Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Got to say : I'm having a few laughs with your posts ....how on earth do you do the interactive picture blogs ?...

Oh my god !...

LOL !

lol

gf
You will like tomorrow's yougov poll. I will let you find out yourself.

It looks like a random outlier though.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEn HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

electionista ‏@electionista 8h
UK - YouGov/Sun poll:

CON 32%
LAB 42%
LDEM 8%
UKIP 12%

Ive been up all night sorting clients year end taxes and im grumpy but that makes up for it.........SPLENDID.

Tories shooting themselves in the foot again over Europe I suspect.

Like Doddles Im a capitalist at heart and Like him I think this present lot of Bullingdon Boys havent done anything for the people of Somerset..... or the UK in general.

Bottom dollar Cider prices will be higher this coming spring and summer hitting the less fortunate people of our society.

BRING BACK proper Tories I say the ones who used to fight tooth and nail for you at local level.

Camorons days are numbered.

The Tories are in danger of becoming extinct especially if they cant get it together on Europe.

I will only return to the party if they place working class Tories back in power.

Posh boys are out of touch, the nation knows it and grass root tories know it, and to be honest its a shame.

Bring back the old days minus Thatcher.

Heavens.....you prefer the labour muppets ?....you've been watching too many BBC bulletins I reckon !...

I couldn't think of anything worse than having that loony left lot back in power......country's been ruined by those corrupt (I won't use the word criminals) but I'm almost tempted to !...

ANY DAY.

Hays.........for reference purposes only, this should enable you to understand the new ESA benefit.......

Background
In October 2008, existing benefits paid on grounds of incapacity and disability, that is
IB, SDA and Income Support (IS) on the grounds of incapacity, were replaced with
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) for all new claimants. Starting from
October 2010 most claimants who receive IB, SDA and IS paid on the grounds of
illness or disability will be assessed to see if they qualify for ESA.

A key part of the ESA regime is the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) process,
which is used to assess capability for work and eligibility for benefit. Those claiming
ESA are initially put in the assessment phase. Following the assessment phase the
claimant can have three possible outcomes:

Individuals can be found fit for work – in this case their claim closes and the
claimant can move to Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) or it remains open pending
recourse against the decision, via reconsideration from DWP or appeal to Her
Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service.

Individuals can be found to have limited capability for work – in this instance
they are allowed the benefit and placed in the Work Related Activity Group.
Those in this group are not expected to work, but are provided with help and
support to prepare for work where possible. They receive a higher payment
than those on JSA; and

Individuals can be found to have limited capability for work and in addition,
limited capability for work related activity – in this situation they are allowed the
benefit and placed in the Support Group. Those in this group have the most
severe functional impairments and so are provided with unconditional support
and receive a higher premium than those in the Work Related Activity Group.

Hope that helps, cheers GF

Don't be ridiculous Goldfinger : the country is much better run than in the days of Wilson and Blair....one thing the Tories don't do themselves proud is the posh talk...toffie nose thing.....that is a real off-putter I have to say...

RF....... labour will have a majority at the next election.

Get used to it.

The trouble is Cameron does not have the buzz that a leader should have and sort of talks down to people....but Labour....aggghhh...it's even worse....and frankly the country is awash with legitimate criminals as so to speak !...if I put on here some things they would suspend me...