How would you help George Osborne distribute the cuts in spending?

ILW

StevieJ wrote: »

Obviously some have failed this rigourous test otherwise they wouldn't send it out hope it wasn't you.

The bread goes on the outside on a sandwich.

bigheadxx

ILW wrote: »

Was it in 15 different languages?

Just 2. English and Welsh.

Just don't know how I have managed without it.

"If you don't have time to make it in the morning then make it the night before and keep it in the fridge"!!!!!

mbga9pgf

robin_banks wrote: »

Defence, slash it.

As we are an island I'm not sure why we need the biggest landforce in Europe.

2 words. Energy Security.

Prudent

ILW wrote: »

If your department can get on happily without you for 6 months, why the bloody hell are they employing you in the first place. sort of sums up publc sector non jobs really.

They can't and sadly that is why the sabbatical will remain a dream for me. I don't have a non job - I am a teacher.

The_White_Horse

you could shve billions off the prisons budget by treating prisoners like the scum criminal filth they are and not as "guests" in a 3* hotel. no need for tv's, computers, books, games, play stations, hair dressers, gardens, gardners, cooks, chefs, cleaners, electricity, psychologists, bingo nights, gym equipment etc and so on.

when it is dark, you cant see. when its day, you can. food should be some homogenous slop served with a vitamin (purely to keep medical costs down). the prisoner should NEVER leave their cell until the day they are released. Each cell could hold up to 15 prisoners at least. you put an exercise bike in each cell which is linked to a generator. the bike must be peddled 24 hours a day by rota. the prisons can them sell this electricity to pay for the prisoners food.

probably cut down on reoffending as well.

markharding557

If they ever put white horse in charge of prisons crime would almost cease because they would be too terrified:beer:

StevieJ

Prudent wrote: »

They can't and sadly that is why the sabbatical will remain a dream for me. I don't have a non job - I am a teacher.

I thought you had a sabbatical every year.

kabayiri

I've said this before.

We legalise drugs and prostitution. The government can make money from the sale of drugs, and the prostitutes will have to learn to pay tax on their earnings like the rest of us.

Over time the policing costs will be reduced too.

fc123

kabayiri wrote: »

I've said this before.

We legalise drugs and prostitution. The government can make money from the sale of drugs, and the prostitutes will have to learn to pay tax on their earnings like the rest of us.

Over time the policing costs will be reduced too.

I've never worked out why they haven't done that..but there must be an argument against it. Is it only legal in Amsterdam?
Thailand still illegal....so I guess no tax.

I can't link as I can't remember which paper but there is a pilot scheme somewhere that is giving heroin free and crime in the area is massively down...shoplifting, robbery etc.

Maybe with the sex industry it's because the prices would have to go up. By the time the workers have allowed for VAT, tax and NI on their income.......prices would have to rise.

Prudent

StevieJ wrote: »

I thought you had a sabbatical every year.

I wish. I am using about a third to a half of my holidays to prepare for next year. Short hours are a real myth. On Tuesday I was in school from 8am to 8.30pm. This is not unusual at this end of term (summer term ends in two weeks in Scotland). Most teachers work around 50 hours a week.

I tend to work from home more than most because of a back injury. It is more comfortable to work at home. The back injury was sustained at school when I was seriously assaulted by a pupil. I was off work for 8 months and have been in pain since January 2007. It is not a cushy job.