Indeed you don't - which is why i thought (and actually still think) you've come on for a decent row - which I think is a very constructive way to sepnd an evening as I do it quite a lot! I never shed a tear but must admit to not really seeing the point of going up and having a go today for a variety of reasons. And i totally agree that there are more important things to protest about.
toby seriously. this woman said her GP had told her to go off sick and that she couldnt work because she has heavy periods. that was her actual excuse for not going to work. people go in there and say they are so depressed that they cant go anywhere alone and yet turn up to the appointment on their own. one woman said she was depressed from the miscarriage of her baby 27 years ago. other people go in there and say they are incontinent and "have accidents all the time without warning" and yet they arent wearing nappies and theyll be out of the house for hours. they say they get tired doing the smallest things and yet they walk into the appointment with loads of shopping bags? toby, you arent living in the real world. you have no idea how big the problem is. if all the people on DLA and the like who didnt need it were actually passed as fit to work, we'd have about 5 million unemployed. but the government doesnt want figures like that so when these cases go to appeal, they all win and its like a ****ing merry-go-round. of course our money should go to those who need it. my aunt said she saw a woman with severe depression who sat huddled in her chair for the whole appointment without talking or even looking at anyone - clearlysomeone who needs help.
It'll be people who even if they hate him will say "you did it for Thatcher so you have to do it for him". It won't be low key that's for sure. Mind, now he's a catholic his family will probably insist it's held in the vatican so that might do us all a favour!
Council tax and national insurance pays for those things. If either go up because of Thatcher's funeral, then fair enough.
ive decided to become a politician. all our benefits money will go to those who actually need it. like severly disabled people and working families on low wages. who's with me?
I may well be one of the self-righteous arseholes to whom you refer - but why shouldn't I object to giving my 'enforced' taxation to those who don't want to work? I have no objection to supporting those who genuinely cannot find a job - but I do object to throwing it at people who scrounge off the system. I will defend them (slightly) - by saying that it is the system that is wrong -it encourages the workshy - the system needs to change - to make it more attractive to work. I have no problem with O.A.Ps being given a pension - although it should reflect the level of their contributions. I can live with being self -righteous - just as much as any scrounging lazy ****
The problem was .. Blair stayed too long... I think a max term for Prime Ministers is a must (re like the yanks). What Blair's goverment achieved: Minimum Wage Devolution for Scoland & Wales Good Friday agreement & peace in Northern Ireland Freedom of Information Act Human Rights Act Civil partnerships reducing Child Poverty education investment in NHS (+25% increase in real terms) Longest period of uninterrupted growth in UK history Lowest unemployment for 50 years Lowest inflation in decades Lowest debt in decades (in 2007 debt was 2nd lowest in G8) 'banning fox-hunting'.
All fantastic I'd have no problems giving ol' Tony a state funeral. He certainly deserves it more than that horrible **** that had one today.
