Question for the PH Tories...
Discussion
plasticpig said:
el stovey said:
If the Government has any plans to undo any of the damage Brown made on his raid on pension funds?
What damage was that then? What Brown did was enable companies to concentrate on inward investment while continuing to set a dividend that was affordable and not bow to pressure from it's major shareholders (the pension companies) to shell out the biggest dividend possible so they could claim the tax relief. It's was one of things Brown did right IMO. We would not have seen economic growth to the same extent as we did without this step been taken. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1531448/Bro...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/spec...
Ask why Eastern Europeans and others who are not British citizens because they declare themselves homeless and who came here voluntarily are given council housing whilst UK citizens don't get a look in.
(I know this to be true from personal experiance before anyone flames me)
There should be a minimum period of ten years continuous residence in the UK before you qualify regardless of personal situation for benifits kick in. Introduce that and your on to a winner.
(I know this to be true from personal experiance before anyone flames me)
There should be a minimum period of ten years continuous residence in the UK before you qualify regardless of personal situation for benifits kick in. Introduce that and your on to a winner.
Sonic said:
surrey7er said:
130R said:
Ask them about the digital economy act to see if they actually know what it is, and if they do, whether they agree it should be scrapped either in part or completely. Topical given the whole ACS:Law debarcle.
Again, purely a question of my ignorance, but I know screw all about this! expand please?ta!
Basically the most controversial aspects are:
The act allows the Secretary of State to block access to a location on the Internet "from which a substantial amount of material has been, is being or is likely to be made available in infringement of copyright", or a location which "facilitates" such behaviour. So access to The Pirate Bay could be blocked, or if you take the words in the act literally you could apply it to Googles search engine. Any such blocks would easily be circumventable anyway.
The act sets out proposals for disconnecting Internet accounts used for persistent copyright infringement. This has far reaching implications that have not been thought through for public wifi. Also if someone uses your connection illegally or spoofs your IP you could end up being cut off.
The Bill was rushed through during the "wash up" period after the general election was announced.
130R said:
Sonic said:
surrey7er said:
130R said:
Ask them about the digital economy act to see if they actually know what it is, and if they do, whether they agree it should be scrapped either in part or completely. Topical given the whole ACS:Law debarcle.
Again, purely a question of my ignorance, but I know screw all about this! expand please?ta!
Basically the most controversial aspects are:
The act allows the Secretary of State to block access to a location on the Internet "from which a substantial amount of material has been, is being or is likely to be made available in infringement of copyright", or a location which "facilitates" such behaviour. So access to The Pirate Bay could be blocked, or if you take the words in the act literally you could apply it to Googles search engine. Any such blocks would easily be circumventable anyway.
The act sets out proposals for disconnecting Internet accounts used for persistent copyright infringement. This has far reaching implications that have not been thought through for public wifi. Also if someone uses your connection illegally or spoofs your IP you could end up being cut off.
The Bill was rushed through during the "wash up" period after the general election was announced.
el stovey said:
plasticpig said:
el stovey said:
If the Government has any plans to undo any of the damage Brown made on his raid on pension funds?
What damage was that then? What Brown did was enable companies to concentrate on inward investment while continuing to set a dividend that was affordable and not bow to pressure from it's major shareholders (the pension companies) to shell out the biggest dividend possible so they could claim the tax relief. It's was one of things Brown did right IMO. We would not have seen economic growth to the same extent as we did without this step been taken. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1531448/Bro...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/spec...
surrey7er said:
So in a nutshell, we are talking about a piece of hurriedly prepared, ill-thought-out legislation? From a Labour government? That cant be right surely????
It was introduced by Mandelson but most of the tories and the lib dems backed it so they are all guilty really. Since then a number of MPs have spoken out against it though. The problem is that most of these old duffers probably can't send an email without their secretaries assistance, so getting them to understand the implications of the bill is hopeless.I'd like to know:
At what point are we going to start to seriously scale back the public sector, and when can we expect them to be moved onto money purchase plans like the rest of us?
Taxes in England are far too high and must come down, but this can't happen until we have cut the waste and repaid the debt, so we need a firm commitment as to when the cuts will happen and how much per year we're reducing public spending over the parliament.
At what point are we going to start to seriously scale back the public sector, and when can we expect them to be moved onto money purchase plans like the rest of us?
Taxes in England are far too high and must come down, but this can't happen until we have cut the waste and repaid the debt, so we need a firm commitment as to when the cuts will happen and how much per year we're reducing public spending over the parliament.
plasticpig said:
el stovey said:
plasticpig said:
el stovey said:
If the Government has any plans to undo any of the damage Brown made on his raid on pension funds?
What damage was that then? What Brown did was enable companies to concentrate on inward investment while continuing to set a dividend that was affordable and not bow to pressure from it's major shareholders (the pension companies) to shell out the biggest dividend possible so they could claim the tax relief. It's was one of things Brown did right IMO. We would not have seen economic growth to the same extent as we did without this step been taken. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1531448/Bro...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/spec...
Ayahuasca said:
Marry / have a one-night stand / go on a year-long cruise with:
Harriet Harman / Margaret Thatcher / Hilary Clinton
??
No, no, no thats all wrong. It should be;Harriet Harman / Margaret Thatcher / Hilary Clinton
??
Nice, gentle, lethal injection/ quick, painless, bullet to the head/ skinning then rolling in rock salt followed by drenching in petrol, add zippo lighter, leave until the screaming dies down and then gut shot for that final lingering death.
See if you can guess which one I want for Harriet "of course the general public don't know the pressures MPs are under" Harman?
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