| It is strange, in fact, that the perception of immigrants as unproductive scroungers has had such staying power. |
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| And these plays are not attended by dole scroungers, Trotskyites, hopheads or peaceniks, but by the decent ordinary people of Galway. |
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| Forget all that, forget any sort of reasonable discussion, let's just call them thieving scroungers again. |
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| And I have known more dole scroungers who refuse to work than I care to think about. |
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| However, in spite of popular hostility to scroungers, the evidence suggests that the proportion of the poor in modern Britain is similar to that of the past. |
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| Yes, there are scroungers, layabouts, bad parents, but they are not limited to teenagers, or single mothers, but come in all sexes, ages, shapes, sizes and races. |
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| This may be because the complicated, lengthy claim forms confuse many people or perhaps they are scared to claim benefits for fear they will be labelled as scroungers. |
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| With a similar system to Australia, most of these people wouldn't get into our country, weeding out criminals, drug dealers and social security scroungers. |
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| We're not scroungers, just trying to do the best for our children. |
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| The usual benefit scroungers, pop star wannabe loungers, student skivers, sick note nine-to-fivers. |
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| Not, natch, that this stops the true blues from accusing the unemployed of being scroungers who should be out there scrubbing bankers' toilets. |
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| Some berate the show for reinforcing the notion that all those on benefits are feckless, lazy scroungers. |
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| Here the natural phenomenon is adopted to define producers, scroungers and rangers. |
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| Mr Cameron has been forced to soft-pedal on Europe, immigration, human rights and so-called scroungers. |
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| Few are spongers, scroungers and skivers and most just want to work again. |
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| The Tories attack low-income families as being benefit scroungers. |
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| I can understand how many would see claimants to be scroungers. |
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