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Although the Tories are in the main to blame for tv licences .It must be the the Director  General Tony Hall giving out gossly inflated wages to talentless uncharisismatic planks such as Gary ( walkers crisp)   lineker OBE. and Alan Shearer, Both whose wages exceed it is alleged 1million  pounds per year plus taxis. PS I'll do it for for Half of that. How many world Corespondents does ...

Lynne
Lynne
11 Jun 2019

So to get back bang on topic.......... I wonder if any of the Tory leadership/Prime Minister hopefuls will promise to reinstate the free tv licence to the over 75s?

1263
1263
11 Jun 2019

majororp/lynne What has this to do with this topic.??? Majororp- you should start a new topic  header not just fire in something completely different to the topic being discussed.

Lynne
Lynne
11 Jun 2019

@majorp - well now, there are full time, secure, well paid jobs and then there are part-time, self employed,zero hour, insecure, badly paid jobs. All count as employment. This link throws some light on why the unemployment figure is low https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/uk-unemployment-jobs-figures-brexit-turmoil-honda-nissan-a8798856.html

11 Jun 2019

There is a pdf file published by the government in May of this year part of which refers to the confusion concerning Uk money and China.

majorp
majorp
11 Jun 2019

Has anyone ever wondered why unemployment keeps going down?

1263
1263
11 Jun 2019

British government gives China £49.3million in foreign aid despite them having a space programme... and even Beijing can't understand why China became the first country to land a craft on the 'dark side' of the moon Beijing is planning a manned space station by 2022 as part of £3.9billion plans The probe is part of the Communist regime's plan to become a major power ...

Lynne
Lynne
11 Jun 2019

Some info on Populism; Populism is an ideology which presents "the people" as a morally good force against "the elite", who are perceived as corrupt and self-serving. Populists differ in how "the people" are defined, but it can be based along class, ethnic, or national lines. Populists typically present "the elite" as comprising the political, economic, cultural, and media establishment, ...

majorp
majorp
11 Jun 2019

And there is always more that they will not tell you about until it hits you. But guaranteed it will not hit the rich. They have always been the dirtiest underhand party that ever existed, yet you still get people voting for them that are the hardest hit. My mother was a strong tory voter, and she struggled trying to bring up five of us. She would not change her mind at any cost. Snobbery comes to ...

Lynne
Lynne
11 Jun 2019

"To be clear, no UK aid goes to Russia and in fact no DFID money goes to China. The UK ended traditional aid programmes to China in 2011." https://dfidnews.blog.gov.uk/2018/03/18/mail-on-sunday-claims-on-aid-to-china/