{"id":14361,"date":"2016-11-08T16:30:10","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T16:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=14361"},"modified":"2016-11-08T16:30:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T16:30:10","slug":"former-home-secretary-alan-johnson-brexit-welfare-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/11\/08\/former-home-secretary-alan-johnson-brexit-welfare-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit, benefits and Labour&#039;s Alan Johnson&#039;s new book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BREXIT, benefits and a new book were all on the agenda for former Home Secretary Alan Johnson when he visited Penarth.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The politician and former postman was at All Saints Church at the weekend to discuss his memoirs with Cardiff South and Penarth MP Stephen Doughty.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The memoirs cover Johnson\u2019s life from his childhood to his days in the Cabinet.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He held several cabinet positions in both the Blair and Brown governments, including Health Secretary and Education Secretary and was tipped to be Labour leader.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14375\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14375\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-cropped-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Johnson with Stephen Doughty MP and Mel Griffin, the proprietor of Griffin Books, at the event.\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-cropped-300x224.jpg 300w, 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Stephen Doughty MP and Mel Griffin, the proprietor of Griffin Books, at the event.\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-cropped-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-cropped-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-cropped-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-cropped-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-cropped-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-cropped.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> Alan Johnson with Stephen Doughty MP and Mel Griffin, the proprietor of Griffin Books, at the event.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As well as discussing the third volume of his memoirs <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Long and Winding Road<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Johnson recounted stories from his childhood in which he had to live through poverty and hunger.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over 200 tickets were sold for the packed-out event organised by bookshop Griffin Books.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In an interview with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Cardiffian<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Mr Johnson discussed a range of topics from the upcoming Brexit negotiations to the film \u2018I, Daniel Blake\u2019 and the benefits system, which Johnson\u2019s own family relied on during his impoverished childhood.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think George Osborne was disgraceful in trying to paint a society where, in his terms, it\u2019s strivers versus skivers.\u201d Mr Johnson said. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLabour created the welfare state on the back of the Beveridge report but it was never welfare that was handed out without any conditions. It was about ensuring that people who had fallen on hard times are given help to get back into work.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSending people away to be the passive recipients of benefits for the rest of their lives and watch daytime television is never what the welfare state was about.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think what \u2018I, Daniel Blake\u2019 shows is the difficulties that people face even when they\u2019ve got very good reasons not to be seeking work. It\u2019s almost got to a situation now where there\u2019s no degree of disability- you\u2019re all considered available for work.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14379\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14379\" style=\"width: 193px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14379\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-mp-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Johnson MP\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-mp-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-mp-500x778.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-mp-293x456.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-mp.jpg 653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14379\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-mp-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Johnson MP\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-mp-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-mp-500x778.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-mp-293x456.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/alan-johnson-mp.jpg 653w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/noscript> Alan Johnson MP.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr Johnson went on to discuss what he would do if he was part of upcoming Brexit negotiations in parliament following the High Court ruling which said the Prime Minister must first receive approval from parliament before beginning formal negotiations to leave the EU.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI would focus on ensuring Britain remains in the single market and remains in the customs union because I feel that is very important for jobs and our economy.\u201d Mr Johnson said.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe main thing I would like to pick up is whether, on the other side of the table in the EU, if there\u2019s any movement towards us because I think the big issue in the referendum was immigration.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf there was any appetite at all amongst other European countries to change the free movement rules, that would be quite interesting. I don\u2019t know whether there\u2019s enough focus on picking up messages that are coming from the other side of the negotiating table.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Johnson also answered questions from the audience, including one from a Penarth resident who was unhappy with Labour\u2019s direction under Jeremy Corbyn.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe will come back.\u201d Johnson said. \u201cIt needs to be remembered that Labour was formed to represent working class people- not to be a debating society.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREXIT, benefits and a new book were all on the agenda for former Home Secretary Alan Johnson when he visited Penarth. The politician and former postman was at All Saints Church at the weekend to discuss his memoirs with Cardiff South and Penarth MP Stephen Doughty. The memoirs cover Johnson\u2019s life from his childhood to his days in the Cabinet. 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