goldfinger
- 09 Jun 2005 12:25
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.
MaxK
- 22 Apr 2017 11:09
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Everyone makes mistakes Fred, the trick is not to repeat them (ha!)
A song that makes the point well..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXW-sL5gzHQ
grannyboy
- 23 Apr 2017 11:07
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"Birmingham is worse than Molenbeek"....The Brussels borough that The
Guardian described as "becoming known as Europe's jihadi central."
"In England they are free to speak. They speak only of prohibitions, they
impose on one the rigid vision of Islam but, on the other hand, they listen
to no-one, most of all those who disagree with them."
gatestoneinstitute.org/10190/islam-england-france
cynic
- 23 Apr 2017 15:09
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fred - does that make you a mor(m)on ? :-)
Fred1new
- 23 Apr 2017 17:16
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No, just an innocent experimenter.
MaxK
- 23 Apr 2017 18:57
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Oh dear...
DAN HODGES: I've voted Labour for 30 years. But on June 8, I MUST vote for Mrs May
By Dan Hodges For The Mail On Sunday
Published: 01:12, 23 April 2017 |
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-4436410/DAN-HODGES-June-8-vote-Mrs-May.html
Dil
- 23 Apr 2017 19:29
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Last time I voted Conservative at a General Election was 1992 but wil be voting for them again this time.
I agree with the article and hoped Corbyn and his loony band of lefties get crushed.
mentor
- 23 Apr 2017 23:12
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What MAM pensioners think about the 'triple lock' changes of being scrapped? -
After all Theresa May said :" I'll use power of state to build fairer Britain - 5 October 2016"
Mail on Sunday
Theresa May under pressure to back state pension 'triple lock' after dodging question on future of valuable guarantee
Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/pensions/article-4433382/Theresa-pressure-pension-triple-lock.html#ixzz4f734bdzQ
VICTIM
- 24 Apr 2017 07:20
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I was quite shocked to hear we pay 16 billion out in Foreign Aid , 550 million to India alone , and while we have our own problems here . I think May made a mistake ring fencing it when she won't do similar with the pension situation , she should have said she would review it .
Fred1new
- 24 Apr 2017 08:17
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cynic
- 24 Apr 2017 08:18
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i have a feeling that aid to india is under mutual discussion
however, we all lose sight too easily that aid is often a useful aid to entree
that said, why on earth we are giving aid to totally corrupt regimes such as nigeria, which should easily be self-supporting, is almost incomprehensible
iturama
- 24 Apr 2017 08:38
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It would be a big political mistake to do away with the triple lock on pensions while maintaining the compulsory foreign "aid" budget. Like the family allowance, there are no doubt people that don't rely upon the state pension but it must be kept for those for whom it is the only income. It is a miserable amount as it is.
cynic
- 24 Apr 2017 08:45
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PENSIONS
a bit of an odd decision to scrap the triple-lock if that is indeed the case, even if there is a counter-balance of some kind
MaxK
- 24 Apr 2017 09:03
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It's a curious time to say you are stopping the triple, almost as if they are trying to lose.
MaxK
- 24 Apr 2017 09:04
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Or, the opposition being so poor, they think they can get away with anything.
VICTIM
- 24 Apr 2017 09:14
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Another thing gets me ,when they said that they can't promise not to raise taxes and then next day say it doesn't necessarily mean we are going to raise taxes . It's not very good when you don't think about what you are saying , they must know the press are onto this sort of thing , very poor i think .
Laurenrose
- 24 Apr 2017 09:33
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oversea aid should be scraped we need to look after our people and put more money into hospitals
Laurenrose
- 24 Apr 2017 09:34
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for those that retired pre 2016 its a very poor pension of 119 a week it a disgrace
cynic
- 24 Apr 2017 11:11
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arsehole
have you no understanding at all why foreign aid is given?
while some - far too much - may be purloined by the gov'ts in question, aid is a way of oiling the wheels, to put it crudely
Laurenrose
- 24 Apr 2017 11:48
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you mean so rich people can use those countries for their own gains