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HENRY Allingham insisted on standing on his own two feet. How unlike Mike Blake. Mr Allingham is 108 years old, the oldest survivor of the World War I soldiers. At the ceremony last week to mark the 90th anniversary of the start of the war, Mr Allingham, frail and bemedalled, struggled from his wheelchair, determined to place his wreath personally on the cenotaph. It was one way in which he could honour the memory of all those friends and comrades who sacrificed their lives in another world, another century, another age.
Meanwhile, here in the 21st century Mike Blake is 19. He and his wife have four children, another on the way and he also fathered another when he was 13. The family lives on benefits - 1,150 a month in benefits and a rent-free council house. Mike has been offered work but has refused it because he is better off being supported by the rest of us.See the full content of this document
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If Henry Can Do It, Why Can't Mike?
Although he seems to be a caring father, the idea of standing on his own feet is clearly foreign to hi...
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