This: 'Gaining valuable skills and experience' my arse! There's nothing that Poundland could teach you that would take more than half an hour.

And this: "The workfare regime provides free workers to capitalists. Every such worker prevents another worker having a paying job."

How come needful charities didn't get brought on board this scheme, arguably everyone could have benefited?

Lots of experience and skills to be provided for them as actually need it (geology graduates probably not being among them) as well as the rewards to the community of course; from administration, gardening, cooking, shop work, writing articles, counselling/befriending, to repair work, decorating, canvassing etc. you name it!

And yet this government would rather see claimants wresting dull menial jobs from already low-paid workers at Poundland..