Council moves chavs into £200k new builds

olly300

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I think it's probably right, what you say.

My Dad was born in 1950, in a working-class family in Liverpool, and no-one in his family had ever stayed at school a minute longer than the minimum leaving age.

My Dad went to a very good grammar school, did A levels, went to university and bar school, and became a barrister. His uni education was free, and he was paid a grant. His bar school fees were paid by the LEA. It was still tough to make it financially, but he could just about do it.

Now? Probably no chance. The grammars have gone, so he'd be stuck in a comprehensive in a poor area. He wouldn't get any funding for uni or bar school.

The thing that grates me more than anything is Cherie Blair. She had the same privileges as your dad, yet she was married to a man who was leader of a party who made sure no one else from similar backgrounds could have the opportunity.

meester

tomstickland wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7400424.stm

Mr Brown said there would be immediate support for the housing market, with the setting up of a £200m fund to buy unsold new homes and rent them to social tenants
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7399340.stm


Right, so using tax payers' money to prop up the market?

I find this hilarious. For years now I have smirked at the adverts in the back of the free papers in London showing joyous young people sitting on their sofa in their brand new luxury flat (artist's rendition showing a pretty square) in Feltham, Newham, and similar hellholes. (from only £230,000 :rotfl: ). Now it turns out that the government is going to buy up the left over houses and fill them with chavs.

Within weeks there will be needles, p1ss in the lifts, burglary, vandalism, etc.

space_rider

I rented a house for 6 months on a lovely new estate.had teenager from hell living next door and the parents were too busy working from 8-8 to be around for her. I had the chance to buy the house but no way with her living there. I actually sold a house on a council estate and the few problem families around couldn`t touch how bad she was.

Benefits_Blagger

tr3mor wrote: »

Spot on.

Now New Labour want half of the country to pay for the privilege of going to a second class university. Only to end up in the same dead end jobs.

:rolleyes:

I went to a top uni (imperial college), i cant get a dead-end job because if i apply for one i am not even looked at as employers see my qualifications and think i wont last in the job.

I apply for the "good" jobs and dont get interviews either, because there is so many graduates about, most of whom have gone to joke universities and done joke degrees that they make degree look worthless (i attained a 3rd).

I was brought up in a one parent family who lived off benefits, i worked hard to get to get to a good uni. the result ? here I am in my 30's living off the state which i have been doing for the past decade.

going to uni was a waste of time for me, all i have to show for it was a worthless piece of paper (which i set fire to many years ago) and a debt which grows faster than wages do and i have no realistic hope of ever paying off.

IveSeenTheLight

Benefits_Blagger wrote: »

I went to a top uni (imperial college), i cant get a dead-end job because if i apply for one i am not even looked at as employers see my qualifications and think i wont last in the job.

I apply for the "good" jobs and dont get interviews either, because there is so many graduates about, most of whom have gone to joke universities and done joke degrees that they make degree look worthless (i attained a 3rd).

I was brought up in a one parent family who lived off benefits, i worked hard to get to get to a good uni. the result ? here I am in my 30's living off the state which i have been doing for the past decade.

going to uni was a waste of time for me, all i have to show for it was a worthless piece of paper (which i set fire to many years ago) and a debt which grows faster than wages do and i have no realistic hope of ever paying off.

Not trying to be condescending but there is something not right here sorry.
For the last 10 years, you've not been able to find a job despite having a degree:eek:

If you believe the degree is holding you back, why not omit it from your Cv?
I'm sure the government would love to get you off benefits and into gainful employment.
There must be a way to re-train or start at the bottom

Zammo

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/government-to-give-your-neighbour's-house-to-junkies-20080515954/

dmg24

Benefits_Blagger wrote: »

I went to a top uni (imperial college), i cant get a dead-end job because if i apply for one i am not even looked at as employers see my qualifications and think i wont last in the job.

I apply for the "good" jobs and dont get interviews either, because there is so many graduates about, most of whom have gone to joke universities and done joke degrees that they make degree look worthless (i attained a 3rd).

I was brought up in a one parent family who lived off benefits, i worked hard to get to get to a good uni. the result ? here I am in my 30's living off the state which i have been doing for the past decade.

going to uni was a waste of time for me, all i have to show for it was a worthless piece of paper (which i set fire to many years ago) and a debt which grows faster than wages do and i have no realistic hope of ever paying off.

Thought you were too ill to work BB?

You do seem to change your mind a lot ...

How was your trip to Australia? :rolleyes:

olly300

tr3mor wrote: »

So the miners had a few tough years. Thatcher can't be blamed for 20% of people in Merthyr Tydfil claiming incapacity benefit.

No that's all the governments faults - Tory and Labour. To keep the unemployment figures down.

olly300

Benefits_Blagger wrote: »

I went to a top uni (imperial college), i cant get a dead-end job because if i apply for one i am not even looked at as employers see my qualifications and think i wont last in the job.

I apply for the "good" jobs and dont get interviews either, because there is so many graduates about, most of whom have gone to joke universities and done joke degrees that they make degree look worthless (i attained a 3rd).

I was brought up in a one parent family who lived off benefits, i worked hard to get to get to a good uni. the result ? here I am in my 30's living off the state which i have been doing for the past decade.

It's more likely the fact that your parent didn't work had the same affect on you. (And yes I was brought up in a one parent family but my mother decided to work.)
going to uni was a waste of time for me, all i have to show for it was a worthless piece of paper (which i set fire to many years ago) and a debt which grows faster than wages do and i have no realistic hope of ever paying off.

It's odd that nearly all the people I went to university with or knew who went to university at the same time at Russell Group universities managed to find temping jobs. In fact lots of them got offered permanent jobs from doing temp work.

It may be the fact that you were brought up in non-working household may have rubbed off on you. There as I who was also brought up by a single parent was brought up in a working household.

monkeybutler_2

@Benefits blagger

The problem is that your degree, as a third, is pretty much worthless, doesn't matter where it's from. I'm afraid that if those people from "joke universities" with "joke degrees" obtained a 2/2 or higher then their degrees are much better than yours, leading one to wonder who actually has the "joke degree"...

Out of interest what did you study?