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If somebody is writing something that they hope to get 99,999 people to support it helps their cause immensely if they right it well so there's no ambiguity. How much effort is it to spend 10mins & get a mate to sanity check what you've written?
How would your boss/customers react if you wrote someting that badly at work?
Nice one
'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 Thatcher0 -
ffacoffipawb wrote: »From twitter:
@GuidoFawkes Guido Fawkes
e-Petition calling for benefits to be removed from rioters has reached 100,000 and been passed to parliament.
Passed to Parliament isn't quite right though, unfortunately.
I will bet that Guido doesn't live in Totingham or Salford or any other area where he may suffer from side effects of such a policy.'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 Thatcher0 -
What has the police being too heavy handed got to do with stopping benefits? My personal view is I am quite happy if they use Water canon, Batons, Mustard gass or whatever. I am not too keen on them beating up young kids though like some on here seem to advocate.
This isn't pick on Stevie time, honest, but can I please ask whether you really mean mustard gas or actually meant to type tear gas.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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vivatifosi wrote: »This isn't pick on Stevie time, honest, but can I please ask whether you really mean mustard gas or actually meant to type tear gas.
A little hyperbole to try to get through to Dev BTW my grandad suffered from mustard gas exposure, it left him with a slight stutter (he had a hole in his leg from a bullet wound as well :eek:). '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 Thatcher0 -
Brian Paddick made a good point on Question Time tonight....
No need to stop their benefits. The system is already in place. Once convicted, the courts have total power to impose a fine, and also to have this stopped automatically (at an appropriate rate) from benefits at source.
I give him 100% for this common sense answer. Only trouble is, that as far as I know, the courts tend not to do this.0 -
I am interested in what video you saw as the vast majority seem to show people looting without a care with their faces covered?
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The Daily Mail are bragging about it.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2024485/UK-RIOTS-2011-Manchester-police-shown-YouTube-video-chasing-gang.html'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 Thatcher0 -
Perhaps because people then need special payments so they still have enough to live on.Loughton_Monkey wrote: »I give him 100% for this common sense answer. Only trouble is, that as far as I know, the courts tend not to do this."It will take, five, 10, 15 years to get back to where we need to be. But it's no longer the individual banks that are in the wrong, it's the banking industry as a whole." - Steven Cooper, head of personal and business banking at Barclays, talking to Martin Lewis0 -
Watching the news this morning it looks as if the policy is to make life as uncomfortable as possible for those charged.
The BBC looked at a case of a 25 year woman charged, I think, with receiving stolen goods. The woman in question begged for bail because a) she was a carer for old people (and might lose her job) and b) has a 2 year old that might be taken into care. Bail was denied and, apparently, lots of rioters are being denied bail.
Let's face it. She's going to end up with 20 hours community service (and the courts know it) but this woman is seeing real consequences from her actions. I suspect that she'll be thinking more than twice about her future actions and, who knows, in 10 years time might be keeping a closer eye on what her, then, 12 year old is up to.
It's the best we can hope for - humiliation and a direct link between action and consequence.0
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