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    Who's a socialist?

    if you call people getting fucked up the ass, and getting paid a pittance well i must be a socialist or is that a anarchist

    I have made risks and treated people with respect and paid them decent living wages, so what does that make me stupid

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    if one you are not happy with your lot as an employee, then you leave and start your own enterprise, become your own boss and pay yourself out of your profits.

    its always been that way. those who invest in their own businesses, those who take the risks are entitled to call the shots. most do treat employees with respect.

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    I do run my own business.

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    and i wish you every success with it.

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    Too late for UK and most of Europe, best they can hope for is to delay the inevitable decline.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo View Post

    She really does look remarkably like Tim Brook-Taylor from The Goodies. He sometimes dressed in drag in certain skits.


    Quote Originally Posted by ENT View Post
    All the way to the bank.

    She was the great promoter of the house and mortgage, shareholder and car owner economy of middle class Britain, thereby locking the mass of voters into dependency on banks, company profits, the petrochem industry and not rocking the boat, negating the unions and with them apprenticeships and any form of protest for fear of losing
    a) their jobs
    b) their homes
    c) their dividends
    d) their mobility as public transport declined throughout her reign of terror.

    User pays became the catchword and the social welfare, free education, a competent national health system all disappeared to be taken over by CEOs of various management practices who totally screwed up and ripped off not only hospitals and schools but whole infrastructure of our western way of life, including the post office and communications systems, the lot, basically.
    Unfortunately this sounds a lot like what is happening in Australia right now, particularly in Queensland.

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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile
    and thats the problem with socialists, they want all the benefits of capitalism without taking any of the risks.
    No, they want their government to do its job and use taxes to improve living standards, instead of increasing the profits of people who are already rich. That's not too much to expect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yasojack
    the tories are only coming out now because the tide is turning against them and ukip are gaining ground on them
    Can you tell me what drugs you're on - they sound pretty good.

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    I`d say Yaso was quite accurate there. I`m hearing it all over the place. "I`m not voting Lab/Con/Lib, they`ve had their chance. Its time for some new blood" or words similar. I think secretly the Tories see UKip as a potential threat and are trying to counter that.

    Time will tell I guess.
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    I`ve been dragging my heels with a bitch called hope
    Let the undercurrent drag me along.

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    certainly not the same ones your on.

    marmite you should research and see who the UKIP sponsors are.

    Quote Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Yasojack
    the tories are only coming out now because the tide is turning against them and ukip are gaining ground on them
    Can you tell me what drugs you're on - they sound pretty good.
    Last edited by Yasojack; 28-10-2013 at 07:49 PM.

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    ^ I had some genius telling me the huge percentage of immigrants in the UK. When I suggest he look at the national census for the most accurate figures available he thankfully admitted he was talking bollocks.

    I hope you will do the same.

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    are you moving the goal posts here, were talking about UKIP

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog View Post
    ^ I had some genius telling me the huge percentage of immigrants in the UK. When I suggest he look at the national census for the most accurate figures available he thankfully admitted he was talking bollocks.

    I hope you will do the same.
    Come on Marmite, your smarter than that. Census, what a load of crap. You only have to open your door to realise there is massive issue with regards to immigration. It doesnt matter what their status is, the fact remains, there are huge amounts of immigrants around that the government neither know, nor want to know about.

    I`ve said it before. Until it starts affecting those who live in leafy Surrey and the like, nothing will change. Well, thanks to our friends from the new Euro countries, it is starting to affect them.

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    Astasim you got a good point there i go back the UK and most of my work is in the south, and the resentment i hear about the immigrants, is becoming at times more hatred towards them.

    the north were i come from is also catching on, i have no problem with it, as i not stay there long term, but what i hear now the UK is no longer british and thats a frightening thought.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog View Post
    ^ I had some genius telling me the huge percentage of immigrants in the UK. When I suggest he look at the national census for the most accurate figures available he thankfully admitted he was talking bollocks.

    I hope you will do the same.
    Looks like they've foreced them out of prisons as well....

    Muslims represent 12.6 per cent of the total jail population in England and Wales, compared with a proportion of about 3 per cent of the general population.

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    ^^
    Theres nothing wrong with controlled immigration at all. The North has had masses of immigrants over the years and for the most part, things were`nt too bad. The government were`nt interested, so communities had to work things out. It was a case of fit in, or move out (a bit like TD ). Once government started interfering, that's when things started to go tits up imo.

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    agree bring in the immigrants they need, but make the british citizens work for a wage that they can afford to live on, would of thought the more spending power the better the prospects for all

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    Yep. Not too difficult is it?

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    theres another agenda in play though.

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    I`m sure theres many. The tide will turn eventually and it wont take much to spark it. Rumour has it, during the riots a couple of years ago, the army were on standby in case it escalated further. Once the government start using their own troops against the people, it will be the end of that government. Maggie only got away with it because she disguised them in police uniforms.

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    hmm and maggie gave big wage rises to the police and now all she did is coming back and will haunt the conserbribes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile
    as a long term investment strategy, the stock market beats everything else.
    And an early Ho, Ho, Ho to you.

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    I think most people will see through the political rhetoric adopted by Theresa May.

    Seemingly to care about restricting the number of migrants from other european countries at a time when they are starting to queue at our border waiting for the legal floodgates to open in early 2014, well, it's a bit like trying to hold back the crowds at a Harrods January Sale.

    As long as Britain remains a full member of the EU there is simply bugger all any UK government can do to restrict the flow. They have signed a treaty without consulting the people over the issue and are not in the business of reneging on a deal that benefits politicians and the City.

    It's humbug and when questioned about the likely problems of Romanians and Bulgarians about to join the workforce, noticeably she has no answer, other than she 'cares'

    This is the woman who only recently decimated the British Police Force, initiating low morale in people she will desperately be relying on if/when the shit hits the fan.

    Whether the apathetic British will try something different next time around or stick with the mainstream is difficult to judge. Doing the same thing over and over again hasn't necessarily worked for the taxpayer. There is a good deal of discontent about certainly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Lick
    Seemingly to care about restricting the number of migrants from other european countries at a time when they are starting to queue at our border waiting for the legal floodgates to open in early 2014, well, it's a bit like trying to hold back the crowds at a Harrods January Sale.
    Why are they queueing up to enter the UK and not Germany? Better paid jobs in Germany and closer to home. What difference is there in the rules and how they are applied?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Troy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Lick
    Seemingly to care about restricting the number of migrants from other european countries at a time when they are starting to queue at our border waiting for the legal floodgates to open in early 2014, well, it's a bit like trying to hold back the crowds at a Harrods January Sale.
    Why are they queueing up to enter the UK and not Germany? Better paid jobs in Germany and closer to home. What difference is there in the rules and how they are applied?

    I suspect that the more attractive EU nations will be receiving their fair share of eastern europeans, especially those with appealling welfare benefits. No blame attached to those wishing to make a better life for themselves of course.

    Whatever those numbers are, they remain citizens of foreign countires who wouldn't normally quailfy for a work permit given current legislative guidelines.

    In truth i'm unsure whether the good citizens of the UK actually feel a need to be integrated with the rest of europe, particularly when the Furher herself, Adolf Merkel, recently confessed that integration across europe hadn't worked. More nations have applied to join the club and no doubt membership numbers will increase in the near future. The process continues..................

    Having spent 6 months of the year in the UK i would say that it remains a big issue with the electorate and Theresa's May latest comments do nothing to address whatever fears they have.

    Should a nation be permitted to vote on what citizens feel is an important issue which marks their future destiny or should they put their trust in politicians?

    Not particularly a difficult one to answer.

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