General Election

[waterside glens]

None of the political parties are capable of running the show, so why bother.

well said if the BNP where not so fookin racist i would vote for them . Britain is the soft spot of europe and the sooner we get out and take control of our on country the better. i heard a rumour that at the london olympic's we are changing our name from team G B to team DHSS . We have built a nation of lazy bas****S. where doing fook all pays more than some jobs. This is a country with no pride and is full of work shy shits and a prison service that would shame some hotels with the facilities available to the scum that fill them.I used to be proud to say i was british ,it doesn't have the same appeal any more .oh and N.Ireland is run by crooks and murderer's i wonder who gave them the power....Labour the no moral party

[waterside glens]

no more on politics from me as it just makes me angry but when you get your pay slip look at the deductions and ask your self Where the fook does that money go

vote cherry and white, i'm gonna form an ancient and loyal party .Are you with me?

[cpwigan]

Gordon Brown certainly made a fool of himself today.

[ancientnloyal]

where you going to vote lib dem 2 weeks ago?

[Panchitta Marra]

None of the political parties are capable of running the show, so why bother.

well said if the BNP where not so fookin racist i would vote for them . Britain is the soft spot of europe and the sooner we get out and take control of our on country the better. i heard a rumour that at the london olympic's we are changing our name from team G B to team DHSS . We have built a nation of lazy bas****S. where doing fook all pays more than some jobs. This is a country with no pride and is full of work shy shits and a prison service that would shame some hotels with the facilities available to the scum that fill them.I used to be proud to say i was british ,it doesn't have the same appeal any more .oh and N.Ireland is run by crooks and murderer's i wonder who gave them the power....Labour the no moral party

Great Britain has lost the Great from its title years ago as you say WG. The BNP have the biggest set of idiots within any political party, and as you say if they wernt so racist, or full of bafoons then maybe they would get a shred of respect.

[josie andrews]

I don't care who stands for election or who runs the country they're all out to line their own pockets and what is in it for them

They don't give a toss about the ordinary working class, and that goes for all your so called Labour Government, MP,s etc, they are all spineless, lily livered, kowtowing yes men/women.

What a bloody mess this country is in, genuine sick/disabled people being forced to work. Genuine people who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own having to scrape and live off a pittance. Pensioners, who have fought & worked their whole life for this country treated like crap. Then you get the lowlife, who haven't worked a day in their lives scrounging every benefit there is & knowing all the ins & outs to get round the system. Foreigners coming here getting housing & benefits & have never contributed anything.
They are getting paid more in benefits in a week than I earn in a month.

Why work when I can get £42,000 in benefits a year AND drive a Mercedes?
By Paul Sims
Last updated at 10:32 AM on 13th April 2010
The Davey family's £815-a-week state handouts pay for a four-bedroom home, top-of-the-range mod cons and two vehicles including a Mercedes people carrier.
Father-of-seven Peter gave up work because he could make more living on benefits.
Yet he and his wife Claire are still not happy with their lot.
With an eighth child on the way, they are demanding a bigger house, courtesy of the taxpayer.


More on the way: The Davey family at home'It's really hard,' said Mrs Davey, 29, who is seven months pregnant. 'We can't afford holidays and I don't want my kids living on a council estate and struggling like I have.
'The price of living is going up but benefits are going down. My carer's allowance is only going up by 80p this year and petrol is so expensive now, I'm worried how we'll cope.


'We're still waiting for somewhere bigger.'
Mrs Davey has never had a full-time job while her 35-year-old husband gave up his post in administration nine years ago after realising they would be better off living off the state.
At their semi on the Isle of Anglesey, the family have a 42in flatscreen television in the living room with Sky TV at £50 a month, a Wii games console, three Nintendo DS machines and a computer - not to mention four mobile phones.
With their income of more than £42,000 a year, they run an 11-seater minibus and the seven-seat automatic Mercedes.
But according to the Daveys they have nothing to be thankful for.
'It doesn't bother me that taxpayers are paying for me to have a large family,' added Mrs Davey.
'We couldn't afford to care for our children without benefits, but as long as they have everything they need, I don't think I'm selfish.
'Most of the parents at our kids' school are on benefits.'
She added: 'I don't feel bad about being subsidised by people who are working. I'm just working with the system that's there.
'If the government wants to give me money, I'm happy to take it. We get what we're entitled to. I don't put in anything because I don't pay taxes, but if I could work I would.'
The couple met in a pub 13 years ago. A year later, at the age of 17, Mrs Davey gave birth to Jessica, now 12.


She was followed by Jade, ten, Jamie-Anne, eight, Harriet, six, Adele, four, the couple's only son Tie, three, and Mercedes, two.
'It cost too much to carry on working as we were actually better off unemployed,' said Mr Davey.
In addition to income support, housing benefit, child tax credits and a council tax discount, the couple receive carer's allowance and disability living allowance for Tie, who suffers from a severe skin disorder.
Despite filing for bankruptcy 18 months ago after racking up £20,000 of debt on mail order catalogues they still insist on splashing out on four presents per child at birthdays and last Christmas spent £2,000 on gifts alone.
'Santa is always generous in our house,' said Mrs Davey, who once applied to join the police but was turned down.
She insists her husband would do any job 'as long as we could still afford the lifestyle we have now'.
Mrs Davey, who spends £160 a week at Tesco, says she does not intend to stop at eight children. Her target is 14.
And she adds: 'I've always wanted a big family - no one can tell me how many kids I can have whether I'm working or not.'


Things need to be changed to prevent these low lives sponging off this drained country.

Rant over

[trotski_tgwu]

Rant all you want and well said, as others have said this nation is turning into a nation of scroungers and do gooders who snear at gd honest working folk

[gpartin]

Terrible I know Josie but the party that deals with people like that will make changes across the board so people like my uncle who has worked 30 odd years for the same company until he recently lost his job due to the recession will have his dole money reduced and then stopped after two years because he isn't working. He's applying but so are 150 others. The real leeches need dealing with, not only the family you describe but people like James Caan who earn british money and don't pay tax here.

[gpartin]

But its unlikely to happen because these people are influencial and can sway people's votes and many of them went to Eton. So let the tories get in, watch the disabled who can't work losing money. See more kids in poverty in order to punish their parents for not working while they argue against higher tax for those earning obscene amounts. People who are so ready to moan about Britain should try visiting a place like Malawi for a fortnight.

[gpartin]

The vast majority of unemployed people want to work believe it or not. The difference between earning a wage and getting dole would have been even less had the labour government not introduced a minimum wage but the stuck up bankers who caused this recession through pure greed still have their vast sums of money in offshore accounts, still get stupidly high bonuses thanks to Boris Johnson standing up for his old school friends by using his influence through the EU.