Norhtern Ireland to abolish prescription charges.
 

announcement made that N.I. will abolish prescription charges down to £3 by jan 2009 then to nothing by april 2010, seems to me like the irish n scottish governments do more fer its citizens than our useless lot. wonder if gordon will reciprocate this? somehow i doubt it.:rolleyes:

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Abolished mine years ago:tongueout

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Don't forget the Taffs as well cashy, they don't pay either, and Gordon has already said we won't be afforded the same privilage:mad:

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We can't afford to give ourselves free prescriptions can we, its costing us too much to pay for everyone elses.

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I am sick and tired of England getting a raw deal on everything. Why do we have separate assemblies or parliaments for the others and not for us? We have to make do with Westminster which seems to have everyone else's best interests at heart. :mad:

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What do you expect with a Scottish PM?

Its getting crazy, Some areas will have Westminster - Scottish - County - Local - and sometimes Parish Councils. What the hell are they all doing except costing money?

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Don't run away with the idea that it'll be any different if/when your lad gets in, Jaysay. He was saying in interviews about how determined he was to retain the United Kingdom. Why? As far as I'm concerned, Scotland (and Wales and NI, for that matter) are welcome to their independence. The Scots, in particular, are fond of telling us about how hard done by they are in a United Kingdom. OK, lads, well go and have your independence, then - raise your own taxes, have your own armed forces, in fact, take on all the trappings of a genuinely independent country. You're welcome to it!

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Because if we complain it's rascist :mad:

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As I said in a previous thread, we need a revolution.

As an aside,when son was a student at a Welsh university he used to get his perscriptions at the end of the summer hols and take them to Wales with him and get them free

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I wonder if that is legal.

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Well I totally agree with you WH, let the jocks have their independence, then they probably stop whining, that is until it goes belly up that is. I could never understand why, when they hate the English so much, why so many want to come down here to live. There's a pile of porrige spoons in a field this side of the iron bridge left there by scots seeking their fortune down here, if they gain independence please pick them up on your way home:D:rolleyes:

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Do what I do - Tick the right box:dancedog:

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A federal system of govt. can work. It works in Canads. In a country this size, there are distinct regional differences ... the lower mainland of BC is a differnt world from Newfoundland, or Saskatchewan, and, especially Quebec, which after two failed votes looks as if it will stay part of Canada. Things which concern Canada as a whole are dealt with in Ottawa. Things that concern Ontario alone are dealt with at Queen's Park. The limits of governmental responsibility are set out in the British North America Act of 1867. Canada is a sort of United Kingdom: the Queen is the head of state; the feds in Ottawa take care of Canadian things, the provincial and territorial govts. look after their stuff; and the municipalities deal with local issues. But the bottom line is, we are all Canadians and damn proud of it.

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I live down here but I was born in hampshire with scottish parents so what does that make me ?
and its not so much hate - as thats a very strong word at the best of times..I think you will find its only the minority who are like that and even then you can fire that one to the footy fans on both sides of the border - having been in the mix with both english and scottish fans - they are as bad as each other..and you could ask why so many english people move to scotland if they obviously dislike the scots so much....
and if scotland were to go it alone what makes you think it would go belly up...seriously ?

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I was born and live here - my parents are from northern ireland. So what does that make me - as i call myself a lancashire lass with irish ancestry.

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yeh really want that answered?:D

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Yes - and remember cashy - this is in general chat NOT the over 18s!!!!:D

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ok ya asked fer it- A LITTLE ANGEL.:D

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I did forget to say that I would be against the splitting of the uk for many reasons...
I honestly cannot see the sense in leaving one Union, to join another (The EU). It is clearly bigotry and short sightness from Alex Salmond First minister as to why his party want to create a Republic of Scotland.

I do think that it is fiscally naive, given the massive kick in the balls Scotland will take under the present credit crunch. Look at Ireland (Salmond's model for an Independent Scotland) it has gone tits up before Britain.

Given the ever changing world, and especially post 9/11, I think that Scotland needs an ally like the other 3 Countries of the United Kingdom.

Together, Britain is a very diverse Country and each Country within the Union can assist the other. I couldn't give a **** if the Frogs & the Krauts want a European Superstate. In the end, they are all in it for themselves. That is not what the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland is about. It is in essence a Co-Op of 4 Countries assisting each other, and not doing the dirty.. that is how Britain will survive the current economic climate and prosper.

basically there is no other Country in the World with the Diversity of Britain. Therefore that would make us a World Leader in many fields, and with a push in the right direction and proper leadership??? through the Credit Crunch.. there is nothing to say that Britain cannot emerge as the power it once was.

So I think to even contemplate Independence is sheer stupidy, whether that be now or in 300 years time.

my tuppence worth...

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Oh you are such a sweetie ........ you deserve a brew for that!!!!:D

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I would say a fluck up but I do have a speech impediment :rolleyes::D

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BBC NEWS | Health | Brown in free prescriptions vow

heard this on the radio the other day

its no good to my dad now because he is 63 and gets them free anyway BUT for the last 17 years he's been on Warfarin to thin his blood and has had to pay for his scripts, he used to buy a yearly certificate that cost quite a bit of money

mad when your on medication for life

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GG, I thought the smiley's may given it away, obviously not, but if you were born in Hamshire why arn't you called Hampshire Guy:D. As you say there are minorities on both sides of the devide. Just for the record one of my best mates ever was a chap from glasgow, I worked with him for quite a few years, well worked is not really the right word, we were room mates as well. He was quite a few years older than me and sadly he died in 1980, but I still remember those heady days we spent together

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...not to mention your other good mate (and my old fella's former drinking buddy) Bill White...Rangers fan and proud of it! :D

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Not a lot of people know this flashy, but people who do not have what they call a prescribed disease ( a condition which you can get free prescriptions, i.e diabetes) can actually apply for a exemption certificate. As you know I suffer from asthma which is not on the list, and I used to get a season ticket (pre-payment) I called into my docters to get a form to renew my certificate, and was told that with my condition and the number of drugs I was on I should apply for an exemption, to the family practitioners committee, which I did and then got one. This was a few years ago,so I don't know whether this still applies and I think the family practitioners committee has changed its name, but concidering my monthly prescription is usually 15 items I think that I could be concidered to have a life threatening condition and have had fr 30 years now

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Ya WH ain't seen Billy for a long time now, he lives in St. Anns, oh and by the way my old work mate Jimmy (see you) was a Rangers fan too:D

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Hope he's well...a great bloke (and a great goalie, according to my dad)!

As for the England/Scotland situation, the whole debate will become increasingly irrelevant as time goes by, as both countries will simply be regions of the United States of Europe a few years down the line.

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I know somebody who lives in the same flats has him, if I manage to see them I'll ask how he's going on. As for the Europe thing Cameron said in his speach this afternoon that if elected he would put the European issue to the British people in a referendum, something the present government promised in their manifesto in 2005 and then reneged on this year.