
𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐔𝐏 𝐓𝐎 £𝟏𝟕𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐀 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 Conservative MP 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐦 was asked on GB News about her colleague Helen Watley's call to ban benefit payments to men with multiple wives. The numbers Lam laid out are not a typo. Four wives: £𝟕𝟖,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 in UK benefits. Eleven wives: 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 £𝟏𝟕𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫. Lam didn't dodge: “𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴.” Her conclusion was the obvious one. Taxpayers — people working forty-hour weeks — are funding the legally-impossible household structure of new arrivals, at six-figure rates per household. “𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨.” 𝐈𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭. 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 @𝘎𝘉𝘕𝘌𝘞𝘚









