"Once the finger is pointed at the individual, and unemployment and poverty become seen as moral rather than political issues, then coercion is rarely far away.
Unemployment is not a medical condition. Medical treatment should not be in the province of the DWP. Confusing the medical and the social makes it more difficult to improve lives in either sphere"
The excellent Kenan Malik on Streeting's proposal to pump the unemployed with drugs.
#Unemployment #UKPolitics
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/20/pumping-the-unemployed-with-weight-loss-drugs-echoes-victorian-attitudes-to-the-poor
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