General Discussion
No point, politicians always lie. Treason May is on record promising dozens of times that we would leave the EU on March 29th. At least with Boris there's a chance he will actually be true to his word and we do leave on Halloween.
Scroll right down to the very bottom of this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48616776
Oh and apparently............... MPs are entitled to free tv licences. Perhaps they should give this up? Read more here: https://inews.co.uk/opinion/bbc-tv-license-over-75-mps/ Perhaps those candidates involved in the Tory leadership race should be asked if they themselves claim the free tv licence and whether or not they do perhaps they should also be asked if they think, under the ...
" Gordon Brown, as Chancellor, introduced this perk in 2000, Osborne revoked it in 2015, and made the BBC face up to footing the entire bill of £745m a year from 2020. The corporation had an invidious choice: make serious cuts in the service for everyone, or run the risk of upsetting a small but vocal group who have become used to this token of the state’s largesse." Read more here : ...
The point is those on benifits and over 75 get it free those not on benifits who can afford £2.97 per week like me will have to pay. Do i mind not at all do i care i now have to pay not one jot. So why is that firstly last year as in previous years i paid so its no different i will have to start paying again. If you can afford two or three pints per week at a average of £3.60 a pint one drink less ...
Why is it costing £87 million to build a new set for Eastenders and is it really necessary?
https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2019/06/12/sir-michael-palin-blames-a-bad-deala-between-bbc-and-governme/
Yes @Lynne , but the people that I am talking about are never paid by the person that has provided the course, no matter how many hours they are on the course. They are still registered as unemployed and only receive their unemployment benefit. If they do not go on a course, they receive no benefit. So they have to go on a course.
and here's some more info re the high employment figures BBC Reality Check asked the Office for National Statistics (ONS) whether working just one hour a week was all that was needed to be officially classified as employed? The ONS confirmed that was the case. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46264291
Well @1263 the topic started off about TV licences having to be paid by those over 75 and then went on to tell others (as if they already didn't know) what other tory tricks they get up too. I threw my bit in as it is important to know what other tricks they have got up to since they have been in power. When you are unemployed and you register as unemployed, you are not given the unemployment ...