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  • wymondham
    wymondham Posts: 6,356 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    They tried to make refuse collections more efficient :)

    ... and succeeded very well...... on paper! :rotfl:
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    wymondham wrote: »
    ... and succeeded very well...... on paper! :rotfl:

    It was working OK before May :)
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    edited 4 January 2011 at 10:03PM
    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Labour didn't do anything that's the real irony.
    ooooooooooof..... i do love this forum, some people's views are so entrenched you have to laugh at the state of their mind

    Labour didn't do anything??? they'll do the same and quite do easily better than the current incumbents.
  • System
    System Posts: 178,371 Community Admin
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    mbga9pgf wrote: »
    Who cares? Its poor people that are getting nailed by the VAT rise. All those trainers and designer clothes they are paying 2% more on... My heart bleeds.

    I looked at my most recent shopping bill.

    2 Items of 60 incurred VAT.

    I only found out today that it was non-essential items!

    But then it seems the definition is sketchy at best.

    I would deem pants essential for example.
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  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    chucky wrote: »
    ooooooooooof..... i love this forum, some people's views are so entrenched you have to laugh at the state of their mind

    Labour didn't do anything??? they'll do the same and quite do easily better than the current incumbents.

    Says the bloke who won't admit he supports labour.
  • paddedjohn
    paddedjohn Posts: 7,512 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    This rubbish being spouted by labour about it costing families £7.50 extra a week is laughable, you would have to spend £350 a week on vatable goods and there isnt vat on food and there isnt an increase in the vat on energy bills, staying at 5%
    Be Alert..........Britain needs lerts.
  • It's a fact of life.

    Give a council £20,000 extra money. I guarantee it will go on pay rises. Give them £60,000 and that's another deputy diversity co-ordinator in the bag.

    Take away £20,000, then they will cut one meals on wheels assistant. Take away £60,000 and that's two extra bin-men on their bikes.
  • DervProf
    DervProf Posts: 4,035 Forumite
    No, I don't expect detailed plans. No government would give that.

    But at least some direction towards what they would do when they are asked over and over would be nice.

    All you'd get is "As we are not in power, we can't be expected to know the precise state of the UK's finances. Once we take office, we'll have a detailed review of the situation, then decide." :rotfl:
    30 Year Challenge : To be 30 years older. Equity : Don't know, don't care much. Savings : That's asking for ridicule.
  • wymondham
    wymondham Posts: 6,356 Forumite
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    It's a fact of life.

    Give a council £20,000 extra money. I guarantee it will go on pay rises. Give them £60,000 and that's another deputy diversity co-ordinator in the bag.

    Take away £20,000, then they will cut one meals on wheels assistant. Take away £60,000 and that's two extra bin-men on their bikes.

    my post of the day! :beer:
  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    Says the bloke who won't admit he supports labour.
    just find one post that claims i support labour... you won't find one.

    what you will find is me not going down the moronic route thinking that the tories and the [STRIKE]Lib Dems[/STRIKE] other jokers are going to be better and are doing a great job.

    try forget your obsession about me for one moment and try and debate steviej's points if you can or are you taking the normal Devon route...
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