Rough Times Ahead........

warmhands.coldheart

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

They've got ofwat over there, which is supposed to prevent over charging.

I'm going to go for rain water harvesting - heaven will provide.

Supposed !!!!... Like Stormont is "Supposed" to run this Provence !! i.e. Half arsed and with no real powers !!

Cotta

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

You're still not forgiven for calling me a girl !!

Now only a girl would huff like that, only joking babe xx

warmhands.coldheart

Cotta wrote: »

Now only a girl would huff like that, only joking babe xx

Be warned..... I draw the line at getting a slap on the bottom .... (rather amusing, the as.s word get's !!! out :rotfl:)

Cotta

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

Be warned..... I draw the line at getting a slap on the bottom .... (rather amusing, the as.s word get's !!! out :rotfl:)

I've been told girls actually quite like getting a slap there from their male partner.

warmhands.coldheart

Cotta wrote: »

I've been told girls actually quite like getting a slap there from their male partner.

As long as it's their Partner and not their Boss, followed by a request for a " wee cup of coffee love !!"

Cotta

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

As long as it's their Partner and not their Boss, followed by a request for a " wee cup of coffee love !!"

It's more acceptable in NI than outside of NI rather interestingly.

warmhands.coldheart

Phew !!... It's All OK... The DUP have negotiated a LOAN to pay of a Debt till the end of the year.......... Now there's a bit of Moneysaving Expertise !!

steveymp

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

Phew !!... It's All OK... The DUP have negotiated a LOAN to pay of a Debt till the end of the year.......... Now there's a bit of Moneysaving Expertise !!

Hope they went to Tesco for the 33 months interest free option

I hate to say it but we are we just waiting for Westminster to take over again and sort this mess out The numpties on the hill are more interested in welfare handouts and flegs

Cotta

This may seem like a silly question but what has caused this debt and what is being proposed as the solution?

duggan1

Cotta wrote: »

This may seem like a silly question but what has caused this debt and what is being proposed as the solution?

Local politicians being unable/unwilling to make cuts in line with the rest of the UK.

Same old problem of elected politicians not wanting to take unpopular decisions for fear of losing their job at the next election.

The general idea behind cyclical spending is that as economies tend to run in cycles you borrow more when things aren't so good, with the plan being to pay it all back when things get better. When things were pretty damn good in the mid naughties the govt kept spending and kept borrowing and the cyclical downturn was magnified by a general global financial crisis. The cost of running services that no politician will put at risk is sky rocketing and it is increasingly difficult to compete with SE Asia and eastern europe for the low skilled job investment that can prop up an economy.

We can't afford the NHS in it's current state. It is draining the country dry and affecting spending in every other department. The NHS is a modern wonder of the world but it is abused daily both by people who use it's resources when they don't need to and by management who are encouraged to run it as a private enterprise.

TL:DR - We're broke.