I trust the Benefits Agency will be asking about any fee he got for his TV appearance.

   What an absolute joke - after watching the documentary on Thursday night i was completely appauled at what i was watching, having a large family is all well and good, when you can provide your offspring with a decent quality of life and to me, Mr Salim is certainly unable to do that, after all to provide for such a large family, you need to earn decent money and no matter how many "british" degrees, Mr salim says he has, without getting off of his backside and finding himself a job - there will never be a job for him, does he seriously think somebody will be willing to offer him a job, when he is so brash and outspoken as he was in the film.

Without kicking off about it's the colour of his skin or his religion that prevents him form getting work, i think he needs to look closer to home for the real reason of why he is out of work, The way he behaved in that documentary was an embarassment, is there any wonder the man is jobless!

He had the audasity to walk about the town centre of Rochdale and be as brash as he was, knowing full well that he was being filmed, i take my hat off to the gent that gave him what for in respect that all the man is any good at is making babies!

What strikes me, is why do the authorities poke there noses in to the lives of familes, un-necessarily, when obviously the salim family of 13, 11 of those being children are living in a 4 bedroom house, of which it's us "working folk" that have to pay for him to live there absolutly free, and if if i'm not mistaken; Mr Salims daughter said she shared that room with 5 other siblings,and the authoraties have nothing to say about it, i know people that have been contacted by the authorities because the they have a been reported for having 3 children in one room, yet surprise, surprise Mr Salim can just seem to get away with it!

The house was appauling, you can't tell me that children living in that house day in, day out is healthy?.... it was dirty, un-hygenic, the beds had no proper bedding on them, some had no sheets at all, the matresses were heavily soiled - there is no way on this earth that the social services can class the way this this family are living is acceptable - and what is Mr Salim doing with all his spare time that he has due to not working, you can't tell me that he is looking for work 9-5 everyday, a suggestion would be to take the time to clean his house and get it in a livable state for the sake of his children.

It irrates me to think that Mr Salim has used this documentary to gain himself publicity - he thinks that it is clever, having a large family, but if you ask me, all that he has done is make himself look like a complete fool and he has broadcasted his family on national tv and also the state that they live in, Talk about bringing Shame to the area you live in, Rochdale must look really inviting!

   mr salim, could do with spending more time on housework and less time calling britain in this paper

   I felt huge sympathy for the mum and the kids and he is a disgrace to Rochdale. Obviously he hasn't heard of the word responsible!!

   Let him do whatever he wants, It's his life not yours

   It's typical of this country and especially of Rochdale to promote such blatant racism. If this had been a "white" family the father would have been branded an idiot and a lay-about and probably be investigated by the authorities. But because this is an Asian family it is portrayed as "good, healthy and right". These people don't know how to live in the developed world. They are given decent housing and turn it into a health hazard within days. I used to live in an Asian area and these people with even just normal sized families are filthy and unhygenic and cause a health hazard to all they come in contact with. Just look at the photo and the state of the room they are in. I wonder how much of the hard working taxpayers money goes to supporting this family? Yet when our own pensioners, some of whom fought for us through two world wars have to struggle along on a pittance. It's a disgrace!

   I watched the programme last night and the first thing that struck me was that the other families work to support themselves. If they can, why can Mr Salim not? It was obvious from the programme that he loves his children deeply. If that's the case, he should be providing for them himself instead of expecting the state to do it for him.

   TO Khantona GET REAL, AND LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD, AND IF HE CAN APPEAR ON TV, THEN HE CAN WORK, SO GET OFF HIS BANDWAGON, PLUS HE DOESN'T EVEN LIKE BRITAIN, BECAUSE ALL HE EVER DOES IS WHINE ABOUT THE WEST, (SORRY FORGOT THE ONLY THING HE LIKES IS THE BENEFITS BRITAIN GIVES OUT)

   his family will contribute - get real, they will do exactly as the parents do ......

   Mr Salim

The protagonist, who does not have a nice word to say about this country, yet does not mind feeding himself and his family on our country’s tax payer’s money.

Next time you write a letter to the observer Mr Salim complaining about the wrong doing of our great country, just bear in mind your position and were you would be if it was not for us.

You are yet another media embarrassment to our once great town.

   To ROCHDALEMANC. This guy might not work, with such a big family I doubt he could earn enough to pay for them BUT his children will probably grow up some day and contribute Hundreds of thousands of pounds in taxes over thier lifetime. Think about it.

   won't work, don't want to work, surely the benefits dept, must look into this, because as far as i can see, he is not actively seeking work, but can appear on tv

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