If the government were serious about getting people back into employment in this valley they'd be better off bringing industry into the area rather than designing new laws that persecute people who want work but can't get it.

What the feck do we have to do up here to get work in order to bring up a family? Vote Labour as we have since God was a boy? Why?

In the South East of England they've been importing foreign nationals because there's a surfeit of work - albeit at slave wages for that neck of the woods.

Perhaps we ought to vote Tory and rename the constituency to reflect a more affluent ethic. Herbert On Taff has a certain middle class ring to it.