Re: More great Rochdale TV exposure

Guest Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:52 pm

Spartacus wrote:
Added to that some muppet has decided to turn him into a "reality star" in the name of entertainment.

Well said Spartacus Like a Star @ heaven

and, true to long-standing form, he'll play to the audiences.

There's a self-employed couple who claim NO benefits who have the largest number of children in this series ..

johnb Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:50 pm

He is already home. I think he was born here.

Guest Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:36 pm

johnb wrote:He is already home. I think he was born here.

He was born in Pakistan and came here as an 8 year-old in 1966.

Charly Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:57 pm

Mojo Hill wrote:

There's a self-employed couple who claim NO benefits who have the largest number of children in this series ..

And notice the difference in the two homes, one of them is clean and tidy to say there are 5 extra children plus the dad goes out to work!
I see Mo Salim has actually got 7 degrees!
I wonder if he would have taken 7 if he had to pay for them?
It mentioned benefits amount to £680 a week, how many people have that take home pay?

cyfrifia Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:45 pm

Not many working people could afford to have so many children.

Mohammed Salim's house looked to be getting very overcrowded, and his wife seemed to be suffering some stress, will they be re-housed in a larger place?

Charly Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:18 am

On the programme it said that they own the house .

Poppyanna555 Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:40 am

He owned two houses at one point, didn't he own a house his mother left him?

cyfrifia Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:41 am

Even if the family owns the house, there must come a point where they are officially and legally overcrowded, and so would qualify for housing benefit to get a bigger place?

Hinch Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:59 am

Overcrowded and chaotic it may have been but the kids were well-fed, well-dressed and, most of all, happy.

Just a pity that the rest of us are paying for it.

God knows how his van passed its MOT. I've never seen so much body-filler. I think that was the only thing holding it together.

cyfrifia Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:22 am

Yes, the kids seemed to be doing all right for the time being, but if there are more on the way, and as they all get bigger all the time, the question of larger and more spacious housing must crop up. If they had a huge garden, they could grow vegetables.

As Mohammed commented several times, it's an expensive business keeping such a large family. He seemed happily oblivious that it is not his, but other people's money he is complaining about having to pay out.

Guest Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:25 am

cyfrifia wrote:Even if the family owns the house, there must come a point where they are officially and legally overcrowded, and so would qualify for housing benefit to get a bigger place?

He was in court 2011-2012 charged with benefit frauds and making false statements, and for failing to declare ownership of a nearby second home. He has drawn housing benefits in the past; what he does has been by his “ choice. ”

I think you've their family holiday break to Paris to look forward to watching yet. Smile

Hinch Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:26 pm

I hope they're flying 'cos that van doesn't look up to it.

Just imagine, if it broke down over there, they might not be able to get back. What a loss!

Poppyanna555 Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:50 pm

From what I recall, even his long suffering wife Noreen accused him of not trying hard enough to find a job, that spoke volumes to me.

Hinch Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:54 pm

Preferably some sort of night work.

Charly Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:00 pm

I see he had an application form for a job as a temporary teaching assistant, I didn't realise you needed 7 degrees and a Doctorate in Philosophy for those jobs! Laughing

teamplayer2 Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:33 pm

What sort of degrees are they though? There are good genuine degrees and degrees that mean nothing.

Hinch Wed Mar 06, 2013 5:52 pm

Charly wrote:I see he had an application form for a job as a temporary teaching assistant, I didn't realise you needed 7 degrees and a Doctorate in Philosophy for those jobs!

And that was just for a Grade 2 teaching assistant.

Bet his pet subjects were human biology and maths.

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