Look forward to seeing the pics of Pete,always liked his physique when i started training in 1979,i noticed on one of your other posts that you said you won national titles in the UK,if you don`t want to give out your name,whats your initials,we may know each other.

Sorry to hear about this,i remember Pete from the supplement ads in bodybuilding monthly in the late 70s,heres a pic of him in the Mr britain.

The "current benefits package", LOL. You can't even live off that in the first place. Even before the changes that took place this month, the Tories cut housing benefit dramatically straight after they came to power. If you're single and under-35 you only get enough housing benefit to pay for house-share... never mind that in many areas these types of tenancies don't exist. So if you live in say, a one bedroom-flat that costs £700 and the council only gives you £550, you'll have to make the rest out of your jobseeker's allowance, which is *drum-roll* a massive £73 a week in average.

How much does that leave mate?

Even assuming you move out of your flat into a cheaper place because (as the current Tory narrative goes) you shouldn't live so "high" being unemployed can you still make it on £73 a week?



Your problem is you've read so much Daily Fail that you think every person on benefits is a mum with eight kids living in a Victorian townhouse on the taxpayer's expense. Reality check: these people are a tiny, tiny minority and they will always be there. Most of the claimants are disabled or unwell or made-redudant ortoo old for anyone to hire them (do you know what happens to a 50-year-old who is laid off?) or too young for anyone to hire them (like straight out of uni), etc, etc.

The thing is you go for the easy targets mate... the immigrants and the jobless. You're thinking they way you're expected to. Divide and conquer. It's been going on for ages.

I am naked from the waist up as I type this.