Veteran socialist filmmaker Ken Loach鈥檚 new film I, Daniel Blake, tells the story of two people trying to survive under Britain鈥檚 increasingly cruel welfare system.
Many conservatives have claimed the film presents a 鈥渞omanticised鈥 view of the poor and that the harsh realities it depict are exaggerated 鈥 despite a large number of real-life examples similar to those features in Loach鈥檚 film. Below, comedian Mark Steel responds to Daily Mail columnist Toby Young, who said the film 鈥渄idn鈥檛 ring true鈥. It first appeared at The Independent.