Articles such as this one, which highlight benefit fraud by immigrant Polish workers, really annoy me.
Apparently the piece accompanies a 5Live broadcast tonight which highlights the issue.
Why are there no such programs about the number of UK-citizens ripping off the system, because I’m sure they cost the system at least as much money each year. All this does is play into the hands of The Daily Bigot and their ilk.
I suppose “Some people claim illegal benefits” doesn’t make such an impact in the headlines, but that shouldn’t be a reason for writing a story.
Yes, there wouldn’t be the same outcry. And ‘national’ people doing it doesn’t seem so bad to bigots.
(I think that was all of them!)