Comments on: Fears for Northern Ireland’s economy as welfare row continues https://leftfootforward.org/2015/08/fears-for-northern-irelands-economy-as-welfare-row-continues/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Sun, 09 Aug 2015 17:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: JAMES MCGIBBON https://leftfootforward.org/2015/08/fears-for-northern-irelands-economy-as-welfare-row-continues/#comment-719768 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 17:56:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=106123#comment-719768 In reply to Steve Larson.

You need to have work Steve. NI depended on the old industrial mass labour. It is gone for good. The Irish bave always moved.

]]> By: Steve Larson https://leftfootforward.org/2015/08/fears-for-northern-irelands-economy-as-welfare-row-continues/#comment-719767 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 17:42:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=106123#comment-719767 In reply to JAMES MCGIBBON.

The Loyalist heartland of Larne has the highest benefit claimers in NI.

Remember that for most of the last 50 years being a Unionist guaranteed you a job and housing if needed. There was a surplus of public service jobs so that Unionists could be kept in areas.

It’s destroyed their work ethic.

Loyalist East Belfast, another Loyalist heartland has some of the worst educational attainment and literacy results you will find anywhere in Europe. Generations of being favoured and not having to push hard for it, it is corrosive.

]]> By: JAMES MCGIBBON https://leftfootforward.org/2015/08/fears-for-northern-irelands-economy-as-welfare-row-continues/#comment-719694 Thu, 06 Aug 2015 22:19:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=106123#comment-719694 The NI Assembly are obsessed with welfare. They should be promoting work and movement of people to work. I would be interested to know what areas in NI have the largest benefit claimers. And how benefits are claimed on behalf of absentees and dead people.

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