tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post1341494728312486960..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: In Defence of White DeePhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-52109217113226827052014-02-16T14:24:57.629+00:002014-02-16T14:24:57.629+00:00See an excellent article by White Dee herself in T...See an excellent article by White Dee herself in The Spectator this weekAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01876656586539650027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-88468174020747677522014-02-09T08:49:58.498+00:002014-02-09T08:49:58.498+00:00I think you are of course correct Phil, and I susp...I think you are of course correct Phil, and I suspect most if not all of your readers would agree. <br /><br />The issue though is not to fall into the media's trap of individualising it around frankly unsympathetic and not very likely characters. <br /><br />Instead we need to find people who rely on benefits who the readers of the Express and Mail will automatically sympathise with and relate to - not to buy into the deserving poor Vs undeserving poor argument but to help construct a narrative around dignity and fairness. <br /><br />Like it or not that means around inwork benefits, veterans, people with disabilities, people who have clearly fallen on hard times. <br /><br />Sue Marsh and Jack Monroe are great examples of that and we need more of them that we can get out there. <br /><br />Which to reiterate doesn't mean avoiding defending people like White Dee, but it does mean finding the other stories first.Mathttp://organisingmythoughts.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-59071370170993167202014-02-05T20:29:17.049+00:002014-02-05T20:29:17.049+00:00I couldn't bear watching it. Good job really. ...I couldn't bear watching it. Good job really. Not good for the blood pressure.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-40587349995454715642014-02-05T13:09:22.514+00:002014-02-05T13:09:22.514+00:00Sue Marsh is very good in her description of how C...Sue Marsh is very good in her description of how C5 treated her on the "debate" last night: http://diaryofabenefitscrounger.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/the-big-benefits-row.htmlSimonBnoreply@blogger.com