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Aid to Syria
31 Jan 2014

What several of you are saying, is charity begins at home and there it stops. Unbelievable! We all have so much in this country, you didn't earn a place in this land of plenty, you were just born here. We have nice warm houses, computers, cars, mobile phones, TVs, etc. There are many millions of people around the world that don't have any food. Can't even afford a sandwich. It is ...

31 Jan 2014

Definition of charity - the voluntary giving of help, typically in the form of money, to those in need. Charity begins at home - what a sad and pathetic statement. Several people on this forum are always on about the need for social housing, pay rises and benefits. I'm just glad most people aren't so self-centred.

@roberta , it's not snobbery, it is the truth and you all know it.

Aid to Syria
31 Jan 2014

In Syria thousands of people are being murdered. Somerset is just some flooding.

@OLD FART has a valid point, it is not fair to spend a huge amount of hard earned money on a house in a benefit street type of place. He does also say 'It only took the occupants of one of these affordable houses to ruin it for eveyone else'. So doesn't necessarily mean everyone. I have a friend who rented a flat in an up market complex in Exeter, when the owners couldn't rent all the ...

30 Jan 2014

The Thornbury looks very nice. http://www.barratthomes.co.uk/new-homes/devon/H629501-The-Buntings/plot-2/

@FredBassett , yep good idea. I'd do that.

Very selfish, what about others.

28 Jan 2014

Sandy Lane toilets should stay and the other two can go.

The Foreign Office advise against travelling to Yemen and Sudan. Anyway I don't require a broader perspective. You should go talk to any business, the FSB, the CBI or other person or organisation giving people jobs and see how disastrous a Labour Government is.

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