Think that's scary? Look at Scotland, where half of the population live on benefits for the whole of their lives (over-exaggeration, probably not that much), all because they're too lazy to work. And there's no point in pinning it on the credit crunch either, it's been going on years before the word "recession" was even mentioned.
As soon as I'm old enough to vote, I'm voting for the UK Pirate Party anyway :)
As soon as I'm old enough to vote, I'm voting for the UK Pirate Party anyway :)