Kerry Katonas spent the lot

lynzpower

dopester wrote: »

Deadwood's Al Swearengen's recount of his time in an orphanage, is how it should be done.

Basic provisions - food/shelter/clothing/education/security - nothing more.

The mother was probably getting a wedge of benefits at the same time, and you want the state to pick up tabs for Kerry and councillors and analysts or whatever else you have in mind, and however other many children the mother may have had - or hundreds of thousands of mothers in similar situations.

Her mother was done for Benefit fraud last year.

Edited to say Children who are abused by thier parents are not to blame for that. - do you agree or not?

vivatifosi

dopester wrote: »

Deadwood's Al Swearengen's recount of his time in an orphanage, is how it should be done.

Basic provisions - food/shelter/clothing/education/security - nothing more.

The mother was probably getting a wedge of benefits at the same time, and you want the state to pick up tabs for Kerry and councillors and analysts or whatever else you have in mind, and however other many children the mother may have had - or hundreds of thousands of mothers in similar situations.

Wow dopester, that's harsh. We shouldn't take it out on any kid, no matter how bad the sins of the parent are (and I don't think Kerry's are that major). I would want at least care and compassion added to that list of basic provisions - how much would it cost to provide those - they are more about mindset. If you give people just food, shelter, clothing, education and security you're not giving them any nurturing, don't you worry what sort of adults that will turn out?

dopester

lynzpower wrote: »

It stands to scrutiny that in any case, the taxpayer pays the price for dysfunctional parenting, sooner or later. It is better to minimise the damage at an early age - not dragging the abuse and neglect out for many years, until the damage is done.

I believe the taxpayer pays a lot more when the welfare system allows such generous claims upon it. Housing, NHS, unemployment benefit... have kids then a lot more of the same with big top-up benefits... and creates an ever increasing dependency upon it.

If it were basic provisions... a minimal safety net, then the taxpayer would pay less, and there would be much more incentive for personal responsibility and to try and get ahead in the world on merit.

As it is, I can partly understand the ever worsening chav/gang phenomenon of the last 6-8 years. Claim benefits.. and what is the point in bettering yourself and getting educated, when the average house costs an absolute fortune. Who wants to be a debt slave to that.

donaldtramp

It's simple. She's an idiot.

Fools and their money......

lynzpower

dopester wrote: »

I believe the taxpayer pays a lot more when the welfare system allows such generous claims upon it. Housing, NHS, unemployment benefit... have kids then a lot more of the same with big top-up benefits... and creates an ever increasing dependency upon it.

If it were basic provisions... a minimal safety net, then the taxpayer would pay less, and there would be much more incentive for personal responsibility and to try and get ahead in the world on merit.

As it is, I can partly understand the ever worsening chav/gang phenomenon of the last 6-8 years. Claim benefits.. and what is the point in bettering yourself and getting educated, when the average house costs an absolute fortune. Who wants to be a debt slave to that.

I agree with those things, but having worked in Child protection for many years, Ill tell you right now, claiming benefits and child abuse are not mutually exclusive.

Kerry is not, AFAIK, claiming benefits, although of course it stands that her children may not be as well raised as it looks. The central london authority I worked for dealt with many cases of child abuse and neglect by famous parents. None of these were claiming but thier poor children....

Abbafan1972

Welcome to the real world Kerry.

wymondham

... well having read further through recent threads it seems her mother was not the best role model when it come to finances. Maybe she should learn her way out of this mess?

Lifeisbutadream

margaretclare wrote: »

Curiosity.

This is a person about whom a lot of people know an awful lot, and I have no idea who she is, what claim she has to fame or 'celebrity'.

Are you just trying to provoke a reaction?

A quick google would tell you who she is in seconds.

Pobby

margaretclare wrote: »

Am mystified by this thread - one of the posts states she is a 'celebrity'.

I've never heard of her.

She was a singer in a modern day version of The Beverly sisters . Sorry, as folks of a not to dissimilar age I just couldn`t resist. :j

mazz1953

Although she was made bankrupt last year she had believed it was a technicality and didn’t really grasp she had run out of money.

What does that mean?