they keep changing the boundaries of the wards to suit the conservatives
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they keep changing the boundaries of the wards to suit the conservatives
When I was saving up for my first house I had 3 jobs, I hadn't had a holiday abroad, and I drove a 20 year old mini that cost me £100.
Admittedly house prices are now through the roof but most young 'uns aren't prepared to do one job if it involves working up a sweat, let alone do a 2nd job. They all want a brand new BMW or Audi, they hop on planes like I used to get on buses, will only wear designer clothes and spend more money on mobile phone contracts and credit cards than I earn.
As for the NHS, it's unsustainable. People are living 20 years longer (which brings its own problems), and so many people are drug/alcohol dependent, vastly overweight, hyperchondriacts.
They're all as bad as each other unfortunately.
I've never noticed myself better or worse off no matter who is in power.
As George Michael said 'These are the days of the beggars and the choosers.The rich declare themselves poor, and most of us are not sure if we have too much but we'll take our chances'.
The younger people say that the older generations had the best of everything , free higher education , affordable houses , stable jobs with trade union representation , wealth created by house price booms , final salary pensions and just buggerd up their futures by voting to leave the EU and have also pushed the ladder away by continuing to vote Tory too .
What do you think of that hodger ?
Only commenting on some of the things I hear when talking to younger people by the way .
Where's the will to pay for it though, Exile?
In last year's General Election, the Lib Dems said they would put more into the NHS, but everyone would have to pay via a 1% rise in Income Tax - they got nowhere. Labour said that they would put more into the NHS and someone else would pay - they came up 56 seats behind the Tories, who said that there's nowt wrong with the NHS and that enough money is being spent on it.
you could double the nhs budget and it wouldn't be enough
just 1% pay rise for the 1.5 million NHS workers would be between £400,000,000 and £500,000,000 and they are screaming for a minimum 5%.
Well apparently the US Federal Government still spends more per person on health provision than we do despite americans also having health care insurance so in affect americans are paying twice through health care insurance premiums and taxation .
I'm guessing Obamacare is possibly one of the factors .
Seem to remember reading this last year , pretty sure someone will correct me if I'm mistaken of course .