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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 28, 2015 10:07:22 GMT
I didn't say to sell it at cut prices? I just meant that with these resources, it puts our economy on a level pegging with Norway, or at least it should do.
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 27, 2015 19:16:24 GMT
I am happy for us to be in the same position as other European countries that are not member states, it may even be worth while for the UK, Norway, Denmark and other countries to form our own global trade deal to compete with the high costs of the EU. EFTA consists of Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein - if Norway didn't have oil/gas it'd be driven by Toblerone. The UK joining EFTA would be like me joining the local under 5 football team. @planetdave, well written and well laid out, nice and easy for me to understand. I am slightly confused as when we talk about the UK, we are talking about England, Northern Ireland & Scotland and we have our own oil & Gas - the North Sea fields are still there? During the Scottish referendum for independence, Alex Salmon said that they could be producing triple the amount of oil that they produce now if they were independent, bringing the price of oil down considerably, so it's not like we've got a puddle and Norway have a ocean, we could supply more oil and Gas than they do if we increased our productions of both of these fossil fuels, the point is that should be a strong enough rod for our economy on it's own. I didn't know much of the things we've discussed about economies and other countries situations, etc so I feel this has been a great thread, especially when you're like me and have no clue where to start Speaking of where to start, if leaving is so bad, and staying is also so bad, then what's the answer?
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 25, 2015 11:49:55 GMT
I think our National UK referendum is a big enough threat to the European Union, or at least I hope so. I do not see remaining a part of a corrupt organisation as beneficial at all. Whilst Norway and Denmark do have no say and contribute to enable trade within the European Union, they can choose if they wish to trade within the EU.
It will most definitely be the first, but no one can say if it will be a huge failure or a resounding success, as it hasn't happened before.
I am happy for us to be in the same position as other European countries that are not member states, it may even be worth while for the UK, Norway, Denmark and other countries to form our own global trade deal to compete with the high costs of the EU, this could place even more pressure on the EU to change after 43 years of broken promises.
It may even be a bigger market than the €500 billion we are all force fed whenever this topic comes up, without anyone giving us an ideal of how how of that market the UK gets right now in trade, as I doubt it's more than 15%.
The one thing I am 80% certain of at the moment is, the National Vote to stay or leave is leaning about 65% in favour of leaving.
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 15, 2015 22:40:01 GMT
blaze, Dictionary: misogynist |mɪˈsɒdʒ(ə)nɪst| noun a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women. a bachelor and renowned misogynist.This is not me at all and it reads like you're labelling me one, to which I take offence. There are no non verbal cues or any other cues for her to pick up on - I have said repeatedly that we don't spend any time together by her own choice. This coming week there is to be a meeting where a member from mental health, the council housing officer and from the youth department, along with others and her mother and our daughter will all be there and a decision will be made by all these peers, hopefully by end of this coming week. My original post was asking if anyone knew where we would stand concerning things like Child Benefit, etc. but I have since found that out and with this meeting coming up short notice it no longer matters as there is to be a final decision made very soon and that will be the situation resolved. If the outcome is that she is to be granted this flat with her own income, then I know she will cut us all of completely and after an amount of time she will contact her mother and things will start to improve, but I suspect it will be on her terms throughout. If the outcome is that she can either move in with a host family with more rules than us or stay at home with us, then that will be the difficult one for us. We have already discussed this and we feel it would be better if she went to a host family so she could realise that things are no better for her away from us and then she would (hopefully) start to think about what she's doing, saying and perhaps even her future. It's at this point where therapy would be optimal, as she would be open to working on it, instead of her current attitude towards it. Things will be clearer for our situation soon and I am hoping for our sakes and our daughters sake that a sensible decision is made that will help her, rather than risk her.
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 15, 2015 10:28:14 GMT
Hi @planetdave, Yes, I am being very kind to the kippers! I am in Devon, and many of them are pensioners who think they are getting change, not the extremist views from other groups that you mentioned. This short video explaining why our 2015 general election was so bad is also applicable to why we need to leave the EU.
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 15, 2015 10:25:32 GMT
Hi @pelargonium,
Yes, I was being flippant re: the beat officer giving you a clip round the ear, etc.
All of the things I am saying here are things I have not said to my daughter and I do not see her to say anything else, she will not come home at all now, when she did come home, it was from 8:30pm until she left for college the next morning, and she would spend that time in her room.
I don't think I have spent any time with her in months, but this is her choice not mine and we have offered things like "would you like to do something fun with us? can you think of anything you would want to do and we can do that one this this week or next week, etc".
Regarding her MH, I understand that CBT does work more often than not, but after 3 previous failed attempts surely there should be an alternative, maybe not pills or patches, but something other than just repeating what she didn't listen to or is refusing to work on.
From her perspective, why should she even bother to work on any of this when this clueless council worker is offering her party-central with her own flat and income, no curfew, no school or college and no parents?
As far as the group is concerned, our daughter has no idea we are attending and it's parents only, so she can't see how frustrated I am. I am treating it as a bit of a joke and a coffee morning, rather than it providing anything with any worthwhile substance, but I'll be there should anything useful come out of it, I doubt it, but let's be positive... now, where did I leave my sticky back plastic and empty loo rolls... :-)
Our daughter has only been sexually active for the last 3 weeks, her mother is certain of that much, I never discuss this topic with any of our girls with them directly when they were around this age and younger.
As far as her friend goes, I doubt their is much truth to some of it. a long time back now, our daughter came home in disgust that this friend of hers performed oral sex for a cigarette, she was most disgusted at the time. Now though, she is basically living with this girls and her 2 drug sealing brothers and her mother who is some sort of pot-junkie and does nothing, doesn't work or try, she claims from the DWP and then doesn't pay any bills until she is evicted and then they move to another address and start the whole thing again, vicious circle
Hopefully, that has answered all of your queries and cleared any confusion up.
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 14, 2015 22:52:40 GMT
Hi @pelargonium,
I don't think you have quite grasped what's going on here. She has walked out, without our consent, not been back since, that was over a week ago.
The NHS mental health for children, have had 3 previous referrals where they thought CBT would help, but it hasn't, so now with this new 4th referral, they've decided to try ... CBT.
During these referrals, she has tried to kill herself twice.
While all of this is going on, there's some moron at the council who thinks she will benefit from living alone, in a flat with all her bills paid for and a hand out of £70 a week for food and she will blow it all on her friends on booze, fags and drugs, she's pretty much said this to one of her sisters.
My feeling here is that this money would be more useful by paying for a therapist for her who is qualified to make use of ALL possible solutions and find the best one for her, which I think would be a course of low dose anti-depressants, preferably in a weekly patch, like a plaster on the skin.
What angers me is the mental health unit have let her and us down ... BIG TIME. The councillor she sees she is not trying, not trying at all. But, she is not qualified to make a decision on this, she can't even raise this with her manager. Why on earth haven't they given her a mental health assessment? she's tried to kill herself twice, both times with a night in hospital, and both times they send a guy along who basically asks her 2 or 3 short questions which she knows the right answers to and she's free to go.
This course we're on., also organised by the children's mental health NHS, is totally and utterly useless, it really is. I am only going (and I am dragging my wife there too) so that this children's mental health unit & the Council can't point there finger at us and say we haven't tried, no other reason now.
The course is titled "Helping you to understand your child's mental health. Well it doesn't do that, it's all about tea and biscuits and us thinking positively, etc, etc.
For week one, we had to find pictures out of these magazines to create a collage of a place or thing that makes us happy. Now, I personally find this insulting and patronising as they didn't bother to ask us if we are capable of doing this now, which I know my wife and I can, quite easily.
On weeks 1 & 2, we've been given coloured paper to write a word on it that we think describes how we think our children are feeling or thinking. There are some parents around the table who say "It's good to know that I'm not the only one who struggles with my child." and "It's nice to know I'm not alone". Now, I don't find this helpful at all, as I knew long before I was invited to a course on understanding your child's mental health that I wasn't alone. I searched online and found 100's of results of parents posting on forums for help and advice.
It's a total waste of time and money and I am 100% confident I will gain nothing from attending the whole 5 weeks. But I will attend all 5 weeks.
My daughter has threatened to kill me while I sleep, so you can guess that she's not impressed at all by us attending this course, especially when there's a woman at the council who is offering everything she wants for nothing - party central here we come, is what she's thinking.
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 14, 2015 22:32:11 GMT
Hi Mike,
There would be no tricky about it for anyone who came here before he EU membership, they can choose to stay or leave. Anyone who came here during the EU membership will be assessed as either an asset or not to the UK. It is quite hard, but anyone wanting to stay without work, will be sent home, but we'd gladly pay for their one way travel, first class even.
I understand your leanings towards UKIP, I have thought of them myself and I did some enquiring of my own. UKIP is made up of the more extreme, Anti-Euro Conservatives who broke away form the main party to form their own Party. So, once the EU referendum has come and gone, they are just another band of Tories who think that migration issues can solve problems.
What are the main complaints of a typical UKIP supporter?
1. No/not enough jobs for UK nationals. 2. No/not enough housing for UK Nationals. 3. Too many EU citizens coming her to claim.
If you take away the EU member ship, you only solve no. 3, and even then it's not really solved, just limited to UK passport holders claiming.
This Government have the lowest unemployment rates since 2008. Why? because 1 million people had no choice but to find work, no matter no difficult it is for then, while the rest of them have run up debts, living on borrowed money while they wait for their legal battle with the DWP to be resolved.
The jobs that have been created are not the kind of jobs you can provide for a family, start a career in or rely on for a steady income, as they are zero hour contracts, Government apprenticeships and trainee work programmes.
The apprenticeships provide vocational qualifications that only seem to offer the potential to earn below a living wage, and the same goes for their new trainee program.
I know 4 adults in my area who all have families and who are all working through zero hour contracts and when they aren't given any hours, they are claiming housing benefit, council tax benefit and ESA.
My point is, that the Government will blow a loud trumpet stating that they have created thousands of jobs and removed all those leeches who were claiming state benefits, but what they won't tell you is that through their schemes they are the ones responsible for increasing the DWP annual budget by selling of social housing, not building enough council/social housing and when people were moved from one benefit to Universal Credit, claimants got less money, which the Government will say is positive as it reduced the amount they pay these claimants on the new universal credit. The sad thing is here, that people now qualify for another benefit, such as housing benefit and council tax credit as this is run by each local council, not the DWP.
Voting UKIP, you are voting for Tories like the ones we have now, who will continue to rob the poor to pay the rich.
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 12, 2015 12:41:05 GMT
What really pisses me off about this situation, the various departments in social services, NHS. etc all tell her she can have her own flat and £70 a week in her hand, all free welfare handouts from Mr and Mrs Tax payer, all because she needs help with depression and typical teenage angst and puberty, etc.
20 years ago, the local beat officer would give your child a whack round the head, tell them they are stupid for treating their family so badly and that would be the end of that.
But today, with the immense pressures from social media and the internet on top of children going through that difficult time we all go through, we now have the situation where we as parents are attending a course over 5 Friday mornings to help us understand our child with mental health difficulties, where we spent 2 hours last Friday making collages of our "happy places" by cutting out pictures from old magazines and we all were given a blank piece of coloured paper, pre cut into the shape of a leave and asked to write down a positive word and the staff used glue to stick these leaves onto a larger coloured paper tree stuck on the wall.
I can honestly say I have never felt so patronised as I did during that 2 hour morning, no wonder they provide free tea and coffee - it's for the caffeine to stimulate you, I just wish it worked on me that way. Oh well, only 4 more weeks to go.
All of this is provided by my my local NHS trust's young persons mental health department, the same department who have accepted the last 4 referrals from various professionals for my daughter to help help and all of which have failed to help her. What's even more annoying is, my Daughter's therapist knows what has been tried in the past and her solution is to try it again?
I have since found out that the therapist does not have the authority to recommend any other course of treatment, she doesn't even have the power to state that a treatment is not working, when she can see it isn't helping. I know mental health in the NHS is under-funded, etc but I don't think that assigning a child with a history of self harm and 2 suicide attempts under her belt, a staff member who can see she cannot help, but can only repeat previous attempts to try non-prescription treatments, such as CBT and mindfulness.
I am pro mindfulness, it really works for me and pain management. But a stubborn 16/17 year old girl with depression and a history of 3 previous staff members trying the same or similar treatments should really be offered appointments with a staff member who is qualified to decide who is the best person to help her, before she succeeds in her upcoming 3rd attempt.
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 10, 2015 9:40:02 GMT
If you take me out of the equation, she still has these problems with her Mother, who is handling her most of the time, as anything from me, including just breathing is wrong.
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 9, 2015 21:32:59 GMT
She came home tonight with an attitude, speaking to us both like crap, then stormed off because she didn't get the answers she wanted. She called her Mother upstairs about 15 minutes later, in tears to talk and she had just called childline and she and her Mother exchanged a few words and she packed a bag with her things in it and walked out saying she can't stay here.
Neither of us tried to stop her, as the Police told us before that if we did, we would be holding her against her will, which is a crime.
But what do we do now? Who do we call? She is a risk to herself as she has already tried to kill herself twice and she has a long history of self harming.
Surely, there should be something that we can do to make sure she is alright?
After all, she is ill in the mind with issues and she is not willing to discuss any of her problems with us, her complaints are only about her not being allowed to do what she wants when she wants without penalty.
I don't know if I this is a phone call to social services or to someone else I cannot think of?
Any ideas or suggestions would be welcome.
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 6, 2015 15:54:10 GMT
Yes, I'm no expert on negotiating visas, etc. but the idea is to allow those who want to stay and work, stay, just like the UK nationals in other countries who want to stay where they are. Some Brits are retired abroad but they can financially support themselves and I would argue that this can also be out policy too. The idea being that if we have EU nationals who are here to claim, that they return to the nearest member state and claim there.
I should point out that I don't have a problems with EU claimants, this is just to calm the masses that voted for UKIP. The entire number of people claiming benefits is less than 5% of the UK population, according to the last report I read (although I am open to corrections if I am mistaken).
I suspect the announcement of the French tyre maker in Ireland is perhaps linked to the delicate negotiations in the EU for Cameron's demands, etc. In the same way the the British government attempted to influence (and successfully by the way) the voters in Scotland on the referendum through supermarkets announcing that basic goods would double in price if they voted yes to independence, etc.
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 5, 2015 16:17:55 GMT
I agree with you Mike.
I would also want the EU nationals living here to be granted visas to continue working here in essentials areas, such as the NHS and for us to make deals with other EU countries where there are UK nationals living and working there to treat them the same way we would treat each countries nationals living and working here.
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 4, 2015 19:42:21 GMT
I totally agree with you on that point, but it wasn't until I attended University that I learned I couldn't just write any old rubbish down and put it out there, on the web.
If it wasn't for my decision to do a degree, I would not of learnt the simple things like having sources and references for your information, etc.
Plus, if someone is reading this utter tripe like your quote above, and they don't know to check that there are sources, they will share a link to it, and it begins to spread like wildfire.
I suppose the only real thing that can be done is individuals like yourself and me and others in here continue to be vigilante about correcting these people, or pointing out where they got this information from, etc.
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 4, 2015 13:53:48 GMT
I would agree with you it affects a significant part of the world population, but not all in the same way. Some are affected by believing this article about ADHD not being a real disorder or disability, while some who are already aware of ADHD are angry that their condition is being attacked for not being real, etc.
I also think this is the price of freedom of speech, where we are free to question authority, we are also free to express our opinions, regardless of weather they are accurate or propaganda.
When the message is one like this article, the people who know the truth will say so and the people who don't agree will continue to live in their ignorance.
I can't help feeling pissed off when people write that my struggles are not real, it makes me want to reach for my pitch fork and torch and round them up with an angry mob.
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 4, 2015 12:08:15 GMT
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 2, 2015 19:58:58 GMT
And she's resistant to help from us and has refused things like a joint therapy session with all of us and her therapist.
I was aware of Paracetamol doing liver damage, I meant to say that of the pills and drugs we have in this house, paracetamol is the least damaging, if you are trying to off yourself as she is, etc.
I want to help her, but the general advice we've been getting is, let her go and find out if the grass really is greener, etc. but she's so stubborn, she'd never admit it to us, or by the time she realises it, she's in too deep and made irreversible, bad decisions.
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Post by Wavey75 on Nov 2, 2015 12:03:58 GMT
Our 16 year old who turns 17 a week before Christmas this year, is ruining her life .. and ours.
She has a history of self-harming and she has been referred to the young persons mental health 3 times now.
Over the years she has become more and more vile, nasty and rude. She recently spent the night in hospital for her 2nd overdose attempt, both of which were with Paracetamol, which I don’t think will kill you, but will do some damage.
Her priorities are:
1. Herself 2. Her social life, e.g. friends & boyfriends. 3. Her phone or laptop. 4. Her Family, unless something else more pressing crops up.
She has told us she does not want to live with us anymore. Her reasons vary from week to week, but the reasons are that she feels she doesn’t need a curfew, she does not think it’s fair to limit or restrict her internet and she also thinks she doesn’t need to keep her bedroom tidy. and she has a problem with me, more than her Mother, but she has some very nasty words for me. Sat sat up and calmly turned to me and faced me to say “I fucking Hate you.” It hurt, but I know it’s not really how she feels.
When she was 14/15 at School, her attendance was shocking, she would always play sick to get out of going. She got so good, she actually developed physical symptoms in her chest and was told she had a condition that swells up in her chest muscles. No doubt this is a real condition, but it is not as bad as she made out as this would only be severe when she was highly stressed.
We noticed that she was only getting these flairs of pain on School days and when out on the weekends she reported no problems, so we came up with a rule for her, she must attend a minimum of 4 out of 5 days of school or she is grounded that weekend.
Well, I don’t need to tell you that her attendance improved dramatically. So, we kept it going.
She now goes to 6th form as she did shockingly bad in her GCSE’s, which she admits was because she didn’t work hard. I should point out that she is more than capable of top grades.
She is among the first to be in a mediatory eduction, trying or work program until she is 18 years old.
She was also taken in by a 23 year old young man who turned out to be a sex offender who had been grooming her and at least 11 other young girls, as he was on probation for previous charges, etc. long story short, he was convicted and sent to prison for 3 years, If memory serves.
She still talks about him and says she wants to see him in prison, but not for a while.
It was this incident that we decided not to treat her the same as her older sisters and we gave her n earlier curfew on School nights of 8:30pm and 10pm on weekends, etc.
She was ok with this when she was at School, but now it’s a problem.
One of her friends left home and went into care. This girl is addicted to smoking legal highs and had a miscarriage at 15. At one point I overheard her saying she would suck this boy off for a cigarette, just to paint the picture for you.
Anyway, this girl told my daughter that things were brilliant with her foster home. She got a brand new contract phone, money given to her everyday, etc no chores, no time limits, etc. and our daughter thinks life will be great for her too, eve though this other girl is now living back with her Mother, but only because her Mother begged her to come back home.
So, the problem is that our daughter thinks that she can move out into some halfway house or into her own place, or she with her friends, all the time she is going to college, without a job, without any adult supervision, etc.
Her boyfriend is also a real catch too. He told her she wasn’t allowed to go to her therapy appointments, and she has recently become sexually active and she’s not using condoms because he doesn’t like them. Thank christ she has that rod in her arm, although she came home this weekend and she has honeymooners disease, but because there was a bit of blood there, her friends have told her she’s had a miscarriage and she believes them. It’s official, our Daughters turned into a moron.
We also found out recently that on top of her smoking, and maybe legal highs too, she has done cocaine.
Now, we have decided to let her go, but we’re not doing all the running round and form filling for her, that’s down to her.
The real concerns are:
1. Is there some rule that if your child spends less than 3 nights a week in your home that you need to report her as no longer living with you or something? 2. How can we get her to abide by our rules and stay at home on School nights?
It’s her phone, her sim, none of it is ours, it’s all hers and she has already said if we take these things away she will call the police. I contacted the police later on, who said yes, that would be stealing! I was gobsmacked.
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Post by Wavey75 on Oct 19, 2015 10:25:27 GMT
After watching this week’;s BBC Question Time from Dover (BBC iplayer), I listened to the discussions on Europe and I am more than ever, leaning towards voting to leave the EU.Hearing some facts about it’s history and how it came up out of the ashes after the war was interesting and the idea was a great one. But for 43 years there has been a need for change and reform of the European Union and it hasn’t come yet, but there have been promises made that it is coming, but never delivered on. Don’t mistake me for a UKIP supporter, I think UKIP have done so well because we in the UK are fed up with the big cost of living (namely rent), although that’s not all of it, I just think if everyone paid the Local Housing Allowance for their area in rent each week or month, it would solve several problems in one single hit (there are lots of details to this, but this is a risky tangent as it is ). The lack of democracy in the European Union to me means that there is no accountability, an example of this situation would be another large organisation without democracy … FIFA, and we all know how that’s going . I would still like to see those numbers crunched for what it costs the UK to be a part of the EU a year and what the UK gets back a year. I think it would be beneficial to us all to know prior to the Referendum.
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Post by Wavey75 on Sept 7, 2015 8:56:27 GMT
@pelargonium,
Yeah well, it was a bit of a lie ... I can't dance lol.
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Post by Wavey75 on Sept 7, 2015 8:26:52 GMT
There I was writing a reply, then I noticed I got 4 stars! (now doing a little dance in my underpants!) Level up! Me? distracted easily? nope, not me.
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Post by Wavey75 on Sept 7, 2015 8:15:53 GMT
@planetdave,
I agree with everything you're saying, but in terms of leaving or staying with the EU, what would it do if we left and the same if we stayed?
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Post by Wavey75 on Sept 4, 2015 13:00:48 GMT
@planetdave,
I'm on the fence about the whole EU thing.
Although, given the Greece situation (regardless of how or why they got in this situation) the handling of it is really making me think it's not a good idea to tie myself to this sinking ship.
The calls in recent days to provide more sanctuary to thousands of refugees to me suggests it would be more cost effective if every single EU country offering asylum to refugees all went to that country and made it safer, rather than people haing to leave their homes and families and friends.
The whole EU referendum to me was added to the tory manafesto because of the UKIP pressure, which came about from the shortage of affordable housing that a mass increase in the population of the UK being a member of the EU created.
It's self defeating really, if we had a surplus of affordable housing, no one would mind if we can more migrants I don't think.
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Post by Wavey75 on Sept 4, 2015 12:50:22 GMT
blaze, Hence the clarification.
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Post by Wavey75 on Sept 3, 2015 9:01:21 GMT
It is expected that the EU referendum will be the end of next year (2016), although this has not yet been confirmed.
I am thinking that the arguement to stay in the EU is based on the market being worth £500 million, but can anyone say if this is the whole EU, as it is unlikely that everyone in the EU will all buy from the UK, meaning that we will all see this additional revenue appear in the UK economy.
It would be nice to see what our share of this market has been and to compare this figure next to what it costs us to be a member state in the EU.
I know it's not only about trade, and it is also a matter of job and business ,etc. So, if a company decides to build a base here and employ UK workers, then what impact does the fact of us leaving the EU have?
We can still trade with the EU member states, we can still import & export within Europe, people working in the UK can still work in the UK, can't they?
Hopefully, we will have all the information beofre us to make an informed decision.
Personally, I am thinking that the EU is a bit like a boat out at sea with a slow leak... eventually the bost will sink if that hole's not plugged up.
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Post by Wavey75 on Sept 3, 2015 8:47:52 GMT
blaze & contrarymary, Just to clarify, I agree totally that these deaths are the direct result of poor governemnt policies and a serious failiure to support these people in need. I know Labour had to do something to try and make do with what they had after the Thatcher era sold off all the affordable housing, etc. All I was pointing out is that in the media it will play out and end up being a fault of Labours, not this or the last governments'. These deaths should not have occured at all and in my opinion the DWP Minister should resign from embarrassment. His bedroom tax not only didn't save money, it actually cost the tax payer money, on top of what was supposed to be saved. One last thing, that would be the topic of a new thread, as this thread has dealth with a number of issues that each deserve their own thread IMHO.
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Post by Wavey75 on Sept 3, 2015 5:09:38 GMT
Wavey75 the figures that have been released are from 2011-2014, ie under the coalition govt @contrrymary, IDS has already stated that these figures are the result of the infrastructure that was already in place when the coalition took over in 2010. As much as I dislike the cretin, he unfortunately for Labour, has a point. I wasn't sure about the UN investigation, that's good news, but again, it will just bounce of the Tories and onto Gordon Brown's Parliment, where David Cameron will probably hold up that note from the treasury again (surprised he hasn't laminated it by now) to divert the public's attention away yet again. Wavey75
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Post by Wavey75 on Sept 2, 2015 21:22:06 GMT
So this really needs its own thread, but I have bad head fog and kids are bouncing off the walls.... So as its already been discussed here..... It's now being reported UN investigation will go ahead, now the death stats of people who died afyer their bemefits were cut have been released. blaze, Not sure what you mean needs its own thread, the benefits thing or the European Referendum? The eU Referendum thread is started and is available here. If you mean the Benefits, the death figures that have been released are from the previous governments proposals during the 2005 to 2010 prliment, where Labour gave ATOS the contract for the fit for work assessment, so the Tories are abel to squarely place this blame at LAbour's feet and dodge it themselves. Also, I think there is to be a European Human Rights Court investigation, not a United Nations investigation. elic, Not following what you mean by "the government to blame is the one who implemented unsustainable levels of benefits in the first place" As we are living longer than we werre in the 1940's or 1950's when the welfare system was introduced, it was not forseen that more and more of us would still be collecting a pension beyond 90 to 100 years old and older. The property prices in the South East are also a major contributing factor to the whole DWP budget. in Housing benefit terms, they estimate that of the 35% of the £126 Billion welfare budget that makes up the housing benefit bill, more than 50% of this is for renters in the South East while the other 50% or less is for the rest ofthe entire UK. In Germany they have recently introduced a system of rent control, and it seems to be working to reduce the cost of living for everyone. If we adopted a similar system to align rental rates to match the local housing allowance for each area, we would save 10's of Billions of pounds per year, which could be spent on more housing which could eliminate council housing waiting lists and give everyone a roof over there heads with a fair price that would make this new minimum wage an actual living wage.
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Post by Wavey75 on Jul 25, 2015 10:49:13 GMT
Wavey75 Your are the man. Respect to you! if you have done this or helping someone to do it or have helped someone. I admire your passion. My anxiety wouldn't let me do this.. manson88, Never done it, but I have done it in my head often and taking on the planning committe is something I would relish, as I would have a huge upper hand in that I love confrontation, not aggressive or voilent, but face to face confrontation, especially when I know I'm right and there's nothing they can do about it.:-) I would help anyone who wanted to look into this and do it more. My cousin is building his shed, but he's learning block brick work and conrete flooring, etc and he's going to build a roof - by himself! I'm so jealous! lol I'd love to do that, but I can't due to illness & health. I miss the building trade so much, I was an apprentice electrician and I loved it. love DIY. With this lump sum, once I had setup the finances as I've described, I'd be off to boot camp for 6 to 12 months to slim down and build up so no more pain or back spasms, etc I'd look like a shorter version of Henry Cavil lol. Then, I build and project manage the houses myself! vagueandrandom, That's great to have loads of business ideas. My plan to double your money would mean you would have the capital to go out and try one of your business ideas, risk free, although I'd borrow the money, that way if it fails you haven't lost your own money. TANGENT!I have a great idea for Cinema. When I go to the cinema now, it's noisey from other people, unconfortable seats and the angle of the floor is not steep enough to stop the people in front of you from blocking your vision. I remember going to the cinema as a kid to see Star Trek 3. It was one of the most anticipated films of the year, the huge odeon was packed, not an empty seat in the house. Their was a couple of ushers wandering aorund with trays, selling ice creams, sweets, and drinks, etc. all adding to the atmosphere. Now, imagine the huge red velvet room's ligting starts to very slowly dim, the ushers stop wandering aorund and clear out of the cinema. All torch lights go out, from ushers showing people to seats. all there is now is the sound of conversations of hundreds of people, in this huge room. Then as the lights dim, the curtains at the front, start to move and the light appears on the screen. The screen is now covered in a black background with the certification image and written in white is the name of the film and it symbol showing the certification. The whole room suddenly errupts into applause! everyone is cheering! It's like a take that concert, it's awsome! Now, why can't we do that now? Have a cinema that makes going to the movies special? My idea is to hire performer/ushers, increase the steep angle of the floor, install individual seat gadgets that will blow air behind your head if the movie has an explosion, a call button for an usher if anyone is being noisey, the usher will warn them only once, and after that the film is paused, the lights come up quickly and the ushers perform their song "your gone, you're going out the door.." etc. and everyone else claps and sings along until this person or persona have left the cinema. I'd pay a little more for that kind of experience. The performers get the opportunity to perform live, little sketches or comedy skits, encouraging the audience to do some sort of mexican wave - but it's the left vs. the right side of the house, or the stands vs. the circle, depending on how big the venue is. The air can also blow by your feet for during the movie, if it's a horror film, but also for the pre-movie entertainment, like the performers can annouce ove the speaker system that some siders have escaped form the zoo next door and customers are advised to stay in their seat while they come and look for them, etc. then the guys at the controller station randomly turn the air blowing on for selected seats, bot hat the feet and head lol. There's so much more that could be added and included - a balloon artist at the beginging - loads more! also, install network blockers so no one's phone can access any network and anyone caught with their screen glowing will be ejected in the same, humiliating way described as before lol. this would be a huge bonus as it would reduce piracy I think and make going to the cinema a night out again.TANGENT!
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Post by Wavey75 on Jul 25, 2015 10:18:25 GMT
clubby, I am curious to know why you would want to keep it secret? I;m not judging, I would like to hear why you feel this way. did you have a bad experience telling anyone and decide not to try again? @dutch, What you're saying is very intriging to me and I would like to have a conversation with you about it, because it has got me thinking about some other issues that I will have coming, but it will involve bot h of us revealing personal information which I believe is against the forum rules. If you are happy for me to message you privately I will sit down and think of a way best to describe what it is I really want to say and ask you. Your description of how best to tell people really is of great interest to me.
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