Under English law, great importance is attached to the dying declaration. It is assumed no one will, in the final moments of their lives, have any agenda other than the simple truth to be on their minds- therefore any statements are usually taken as fact. I accept that a suicide note is not quite the exact equivalent of a dying declaration, but to mind it is awfully close.
Hence we must take very careful note of the note left by a woman who committed suicide last week, which indicated one of the reasons for her decision to end her life: the pressure brought about by the government's benefit changes.
This is the price we pay for Tory philosophy in practice: the weak go under, and perhaps as they say to each other in private, so be it. This country can't afford to give the poor the luxury of spare rooms in their homes, though it can afford to have laws giving huge tax breaks to some of the largest companies in the world. And you thought the coalition was a nightmare? Imagine if the Tories had got in with a thumping majority- perish the thought...
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