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There is no point being short termist it is long term stability we need and hammering the defecit will help us dramatically in the long term, the burden of debt this country has is a giant albatross around the nations neck that will continue to hold it back unless it is zapped It is better to have 5 years of pain while the deficit is attacked and then long term stability more or less free of debt

Should Fred Goodwin have gone to jail or faced criminal charges ? I would have supported it but the reality much as he bought the banking system to his knees with his recklessness he didn't break any laws unlike a CEO who murders people. I think that soaking the rich and middle earners while bringing in short term boost would be a long term disaster, the important thing in this country now is to create jobs that get people off the dole queues and paying tax instead of claiming off welfare, are the poor going to create those jobs ? no, they haven't got the money so it is the rich and higher earning middle classes that are going to start the businesses that create jobs or expand existing businesses to create jobs, squeeze them financially and less jobs will be created and less businesses started, they should not be squeezed if this country is going to start creating jobs

£1600 a month (£400 a week cap) is a lot of money outside of somewhere like London, I think anyone could manage on a £1600 a month place, I pay £1100 and my place would fit a family of 4 and that is in London so I don't believe that people need more than a £1600 a month house paid for by the taxpayer It is right that everyone pays something towards clearing up the mess, I am, everyone should, why should someone who goes to work each day, works hard to provide for their family see their next door neighbour living the life of riley on benefits ? people on benefits and the working poor should chip in too for sorting out the mess. The poor voted in Labour who created this mess in the first place remember that. The rich are the ones who create the jobs that the unemployed will end up doing, squeeze them too hard and then that affects the poor as less jobs are created, while "soak the rich" is a nice soundbite and sounds great to the lefties the reality is that the rich and the better off middle classes create the jobs.

I call it compensation for having to share the same room and breathing space as a lying, conniving war criminal :)

I am not convinced that they are being hit the most Those that are fiddling the system claiming to be sick or disabled when they are not or those that are living in lavish houses that most working people cannot afford are going to lose out heavily and rightly so.

It is right that the poor be affected, the rich and middle earners are being clobbered so I don't see why the poor should get off scot free, we are all in this together so it is right that everyone is affected by cuts Welfare wise this country can't spend what it can't afford.

The donation from Blair is welcomed and will be gratefully received by the charity concerned but I don't think he should be idolised over it or his many faults glossed over just because he did this because he didn't do it from the bottom of his heart he did it to get the press off his back

It's a PR stunt, he never had any intention of doing it for charity till he got a hard time from the press. If he had said this before anything I would have respected him for it but it only came after a media outcry about how much money he was making. PR stunt and nothing more, very sleazy

Sure do :wub: have it on my iPod it's great :heart:

Love Love Shack B)

Please let it be Victor and Jason No jungle cats = no interest in this show

Looks like I am the only one who didn't like it then :o It was just so repetitive really, every episode would have the same old things in it, same old phrases from Dorien, same old thing of just bursting in uninvited, same old bragging about who she had shagged, same old scenes in the prison, they should have just released a DVD of the first epidode and called it the entire Birds of a Feather history, seen one episode seen them all

I just don't see it Clegg is Cameron's "mini me" now, he has been totally seduced by the scent of power, they would have to depose Clegg and reinstate Charles Kennedy to stand any chance of Clegg giving up this little power trip and many of the Lib Dem ministers equally have been seduced by ministerial positions, more likely the Lib Dems will die altogether in this next 5 years with the scraps being picked up by Labour and the Tories

As I have said repeatedly neither the Lib Dems or Labour have the money for that unless they suddenly find a billionaire donor like the Tories have. Labour are up to their eyeballs in debt, they could barely afford a tube of toothpaste let alone fighting an election, Lib Dems have members leaving in droves, the money isn't there for them to fight an election this year. They can get as restless as they want but the bank manager wants money not restlessness

There will be a dip in Conservative support especially next year when the cuts bite and VAT goes up, if Milliband or whoever takes over hasn't got at least a 12 point lead this time next year then they should resign But there is 5 years till the next election so plenty of time for the tories to recover from the inevitable support slump that is around the corner

Who have been the biggest targets of my hate on this forum ? well aside from Palestinians, I will tell you 1) The POPE, white as you can get, I have wished several forms of death on him everything from being eaten alive by dogs to getting a flesh eating virus, I have been far more vocal with hatred about the pope than I have anyone bar maybe Hamas 2) WHITE ENGLISH - Chavs, social security scroungers (not genuine job seekers), I have been far far more vocal about our own white chav scum and dole bludgers than I have done about any ethnic group or race, post after post has been bashing those types And anyways the proof of the pudding is in the eating, if admin decide I am worthy of punishment c'est la vie

I hate nothing of the sort, my favourite non British people are Australians and South Africans, I rely on asians for some 70% of my trade, in the last 5 years I have had holidays in Dubai, India, Malaysia,Thailand and found them all lovely hospitable people, when I go to Japan I stay with a delightful family I have known years, the idea I am a racist is absurd plus why would I support the football team with the biggest number of blacks in the premiership if I had racist overtones ? why do I have Ledley King's name on the back of my Spurs shirt if I am a racist ? its a myth. I have not had any discussions with admin today :thinking: if Jester or Slick or anyone feels I have a case to answer over this thread no doubt they will inform me but I have had absolutely no discussions with them over this, your post comes across as disrespectful to the admin team who work very hard keeping this site ticking over, the wool is absolutely not pulled over their eyes, they are there to enforce board rules, if they deem this thread worthy of punishment then they will be in touch no doubt You and Rob are entitled to your opinions as to whether I should have been allowed back, as were management and management felt that I bring enough to the board to be given a fresh start and I was grateful to them for that. Since I have returned the News/Perspectives forum has been transformed, there is DEBATE again on political issues, there is BALANCE, the place has been way livlier than it has been in the 2 months I was banned where it was a graveyard. I fully intend to stay and contribute to BJ for as long as admin welcome me

Fair points there :) But I do think that because of my previous bannings my posts are under extra scrutiny and that can lead to racism being thought of when it isn't there. Had for example Gooddelta said what I said or Aaron or someone there would have been no cries of racism, no reports to Scott, no being referred to admin etc I have every faith in the admin team concluding I haven't been racist though, just hope common sense prevails

I would more like to see the PM threaten to do it than actually doing it although of course if anyone ignores the PM and sets sail into Australian waters the PM would have to stick to their word rather than lose face but hopefully the mere threat would deter people and no one would die. True about the final warning bit but News/Perspectives is about opinions and it is better to be true to one's self and say what you really think than be fake for the sake of being PC, no racist thoughts ever entered my head over this issue, boat people are not a race anyways they are a collection of different nationalities so to be racist you have to express hate for a particular nationality or skin colour, I did neither. Politically incorrect posts here ? absolutely Racist posts that break board rules ? having a giraffe

I have never used the term n***** on here nor would I or any other racist term towards a coloured person, If you got mugged then I would understand if you developed a hatred of black people but I have nothing remotely against blacks. Yeah was 1 or a small group but it was not 1 or a small group that elected first of all Yasser Arafat who was responsible for multiple shootings, bombings and hijackings and then electing Hamas who fund, sponsor and carry out acts of mass murder so the fact a ruthless murderer and hijacker and then a terrorist group are elected by the majority of Palestinians means that the majority of Palestinians endorse and support what happened to my friend.

The idea that anyone on BJ was offended is political correctness gone mad, if they were offended to the point of reporting to a mod then they should stay the hell out of this section of the board as they are far too delicate little flower to be reading robust and strong debate.

If one of the "popular" members said what I said then there would have been no reports to you, being on a final warning and this being known to the members at large is no doubt going to leave me a marked man in the sense the slightest thing I say will be picked up on by those that want me perma banned and judging by the Rate there is a lot of them. I never used any offensive terms or called them any names or anything, I did make 1 tongue in cheek comment about them getting a visa if they swim 10 miles through sharks and stingray's but that was tongue in cheek, I did say that the Australian PM should threaten to sink a few boats to deter them from coming in the future but that is hardly racist. If I had said "them fukkin gooks, kill the fukkers" then that WOULD be racist but saying they are not welcome in Australia as they are unskilled, can't speak English, have no financial means and will be reliant on welfare all their lives like I said is not racist. I am not a racist in the slightest, I have strong views on immigration yes but I don't use derogatory terms or racial insults, I also despise the BNP, support a team that typically fields 8 black players (the most in the premiership) and if my asian clients pulled out tomorrow I would be bankrupt by the next day so I am not racist in the slightest. I saw your post in the Israel thread about the poles, that was a tongue in cheek comment about them eating swans, Haiti had no racial motives was purely economic, the term "Mick" has been used all my life growing up and again has no racist tones to it, I hold my hands up to the hate of the Palestinians but that is deeply personal because of what they did to a friend. I so much as breathe wrongly on BJ I am going to get reported, I know plenty are going to try get me banned but in this instant I haven't done anything wrong.

How is it racist ? :rolleyes: It is ECONOMIC, the fact that these people have no skills that they can bring to Australia whereas people from the west with many skills can't get in because their trade is not on the approved list so they are cheating and queue jumping, they will be a permanant drain on the taxpayer, what I was saying was economic not racist, ridiculous I am ultra confident that I will be cleared by management as this is nothing short of a witchhunt when I have not been remotely racist, racist against who anyways ? boat people are not 1 nationality or 1 religion or 1 race they are people of all nationalities

All marginally over the permitted speed +10% +2 MPH rule 47 in a 40 48 in a 40 71 in a 60 36 in a 30 In 2 cases it was 1mph over the threshold, in 1 case it was 2mph over the threshold, in 1 case it was 3mph over the threshold 3 of them were after midnight Common sense police would have booked me for none of them

I have the record to back it up though : 9 years protected no claims bonus Training from a Mercedes test driver Never once driven after even 1 glass of alcohol Drive BELOW the speed limit in high risk areas