Then and Now

In May 1985, a youthful opposition politician got hold of a leaked confidential government review proposing to encourage the unemployed to get jobs by reducing their dole. This, he raged, was ” a raid on the poor”.

Gordon was not arrested. Ironically it is also his government’s policy now.

Hat-tip : London Evening Standard

UPDATE : The Fink has a few more examples the Met Police might wish to investigate.

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