Originally Posted by Neil (Post 707360)

Having all the Government living in one place would be a massive security risk

Originally Posted by Taggy (Post 707437)

They are all together in the Houses of Parliament are they? And that's not been blown up yet! May be the Houses of Parliament itself could be extended to provide the accomodation needed, either way a second homes allowance is simply not defensible!!

Ive noticed Ryanair are proposing a "Fat tax" on overweight passengers maybe we should do the same with our MP's, its quite noticeable how many of them seem to "Balloon" in size after a few years in office, it doesn't seem that Gym Membership is an allowable expense though unlike a months supply of Sausage Rolls and booze!!

Best Regards - Taggy

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 707441)

Well we may be in a recession, but not as you'd notice in the annals of power, it appears that minsters have upped their booze budget by more than have. For the 2009/10 the budget for ministers entertaining in the form of wine and champers has gone up from £525,568 last year to £800,000 this coming year, recession, what recession:(

Originally Posted by BERNADETTE (Post 707488)

It is obscene amounts of money like this that really get my goat. Why can't they pay for their own booze out of their wages plus their other allowances?:mad:

Originally Posted by derekgas (Post 707775)

The budget shows once again how clueless they are, live by the old rule, if ya aint got it, dont spend it! This false economy is why so many people are in debt,

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 707862)

thats it in a nutshell, n not just the government, the dimwit public as well! much is not worked for n earned, the clowns have to have it NOW , n get it on credit they cannot afford when times are tough, n guess who created that mentality?:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Mancie (Post 707872)

not a guess cos it's a non brainer... the early 80's economy was total borrowing.. encouraged by the Government..but Thatcher and the brilliant minds of Howe,Lawson and Lamont turned borrowing into a craft..I remember Thatch saying you can't buy a house without borrowing .. which is logic for most people .. and then they sold off shares in essential public assets like electric/gas to "the public" who then expecting big returns... this "mob" may not have a clue.. but I know the alternative.. and it is dire!

Originally Posted by g jones (Post 709540)

I am not a fan of Gordon Brown but surprise surprise, who starts this thread? And the notion that some are saintly (blue) and others disastrous (red). How simple politics is to you Andrew? Take a look back and mistakes have always been made. Chamberlain, Heath, Thatcher have all made bad decisions.

Thatcher sold off our one great national asset North Sea oil for a pittance, shut down mines and sold off banks and was the architect of Cameron's broken society which is costing the country £billions. Labour have now had to lock up a record 90,000 people and the prisons are full.

Chamberlain had no policies and a piece of paper (like David Cameron) and failed to deal with the major issues of the day.

Listening to you and your clapped out nonsense it's depressing. People like yourself Andrew hysterically peddled 'THE FACTS' that Northern Rock was a disaster, break the Government, was all wrong, and would take decades to pay off. Currently it's two thirds paid off IIRC one year on, and making a profit, and about to offer ordinary folk 90% mortgages AND has turned a small shareholding by Taxpayers in to a billion pound asset. Much of the borrowing now has gone into bank shares so what happens when Cameron comes in and is cash rich?

You need to stop ranting and raving and take an honest look at the bad AND THE GOOD.