anticapitalist:

A source with links to staff at the centre told the Guardian the man had been recognised by the staff as vulnerable with outstanding health issues but had recently been found fit to work precipitating a move from one benefit to another. This had caused payment delays.

An unnamed witness who spoke to the Birmingham Mail said: “The guy came into the jobcentre with petrol and made threats, so they evacuated the whole building. I think it was something to do with a payment he had not received.

“He tied himself to the railings and tore open the bottom of his trousers. You could smell the fumes from the liquid he used, but the police arrived by the time he had set himself alight and they managed to put him out quite quickly.

“He would have to have been very desperate to have done something like that. It’s shocking that somebody could have been driven to those depths.”

“he must have been very desperate to have done something like that.”

Naw shit. Capitalism does that to people.

(via sinidentidades)