by Workingman » 04 Apr 2013, 17:49
Being on benefits did not make him do it any more than if he had been in work would have made him do it. That has to be made clear, and some of the political points scoring being made by some MPs is frankly disgusting and disturbing.
But the other side of the coin is that benefits enabled him to live a particular lifestyle, much of which was criminal, and nobody but nobody lifted a finger to try to curtail it or even criticise it. He appeared to think that he was untouchable, and the lack of any action by the authorities probably went a long way to confirm his twisted logic.