General Discussion
part of the problem that is often overlooked is that if you raise the minimum wage you actually make people worse off in the short term, because for every £1 they get as a pay rise they lose 65p in top up benefits, and after you take tax and NI off the wages too then the pay increase because pretty meaningless. A lot of people on low wages now also can take advantage of free eye tests, free ...
I know it is teignmouth not dawlish, but subway had an advert up in their window for full and part time staff
I listened to a Muslim gentleman on the Jeremy Vine show today when he spoke about his disgust at the murder of Lee Rigby and how he felt about hatred of Islam from people because of it. It got me thinking that as a Christian I wouldn't want to be categorised by militant Christian action either today or from history (and if you go back in history then the atrocities undertaken by Christians in ...
15% for me
Mrs C the law of averages says that there will always be people above and below the poverty line. While it is defined as a percentage of the average wage the numbers below this line increase or decrease not because of any changes in their own circumstances or wealth but simply on the vagaries of the wages across the country as a whole. But it's actual definition you can NEVER lift everyone above ...
smella unfortunately you are predictably someone who has decided to come and live in a new area and decided that YOUR values and YOUR opinions are the only ones that count and that how YOU want Dawlish to be is the way it should be. Well we've got news for you, Dawlish does not belong to any one person, it is a town made up of thousands of diverse people from different parts of the country, as ...
leatash - it doesn't follow the border though, neither did the one they built further up Scotland across the central belt (Antonine Wall)
waiting for trade
wow Mrs C and you accuse other people of being prejudiced. You really are quite offensive aren't you when people raise legitimate concerns regarding the changes taking place to the make up of this country. And that is why there isn't a national debate about it, sensibly and calmly, because people LIKE YOU instantly shout down anyone with an opinion that differs from your own and accuses them of ...
I managed to be more of a know it all than my teenage son last night when he mentioned that he had spotted it off the coast, and I just nonchalently said "oh yes, that the Gorch Fock" . Nice to be able to do that occasionally so thanks for posting what it was
