Originally Posted by
fireflash
It got to the point where national newspapers were reporting on how easy it was to get a gold card. Ironically, the last article in the Telegraph appeared a day or so before the announced changes.
And to that end I wonder how many people actually went out to get a gold card purely by learning that these methods existed, but would otherwise have done nothing of the sort? It is very easy to point fingers at these TikTok/YouTube/Instagram people but the vast majority of their viewers are people who probably cant afford to pee their own pants, let alone spend a couple of grand wandering off on a 10 leg TATL for 5 days just to get a piece of plastic that subsequently allowed them to get benefits only useful by doing something they actually cant afford to do anyway.