This is distinct from rich people hating "the poor," that's a constant; now, like pre-modern aristocrats, they seem to hate the very idea of useful work, of any transaction that doesn't involve them getting money just because.

UK has a bunch of problems.

Migration is a politically unpopular way to address many of them.

The UK government wants everyone to throw them a nice little flag shaggy parade for choosing not to use it - while doing nothing else to fix the problems.

"People will still find a way to gamble if they want to!"

Ok, but people still find ways to buy meth but we still don't sell it at Boots and let the Sinoloa Cartel advertise on football uniforms.

Could be done, given an industrious mindset and a sharp enough axe.

The broadsheet 'poor me' articles always remind me of this Exploding Heads sketch.

That entire film series raises serious questions about the standard of training for recruits, tbh.

Plus, making it a subsidiary of the BBC would be, IMHO, be even funnier.