Down the Turkish Drain

Acrylic-bob · 29-02-2012, 14:27

Yesterday we were treated to the revelation by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that our beloved country had run out of money. Indeed so strapped for cash are we that there will be no scope for Tax cuts to stimulate economic growth in the coming budget.

Times are hard and it is no surprise that belt tightening is the order of the day, no matter how painful it might be.

Which makes this little gem of a story all the harder to bear.....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...er-system.html

First it was begging India to take aid money it didn't want to save civil service and parliamentary blushes and now this.

How much more of our hard earned is being chucked down the gurgler while we are having to make do and mend?

Explain to me again, Graham Jones, just why it is that you think continued membership of the EU is in Britians best interests.

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Margaret Pilkington · 29-02-2012, 14:30

I thought this was going to be about the 80 million pounds that Britain is giving to Turkey to repair the sewers there.
Turkey doesn't need money from the UK......they have a big manufacturing base and should be required to maintain their own sewerage system without any help from the UK

Margaret Pilkington · 29-02-2012, 14:32

Oh, and as for an answer to the question posed, for the attention of our MP......I hope you are sitting down......in a comfy chair....you will have a long wait!

accyman · 29-02-2012, 14:40

throwing money down the crapper springs to mind

Acrylic-bob · 29-02-2012, 15:16

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Oh, and as for an answer to the question posed, for the attention of our MP......I hope you are sitting down......in a comfy chair....you will have a long wait!

I am already resigned to it being considered a rhetorical question, Margaret.

Margaret Pilkington · 29-02-2012, 16:05

that's the sad part of it......we resign ourselves to the disappointment.
Perhaps that is part of the problem. Clearly, our MP has got it into his head that his constituents(or at least 95% of them) couldn't give a toss about what is going on with the EU......he assumes we are people of narrow vision, and narrower experience.

Boeing Guy · 29-02-2012, 17:11

Our MP listen to those that voted for him!!!
Never.
Unfortunately he has joined the rest of them at the trough.

jaysay · 29-02-2012, 17:39

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Originally Posted by Boeing Guy

Our MP listen to those that voted for him!!!
Never.
Unfortunately he has joined the rest of them at the trough.

You don't climb the greasy pole if you support your voters instead of obeying Adenoid Ed, junior whip today, the world tomorrow

garinda · 29-02-2012, 21:12

'Millions of pounds of British aid is being used to upgrade Turkey’s sewage system, MPs have been told.'

Doesn't it make you feel proud to be part of the European Union?

Even though we've never been asked if want to be a member.

Whilst we have Graham Jones as our M.P., we never will get the chance to have our say.

Let's hear it for the European Union!

May all the turds now flow easily under the streets of Istanbul.

Thanks to our hefty financial contributions.

Not forgetting three cheers for Graham Jones M.P.

Who stated that a referendum would settle E.U. membership 'democratically', though voted that we shouldn't have that democratic right.

Mainly because politicans know best, and we're all a bit too thick to understand it properly.

Hip, hip...

No?

Fair enough.

Tealeaf · 01-03-2012, 09:32

You may think giving aid to Turkey is crazy; but what about this for nonsense:

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: We give £27m aid to Argentina

jaysay · 01-03-2012, 09:38

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

You may think giving aid to Turkey is crazy; but what about this for nonsense:

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: We give £27m aid to Argentina

This is just another reason we should pull out of the EU, when your paying money into a central fund and have no control over where its being spent the game really is up, wonder if our illustrious MP thinks this acceptable for the EU to do this

cashman · 01-03-2012, 09:39

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

You may think giving aid to Turkey is crazy; but what about this for nonsense:

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: We give £27m aid to Argentina

It would have probably been much more, but they cocked up wi turning those 2 cruise ships away.

accyman · 01-03-2012, 11:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tealeaf

You may think giving aid to Turkey is crazy; but what about this for nonsense:

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: We give £27m aid to Argentina

hang on havnt argentina just started sanctions on us and will no longe rbe buying british products

cashman · 01-03-2012, 11:59

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Originally Posted by accyman

hang on havnt argentina just started sanctions on us and will no longe rbe buying british products

Yeh they certainly have, but still its only our money.

as argentina aint in the E.U. I would love to know the excuse fer this un.

accyman · 01-03-2012, 12:09

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Originally Posted by cashman

Yeh they certainly have, but still its only our money.

as argentina aint in the E.U. I would love to know the excuse fer this un.

it wouldnt sting so much if it was £27 million worth of rockets we were fireing at them but even so this country continues to give money to others while its own citizens either make do or go without and that money could be spent a lot better elsewhere.

thats over £100 million given out in 2 days and thats just what we get to hear about

and teh government has the nerve to put our fuel up,gas,electric,food, ...well everything really to pay for their generosity to other countries