To take advantage of the welfare system as many immigrants (and others) do
Loperamide would help
It is generally accepted that the French public service is even worse than that in the UK.
I doubt it. I'm married to a French lady, have two French daughters, been here for 37 years, fully fluent in French, and worked for twenty two years for a collectivité locale, the Député-Maire would wangle it nae bother.
As for the rest, I can't be bothered with politics taken from the Beano.
like!
Gimme Harold Wilson any day :p
Now then, let's be 'avin ye! A Holland's steak and kidney pudding CANNOT be bettered !
Agree!
Amost any mutton pie made in Scotland would beat Greggs products by a country mile. They really are dreadful.
Just letting my imagination run wild:
Our politicians are just so up themselves. They get the power and then let themselves go - 'Hey, the power makes me attractive!'
No. It doesn't.
And they sweat a lot - have you noticed that. It seems to be a qualifying factor at the moment, to have glistening rivuals of sweat running off their faces. Or it could be fat melting under the lights of all the cameras that they seem to be drawn toward and then it oozes out of their skin...
Anyway I decided that they all need to be naked - most of the time. That'd bring 'em down a peg or two. Nobody would take any of them seriously - or maybe they would start to take seriously the guy that turned up looking vaguely toned and not like something that had overindulged to the point it would be more suited to roasting on a spit.
Yes. most politicians would actually be more attractive cooked. Hmm. A sprinkling of brown sugar, not too much salt and even I could find them looking tasty. More crackling, anyone?
So the guy that leads by example - by looking as if he has some form of self discipline and doesn't spend all his expenses on sweeties and alcohol I would consider quite seriously - because you can't take the ones we've got seriously!
Yes, make 'em naked to sort the wheat from the chaff.
Thank you, a nice little cognac, amontillado or other choice before we say 'Goodnight'? ;-)
:-D
Have an After Eight Brian.. And one for you too Richard? :)
I'm completely astounded as to why anyone would begrudge British pensioners a bit of extra money to ensure they keep warm in winter.
Is this simply a case of making a political point? ie You couldn't care less about your fellow humans because you follow a particular political party?
I thought that kind of attitude died out with my granddad's generation "I'm a labour man, always will be." kind of thing.
Incidentally, I can't stand Farage (in fact I may have spelt his name wrong) because he gives me the impression of being cheap and nasty.
I can't stand any of the others either - which is quite possibly why Farage is getting some following.
Our politicians are so fat and flaccid - it's like there is something genetically wrong with their metabolism. Fat necks, tight shirts. They need style lessons from the French guys!
I'd vote for Mo Mowlam if she wasn't dead. If you see what I mean. I liked Mo Mowlam, she had guts.
Why? The duly elected representatives of the people rejected it. That is democracy for you. You are fully entitled to say so. Some of us are equally entitled to ask why you think that. So, why should WFP be means tested and the rest of pension not? In all probability there are many people who do not need it but they paid into the pension fund, therefore are quite entitled to it. WFP was original part of that pot. Also, bear in mind that most people here in France are not 'bleating' as you put it but questioning the disingenuous means by which it has been stopped. France is not what the DWP's assessment made it out to be whereas other places where it is still given after this year have generally a far more moderate winter. It is not the money, it is the principle. If you cannot accept that then you are provoking a debate to which you have no response. Likewise with the question unanswered why people would be better off in the UK when many most clearly would not be. Furthermore, you appear to be supporting a party that is actually far more extreme that the Tories and would wish to freeze pensions of those who leave the UK. As for their misleading and essentially unjust main issue immigration, it is without any substance whatsoever but is lead by hysteria and innuendo. The obsession with Quoranic laws, terrorism and so on overlooks the fact that 99.9% of Moslems are just trying to get on with life. Several tens of thousands of Commonwealth soldiers who died in WW2, albeit less in WW1 but nonetheless some, have an equal right to be remembered by other Moslems.To say what you did is to deny them dignity and humanity.
Leaving the EU is economic suicide, believe economists and financiers not zealots. Resistance to change at the whim of one nation probably leads one to believe the other 26 member states wish the UK would leave.
Nationality? Well, plenty of us are not married to UK citizens, yours truly included.
As for accusing me or anybody else of being a Grauniad reader, it is our democratic right to read what we like as you read whatever 'informs' you. In point of fact I read the actual news in an average of a dozen European newspapers across the political spectrum every day. Some of us are gifted with the language skills to do so. However, your value judgement of the Graun seems to go against the vein of the number of awards it wins each year, having usurped the positions previously held by the Times and Telegraph before their present proprietors took editorial control with ownership. So, the presume is to walk on thin ice.
I have asked you to be politer and would suggest you behave as though around a dinner table. That is the preferred manner of SFN. I have responded simply to your comments and do not wish to provoke in the least. Responses are just that, but without finger pointing and telling you what you are. So, if you would please moderate, perhaps answer questions rather than sidestep then point fingers I believe we would all be very appreciative.
So these Gregg pies are perceived as trashy? Hmmm. I bet they are delicious...I LOVE meat pies esp mutton pies as made by J Nairn the butcher in Selkirk (but other pies too...)
And smoking (good to be French because smoking doesn't make me a moral leper ;-) )
Perhaps they cannot afford to make the move?
You may well be right. Whatever his taste in smoking materials he's certainly a wrong 'un. I might have said taste in fags but that might have been misconstrued by Richard.
I always thought he was more of a benny hedgehogs type of guy.
Ah the scent of Greggs. Cheap fat and cheap meat. Yum yum. I'm sure Nigel professes to love a Gregg's pie with his pint.That and a couple of Rothman's.