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.

Do you mean the teddy boys!

some of us were playing golf and in any case, rarely bother to respond to your incessant stream of blather

What in the dark.

Cynic can you explain where the missing 400,000 claimants have gone, at least have a try eg, was it an alien space ship, was it a hole that opened up in the ground etc etc.

i have no idea what you're talking about, and suspect i shan't much care either :-)

Cynic post 47694 and a few posts under that.

wtf is esa?
and now i shall go up to pack for dubai :-)

Fred, for once I agree with you! Of course Lord Freud should be sacked immediately, his comments were utterly appalling. Putting aside party politics , if Cameron doesn't sack him within the next 24 hours then he is an idiot.

Cynic, did you lose your golf match? youve spoken about it on many occasions before.

Anyway have a good trip to dubai and keep your mouth shut dont want you getting ebola.

His comments were not really as advertised. He was asked about disabled people working and the minimum wage. He was prompted about not being worth the minimum wage. This is a reasonable query and answer.

The problem is that a disabled worker is not necessarily going to be as productive as a fully able person. I say not necessarily as some will and some won't. An employer may want to offer a person a job but cannot justify paying the minimum wage if the person takes say six times as long as an able bodied person. If the minimum wage is enforced then many disabled people will not get any job offers. I am very much in favour of the minimum wage, but there are situations where it is just not applicable if people want work. It is a straight choice for employers. If they have to pay minimum wage then they will take the most productive person for the money. Any other choice would be absurd. Why not run a company and choose the least productive staff and pay them as much as the most productive? That business should do well.

For once I don't agree with you Haystack! :-)

no - won nicely today though twas only a wednesday afternoon social
have been playing truly appallingly for the last couple of months, but at last slowly getting it all together again

Hays thats Hitler talk. Shame on you.

I think Fraud is just the beginning the whole DWP is rotten from top to bottom.

When the -hit really hits the fan you are going to see some headlines.

Just a pleasure not being able to see the posts of Fred and goldfinger.

Interesting reference to Hitler, one of CR's little trolls referred to him by that name today.

mmm.

You have to be carefull here.

Employment is not a social function, the object is to get a certain task done in a sensible manner.

Certain tasks simply cannot be done by people with disabilities (various)

Wheelchair dependant peeps are unlikely to make good road diggers etc.

On the other hand, blind people make excellent call center employees.


Horses for courses...the man is a pillock!

He can duck but he can't hide.

Haze, gives me a great deal of amusement!

The past.

Hays we know your watching our postings, we arent fooled.

What next then Hays are you going to make Gay people wear pink wellys and yellow overcoats.

Here we are Hays a link just for you...........

http://ww2history.com/key_moments/Holocaust/Hitler_authorizes_killing_of_disabled