little whitt Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 Bog standard cost of living... Per week. Anyone else help fill them in. Rent £75 (Council or HA or cheapest private) Council Tax £12? Water Rates £? TV Licence £? Bus Wanker Day Ticket for travel to and from work £5 per day so £25? Gas and Leccy (use upper winter cost) £35? Fuck knows, I can't be arsed anymore, I'm alreet jack, and, even if times got tougher I like porridge and broth so I'm doubly not arsed. The peasants are revolting. i pay her and winston £200 per week to live in the garage all in Quote
stevieb Posted April 23, 2015 Author Posted April 23, 2015 i pay her and winston £200 per week to live in the garage all in 200 a week. Fucking hell. I'd say you could have our spare room for that but I'm afraid you'd be inhaling the used bed sheets when I'm out. Quote
Smiffs Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 Take home pay for someone on minimum wage working the average of 37.5 hours a week, which is the hours these calculations are based on is under £1000 a month....... So they have £700 left to piss up the wall then. Easy to make generalisations. People aren't using food banks for a giggle, and there are working people having to use them. I'm not talking about making a living wage mandatory but do think that companies large enough and making large profits should be encouraged to do so. As already said, food banks are by and large abused by those who don't really need them putting even further strain on those who actually need them such as the unemployed with families or the homeless. I like you Smiffs, but like me in my past ( affluent ) life i had a certain view like yours. Now you will (hopefully) will never have to experience the side of "come down" from that status you have gained by your own graft. But mate, some do. When you experience it from the other side, it is somewhat different. I keep seeing you say there are loads of jobs. From your perspective that is from a builder. When it comes to " hey lads hey" would you work as a supermarket checkout guy when nowt else was available?, I said the same in the 1990's then when it came to it i could not. You intimate that anyone out of a job should take owt... just fuck off....been there done it! You speak like some king of a castle telling their serfs what to do. This is where your tory values fail, cause i've gone through it. BTW labour is shit as well. Thats one of the reasons i will vote the way i have said, cause its a change. Sorry about being so personal but I am fucking fed up about you saying loads of jobs for everyone out there.. tis not true.. apart from those having conversations in Fannys! If you take your angry eyes off you'll see earlier that starting wages at our place is 20% higher than minimum wage, and I prefer looking out for the man at the bottom and his job security rather than caring about how much Starbucks made. Aside for that, you've no idea about me. Never voted Tory, never been in Fanny's, never had a silver spoon up my arse, started working making shed panels at 14, worst day of my life was when I had the 'Unemployed' sticker put on my prison cell door so asked for a job cleaning toilets, got it, and got paid £7 a week which meant I could call home every night. I took responsibility for my own actions and built something out of fuck all and ran it through the toughest recession in a century. I lost count of the number of times I didn't draw a wage so the lads could have theirs. I lost it again when I got hammered with 2 large customers going bust, ended up in a rented flat with about £700 in the bank. I'd paid over a million in corporation tax and NI and never asked for a penny when it went tits up. Guess what. I started again from the bottom. So aye, I've not much fucking sympathy for folk who want to feel sorry for themselves - the only people I know who are unemployed are those who want to be. Quote
stevieb Posted April 23, 2015 Author Posted April 23, 2015 Clegg is quite entertaining on the last leg. If it was about personalities I reckon he'd do well. Quote
stevieb Posted April 23, 2015 Author Posted April 23, 2015 You're ace you Smiffs! I would 100% vote for you in an election. Quote
Youri McAnespie Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 Youri, never buy the Asda pre packed chopped onion on a whoopsee. Two reasons: 1 - there isn't enough nitrogen in the world to pump into the packaging to make it retain its freshness 2 - it's possibly the laziest product ever sold by Associate Dairies. I wouldn't as it's shite, I've also worked with the chemicals used to preserve that type of stuff in the past, even just handling it you could smell it in your shit the next day - can't be healthy that. Also, I've never seen Whoopsie chopped onions for less than 9p a pack, which is still utterly shit value as a sack of onions is about £3 from Manchester Supermarkets (aka Canon Street Kwik Save) or Bolton Market and it costs nowt to dice an onion or two. Quote
Youri McAnespie Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 You're wrong though, laziest product ever? Ready chopped mushrooms, ready chopped mushrooms? F*cking Joey Deacon and Ernie could knock out about 5kg of chopped mushrooms in five minutes. Quote
stevieb Posted April 23, 2015 Author Posted April 23, 2015 You're wrong though, laziest product ever? Ready chopped mushrooms, ready chopped mushrooms? F*cking Joey Deacon and Ernie could knock out about 5kg of chopped mushrooms in five minutes. Egg slicers are good for mushrooms. FACT! I once bought packaged chopped onions as a student, at full price, and it was like pouring toxic shit into my spag bol. Never again! Anyway. Back to politics, that Millibands a collapsed nose cunt isn't he! Quote
Youri McAnespie Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 Too much charleston. Every line is soaked in blood, Ed, you fucking hypocrite. Quote
Youri McAnespie Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 Ugh, that ghastly UKIP scouser is on Question Time... Only thing worse than a dyed-in-the-wool commie scouser, and that's a tory (or UKIP type) scouser, that Esther McVey is another one. Quote
Youri McAnespie Posted April 23, 2015 Posted April 23, 2015 I still would by the way, but only as my patriotic communist duty, to bring the uppity scrubber lady down a peg or two and remind her where she came from... Quote
anewman Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 How the fuck are the Tories not so far ahead in the polls given the improvement in the economy and jobs market? Probably because they come across as shit? Either way, 5 years ago I knew of lots of good men out of work and unless you were a civil servant so many were worried about their job. Nowadays the only ones not working don't fucking want to. Why the fuck would anyone in their right mind allow that fucking commie ruin it? I ask the same, how the fuck are labour neck and neck, but then again I see how many Asians and foreigners there are and they all vote labour so we are fucked basically Quote
gonzo Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 So they have £700 left to piss up the wall then. As already said, food banks are by and large abused by those who don't really need them putting even further strain on those who actually need them such as the unemployed with families or the homeless. If you take your angry eyes off you'll see earlier that starting wages at our place is 20% higher than minimum wage, and I prefer looking out for the man at the bottom and his job security rather than caring about how much Starbucks made. Aside for that, you've no idea about me. Never voted Tory, never been in Fanny's, never had a silver spoon up my arse, started working making shed panels at 14, worst day of my life was when I had the 'Unemployed' sticker put on my prison cell door so asked for a job cleaning toilets, got it, and got paid £7 a week which meant I could call home every night. I took responsibility for my own actions and built something out of fuck all and ran it through the toughest recession in a century. I lost count of the number of times I didn't draw a wage so the lads could have theirs. I lost it again when I got hammered with 2 large customers going bust, ended up in a rented flat with about £700 in the bank. I'd paid over a million in corporation tax and NI and never asked for a penny when it went tits up. Guess what. I started again from the bottom. So aye, I've not much fucking sympathy for folk who want to feel sorry for themselves - the only people I know who are unemployed are those who want to be. Brilliant. Quote
Guest Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 I ask the same, how the fuck are labour neck and neck, but then again I see how many Asians and foreigners there are and they all vote labour so we are fucked basically What is interesting is that most Muslims vote Lib Dem or Labour yet are inherently Conservative in their views.......they are probably more Tory, opinion wise, than white English Christians if truth be told. Quote
magic legs Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 And if you cannot shake off that idea that Gordon Brown was profligate, one final set of figures. Between financial years 1979 to 1996 (the 18 years of Conservative government), the deficit averaged 3.2% of GDP. From 1997 to 2007 it was 1.3%. Now maybe the Conservatives were a bit unlucky with having two recessions on their watch, so the equivalent cyclically adjusted figures are 2.6% and 2.1%. One last time: Labour fiscal profligacy is as mythical as the unicorn. http://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/mediamacro-myth-3-2007-boom.html?m=1 Quote
exiledwhite2 Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) And if you cannot shake off that idea that Gordon Brown was profligate, one final set of figures. Between financial years 1979 to 1996 (the 18 years of Conservative government), the deficit averaged 3.2% of GDP. From 1997 to 2007 it was 1.3%. Now maybe the Conservatives were a bit unlucky with having two recessions on their watch, so the equivalent cyclically adjusted figures are 2.6% and 2.1%. One last time: Labour fiscal profligacy is as mythical as the unicorn. http://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/mediamacro-myth-3-2007-boom.html?m=1 Aye alreet. The first term of their tenure they stuck to Tory spending plans. And ran a surplus. And guess what, the economy still grew, pretty bloody healthily at that. Edited April 24, 2015 by exiledwhite2 Quote
COYW Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 Aside for that, you've no idea about me. Just as you and others have no idea about other people's circumstances but it doesn't stop you making sweeping generalisations about them. Using your own life as some sort of blueprint of how everyone else should run theirs is bollocks. Quote
Whites man Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 And if you cannot shake off that idea that Gordon Brown was profligate, one final set of figures. Between financial years 1979 to 1996 (the 18 years of Conservative government), the deficit averaged 3.2% of GDP. From 1997 to 2007 it was 1.3%. Now maybe the Conservatives were a bit unlucky with having two recessions on their watch, so the equivalent cyclically adjusted figures are 2.6% and 2.1%. One last time: Labour fiscal profligacy is as mythical as the unicorn. http://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/mediamacro-myth-3-2007-boom.html?m=1 So if Labour profligacy is a myth what about the Tory austerity you keep banging on about? Spending had increased every year of the coalition government. Quote
Youri McAnespie Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 "...I almost weep when I look out upon Cameron and Osborne's Britain, I see a land of broken dreams and broken men and women. I think about the days before, when the workers had rights, had respect - for themselves and accorded to them by others, I think to myself 'Arthur, where did we go wrong, and what can be done to remedy this tragedy?' and the answer lies with you, each and every one of you. When the 2nd June 2015 arrives it's up to you start the reverse of this decline, that start begins with an X next to 'Socialist Labour' on your ballot sheet, heartfelt thanks for listening..." The Socialist Labour Party - The Only Option For The Worker Lifeblood of Britain. (That was a Party Political Broadcast Brought To You On Behalf Of The Socialist Labour Party). Quote
Whites man Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 Tories offering 10p a litre off White Lightning Youri... Quote
Guest Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 "...I almost weep when I look out upon Cameron and Osborne's Britain, I see a land of broken dreams and broken men and women. I think about the days before, when the workers had rights, had respect - for themselves and accorded to them by others, I think to myself 'Arthur, where did we go wrong, and what can be done to remedy this tragedy?' and the answer lies with you, each and every one of you. When the 2nd June 2015 arrives it's up to you start the reverse of this decline, that start begins with an X next to 'Socialist Labour' on your ballot sheet, heartfelt thanks for listening..." The Socialist Labour Party - The Only Option For The Worker Lifeblood of Britain. (That was a Party Political Broadcast Brought To You On Behalf Of The Socialist Labour Party). The dictionary definition of of thick deluded cunt Quote
Guest Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 "...I almost weep when I look out upon Cameron and Osborne's Britain, I see a land of broken dreams and broken men and women. I think about the days before, when the workers had rights, had respect - for themselves and accorded to them by others, I think to myself 'Arthur, where did we go wrong, and what can be done to remedy this tragedy?' and the answer lies with you, each and every one of you. When the 2nd June 2015 arrives it's up to you start the reverse of this decline, that start begins with an X next to 'Socialist Labour' on your ballot sheet, heartfelt thanks for listening..." The Socialist Labour Party - The Only Option For The Worker Lifeblood of Britain. (That was a Party Political Broadcast Brought To You On Behalf Of The Socialist Labour Party). The dictionary definition of thick deluded cunt Quote
Youri McAnespie Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) Tories offering 10p a litre off White Lightning Youri... Frankly some of their real-life actual bribes they're offering up would be quite appealing to me and my circumstances, a'hactually, if I was to give myself over to be wholly in the pursuit of adding zeros to my bank balance (or, more likely, adding real assets to my erm, real assets stash)... Despite my aversion to matters fiscal, they may still, inadvertently, make me 'wealthier', if they stick to their manifesto pledges that is, it's all academic anyhow, Labour will get in my ward regardless, and I didn't bother registering, and I wouldn't have bothered to vote even if I had - and I certainly wouldn't have voted Conservative even with their tawdry incentives. Edited April 24, 2015 by Youri McAnespie Quote
Youri McAnespie Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 The dictionary definition of of thick deluded cunt Who, me or Arthur? Anyway, the big guns are out now, after past endorsements from Alan Whicker, Stan Lee and Jim Royle. The campaign is ablaze, and the likes of you and your city buddies are shitting themselves... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-wales-32384397 Quote
Guest Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 Who, me or Arthur? Anyway, the big guns are out now, after past endorsements from Alan Whicker, Stan Lee and Jim Royle. The campaign is ablaze, and the likes of you and your city buddies are shitting themselves... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-wales-32384397 No, you're OK Quote
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