Wakefield Trinity • OT wakefield to go blue

I know first hand what life was like for the working class under the tories, I was a miner in 84/85 and didn’t have a pot to p.ss in for 12 months .Had to take tv and vcr back to rental shop early doors and went over to the pit for a food parcel every week to keep my family going ,so I know what hardships all about .Id broken my neck the previous year underground through faulty equipment and was pursuing a claim against the coal board ,6 months into the strike 2 officials visited me at home to offer me £1000.00 damages for the negligence claim, on the condition I signed to say I could lay no further claim later in life if things got worse , that was like manor to heaven for me at the time .According to my union rep I should have turned it down as I was looking at a substantial payout .
I’m 57 now and walk with a limp and about to go in for a disc fusing all Down to that accident all those years ago ,but I’ve never gone on the sick or claimed benefits ,I’m from an era where you crack on and get on with it .When I see people jumping out of blue badged cars and stroll off shopping or the benefit stick culture that is sweeping the country it saddens me that we are becoming a nation of moaning minnies, always looking to blame . I voted Tory in Wakefield for the first time in my life simply because labour has i my eyes done jack all for us proud people of wakefield. Im sure the new incumbent Isn’t gunna wave a magic wand and the streets of wakefield will be paved of gold ,but I’m sure it’ll be better than what it is now which is beggars, druggies and thief’s .

Statistics: Posted by Kettykat — Sun Dec 15, 2019 6:11 am — Replies 93 — Views 3420

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