NHS does look better, however, with the schools, all they did was build a few new buildings and forgot about the most important part... the teachers. He saddled them with paperwork and endless targets causing many good teachers to leave the profession. The dumbing down of exams was scandalous. He brought in a culture of none failure, basically allowing students to turn up write their name on the paper and get a grade. I won't get started on the PC crap in schools and the loss of the competitive edge. However, the one good thing came out of his inability to manage education... The free schools.
Have to totally agree with Ellers there. Yes I said agree! Schools are getting worse in my opinion aswell despite the Ofsted reports which are worth as much as scraped off dog **** from your shoe!
You're an upwardly mobile bloke, and good on you. You've done for well yourself and your family by talent and hard work. Not everyone is like that. There are many families that are conservative (small c), content with their lives and averse to big change. Let me ask you this. Your reply to me was - faced with the changes forced upon them, Elsie's family should get over it, get on their bikes and make a better life for themselves. What's the difference between your attitude to her, and what you complain of about Thatcher's attitude to the Scargill and the miners? I'll give you the answer now - there isn't one
Let’s talk about Derek from Surrey Derek has his own building company which he has built up from scratch since leaving school He is self made Derek employs 22 people and his company has a full book of ongoing and future projects Through hard work Derek has gained considerable wealth Derek was married but his wife left him 6 years ago for another woman she met at a yoga retreat They have two grown children aged 18 and 20 Both of the children don’t know really what they want to do and are at university. Roger the eldest is taking a degree in street entertainment while Sally who is a fan of the Meerkats and the Planet Earth documentaries wants to do something with animals. Both are vegans but they do eat fish Derek has trouble getting skilled British tradesmen because there aren’t any so he employs mainly highly skilled craftsmen from all over Europe He pays them very well as he understands his business he has built relies on his staff and the excellent reputation that has come through hard work and endeavour Derek pays massive amounts of tax to the government and also contributes £1k a month to the charity Scope Derek voted to remain in the EU He also runs a local incentive through his business to encourage young British people to take up apprenticeships in the building trade sadly its very difficult to find anyone really interested or worse still committed enough to keep to the program In his spare time Derek runs a youth football side Many of his workers have sons that play in that side. They are top of the league unbeaten and a couple of players Pavel and Lucco have attracted the attention of local talent scout Bob Derek’s team are on a Cup run and are due to play the Goldhawks in the semi final Derek is beginning to worry about Brexit and the impacts after we leave the EU. Derek is also worried about the way we leave the EU Derek has recently been told that his children haven’t completed enough subject course work and are unlikely to get qualifications This a big worry to Derek because he has a potential job offer for Roger and maybe Sally Quentin from London who he did work for has a number of properties in Brighton well 13 to be exact. Quentin thinks it would be a great idea if he and his partner would give over one of his houses to Roger so they could open up a start up charity for clowns who have lost their jobs since the Circus decline. Sally could even look after the old monkeys Sadly all this is up in the air because qualified people must be on the paperwork Derek watches the news as Brexit looms nearer and a no deal Brexit looks likely ... bugger that was a waste of £200k he contributed to Janet the local conservative MP (aka moon kiss dragon) what’s more she nicked his wife (downward dog) Derek’s workforce are also worried because they no one new is joining the company Brexit has halted the flow of talent required Derek puts on the carp skin slippers his workforce presented him with on his birthday and heads off naked into the Surrey Hills
There is an answer Goldie Keep up with the times at all times Do not trust any British politicians or you will find yourself trapped. Goldie I am nothing mate and gave away everything 12years ago and restarted mate Yes I was fortunate to be put in the South East The properties aren’t mine (Mrs DT) I purchased in France to save money and give my sons (from 1st Marriage) a future that is a worth while life imo. Bilingual and options to explore proud to have done that ... nothing clever just a way out In a strange way the South East is trapped worse than Elsie from Lincolnshire but that’s what greed does to people
It is wrong to describe what is going on at the #Conservative Party as a coup. It is simply re-arranging the rubble.
Mmm. It's funny how nobody saw through him while the economy boomed and he felt free to lead the world from a cosy position inside Bush's arse all the way through the humanitarian interventions in the Balkans. Three landslide victories at the polls and then like all infallible deeply loved leaders (at least they thought so anyway) he backed his own judgment once again and took us into another war as Bush's sidekick and the body bags started to pile while the WMDs were exposed to be the lies or more likely half truths based on rumours and the price paid for nuggets of fake information. he did so simply because he believed it at the time. It fitted his pre-conceptions and his vanity to ride around on a white charger. He regrets it now. You see it in face ravaged by guilt. However does he admit even to himself that he got it badly wrong. Never. he did what he thought was right wipes away a fake tear and if asked would he do it again , you bet he would. He believes he is a God who never gets it wrong - just as Thatcher did till her dying day
please log in to view this image £200k+ a year BBC media editor interviews £450k+ director general on why the BBC needs to force over 75s to pay the £150.50 licence fee ....
I see that JRM and his mob the ERG have gone back to advising TM what to do and everyone else what needs to be done. Put up or shut up. The same goes for the DUP. Time to unravel that deal and save the money promised to Arlene for her kitchen make-over. Having seen off the Tory Brexiteers I doubt whether May is in the mood to reverse it all now to keep Arlene smelling sweet. JRM realises the consequences of his actions. The DUP doesn't and given that there is no clear consensus or discipline within the mainstream parties the DUP can take their share of responsibility for what will happen if the whole of Ireland as well as Great Britain suffers for the purity of their principles.
I don't know if you are supporting him or saying he was a lying twat. He lied to the people of this country on many occasions. He cost the lives of our troops and will never be forgiven. Not only did he lie about the WMD's (whether it was on crap info), what is worse is that Blair and that weasel face Geoff Hoon sent our brave soldiers off to war ill-equipped and then lied on national radio saying they had the best equipment only for a serving soldier to phone in saying that he had to share bullets and vests. That week 6 military police died because they were trapped in a house and ran out of bullets. They were beaten to death stripped naked and strung up. There should be no support for Tony Blair on Iraq. I hope he rots in hell for what he did.
Yes I 100% agree with Ellers The Blair government... that was exactly the time I said to myself enough is enough I am not taking this crap anymore. That’s a hard thing to do when you voting the **** in he was worse than any Tory bar Thatcher which for me personally is a big statement I certainly hate Tony Blair he should be in prison imo any other European country he would be He personally destroyed the reputation of the UK The devil himself plus he did it using Tory policies imo
That does sound right if correct Yorkshire however, I have it on good authority, (Sky news) that TM will listen to the ERG and I believe that amazingly, new technology is available for the Irish border and all bets are off with the vote of no confidence. She is going there tomorrow to try and change this deal.
May revives Irish border proposal to appease Eurosceptics https://www.ft.com/content/34fcfce0-ecc9-11e8-8180-9cf212677a57
