Lyn had to go to the job centre yesterday. She received a letter a week or two ago, informing her she had to go in. It struck us both as pretty stupid, but I think it’s routine nowadays: everyone, regardless of their disability or circumstance, is being forced to look for work. The tories claim it’s about improving lives through work (as if they give a fuck about anyone’s welfare but their own) but they just want to extract as much money from everyone as possible so that they can reduce tax for their rich friends. Thus they force people like Lyn to go to such meetings, potentially stressing them out and making them worry about whether they’ll be forced off benefits.

Mind you, Lyn got home yesterday quite amused. They had apparently suggested she start some kind of music company; they had clearly had no idea what Lyn was about or what she faces, and had made the same suggestion they make to anyone. Lyn is an extremely motivated person: she would already have such a company up and running if it was at all feasible. It just goes to show the limits of the conservative mentality, and how little they understand about people outside their realm of experience.