Politics

[Spider]

1 minute ago, Casino said:

so, we have a class of 30 x 7 year olds

6 consecutive weeks we are missing 5 kids

nah, not for me

 

anyway, this is one of them where nobody is changing their mind

I don't blame the holiday companies for profiteering, by the way. I imagine it evens itself out for them over a year when they sell next to nowt through winter.

But staggering holidays won't work either I don't think, as I don't think there;s enough wriggle room for it.

[Casino]

crack on as we are, then

i also don't blame the holiday companies

good honest capitalism

we did late may when our kids were young as they got 2 weeks off

[Zico]

send your kids private and do what the fuck you want

then when the school complain, threaten to take them out

they'll soon begrudingly accept that you'll take them when it suits you

[royal white]

6 minutes ago, Zico said:

send your kids private and do what the fuck you want

then when the school complain, threaten to take them out

they'll soon begrudingly accept that you'll take them when it suits you

Be cheaper just to take them out of normal school 😂

Edited September 23, 2025 by royal white

[Zico]

3 minutes ago, royal white said:

Be cheaper just to take them out of normal school 😂

yeah do that

I would

I guess the question for me is, how much is the fine?

[royal white]

3 minutes ago, Zico said:

yeah do that

I would

I guess the question for me is, how much is the fine?

I think it’s £80 per parent per child 

[Winchester White]

2 minutes ago, Zico said:

yeah do that

I would

I guess the question for me is, how much is the fine?

We got fined £60 each a few years back, but if you do it every year it increases up to as much a £1000 according to the letter we got.

[Zico]

6 minutes ago, royal white said:

I think it’s £80 per parent per child 

 

5 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

We got fined £60 each a few years back, but if you do it every year it increases up to as much a £1000 according to the letter we got.

you could in theory end up with an empty class room for a week during term time

or massively reduced numbers either side of the holidays, so I see why the schools wouldn't want that

spose it depends on how much you want to save on your holiday then over the years

if you can afford it, take the fine

[Duck Egg]

44 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

We got fined £60 each a few years back, but if you do it every year it increases up to as much a £1000 according to the letter we got.

I see there was a mum in the news this week, moaning she couldn't pay her £80 fine after she took the kids off to Florida! Take your kids out of school by all means but youve got to suck it up when it comes to the token punishment.

[Winchester White]

13 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

I see there was a mum in the news this week, moaning she couldn't pay her £80 fine after she took the kids off to Florida! Take your kids out of school by all means but youve got to suck it up when it comes to the token punishment.

Exactly. We knew we were going to get a fine and as it was his last year at primary we didn't think a week out would be the end of the world and it saved us a fortune.  Now he's older and in secondary we aren't going to take him out of school for a holiday.

[Not in Crawley]

22 hours ago, Spider said:

I don't blame the holiday companies for profiteering, by the way. I imagine it evens itself out for them over a year when they sell next to nowt through winter.

But staggering holidays won't work either I don't think, as I don't think there;s enough wriggle room for it.

Seems to help in Germany, France and Sweden. Its doesnt completely solve the issue but it does seem to offer some solution.

In Germany isnt it easier as they stagger across their federal regions I believe. I suppose the same could work in terms of larger local authorities.

 

[BobyBrno]

 

‘One asylum seeker told the BBC he had taken a 250-mile journey to visit a GP, with the driver telling him the cost to the Home Office was £600.

Asylum seekers are issued with a bus pass for one return journey per week, but for any other necessary travel, such as a doctor's appointment, taxis are called. 

The BBC asked the government how much it spends on taxi travel for asylum seekers via a Freedom of Information Act request, but the Home Office said it does not keep these figures.’

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2j3regpdno

[Spider]

3 hours ago, BobyBrno said:

 

‘One asylum seeker told the BBC he had taken a 250-mile journey to visit a GP, with the driver telling him the cost to the Home Office was £600.

Asylum seekers are issued with a bus pass for one return journey per week, but for any other necessary travel, such as a doctor's appointment, taxis are called. 

The BBC asked the government how much it spends on taxi travel for asylum seekers via a Freedom of Information Act request, but the Home Office said it does not keep these figures.’

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2j3regpdno

Did it not bother you that the Tories were doing this for years?

You may have posted something pre-June 2024 so apologies in advance if so.

[Bertie]

Meanwhile, our Nige seems a chip off the old RFK block when it comes to health & science. Don’t believe experts? Is it really that hard a question? God help us. I just hope folk know what they’re voting for in 4 years time.

 

[BobyBrno]

The first of the ‘one in one out’ arrived today. A family of three. We have sent 4 back to France so far. Meanwhile, 1157 have arrived this week by small boats. I’m not sure if the 4 we sent back have made it onto one of the boats. Yet. 

[gonzo]

13 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

The first of the ‘one in one out’ arrived today. A family of three. We have sent 4 back to France so far. Meanwhile, 1157 have arrived this week by small boats. I’m not sure if the 4 we sent back have made it onto one of the boats. Yet. 

Also a report appeared today about the use of taxis to ferry migrants about for doctors and specialist health care appointments.

I mentioned on here months ago about the tows of taxis I see every morning outside the asylum centres there to take them to school, hospital and doctors.

I was told I was brainwashed.

[Sweep]

20 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

The first of the ‘one in one out’ arrived today. A family of three. We have sent 4 back to France so far. Meanwhile, 1157 have arrived this week by small boats. I’m not sure if the 4 we sent back have made it onto one of the boats. Yet. 

Fear not, only a few more years, and they'll all be stopped, once Reform have the Navy patrolling the channel

[burnden]

Absolute nonsense that the government just don't know how much is being spent on taxis 

[Sweep]

9 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Also a report appeared today about the use of taxis to ferry migrants about for doctors and specialist health care appointments.

I mentioned on here months ago about the tows of taxis I see every morning outside the asylum centres there to take them to school, hospital and doctors.

 

And that's why they'll keep coming, it's a joke. 

[Winchester White]

3 minutes ago, burnden said:

Absolute nonsense that the government just don't know how much is being spent on taxis 

Why? There isn't a massive tab with every taxi firm payable by Whitehall. This is being paid for by local councils. It needs sorting though as it have been going on for far far too long.

[Sweep]

4 minutes ago, burnden said:

Absolute nonsense that the government just don't know how much is being spent on taxis 

They know full well, and presumably so do the Tories, who also did it, hence they're also keeping quiet. It'll get leaked (or somebody will make it up and post it on Twitter) fairly soon I'd have thought

[BobyBrno]

2 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Fear not, only a few more years, and they'll all be stopped, once Reform have the Navy patrolling the channel

The usual responses. Spider deflects to the Tories and you deflect to Reform.😅

We have a Government who are responsible for these things and they don’t have a clue what’s going on, like  kites in a hurricane. 

[burnden]

Why would be because they are supposed to be running the country and should know what is being spent and where surely?

[Tonge moor green jacket]

37 minutes ago, Spider said:

Did it not bother you that the Tories were doing this for years?

You may have posted something pre-June 2024 so apologies in advance if so.

Standard fayre.

Which bit of "they lost the election" are you struggling with?

Same mistakes being made now, but with even more information being sought and put out in the public domain, all whilst it just gets worse.

Yet the apparent reluctance to acknowledge anything. 

[Spider]

1 minute ago, BobyBrno said:

The usual responses. Spider deflects to the Tories and you deflect to Reform.😅

We have a Government who are responsible for these things and they don’t have a clue what’s going on, like  kites in a hurricane. 

Labour are fools for paying it. But they aren’t the only government that has done.

I only asked why you never raised this issue for the several years the Tories were doing it. But you must have as it clearly bothers you.