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Gordon Brown published a scrounger’s charter while at university, offering students tips on how to freeload and claim benefits. His 200-page survival guide, Alternative Edinburgh, openly encouraged students to “use and abuse” the Welfare State.
“If you’re British and can give an address, free money is available from social security, basic £5.80 per week,” he wrote.
“Social and medical benefits are your right, not charity hand-outs, so never be reticent about claiming them.” Mr Brown, who wrote the guide when he was 22 and a student leader at Edinburgh University, also tells students how to obtain a free meal at a hotel: “Con your way to asking for a glass of water or sit beside drinkers and they will feed you for nothing.”
A source close to the Chancellor said of the guide: “I’m not sure Mr Brown would support these ideas now. But it is interesting that David Cameron at the same age was drinking champagne in the Bullingdon Club, whose members gloried in trashing restaurants.”
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Mr.Brown has come a long way since writing his guide, obviously he is now using it's foundations agianst England's population, If you're English and can give an address, free money will be avaliable through taxing you if you have spent money on your house and living in a nice area, we will con/force our way through your door to check on what improvements you have made (the police need a court order to enter a house) but not his boys, he is openly using and abusing the general population, the tax on pensions makes him giulty of gross negligence and he should be taken to court, Murdock must be laughing.
Lynden Hall, kettering, England
Isn't that, "How to cheat the British people?" by Gordon Brown.
judy, Liverpool, england
A shame the man never had a proper job and had a dose of being on the receiving end of his childish, misguided left wing idealism, but unfortunately for us he has been a Labour parasite all his life and remains firmly wedded to the principles he so proudly espoused in his university days - no matter how hard the Labour PR machine tries to pursuade otherwise
Derek, Bembridge,
Wow, I didn't know Britain was the welfare state, lol.
Have a nice day !
JSmith, Richmond, Virginia
What, no instructions on pickpocketing from Gordon the Dip?
Barrie, Harlow,
What is interesting is that we can now be guaranteed that the asylum 'system' in this country will not be attended to by Mr.Brown as these people are just exactly the type of folk Mr.Brown can relate to and vote him in again and again.The reason for uncontrolled mass migration becmes clearer by the day-more votes for Labour to replace those like myself who have been betrayed.History will damn you and BLiar
Finbar Bryson, Nottingham, UK
Ha ha Gordon, well done, Once a clown, always a clown.
Mark R, coventry, uk