the reason we are always talking politics is that it has a effect on folk, look back at postings that are placed around local issues there is very little interest the truth is nowt worth talking about goes on in dawlish. but if @michaelclayson thinks there is something interesting going on that we would all like to talk about then post it.
@Paul have you ever been to a poor country and i mean a poor country like South Yemen, Sudan you should go and have a look it might broaden your perspective this country will never be poor whatever party is in power.
@verbatim my apologies my post was not meant to be patronising and from your posts it seems you are a harworking individual and probably deserve more. i cant imagine the problems with running a business as i have always been in the goverments employ and have reaped the benifits of perks that the job offered great pension etc etc anyway good luck with your buseness and lets hope things improve in ...
Verbatim@ I have been listening to a Tory minister this afternoon who tells us that small busineses are doing well and the future is bright so dont worry things will be ok a Torry minister said so.
Paul@ What is it that the Labour goverment did wrong in my view they made a mistake bailing out the Banks and leaving the country to pay of said banks debt. So lets say they hadnt bailed out the Banks your argument would be the Labour goverment didnt have the guts to bail out the banks and look at the mess we are in. The problem is you to have selective memory and fail to look at the whole ...
Paul@ In responce to the garbage this goverment is making puplic the I.F.C this afternoon have said that the average worker is £841.71 worse of than when this goverment took power and if there is a real term rise in wages if being the operative word it is no more than 0.1% come on Paul@ you must agree this Torie goverment is just a big joke
So if the figures are correct why is the benifit bill increasing, is it because those obtaining work are part time with low wages and therefore eligable to claim benifits that where not available when they where unemployed just a thought maybe someone will know.
I think we have been here before it will all end in tears the improvement in the economy is being fueled by folk spending what they havent got rates will increase and then back to square one.
Duckileaks@ There used to be 67 car manufacturers in the UK there where names like Hillman,Standard,Sunbeam,Jowett,and Wolseley but to name a few and there where some great cars made and some real rubbish to. We had closed shop working the eventual downfall of the working man but for all the bad young peouple had jobs in fact the day I left school I had the option of four aprentaships I decided ...
The problem is things have changed in 30 years. Our heavy industries have disappeard coal mines, ship building, steel works, car manufacturers, and so have the apprentices a shipyard would have carpenters, cabinet makers, electrical engineers, fabricators, and the list goes on. So when all these skills disappeared we where told work hard at school go to university and we will teach you new skills ...