In a bid to out 'scroungers' the system has eaten itself and is spitting out vulnerable pitiful fodder like Daniel (played deeply sympathetically by comedian Dave Johns. A bureaucratic hell populated by 'computer says no' mini Hitlers occupying mainly minor roles in the Jobseeker hell that is Tory Britain. And this is the main emotional driver of this nightmare. He chooses Newcastle as his latest political landscape, partly because 'it's grim up North' but also because, in my experience, Geordies are the salt of the earth kind, lovable folks. If you know Ken Loach (and importantly his writing partner Paul Laverty) you'll know I, Daniel Blake.
