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wilber

Good graph Wilber and you are right that the two green bars are the issue. We need to dump Triple Lock on state pensions. The triple lock seems a really odd idea - I get how it might be nice to have a double lock to prevent the vulnerable losing out to inflation or falling behind if the country get...

wilber

Regarding the cuts to benefits, I think that's a great thing and more work needs to be done to encourage people to look for work than get comfortable living on benefits. Crumbs I'm going to start to get a rep as a complete pinko - as I said above, working with and visiting Local Authorities gives y...

wilber

Regarding the cuts to benefits, I think that's a great thing and more work needs to be done to encourage people to look for work than get comfortable living on benefits. Crumbs I'm going to start to get a rep as a complete pinko - as I said above, working with and visiting Local Authorities gives y...

wilber

Queen's speech on Wednesday - 'Er Madge' will not be pleased as it will interfere with her attending Royal Ascot. Starting gun for GE 2017 mark 2 on Thursday? Did you see the BOE calculator has the 60 quid at almost spot on 73 quid today ? :thumbup: looks like spending hasn't really been cut. £74 +...

wilber

Queen's speech on Wednesday - 'Er Madge' will not be pleased as it will interfere with her attending Royal Ascot.

Starting gun for GE 2017 mark 2 on Thursday?

wilber

There's certainly been welfare cuts to the disabled How about cuts compared to 2005 ? ESA was introduced in 2008 at a rate of £60.50 pw - about £76 in today's money. At the start of the coalition the rate was £65.45 pw - about £79 in today's money The rate payable is £73.10 pw Where have you got th...

wilber

bimboman wrote:
There's certainly been welfare cuts to the disabled
How about cuts compared to 2005 ?

ESA was introduced in 2008 at a rate of £60.50 pw - about £76 in today's money.

At the start of the coalition the rate was £65.45 pw - about £79 in today's money

The rate payable is £73.10 pw

wilber

Not a major fan of coalitions as it inevitably leads to an unfair shafting but certainly support a cross party Brexit commission. Nobody has a mandate beyond 'leave' now, and so it really should, and does, rest with Parliament to decide what they want. A constitutional expert on Friday, questioned ...

wilber

Odds on a Conservative majority with paddy power but 4 to 1 on no overall majority looks promising judging by how rubbish pollsters have been since 2015 http://www.paddypower.com/bet/politics/other-politics/uk-politics?ev_oc_grp_ids=600667 mind you that is for an election in 2020 Remembered my thou...

wilber

Chuckles1188 wrote:
Christ

Now HE would be a good choice

wilber

MP for Thanet has been charged over GE 2015 expenses - ouch

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-40129826

wilber

Some cheap oldies that I've enjoyed recently that you might like
Witcher 3 (inc all DLC)
Mad Max
Assassins Creed Syndicate - I particularly enjoyed the Ripper DLC

Currently playing Dying Light The Following - distracting and at times genuinely a bit tense for a tenner but annoying at times

wilber

Mullet 2 wrote:So I'm 57% Conservative apparently.

http://uk.isidewith.com/

84% Plaid 37% Tory for me. Guess I won't be voting for Mrs May

wilber

Hawk97 wrote:I can't see the stubborn old goat walking out, can you?

If there is a meltdown - the unions will not sit on their hands. they too have their own interests at heart

wilber

OptimisticJock wrote:
Hawk97 wrote:Corbyn speech currently. £10 living wage for everyone, Torys are scum, share wealth etc
Thats f**k ridiculous. That's what a newly qualified ambulance technician is paid.

That's £10 an hour in 2020 - Osborne pledged £9 by 2020 (admittedly not for people under 25)

wilber

Looks like us great unwashed are happy with the call! ICM has carried out a snap poll today on the general election announcement. The state of the party figures are very good for the Conservatives, although that is not particularly surprising because other recent polls have produced similar results...

wilber

theo wrote:Jesus wept.

John 11:35 from the passage recounting the raising to life of Lazarus - who probably had a better step than JR even though he had been dead for four days and according to his sister was beginning to smell a bit

wilber

Odds on a Conservative majority with paddy power but 4 to 1 on no overall majority looks promising judging by how rubbish pollsters have been since 2015

http://www.paddypower.com/bet/politics/ ... ids=600667

mind you that is for an election in 2020

wilber

I don't care about Brexit. Just please sort out homelessness and lack of housing in my area :thumbup: Bloody disgrace on Mrs may's part implying that there's only one thing that matters - there's still a country to run in the mean time Theresa May already mandated that councils must make rooms avai...

wilber

Clive Simms wrote:I don't care about Brexit. Just please sort out homelessness and lack of housing in my area

Bloody disgrace on Mrs may's part implying that there's only one thing that matters - there's still a country to run in the mean time

wilber

Assuming Kruis and Robshaw pick up where they left off, and Hask is fully fit, do Launch and Lawes drop out of first 15? That's strong is that. by some miracle that all are fit (hasn't happened yet) it would probably be; Itoje, Kruis, Robshaw, Haskell, Billy V. With One of the other locks on bench....

wilber

Pre 6N S Barnes placed the 3 most important players to the lions as Sexton, Sexton, Sexton. I think that is now Owen F x 3. Nailed on at 12

wilber

This is all very convincing and I won't be surprised if the real storyline follows this pretty closely. The worst part is that they clearly aren't going to resolve all of this in the current series, for the simple reason that if they did then there wouldn't be a second. So we can expect a huge clif...

wilber

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37972626

wilber

Danny Boyle sums up the UK in 2016 (roll on Jan 27) “Choose life Choose Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and hope that someone, somewhere cares Choose looking up old flames, wishing you’d done it all differently And choose watching history repeat itself Choose your future Choose reality TV, slut shaming...

wilber

Au revoir Anastacia. How long will Ed keep going? I think Greg may well be approaching the end too. Liked Giles Smith in the Times today : "..thus the dream of celebrity ballroom glory is still alive for Team GB in what has already been a monumental year for our Olympians, if not yet for Greg." "Co...

wilber

One thing to bear in mind is the use of gifts - Any amount given away will be disregarded for UK IHT 7 years after the gift date. Even after 3 years the tax rate is lower than 40% due to tapering.

https://www.gov.uk/inheritance-tax/gifts

wilber

Ed Balls will not be another Ann W - far too competitive. But I suspect this years winner will come from a sporting background

wilber

The Dear Leader has announced his Ten Pledges: http://www.jeremyforlabour.com/10_pledges I'm sure there's something quite pressing internationally that's gone unmentioned there, can't quite put my finger on it though, Bre-something or other. As a paid up member of the labour party I am ecstatic to ...

wilber

That's the excerpt from Private Eye I was talking about yesterday. Still, we should be loyal to the Leader, despite his laughably disloyal track record. I had a member of our local party call me a Tory lacky the other day because I won't support Corbyn, when I pointed out that I was involved in Liv...

wilber

Just in case anyone wonders what the Labour party is for

Clause1 - Name and Objects

1 This organisation shall be known as ‘The Labour Party’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘the party’). Its purpose is to organise and maintain in Parliament and in the country a political Labour Party.

wilber

Jonathan Kaplan in The Times today doesn't seem to be criticising England's Scrum When it comes to the scrum, the referees are looking for a fair contest within the framework of the law and for legal dominance. If a team have dominance and are going forward, you want to make sure they are doing it l...

wilber

Dara O'Briain - I don't always agree with his views but he always makes me laugh, certainly one of the best at interacting with his audience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex6bxqOaB_0

wilber

off the website of the Soviet/US posters earlier University of Chicago 1943 . Girls learning Jiujitsu https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y6bYMplkdRw/Vyhk7xrJzUI/AAAAAAACLaE/oBu3FKlfVw8n8V8I-Zfhs8XUVhHLRK_0wCLcB/s640/Girls%2Bat%2Bthe%2BUniversity%2Bof%2BChicago%2Blearn%2BJiu-jitsu%252C%2BJan%2B29%252C%2B194...

wilber

Went through the same thing just over a month ago with my dad - Dementia had taken away his ability to talk so goodness knows what ailments he suffered from towards the end. One ray of light came from the district nurse who came to tend to him every day at the end. A proud Irish woman with clearly a...

wilber

In fairness to Ken (and I cannot stand the bloke) I don't see criticising the Israeli government as anti-Semitic. Also Naz Shah's suggestion of moving Isreal to the USA seems perfectly sensible to me. 'The Jews are rising' eh Theo. Unfortunately for Ken he hasn't been able to dodge this nasty littl...

wilber

Sign O the times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7JEtpdBNIU

Dance Music Sex Romance (live)

https://www.facebook.com/trenton.lundy1 ... 552911873/

wilber

Underworld - there are just so many great songs Beaucoup Fish is my favourite album (Cups, Push Upstairs, King of Snake ....)

But of course who could forget "17 minutes of gloriously euphoric controlled chaos" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM0fiegRbTg

wilber

happyhooker wrote:A pub in Brighton that'll show the six nations. Is there such a thing?
Can spread the search to as far as actually if necessary.

The Lion and Lobster http://www.thelionandlobster.co.uk/ good pub good food has a nice roof terrace with a screen for smoker types 10 mins walk from the pier

wilber

Didn't see the games yesterday - had expected them to be tedious affairs, how wrong can you be?

Anyway - has anyone got a bit of a "Leather Coat" feeling about this? can MP really be that stupid?

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