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Labour indifference laid bare - LQD | 27 comments (27 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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Osbourne is reported to have said after a trip to the north east "You know some of the people up there dont even have central heating"

Man of the people.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Dec 17th, 2008 at 06:08:37 AM EST
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This is not the place for this rant, perhaps... but has anyone mentioned to him that JSA is £60.50 a week?

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Wed Dec 17th, 2008 at 06:35:02 AM EST
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You can't afford central heating on that.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Dec 17th, 2008 at 06:47:31 AM EST
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No way. You'd have a tough enough time covering rent and food. And in the Southeast, forget it.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Dec 17th, 2008 at 03:38:37 PM EST
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well there was one in the house of lords back in the seventies who got up and said in the 70's that it was amazing that because of benefits, even his maid could afford a television...

conveniently missing out that he had to be paying an absolutely pitifull wage for his maid to be able to claim benefits.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Dec 17th, 2008 at 06:48:05 AM EST
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Similar article in the WaPo here this morning on Florida, talking about how unemployment benefits had been eroded by inflation and were still basically the same as in 1993. I kid you not: $303 per month.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Dec 17th, 2008 at 02:24:52 PM EST
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OMG! $303 per month? Why do they even bother?

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

by poemless on Wed Dec 17th, 2008 at 02:29:26 PM EST
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Because even Massa Gingrich didn't have the balls to be explicit about letting them starve?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Dec 17th, 2008 at 02:37:07 PM EST
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It seems really terrible to say so, given the plight of people all over the world, but in the US it is not easy to eat nutritiously for 300 bucks a month.

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

by poemless on Wed Dec 17th, 2008 at 02:46:28 PM EST
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To say nothing of the fact that you'd be lucky to rent a parking space in Miami for $300/month.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Dec 17th, 2008 at 03:32:22 PM EST
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Wow.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Dec 17th, 2008 at 02:10:17 PM EST
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Labour indifference laid bare - LQD | 27 comments (27 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)