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Triciaxx

savingwannabe wrote: »

Sorry FW. I do rant.:o

But a da*ned good rant! I will rant alongside you.

Lara44

Done too SW. Hope you're okay and that your virus is not too serious. Hugs!

claudiac_2

Hi FW - Sorry if we are highjacking the thread, but this need to be out there.

SW - I had an email about this yesterday morning, and signed the petition. I also made a small donation to the fighting fund at 38 degrees. Not sure how much a fiver will help! I think that people need to make their voice heard, and I have sent an email to my MP voicing my opposition to this bill going through today. It's a long time till the next election.

Hope your virus is a bit better today, positive thoughts sent to you and all who need them.

Firewalker

Not hijacking at all. We have signed and put a small donation as well - this is important.

Firewalker

The_Dragon

Can't afford a donation but signed, was just saying to a friend at lunchtime how lucky we are not to have the American medical system!

claudiac_2

Have been a bit busy today, haven't caught the news yet - so what happened?

Firewalker

Sorry guys, bad news I am afraid; the bill continues through the chanels. The only thing we can do is to continue fighting. My guess is that this will be a fight we will loose - but remember Savingwannabe's hero from To Kill a Mocking Bird? He told his children that the fact that someone 'licked' you (beat you up) a century ago doesn't mean that you should stop fighting and trying to change things!

Otherwise, todau was fine here; 1354 words written for the paper (and what words these are), all else on to do list done (well, I listen to Tim and have short to do lists) and getting ready for tomorrow - an exceptional, wonderful day on which I'll have to continue writing but also find time for a celebration.

Now a bit of movie, I think.

Firewalker

MrsMoo2U

For anybody interested here is a link to the bill on the UK Parliament website. Todays proceedings are not on there yet but you can read all of the comments from yesterday if you click on the link under last event
http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/healthandsocialcare.html

I had signed the petition.

MrsMoo2U

Butti wrote: »

I don't think they think we're stupid at all. If they did, they'd have put it in their manifesto's and let us vote on it.

Can't work out their game though. P...ing off people who believe in the NHS, women in their 50's, anyone with childcare needs. They must think we're going to suddenly have collective amnesia in 4 years time.

Sorry FW for hijacking your thread.

B

No they dont think we are stupid which is why they would not ballot us on proprotional representation. This would have ensured that they would never be voted in again. As it stands it doesn't really matter that they are P ing off the people that you say as it won't make a jot of difference come election time and the first past the post exists. Add to the refusal to ballot on PR the cunningness to ballot on the alternative vote and win that would mean that it will be a very long time before people think it is worth balloting again.

Firewalker wrote: »

Sorry guys, bad news I am afraid; the bill continues through the chanels. The only thing we can do is to continue fighting. My guess is that this will be a fight we will loose - but remember Savingwannabe's hero from To Kill a Mocking Bird? He told his children that the fact that someone 'licked' you (beat you up) a century ago doesn't mean that you should stop fighting and trying to change things!

Otherwise, todau was fine here; 1354 words written for the paper (and what words these are), all else on to do list done (well, I listen to Tim and have short to do lists) and getting ready for tomorrow - an exceptional, wonderful day on which I'll have to continue writing but also find time for a celebration.

Now a bit of movie, I think.

Firewalker

FW, sorry if I missed something. what are you celebrating.

Firewalker

Btw, there is research that shows that women are the main conservative voters; if it were not for women the Torries would have not been voted in after WWII. If I were around at the beginning of the last century I would have been a Safragette. This research makes me scream: either wake up, sisters, or they should take the vote back!

Sorry, got it out.

Tomorrow is my birthday, Moo. I still love my birthdays.

Firewalker