Tony Blair is a national hero
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chimster said:
Blair? He was ok wasn't he? Decent all round sort of chap I thought ;-)
"...pretty straight kinda guy..." is what I heard.But then all ex-PM's earn c£12-15 million after stepping down, whilst simultaneously bringing peace to those troubled states in the ME, advising merchant banks etc etc.
Quite above criticism, Saint Tony.
However, if the Poles want to fete him, that's their affair.
Mr_B said:
The tiny pay of being PM is a stepping stone to much more serious cash as vitually every PM and cabinet member has done in office and out. He'll never take the pay cut to spend 5 years earning a tiny sum of money.
Depends what's more important to him...The money or massaging his enormous ego as a self obsessed control freak...
Which is worrying...
mybrainhurts said:
Mr_B said:
The tiny pay of being PM is a stepping stone to much more serious cash as vitually every PM and cabinet member has done in office and out. He'll never take the pay cut to spend 5 years earning a tiny sum of money.
Depends what's more important to him...The money or massaging his enormous ego as a self obsessed control freak...
Which is worrying...
The poles coming here have been a godsend
the vast majority make sacrifices to work hard, and send money home. They have a far better work ethic than British workers (in general) and don't want hand outs- there is no "benefits" culture. Our service and agricultural products would be MUCH more expensive if we relied on uk workers.
The problem isn't the poles, its workshy "entitlement" british people.
the vast majority make sacrifices to work hard, and send money home. They have a far better work ethic than British workers (in general) and don't want hand outs- there is no "benefits" culture. Our service and agricultural products would be MUCH more expensive if we relied on uk workers.
The problem isn't the poles, its workshy "entitlement" british people.
PugwasHDJ80 said:
The poles coming here have been a godsend
the vast majority make sacrifices to work hard, and send money home. They have a far better work ethic than British workers (in general) and don't want hand outs- there is no "benefits" culture. Our service and agricultural products would be MUCH more expensive if we relied on uk workers.
The problem isn't the poles, its workshy "entitlement" british people.
What a lot of people forget is that it isn't the first time Poles have come here and had a hugely positive effect. the vast majority make sacrifices to work hard, and send money home. They have a far better work ethic than British workers (in general) and don't want hand outs- there is no "benefits" culture. Our service and agricultural products would be MUCH more expensive if we relied on uk workers.
The problem isn't the poles, its workshy "entitlement" british people.
Amongst others; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._303_Polish_Fighte...
Personally, I'm much more concerned with immigration from 3rd world countries, as there is a much larger culture gap.
Asterix said:
DJRC said:
Must admit it bothers me to read so much resentment about Poles coming to Britain. If there is one country who we should have had a simple long standing agreement of them being welcome in this country it is with Poland. Blair should be commended for ensuring we have such a link with them again. It will be a cold day in hell before I regard the Polish as anything other than firm friends and allies of Britain and I would look down far more upon any British person who thought otherwise than I would of a Pole coming to the UK to work.
I fully agree with you - the way the Poles were treated at the end of WW2 is nothing short of disgraceful and, for once, something from our country's past that we should be ashamed of.clarkey540i said:
PugwasHDJ80 said:
The poles coming here have been a godsend
the vast majority make sacrifices to work hard, and send money home. They have a far better work ethic than British workers (in general) and don't want hand outs- there is no "benefits" culture. Our service and agricultural products would be MUCH more expensive if we relied on uk workers.
The problem isn't the poles, its workshy "entitlement" british people.
What a lot of people forget is that it isn't the first time Poles have come here and had a hugely positive effect. the vast majority make sacrifices to work hard, and send money home. They have a far better work ethic than British workers (in general) and don't want hand outs- there is no "benefits" culture. Our service and agricultural products would be MUCH more expensive if we relied on uk workers.
The problem isn't the poles, its workshy "entitlement" british people.
Amongst others; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._303_Polish_Fighte...
Personally, I'm much more concerned with immigration from 3rd world countries, as there is a much larger culture gap.
Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair has won CQ's philanthropist of the year award.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2741328/Wh...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2741328/Wh...
Tony Blair said:
‘In respect to my new life, first of all, I have to say that reports of my wealth are greatly exaggerated. Just for the record, I read I’m supposed to be worth £100million – Cherie’s kind of asking where it is. I’m not worth that, half of that, a third of that, a quarter of that, a fifth of that ... I could go on.’
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