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a) "the Grieving mother has income support stopped on Remembrance Day… because she got compensation for the death of soldier son"?

b) that 90% of souvenirs for the 2012 Olympics are made abroad ?

C) that siingle mothers of children age one to 5 will have to attend regularly at the job centre?

D) "Millions of British women bored by their lives because of 'endless housework, no money and a dull sex life' ?

Or shall we just stick to the safe, "hows the weather where you are?' lol

xx

Its raining here!

It's dry here ;)

LOL young Rose,


I like the bit about
D) "Millions of British women bored by their lives because of 'endless housework, no money and a dull sex life' ?
I have often read on these boards that most of the women don't do housework....lol...and regarding their dull sex lives, I think it also applies to men as well.....LOL

I am totally disgusted with this government, reducing the pensions that servicemen get.....will they reduce theirs...I think not.

We unfortunately have lost a lot of our manufacturing companies and skills, and the ones we do have out price themselves.

I have no feeling either way regarding single mothers.

Doesnt the system say more than 6grand and benifits are affected ,as injust as it seems one rule must apply to all,,,poor woman.

if single people are reciving JSA then its a condition to be looking for work,,that must include mums aswell.

as for bored housewives,they need to get out more}}}}

weather here is fair to middling with a bit of cold air on the side.}}



apart from the Olympic goods..now why didnt they get some of the unemployed stitching away or give it to prisioners instead of sewing mail bags,,,,,}there all sorted....

It was surely only 85% of souvenirs:-))

S x

I haven't seen any of that Rose.

a is insensitive at the very least. Not sure how much compensation she got or if he supported his mother so difficult to comment. No amount of money will bring the lad back, but it does seem it should not have happened on remembrance day.
b doesn't surprise me
c, What do they have to attend for? To sign on? Are they expected to work? What is supposed to happen to their children? Are creches going to be encouraged?
d I have no sympathy with them

A bit windy but no raining here.

C ) I bet they soon do a U turn on this one , can you imagine the chaos in the Job centre if hundreds of stressed young Mums ( with their babies / toddlers in tow ) start filling the place up . I pity my poor brother , he hates his job , he has been there for years , having to roll with new initiatives......yes , he works at a Job centre .

and on the subject of B ) ..... are the souvenirs really going to be made abroad and more to the point , do we really know where anything is made these days ? I've just watched the " Dispatches " programme about the illegal textiles factories in England that produce clothes for our High Street fashion shops , the clothes are supposed to be being made abroad but are being produced in Leicester !!

it's 16k that is the 'cut off ' savings amount at present,

re single mothers , if the child is under school age it is income support that a single mum receives, not JSA ( unless of course there are plans afoot to alter that ).

Might be SueMaid, lol can't find where I read it now :)

ah here it is

"It is being billed as an Olympics that will leave a legacy for all of Britain.

But manufacturers in this country may not agree after it was revealed that more than 90 per cent of souvenirs being sold for London 2012 are being made abroad.

Of the 424 items on sale on the official website for the flagship Games, just 40 - fewer than one in ten - are manufactured here.

Instead, about 65 per cent are produced in China and 19 per cent in Turkey, with only 9 per cent bearing the ‘Made in Britain’ hallmark.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1329219/Just-8-cent-2012-London-Olympics-souvenirs-Britain.html#ixzz156hiPx51"

This makes no sense to me

"Vaughtons, the Birmingham-based company which made the Olympic and Paralympic medals for the 1908 London Games, were overlooked despite bidding for the lucrative contract of producing best-selling lapel pin badges.
But the contract went instead to Chinese company Honav, who manufactured the badges for the Beijing Games."

why could they not have been made here even if they were a bit more expensive?

I think you've answered your own question there Rose,
Cost...

That silly little one eyed mascot was China made,but to be made here wouldnt solve a failing companys cash delemia long term.....

this country is going to the dogs in one form or another.

I have to say it worries me, the state of the country, it is always a sign of terrible times when the pawn brokers and exorbitant loan companies are the only ones on the up and up.

It doesnt surprise me that 90% of 2012 merchandise is being imported. Companies have been outsourcing from the far east especially China for years, cos of the cheap labour & overhead costs.

Manufacturing companies in the UK tend to manufacture specialist products these days.

a) B*st*rds
b) Typical - no wonder there are no jobs in this country
c) Yea right - who will look after the children - not everyone on income support has nannies - despite what the 'Daily Mail' says!!!!
d) As has been said - get out - your life is your life- it also takes two to make a sex life!!
e) Miserable - will probably spend the weekend painting doors, can't afford to go out - no sex life......but I'm not bored, I've got doors to paint!! LOL

a) Insensitive, but doesnt surprise me
b)Ridiculous, but doesnt surprise me
c) Pointless, but doesnt surprise me
d) Get a single mother to clean your house, go and clean someone elses house for money and have an affair with their partner- Sorted!

Oh and its raining here (but doesnt surprise me!!) lol

I am despairing of the way this country is going, cutbacks at hospitals so a worry for all of us if we end up there, budgets cut for policing so law and order is out the window, any little bits of progress like more bobbies on the beat etc will be changed yet again, expensive things set up are being abandoned, like the money poured into Great Yarmouth for a new harbour for freight, now the cranes have been removed as there is little call for them, the big idea belly flopped badly!

Amanda, I watched that programme about the sweatshops in Leicester, it was horrifying to see how the people were being exploited and how the companies are being duped. Also the cost of the clothes, was it 90p for a pair of leggings that are selling for many times that amount. Someone is raking it in and we are all being taken for fools. There is so much corruption and dishonesty around and the people at the top aren't really bothered as long as they get their money. Philip Green, the chap from Arcadia? who the government are using to help guide them through certain areas I believe, wouldn't talk about the corruption in Leicester, I bet he knew about it and was just paying lip service to the rules and regulations as many others are.

I was steaming mad after I watched the prog - I mentioned it on another thread yesterday.

Lizx

Thats outragous how can anyone say h*******k isboring ;-)

Liz ......., I couldn't have put it better myself , I only watched the programme yesterday and I was also " steaming mad " . I used to work in a clothing factory so had some interest in the process .
It makes you realise that corruption and maximum profit rule the world : ((