afford places in London.
The public have little tolerance for public sector groups whinging about how hard it all is as it is, looking generous shifts the ground underneath the unions that bit more leaving them in a difficult position.
Politics is a lot about making moves in order to wrongfoot your opponent, especially when facing up to having to do some things the public may not like. Do your changes, but ensure they're done in such a manner that your detractors can only paint themselves into corners fighting them.
And in coalitions those detractors may also include your partners...
Gideon and Forehead don't seem to have picked that up properly yet. But then modern politics is more about media massaging than tactical moves, so why fight your enemy with brains when you can just leak information? From The Prince to The Pillocks.
