58 links have been added on 20 ideas about #uk.
  1. The Citizen’s Advice Bureau also says that you can cancel the service – try doing that with council tax and you’ll go to jail.

  2. Yep, central govt blames local councils, who blame central govt. You still have to pay, they still get away with charging you for stuff they didn’t provide – its a scam and you get locked up if you disagree.

  3. The Consumer Rights Act 2015 says that services must be provided with reasonable care and skill.

  4. Ahh, Boris. the enemy within has gone. Remember when Mr Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump had previously quit the agreement. Boris started by asking German Chancellor Angela Merkel to switch off her mic when she accidentally talked over his initial greeting. He joked: “Can you hear us Angela? I think you need to mute!”

  5. Mutual trade and investment are at the heart of our prosperity, and our commitment to free market values enables our economies to thrive. However, will Europe be as forgiving as the U.S.? Possibly not, mon-sieur.

  6. Heheh: “I’m fascinated that some think they should “warn” us that Brighton could lose its reputation as the “dirty weekend capital and cheeky tourist destination” (The Argus, June 19). Surely that’s something to be celebrated, not feared or regretted!”

  7. Ace, and this https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3761238/Pub-sign-asking-visitors-hit-neighbours-goes-viral.html

  8. Andrew, learned from Mark Thatcher how to sell arms. Wicked men. “We are concerned that Prince Andrew is used to sell arms, and where you sell arms it is likely to be to despotic regimes. He is the cheerleader in chief for the arms industry, shaking hands and paving the way for the salesmen.”

  9. I wonder if she wished she wasn’t the only one to be immune from prosecution – Ironically she hasn’t put a foot wrong, while all those around her have. Some of her super powers are listed here https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/32-incredible-powers-of-queen-elizabeth-ii-you-didnt-know-she-had/slidelist/48886245.cms

  10. OFF YE GO! From YouGov…. “Less than half of English people (46%) say they want Scotland to remain part of the UK. “

  11. Scotland used to be part of AMERICA. let’s see if they want it back. Trump golf courses and all.

  12. Agreed, they won’t take a hint will they. We gave them power to have their own parliament so they can vote to leave. However although they tried TWICE, the SNP failed to get a majority vote in their parliament, never mind getting home rule. Pretty sad to be honest.

  13. Education would help too. Not many people know what they are actually paying for when buying from supermarkets, its an eye-opener.

  14. Yeah, fishmongers and butchers deserve a tax break – BUT ONLY IF THEIR SOURCES ARE SUSTAINABLE. We also need more people to shop local wherever they live, Its a growing problem in south west England.

  15. Great idea but just found this. “The main rock in South East England’s coastline is chalk. Chalk cannot be broken down into sand. The pebbles on Brighton’s Beach are mainly composed of flint. (Yes, the kind of flint that you can strike to make a fire). Flint’s a very useful substance in developing societies even if it doesn’t erode well into sand.” Oh well…

  16. SOME FACTS BEFORE YOU DECIDE IF THIS IS A GOOD IDEA – More than half the members are over 70; the Lords are 94 per cent white and 73 per cent male. Even more than the Commons, it represents the old establishment.

  17. So far, none of the top brass has even come close, you just resign if it looks like it’s going to hit the fan.

  18. You can contact your MP and have them meet you in Parliament. My Mrs and I did and it was an experience I will never forget.

    Rubbed Churchill’s foot, walked through the commons and held the despatch box and squeezed through Cecil Parkinson’s extra huge turnstile in the lobby.

    Bumped into Dougie Turd on the steps of Westminster Hall and watched that larl cheeky speaker John Bercow open the chamber for the day.

  19. looks like rich landowners have managed to lobby the government into giving themselves another extra bonus. Crazy, spend it on affordable housing so they can’t keep upping the price of houses and keeping the majority of the population renting, and funding the rich.

  20. Yeah, its a scam that channels more of the welfare budget to the rich – and at the same time demonising those who can’t find work.

    ” At over £25 billion it is one of the biggest and fastest-growing parts of the welfare bill. That is a huge sum of money: more than we spend on the police, roads and buying military equipment combined. “

  21. Chief whips are the real chaos merchants. Quote from a former tory chief bully boy:

    “Problems involving members “might be debt, or it might be a scandal involving small boys”.

    “They would come and ask if we could help,” Fortescue said. “And if we could we did, and we would do everything we could, because we could store up brownie points.

    “That’s one of the reasons we would get a chap out of trouble – because he’d then be ours forever-more.”

  22. Yep, looks like he should have been the victim of all that bullying rather than the bully. Most of the kids he destroyed were just lazy stoners without much malice, but Kyle? and arsehole for sure…

  23. Brexit is a huge mistake that will have far-reaching consequences in years to come. We should have another referendum to cancel leaving the EU!

  24. Many people could not comprehend the fallout that would follow after Brexit. And it will continue to get worse in coming years.

  25. Let’s face it! Many pro-Brexit voters still have no idea what they voted for.

  26. I read this one, which gives the impression they should be watched around the clock. Since Thatcher reinvented the role as “cabinet enforcers” and my local MP was a tory chief whip, no MP is likely to get a free vote. Great book btw.

  27. richb

    Please read this book to discover exactly why we should never go down this route