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Re:“You're on the verge of losing everything but you don’t u... by ldrndll on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @06:32AM (#16273108)
> some of these people "go away" because they have died

For anyone thinking this is hyperbole, one recent case[1] was of an anorexic woman found dead in her freezing cold flat because she couldn't afford to run the heating. She had been sanctioned for missing a jobseekers meeting due to being in ICU.

1: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/anorexic-woma...

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Re:“You're on the verge of losing everything but you don’t u... by johncarmichael3 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @01:24PM (#16276139)
When you combine stories like this along with the massively convoluted legal system and incredibly dense surveillance penetrating everything all the time, it makes me terrified to even visit the place. When traveling to Europe I route around instead of doing stopovers in UK.
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Re:“You're on the verge of losing everything but you don’t u... by dm319 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @07:30AM (#16273348)
Angry and disgusted at my own country.
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