This short post will only make sense if you've been following the Welfare Rights Lit serial unfolding on this blog, as a NaNoWriMo challenge and a commentary on the roll-out of Universal Credit. The aim is to write it in 'real time', although I'm unlikely to ever catch right up, since I started a week late; like an authentic UC claim, there were seven 'waiting days' when you got nothing at all!
Just like the roll-out of UC, we can review things as we go along, so it's audience participation time. Today's consultation concerns Ralph, Catherine's friend on the allotment. Put simply, do we swipe left or swipe right with this guy? Do we like him (in which case he doesn't get to 'rescue' her in any conventional romantic novel sense, but will have a positive role in her life), think he's a bit soppy (in which case she will have to let him down gently at some point), or is he actually quite creepy and a potential menace to her or her family, who's got comeuppance heading his way in an unlikely manner?
This being just like real welfare reform, although I'll read any responses, there is absolutely no guarantee I'll take any notice of even the best thought out and most expert opinions, especially if I've already decided on a course of action by the time I hear from you. IDS would be proud of me!
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