Child Benefit.

[Red Lead Ted]

Not recommended, Surplus to requirement a burden on the N.H.S. and the Benefit system you do nothing for the G.D.P. Mess we are in. Think you have paid your dues, Done your bit for Queen and country correction............. You have become fish and chip paper yesterdays news. But then as long as we pay our ever loyal E.U. £45.000,0000 A day and let them rule Britannia everything will be just fine. {WONT IT} ?? Bewildered As the late gr8 John Lennon wrote Strange days indeed Terry.

[Jim Brady]

Gulliver,Davey here on Merseyside a bus pass is still issued on reaching 60 but it is for travel within Merseyside only a National pass will be issued when reaching 62.I would say that the majority of people only use it within the Merseyside area anyway,so obviously it is upto the local council to issue or not to issue at 60.I see Boris Johnson has issued Oyster cards to London pensioners at the age of 60.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[Red Lead Ted]

For the day,s of the great sell off by the Thatcher government, Every council house holder was encouraged to buy there own property and become an upstanding member of the middle class in Britain. Most of these properties have since been demolished because they needed maintaining by people who were thrown on the scrap heap by the same Thatcher all the council maintenance staff ,Roofers, Plasterers, Bricklayers, Painters, Plumbers, Flaggers, Administrators, All manual labour that was passed onto sons and daughters in the form of apprenticeships that went way back before the days of Thatchers abolition of the unions that looked after them. New labour played there part selling off great British institutions with the Thatcher government English Electric, British Rail, ETC.. The new charade by Thatcher 2 Cameron is to put the N.H.S out to tenders and they cant understand why there is no growth in the economy , Look no further than the last consecutive governments over the last 40yrs. Under 25yr olds enduring record unemployment. Not there fault all the manual work that kept lets say not the brightest button in the box after comprehensive education in apprenticeships and work had it pulled from under there feet and handed to foreign migrants prepared to do the job at half the price. All these young kids going into apprenticeship's collages that are a sham and work activity groups to find work that doesn't exist is to much to late for any government to reverse. If i would have asked my old man 40yrs ago what a credit crunch was he would have said a chocolate bar, Why because credit and credit cards had to be available to all didn't matter what your back ground was it was invented because of debt people found themselves in that they couldn't get out of everything that was thrust at them they fell for buy your own home{ Maintain it its now yours} every one had to have a car,Everyone had to go to Spain on there plastic friend. I have a picture of my road dated 1970 there is one car parked in the st. The cost of living in real terms over the last 30 odd yrs in the U.K. Has increased because wages have not kept up with inflation and while we are heading for a triple dip recession and no growth things will only get worse. The rich will stay rich the poor will have one hell of a bumpy ride over the next 10yrs. And as for any kid aged between 15@25yrs old in this country heaven help them unless they are born with a silver spoon in there mouth. Encouraging credit cards to over 60yr olds that have saved for there retirement all there lives i wonder why the banks would invent that. Simple in the next 2yrs your savings will be gone and your home in hock to the capitalist basts**ds responsible for the current mess we are in {B*ANKERS} To quote the late gr8 John Lennon again.......A Working Class Hero Is Something To Be. Terry.

[j.sabourn]

A bit closer to home but can anyone explain to me (apart from politicians) why Australia has to have a temporary seat on the Security council which if reports are correct cost the taxpayer 20 million dollars, which is probably only a very low estimate. The country cant even secure their own borders, what use are the boof heads going to be in anycase. We are told we are living in a Democratic world and yet they have to bribe other countrys to get what I consider a useless bit of showmanship by our politicians at their worst. Democracy at the present date is shown for what it is, he who has the most money and can hoodwink the public is practically there. Just watch the U.S. for real crowd mind control. Maybe this post a bit off mark but as concerns the countrys wealth may be permissable. Regards John Sabourn.

[happy daze john in oz]

Communist Chinese Govt said couples can only have one child.

In the news today Des, China will now get rid of the one child policy by 2020.

[happy daze john in oz]

I believe she has also managed to get four of the kids "statemented"

What is 'statemented', is it like being castrated?? cos some should be

[happy daze john in oz]

why Australia has to have a temporary seat on the Security council which if reports are correct cost the taxpayer 20 million dollars,

This was started by Rudd who was in hope of one day becoming secretary general of the UN. Once started it was hard to stop, but in reality it is about as much use to us here in Oz as the proverbial on a bull.

[happy daze john in oz]

If we are to get some form of equality based on needs then all should be means tested. I have heard of people spending the winter in Sapin but still getting the heating allowance. Yes I know it can get down to 15 degrees at night in the south of Spain, but why do they get it?
Means test, take from those who do not need it on that basis and give to those with a genuine need.

[Red Lead Ted]

A bit closer to home but can anyone explain to me (apart from politicians) why Australia has to have a temporary seat on the Security council ................................Maybe this post a bit off mark............

Not off tack to me, There is a lot the U.K. and OZ Have in common regarding your views and i agree with them. We now have are politician's banging on about the Benefit culture the long term unemployed who are work shy and are quite happy to sit at home and live on benefits, It as they say must pay to work not live on benefit............... Fine i couldn't agree more so instead of bringing wages in line with inflation which employers cant afford, Everyone in the country especially the sick and elderly who are the easy targets will have there benefits heating allowances housing benefit etc.. reduced or cut. then the £6.90p minimum wage will look more attractive and people will have no choice than to work until there 68yrs old and be were this Tory led government want them queuing outside soup kitchens which a lot of people working know are having to do. As for the U.S.A. Sandy will decide who is the next president. Regards Terry.

[John Pruden]

we should as a good will gesture send some aid to the USA after all we are giving millions to countries that want to destroy us.jp