Stephen Daisley Stephen Daisley

Does Suella Braverman understand welfare?

The boomer-brained Brexiteer is befuddled by benefits

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Suella Braverman’s welfare tirade exemplifies the current Tory pandering to baby boomer myths about social spending and moral decay. Interviewed by ITV News on Monday, the leadership candidate said:

I think we spend too much on welfare. There are too many people in this country who are of working age, who are of good health, and who are choosing to rely on benefits, on taxpayers’ money, on your money, my money, to get by.

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