tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post2998403578274563783..comments2023-12-20T19:39:29.865+00:00Comments on Munguin's Republic: YOU'LL ALL BE DEAD IN 4 YEARS' TIME...OR AT LEAST YOU'LL HAVE FORGOTTENMunguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-45857237580887992532015-10-06T16:12:41.549+01:002015-10-06T16:12:41.549+01:00Yes, I'm starting to like the sound of this pa...Yes, I'm starting to like the sound of this pathway to independence.<br /><br />Of course the ideal would be for everyone to be able to earn enough to keep their family with dignity.<br /><br />I just wonder where the jobs are coming form. With the exception of merchant bankers, MPs, Lords and the royals, everyone else's wages seem to go down.<br /><br />Not much dignity when you've to go to the food bank... or go hungry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-85896685740390104012015-10-06T07:47:46.424+01:002015-10-06T07:47:46.424+01:00and let's not forget the other Jeremy - Hunt n...and let's not forget the other Jeremy - Hunt no not rhyming slang. The one that said <br /><br />"“Dignity is not just about how much money you have got ... officially, children are growing up in poverty if there is an income in that family of less than £16,500. What the Conservatives say is how that £16,500 is earned matters.<br /><br />“It matters if you are earning that yourself, because if you are earning it yourself you are independent and that is the first step towards self-respect. If that £16,500 is either a high proportion or entirely through the benefit system you are trapped. It is about pathways to work, pathways to independence ... It is about creating a pathway to independence, self-respect and dignity.”<br /><br />I didn't know the Tories were that keen on independence!! panda pawsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-69757214143956079622015-10-05T21:29:23.523+01:002015-10-05T21:29:23.523+01:00Yes, units, bringiton.
Sounds like some sort of w...Yes, units, bringiton.<br /><br />Sounds like some sort of weird mix of Huxley and Shaw. Dystopian !<br /><br />I'm not entirely sure that they really regard the lower orders as totally human.<br /><br />It's no country to live in if you don't belong to the sharp elbowed crowd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-8329799935499754652015-10-05T20:57:37.096+01:002015-10-05T20:57:37.096+01:00As far as the neanderthal Tories are concerned,the...As far as the neanderthal Tories are concerned,there are no people,only units of work.<br />Their solution to "foreign" units of work costing less than theirs is to cut wages and social security costs.<br />They would probably like to eliminate all those retired units of work because on the face of things,these units are non productive but that wouldn't go down too well with productive units who would see what the future held for them.<br />The UK is now not even a banana republic because we still have our feudalistic monarchy and our climate prevents the growth of such vegetables but we are definitely on the way to a state which has scant regard for human life,especially when it comes to scroungers,retirees (a form of scrounging),unemployed units,foreigners,terrorists and anyone else not in the Bullingdon club.<br />No Country for Old Men,or Women.<br />bringitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712089398887269381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-58197648332534379552015-10-05T20:44:12.697+01:002015-10-05T20:44:12.697+01:00Yeah you're right there D Doc.
I'll see i...Yeah you're right there D Doc.<br /><br />I'll see if I can find me a pink jaiket!<br /><br />:)<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-70808835719747202872015-10-05T20:41:37.855+01:002015-10-05T20:41:37.855+01:00I'd feel less aggrieved about cuts, Zog, if th...I'd feel less aggrieved about cuts, Zog, if they were evenly spread. If we were indeed, all in this together.<br /><br />The average shop worker, library worker, hospital worker, council worker, civil servant, etc didn't run the British economy into the ground.<br /><br />That was done by MPs, who got a massive pay rise, bankers, who have seen their bonuses increase, Lords who have refused to drink the cheaper champagne enjoyed by their colleagues in the Commons...<br /><br />But they are killing off the sick, the disabled and the old to save a few quid here or there, and all the time they are itching to get stuck into another war in the Middle East, although as far as I can see they don't quite know what side to be on. (It won't cause them any problems. They will be told which side they are on.)<br /><br />Savings and efficiency are good, but at the cost of people's lives? Not in my name.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-37675050514250711242015-10-05T19:33:26.301+01:002015-10-05T19:33:26.301+01:00A Fox hunt I'd vote for
What a cant!A Fox hunt I'd vote for<br /> What a cant!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17206554260667486398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-21608839452177776062015-10-05T19:17:45.486+01:002015-10-05T19:17:45.486+01:00Given a situation I know someone is in, I think HM...Given a situation I know someone is in, I think HMRC has been ordered to try and claim back tax credits, claiming on the flimsiest of evidence that they were overpaid. I know of two other current cases. All of these can produce documentary evidence, yet HMRC appear to be basing their reasons on a single phone call, and how it was interpreted.<br /><br />The Chancellor is grabbing money where he can. Public services are desperately short staffed in some areas, critically so in some cases. <br /><br />Even some Tories are saying that the cuts are going too deep, especially with tax credits.<br /><br />The Living Wage is being applied to the public sector, but it will impact the majority of workers who earn about £15k to £28K - they will not see a pay rise and more jobs will be cut.<br /><br />I understand the need for savings and efficiency. But things are going too far.<br /><br />zog<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com