tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post7124816384830037263..comments2024-03-28T07:49:04.960+00:00Comments on nickhereandnow: Labour painsnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-50603249330962534712009-05-14T08:03:00.000+01:002009-05-14T08:03:00.000+01:00Liz - Absolutely. Some of the things they claimed ...Liz - Absolutely. Some of the things they claimed for (cleaning out the moat!) are so outrageous you wonder how they were ever permitted. The huge amounts they're paying back show the extent of their utter piss-taking.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-29489226340974498272009-05-13T21:25:00.000+01:002009-05-13T21:25:00.000+01:00All these MPs now being lauded for handing back ex...All these MPs now being lauded for handing back expenses - shouldn't they be ashamed of claiming them initially?Liz Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-87767784605365694602009-05-11T16:16:00.000+01:002009-05-11T16:16:00.000+01:00Thrifty - Of course, what a wizard wheeze. I'll be...Thrifty - Of course, what a wizard wheeze. I'll be waiting for the government to do just that. In fact I'm surprised they haven't done it already, they know every other statistical sleight of hand....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-33090948236274379832009-05-11T13:49:00.000+01:002009-05-11T13:49:00.000+01:00Ah, well, I see an immediate solution to the pover...Ah, well, I see an immediate solution to the poverty metric. Simply move from median to mean and the resulting lower number will bring large numbers of families up above the poverty threshold imediately :-) <br /><br />(That's the kind of thing they do, you know)Thriftcriminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05067935732217300979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-30850913509589503432009-05-11T08:29:00.000+01:002009-05-11T08:29:00.000+01:00Suburbia - It's a very long time ago. And what's b...Suburbia - It's a very long time ago. And what's been achieved in those 12 years? Pathetically little.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-84541014546744916012009-05-10T18:09:00.000+01:002009-05-10T18:09:00.000+01:001997 seems a very long time ago! ID cards, worst i...1997 seems a very long time ago! ID cards, worst idea of this century and the last!Suburbiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352465945711496612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-33771481881679599592009-05-10T09:44:00.000+01:002009-05-10T09:44:00.000+01:00Baino - Ahem, Northern Ireland is part of the UK! ...Baino - Ahem, Northern Ireland is part of the UK! Though I expect the same fiddles are widespread in the south as well. As a supporter of the NHS, I'm not in favour of private health insurance in Britain, but in Oz where the health services operate differently private insurance seems to be essential.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-40506275428863338882009-05-10T00:58:00.000+01:002009-05-10T00:58:00.000+01:00Nick things sound particularly horrible in Ireland...Nick things sound particularly horrible in Ireland but I'm sure we're being duped in the same way. Our Labour government is more Liberal than the Liberal Party! The latest shenanigins is attempting to get rid of a 30% tax rebate that private health owners have! Where's the incentive to look after your health . . we already pay a Medicare levy to the public system despite also having private health insurance. And (sorry ranting a bit here) I remember Bob Hawke back in the 80's (former head of the trade union movement and PM at the time) announcing that by the year 2000, no child would live in poverty! Well 10 years later and that's just another empty vessel talking as well! He's now retired on his overinflated superannuation. Fwoaaarrr!Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-45738819780994237572009-05-09T17:41:00.000+01:002009-05-09T17:41:00.000+01:00www - I'm not generally cynical, but I've seen so ...www - I'm not generally cynical, but I've seen so many politicians lining their own pockets and fobbing off the less fortunate, my scepticism towards them knows no bounds.<br /><br />It's reported that one cabinet minister (Geoff Hoon) has amassed a £1.7 million property portfolio while he's been in government.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-60567197660304089022009-05-09T14:22:00.000+01:002009-05-09T14:22:00.000+01:00It's the rule of thumb of politicians everywhere, ...It's the rule of thumb of politicians everywhere, Nick. Once into office it's the same old, same old, dancing to the tune of the true masters, Big Corp, who put them there to begin with and when caught at the till, spin it every which way one can and bleed hypocrisy from every pore.<br />Can't you tell I'm disillusioned too? Even with The One.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.com