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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2012 19:11:09 GMT -1
(hollow laugh).. George Osborne, Tory Treasurer of the UKE (multimillionaire heir to the Little and Osborne fortune) was today challenged by a ticket inspector on the train from Cheshire to London. He was sitting in First Class on a standard ticket. When asked to move, he refused. When asked to pay the extra, his aide refused. The ticket inspector persisted--HELL YEAH! George paid up £160. It'd be hilarious except that he'll more than likely charge that to us, the taxpayer. MEANWHILE, four Westminster MPs have been revealed as taking rents of £20K a year for their taxpayer funded homes in London. While living elsewhere and claiming their rental costs for that as well... All the while campaigning for welfare cuts to 'scroungers and cheats'. YAY! Several more reasons why Scots want to cut themselves away from these hideous, hideous people. SNP membership will surely be boosted again this week
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Post by ozneil on Oct 19, 2012 19:22:04 GMT -1
our guys get a gold pass for travel a privilege they happily abuse
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2013 18:41:26 GMT -1
Anyone reckon the homes of those who caused this global recession are cold tonight? Or that their housekeepers are curtailing their spend on food? Not on your nelly Nah, that's just for the ordinary person, whose income stays the same while prices for essentials like food and energy rise 20% in a year. People are really starting to suffer not only from the above but also from job losses, viz the devastation of our high streets again this month. Yet this despicable bunch of Tory bastards cut the upper tax limit from 50% to 45%. I know I shouldn't be surprised. This lot are hellbent on creating an even worse underclass--which will soon include EVERYONE that goes out to work and earns less than £43000 a year. I despise them with every fibre of my being. Were I a person of violence I'd use them as firewood. Instead I'm putting myself where my mouth is; I now work for the Yes Campaign as well as the day job.
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Post by bormes on Jan 21, 2013 12:28:08 GMT -1
Most of the ordinary folk kept the warmonger bliar in power for the 13 years he frittered away the huge credit he had when he took over running the country, let us NOT forget that. I do however completely agree that the wealthy are wealthier still, with laws passed to protect their interests. Speaking of SNP, as you know I support them, however on Sunday I was disappointed in the rhetoric from Mr Smith from Edinburugh speaking on behalf of the SNP and being down right rude to Mr Farrage of the U KIP party. I personally think a wee bit of what the U KIP say is actually correct and they will be proven right again soon. How will Scotland if independent, control the Multi nationals? That will be more difficult than beating alquada
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2013 18:30:56 GMT -1
Most of the ordinary folk kept the warmonger bliar in power for the 13 years he frittered away the huge credit he had when he took over running the country, let us NOT forget that. I do however completely agree that the wealthy are wealthier still, with laws passed to protect their interests. Speaking of SNP, as you know I support them, however on Sunday I was disappointed in the rhetoric from Mr Smith from Edinburugh speaking on behalf of the SNP and being down right rude to Mr Farrage of the U KIP party. I personally think a wee bit of what the U KIP say is actually correct and they will be proven right again soon. How will Scotland if independent, control the Multi nationals? That will be more difficult than beating alquada You're quite right, Bormes, about Blair's government. I remember May 1997, we were dancing in the streets, looking forward to what we all hoped would be a saner, fairer government. Alas no. And Labour have got even worse recently, now pretty much in bed with the Tories and LibDems, in complete policy disarray, and losing long term supporters on a daily basis. Hell mend them. UKIP are making major gains in England and look likely to seriously challenge the coalition. Britain leaving the EU would be a hellish bad move for Scotland, who wants and needs to remain in the EU, on a basis to be negotiated---to OUR trading advantage. Nigel Farage is a nutjob, IMV. He'd be dangerous given any kind of meaningful power. As for controlling the multi-nationals well....that's a big question! For starters I'd stall their stranglehold on retail by 1) ensuring they pay proper taxes 2) raising their cheap out of town rates 3) levelling high st rates to allow smaller businesses to thrive and 4) Free parking in and around high streets. This would go a long way to revitalising high streets and employing people that might otherwise cost money in welfare. As for fuel rip-offs, well NO MORE. Because we'd control the tax income from our oil and gas for at least the next 40 years and sell it to them! Establish from the profits a sovereign fund, like Norway, which is spent or saved in the best interests of the Scottish people. By the way, I know you're a fellow supporter, Bormes. But did you know that if each of us persuades just one more person then the referendum in 2014 is won, by a huge margin. AND; the latest credible poll states that a full 5% of people who'd have voted NO in the referendum a year ago have now moved to 'undecided'. It's starting! ;D
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Post by notanimby on Jan 21, 2013 18:32:20 GMT -1
Most of the ordinary folk kept the warmonger bliar in power for the 13 years he frittered away the huge credit he had when he took over running the country, let us NOT forget that. I do however completely agree that the wealthy are wealthier still, with laws passed to protect their interests. Speaking of SNP, as you know I support them, however on Sunday I was disappointed in the rhetoric from Mr Smith from Edinburugh speaking on behalf of the SNP and being down right rude to Mr Farrage of the U KIP party. I personally think a wee bit of what the U KIP say is actually correct and they will be proven right again soon. How will Scotland if independent, control the Multi nationals? That will be more difficult than beating alquada My local UKIP candidate (he stands at the coonsil and every other election too) is a complete fukwitted loony-choon At hustings and any other meeting he claims that the NHS murdered his daughter, that the world is being taken over by the New World Order, plus other conspiracy theories and its his job as an evangelical roman catholic (first I've ever heard of) to stop this. His election pamphlets are a pure hoot as he cant spell, use grammar or construct sentences - you'd think that he would get them proof read - but alas no Currently he can be found commenting on stories in the Daily Retard In my opinion he's as big a loony-choon as Farage, who we can well do without, I personally blame that pilot who didn't succeed when flying his plane, with Farage onboard into the ground - he's completely off his fukkin rocker, Farage is
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2013 1:30:07 GMT -1
We're all in it together? Aye, so we are. The latest brainwave cost-cutting idea from the UKE government is to charge people in social housing if they have a 'spare' bedroom. 80% of the people they intend to 'charge' are sick, disabled, carers, foster parents, separated parents or tenants with children at university or away serving their country in the forces. FFS!Please, take a second to look at this; www.itv.com/news/2013-02-01/tenants-hit-by-bedroom-tax-tell-of-financial-misery/Meanwhile they have the f*cking gall to reduce upper tax level from 50% to 45%. For the love of ***, let's away from these despicable excuses for human beings. As the weeks go by, I'm hearing more and more Scots talking about self-determination and I sense a groundswell that's gaining momentum. Most of all a sense of despair at what's happening to our friends, family and neighbours under this most brutal of UK governments.
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Post by notanimby on Feb 2, 2013 8:40:52 GMT -1
The above is particularly unfair to Scotland , which always a a majority living in coonsil housing. Although this has slowly changed there are still a huge number of elderly folk living in their 2/3 bedroom council houses
This is just designed to cut housing benefit down souf, where private rentals for folk on benefits is costing to much as they won't build social housing in enough numbers
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2013 22:59:43 GMT -1
Precisely, Nota. Housing benefit's ripe for abuse by private landlords, flats in London and SE now @ £2000 a month minimum. The usual 'greed is good' mentality where landlords get wealthy on the back of taxpayers.
I do think maybe those living in social housing who are in work and could afford to, might morally consider a move to private renting or taking on a mortgage to free up the scant housing there is for people who're seriously disadvantaged. But that's for their conscience, I guess.
To my way of thinking, the 'bedroom tax' issue's two fold;
1) Thanks to Thatcher's 'brainwave' we've sold council housing to tenants at ridiculously under the market rate-- while pocketing the dosh and--crucially- not re-investing in enough housing stock to satisfy the need.
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2)This hideous drivel from the spawn of the devil is attacking and penalising ALL THE WRONG PEOPLE.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2013 18:43:06 GMT -1
Recent figures on the economy show that we are now paying 25% more for essentials such as food, fuel, heating, travel and childcare while salaries have risen by a paltry 6% in the same five year period. I don't know about you guys but mine's risen by 2% in five years. This Tory government have just slashed upper tax rates from 50% to 45% while practically freezing the tax threshold for the majority of workers who earn £10,000-£43,000. We're all in it together, doncha know. I am getting more furious by the minute, shelling out my hard-earned right into the pocket of landlords via ridiculous levels of housing benefit. Capped at £400 a week? FFS! Surely housing benefit should be measured at local market rates? As it stands landlords are profiteering and raising their prices to that kind of level. It's INSANE.
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Post by ozneil on Mar 17, 2013 20:10:19 GMT -1
The world socialist bubble of live now pay later has well and truly gone "pop" . This is now later. Welcome to the real world Just hope your economy is strong enough to withstand the debt pressures PS I havent been on a salary since 1973. I have had good years and bad years. Worst period was Asian melt down where staff, after consultations, were on a 3 day week. We were lucky after about a couple of months we picked up a big contract and back to full time.
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Post by notanimby on Mar 17, 2013 20:20:24 GMT -1
The world socialist bubble has well and truly gone "pop" Welcome to the real world Just hope your economy is strong enough to withstand the debt pressures PS I havent been on a salary since 1973. I have had good years and bad years. Worst period was Asian melt down where staff, after consultations, were on a 3 day week. We were lucky after about a couple of months we picked up a big contract and back to full time. There's never been a socialist government in the `UK in my lifetime - but I live in hope
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Post by ozneil on Mar 17, 2013 20:23:52 GMT -1
There's never been a socialist government in the `UK in my lifetime - but I live in hope OK Leftie almost totalitarian government that spend spend spend to the last yen
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2013 20:47:48 GMT -1
Live now, pay later is absolutely NOT a socialist principle, Oz. It's a Tory one. For it's they who abide by the hideous move towards extreme capitalism we've seen in the past four decades. Thatcher and Reagan, the unholy alliance, deciding to reward their funders by allowing the use of media to whip up consumerist desires---and in particular targetting those who can least afford it. They have shored up their banker buddies (greed is good ) in the practice of lending to people who haven't a fucking HOPE of paying back. Of course they were going to default---and now we're all paying for that sheer folly, whether we individually have personal debt or not. You've been away from Scotland too long, Oz. We do things differently here.
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Post by ozneil on Mar 17, 2013 21:44:53 GMT -1
Sorry was under the impression we were talking Government spending to prop up unsustainable ideals and having to borrow heaps to do so.
They, the Governments, of course actively encouraged the people to spend money they didnt have to try and fool them that everything was going wonderfully. Just look at the PIG countries and now Cyprus to see the consequences of their action. I just hope UK economy is strong enough to weather the reality without too much pain. It was never possible to sustain that rate of expenditure and now reality is starting to bite.
Your standard of living will drop. It was artificially high
If the governments hadnt propped up the banks you would all be in strife. A simple example if a business, including banks, gets into strife it immediately calls in its debts. Check your mortgage documents and business loans documents sometime. If banks start calling in debts the economy collapses so of course governments have to support them.
Though I havent been to UK for Yonks I still have friends there and still follow events there through them and the media
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