Thibault
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Does anyone think it a good idea to let the Irish economy go down the tubes given that the UK sells more to the Irish Republic than the combined total of its trade with several other countries such as China and the Irish Republic is one of the UK's largest customers?
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The Euro is a political construct - it will not be allowed to fail (certainly in the short term) because it is central to the idea of a United States of Europe. Whether it will survive in the much longer-term is moot at this point.
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I think you will find, Gluestick, that the term "racism" has grown to cover any perceived/real differences between people, including religion and nationality - hence the use of the term to describe physical or verbal attacks between, say, the English and the Scots. Another "confusion" these days is to refer to a mixed race person as "black" as in President Obama who has one white and one black parent.[:)]
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I was intrigued by the "Who do you think you are?" programme on Armstrong who, it seems, is a direct descendant of William the Conqueror via the Beauforts.
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You can try the Death Index. If you buy a "pay-as-you-go" credit from "Findmypast" you will be able to search either the Death Index or the "search for living people" parts of the site. I am not sure of their web address - but you can Google it.
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[quote user="pachapapa"]
I am pleased to see that the Dwarf will be changing french law to accord with the European Directive whose complete incorporation into french had been "overlooked".[:D]
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I assume that you are using the word "Dwarf" as a term of abuse - I thought this type of discrimination was both legally and morally "beyond the pale.
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Whether or no he chooses to get married is one thing but to be "too busy" to put your name on your child's birth certificate is another. What will that child think in later years? Perhaps the child may begin to think someone else was his father and that is why his mother's partner did not put his name on the certificate.
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Didn't Ed M write the Labour Manifesto for the last election?
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But isn't this an old story based on the fact that in 1912 the orders for going round an object are the opposite to the orders given today. I can't quite remember the actual details - but it has been discussed on a lot of Titanic sites. Murdock gave orders to "port around" the iceberg and that was the standard procedure at the time.
Any "historic" sailors out there to fill in the details?
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[quote user="pachapapa"][quote user="Thibault"]
Quote: Years ago, homes for the elderly were run by local authorities (no profit involved then) but, of course, as much else (dare I say under Thatcher), there was a massive deregulation programme and these services were taken over by the private sector. Unquote
In one of my earlier incarnations, I was Supplies Officer for a local authority's care homes and part of my job was to accept tenders for various services - purchase of food, funerals, etc. The budget I had to work to for food was something like £1.50 per resident, per week. Even then, it was difficult to achieve.
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Cost structure on a par with Auschwitz then...one can only surmise as to whom would have been running the camps..if the Nazis had actually successfully invaded.
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Well, it wouldn't have been me as I would have failed the Nuremburg Race Laws [:)]
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[quote user="sweet 17"]
So....? My point is not that costs, etc. couldn't be raised. It is that at least there were no huge amounts of profit for owners of the homes.
And, when a resident in a private home can no longer pay, what do you think happens? Doesn't the government step in to pay? For government, read tax payers.
New system, old system: that's not the point. The point is that there shouldn't be a profit made on the elderly and vulnerable in a deregulated industry (I use the word industry advisedly) where money (privately from the residents and publicly from tax payers), is siphoned into the pockets of some pretty unscrupulous and greedy individuals (again, I qualify by not saying ALL residential home owners).
PS I don't mind being quoted but it would be nice if you could use the whole post instead of just using parts of it out of context.
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If your PS was addressed to me - I merely responded to that part of your post with an example from my own experience. I was not trying to make a political or other point.
I have, in the past, read criticisms from other posters when whole, long posts have been quoted. I was trying to avoid this, in this case.
You will notice I have quoted your entire post, despite the fact that I am replying to your PS. I hope you are pleased.
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Quote: Years ago, homes for the elderly were run by local authorities (no profit involved then) but, of course, as much else (dare I say under Thatcher), there was a massive deregulation programme and these services were taken over by the private sector. Unquote
In one of my earlier incarnations, I was Supplies Officer for a local authority's care homes and part of my job was to accept tenders for various services - purchase of food, funerals, etc. The budget I had to work to for food was something like £1.50 per resident, per week. Even then, it was difficult to achieve.
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Another question: He was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison, but was released after serving only 9 weeks even though the prison authorities were concerned about threats he had made regarding his ex girlfriend etc. So....why was he released early?
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[quote user="Mr Coeur de Lion"]Didn't even know Sweden had a royal family...[/quote]
They are French (Bernadotte) actually [:)]
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It was certainly on Sky News.....
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[quote user="Anton Redman II"]
[quote user="sweet 17"]I thought they did come to our aid in WWII?[/quote]
Without Pearl Harbour would they have entered the fray ?
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Probably not as they were making a lot of money from Lend-Lease [;-)]
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[quote user="Dog"]
I find it amazing Council Chiefs are earning 3 or 4 times more than the PM. These people have little or no responsibilities, just spend other peoples money and produce nothing
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That's nothing - it seems the BBC have just appointed three people to run something, all of whom will earn twice as much as the PM [8-)]
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It's a sort of "tit for tat" language - in the past, the English referred to syphilis as the French Pox and the French referred to it as the English Pox [:)]
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But, Edward, doesn't "to choose" imply there is a choice?
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I think the main criticism of Brown not being "elected" leader of the Labour Party was that no-one stood against him for the leadership - at the time it was referred to as a "coronation". Many commentators seem to think he would have had more "legitimacy" had he won a leadership context.
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Trouble is, Nomoss, whenever a cut-off date or a starting date is imposed, someone, somewhere will be adversely affected. This time it happens to be you[:)] Next time you may be luckier!
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I try to read a national and a local paper each day. I also try to read books - not fiction, but because I like French history, I try to read biographies and general history books. I find new books very expensive, but have found it is possible to pick up second hand books relatively cheaply. I also find the "for nuls" books quite good for certain things. Unfortunately, my passive French (reading and understanding) is much, much better than my active French (speaking) as my brain doesn't work quickly enough to keep up with the conversation. [:(]
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Interestingly the latest polls report a reduction in support for the Lib Dems.........they are now back in third place behind Labour.
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Ah, I see - thanks.
Are spell checkers a good thing?
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