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With repect 007 I disagree - its otally a feminist issue - am tired of having to express amazement and gratitude to the very few men bringing up children alone and working full time - big deal and bully for them - women have done this forever - often overlooked by census enumerators and policy makers (and we wont even mention employers!). It is unarguable that the vast vast majority of ...
Child Benefit, in my view, should be universally available to all mothers in recognition of the work they do in the home and in bringing up families. There is much evidence to show that some mothers, even in the wealthiest households, do not have equal , and in many cases, no access to resources and that child benefit is often their ONLY income. It has been shown empirically that the work ...
Sorry this was for cheftallyrand
Hi Nelson Not sure about NZ to UK but I know thar UK to Australis (not a million miles from NZ) the UK pension freezes at the rate at whoch it was when the recipientleft the UK left the UK for Oz. Harsh when one could live for a further 20 years or so after leaving the UK, Pleas excuse the typos I've had a couple ov glasses of Oz wine!
oh my goodness @neilh - so much better than sir john!
@Lynne -just reading the betjeman poem reminds me just what a dreadful poet he was! bird watching colonels on the old sea wall indeed! thank you very much for the posting - it made me smile!
I think I said that they make massive profits from products of no decernable nutritional value #Wriggler - being a successfu business and making a profit (which is the whole point of capitalism)l doesnt mean that integrity and ethical business practice need to be neglected/ ignored. Some businesses manage to be successful without exploiting their staff, their suppliers and their customers (in the ...
Hello #Nelson - why dont I want them? Well, because they are huge American Corporations who are interested only in making massive profits from products ('food') with no decernable nutritional value and which have been shown to contribute to obesity and poor health. They bring nothing aesthetic either locally or globally and create millions and millions of tons of waste and rubbish, much of which ...
Lovely photos Dawlishblue!
McDonalds? Pizza Hut?KFC? Good grief - NO THANKS
