daveh

^^

Thanks.

What password would I need to use it?

Many thanks for the reply.

I wasn't aware that they didn't have 3G available here. That is ridiculous in these times; particularly as I have such a strong phone signal. All very frustrating.

I am not a technical person so please bear with me.

I have a phone, on the vodafone network, that will allow me to use the internet. It works fine on wi-fi at home but, outside when I go into Lerwick, it is unable to get the internet at all. I have "data enabled" ticked in the settings so I don't know why there is a problem.
In the past week, I have tried to use it (with the sound off) whilst waiting at the dentist and during a two-hour wait at the health centre. Others were using their phone, to access the internet at the health centre (although I don't know what network they were on), so is there a problem accessing 3G out and about in town with vodafone?

Any thoughts?

 

 

You are a very disingenuous person who like your beloved political party have little morals

That is a truly ridiculous thing to say about both myself and the party which I support. You don't know anything about my "morals" whatsoever. I could similarly personally attack your morals but will not sink to your level.

As regards my political allegiance, I am very happy to support them and don't have to justify that to anyone.

I will now leave this thread completely and leave you to wallow in your ridiculous copy and paste propaganda to the ongoing delight of your adoring fans.

Carry on !

daveh, really? Let's not go there again

Is this a private thread, then?

Is the rule that you can post dozens of posts on the same topic but nobody can post any if they have opposing views?

Your comment certainly suggests that.

I would focus on all of them.

The poster is implying that the largest should be concentrated on. Anyway, anyone can produce estimates so they are, factually, meaningless.

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Your point being, then, that benefits fraud is ok because others are committing fraud?

Such a ridiculous line to take !

ALL fraud is illegal and should be stamped out with appropriate penalties being applied.

http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/latest-news/cambs_benefits_cheat_jailed_for_81k_fraud_1_2259377

Vicky Cooling, 31, of Greenhaze Lane, Great Cambourne was sentenced to 24 weeks at Cambridge Crown Court today (Monday), of which she will serve half behind bars.

She had claimed benefits as a single parent but failed to tell two councils and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that she had a partner living with her who was in full time work.

Cooling denied two charges of dishonestly failing to report changes in her circumstances and two charges of dishonestly making false statements to obtain benefit in May and the judge ruled today she would serve four 24 week sentences concurrently.

The prosecution was brought by South Cambridgeshire District Council on behalf of itself, Borough of Broxbourne Council and the DWP.

Cooling fraudulently claimed £41,590 in housing and Council Tax benefit while living in Broxbourne between 2007 and 2011, and £7,956 while living in South Cambridgeshire. She was also found to have been overpaid £31,941 in income support and Jobseekers allowance from the DWP.

A further hearing will take place in October to decide on confiscation of her assets under the Proceeds of Crime Act to repay fraudulently claimed benefits.

The case was the largest benefit fraud case South Cambridgeshire District Council had taken to court.

Cllr Simon Edwards, South Cambridgeshire District Council’s deputy leader and cabinet member for finance, said: “Fraudsters rely on honest people not reporting them but it is important to remember it is not a victimless crime. It takes money away from our communities and services and affects us all in some way. We take a tough line on fraud and it’s not a question of if we catch fraudsters, but when.â€

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You should keep an open mind and read the article.

Thanks.

I was making a thread posting and, when I pressed to send it, I lost the link. That happened several times and, when I did see the thread, it was there 3 times. It took me some 20 minutes or so just to get to the 2 duplicated posts to mark them as being duplicated.

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If he is proactive then he should be provided with every assistance out there to enable him to be gainfully employed again.

I was made redundant, with minimal redundancy pay, just before my 47th birthday. It left me petrified that I would never find another job again even though I was a qualified accountant. This was in the days before the internet took off so applying for jobs was that much more difficult than it is now. I updated my CV and registered with 8 different agencies (I was based in London at the time). I wrote well over 150 letters to various firms and organisations and got replies from only 10% of them. I toured London and the outer suburbs and bought local newspapers to look for job adverts that I could apply for. Bearing in mind my qualification, I was so determined to work anywhere, for my own peace of mind and dignity, that I actually took the initial steps to become a postman. Pride and peace of mind was all important to me.

It was after 3 months of sheer desperation, that I eventually secured an accountancy role but the job I took was worth some 35% less salary than I was earning previously. The fact that I was out of work and needed a job meant that my bargaining power was very low. I never made up that percentage drop in my subsequent jobs as any prospective new employer looks at what you were eraning in your current job.

I wrote that to show that I fully sympathise with those out there looking for work.

Incidentally, to anyone who thinks that Ian Duncan Smith is a totally uncaring person, please take a few minutes out to read this article about his background:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2304833/Iain-Duncan-Smith-My-days-breadline-disgraceful-BBC-wife-love-sustains-me.html

Is it my PC or has Shetlink been playing up this evening?

What happens if they don't. are they lesser than a worker. you said your a pensioner you do realise your group is next for the cuts.

"...they don't"

Who are "they"?

Yes - I am a pensioner and am paying the price for Labour's wrecking the economy. The base interest rate has been stuck at 0.5%, to boost the economy, for years and this has allowed mortgagees to get the best interest rate deals ever. However, my wife and I saved prudently for our retirement and hoped to boost our pension income by using the interest to supplement our fairly meagre pension income. Whilst the rates are at rock bottom levels for borrowers, we and millions of other prudent pensioners are having to eat into our capital to survive. If rates ever start to creep up again, benefitting us gradually, there would be an outcry from those in debt. There are far more savers than borrowers but we have to accept it.

Our state pensions are not a welfare payment but are returns for our contributions during our working lives. The Chancellor has said that state pensions will not be affected by welfare cuts and quite rightly so.

I have complete faith in George Osborne's ability to turn the economy around, from the mess he inherited. He has done a brilliant job to date. On the other hand, I truly fear for this country's future if Ed Balls were ever to get any involvement again.

A friend of mine recently lost his job. Text message from the firm saying "we have ceased trading--do not come in tomorrow". Yes I am sure he will be entitled to redundancy money and perhaps pay in lieu of notice but meanwhile he has to live and support his family. Job was poorly paid and he was paid weekly so no backup funds to cover against sudden loss of work. I do hope the government's new plans take account of people like my friend. Or maybe the next government will change the rules.

Hopefully, he will be proactive and successful in finding another job quickly.

Good point, Mr Thumb.

I have to go and scare the slugs away whilst avoiding the damn midges !

what about the Gaelic or Welsh only speakers. That requirement is raciest. and if challenged will fail.

 

daveh try living with nothing for a week or month. yet nothing to recover the avoided tax.

AFTER ALL WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

I don't see it as racist, whatsoever.

Besides, I would very much doubt that there are any Welsh or Gaelic speakers, living in the UK, who can't speak English.

If it is challenged, then so be it.

As for being in it together, I am. Are you?

^^

I am retired now but, when I started a job (I had a total of 11 jobs and was made redundant once with a minimal settlement) I would always have to wait a month until I received my first salary.

If someone has previously been working, under the new rules (which I think don't come in until 2015), they would have had their previous salary to draw upon for the week until they can sign on.

As regards the requirement to speak English, the government will continue to fund the language classes. What is wrong with that? I would have thought it a basic requirement that a job-seeker, looking to work in the UK, should be encouraged to integrate into the wider community.

 

point is you dismissed my quotes because they came from the guardian, yet consider yours valid despite coming from propaganda central.

 

anyway

A very conflicting comment !

Anyway, enjoy the sunshine.

yeah, so what? bit rich to criticise the source when you're copy/pasting straight from the tory party website...

 

so not addressing the fact that the tories are once again being proven to be manipulating figures? yes, all governments will do this to some degree to make themselves look better, but the sheer sneering smug audacity of doing it to justify making those with the least pay for the greed-induced failings of those with the most is really pushing the envelope.

 

and so what if they set up the OBR. surely the point is the tories are being called out on their outright lies by the very body they installed to do just that. you'd think they'd have more wit, eh? well, maybe not. maybe they've seen the staggering amount their banker mates got away with and decided to see if they can be that brazen. so far some people are swallowing it.

Me quoting from the excellent Conservative party website, is no different to virtually all the quotes from others, anti-Conservative, on this thread to date. Anyway, you have provided a link to the Guardian so it's a bit rich from you, actually.

You consider the Tories to be smug, I don't. You just don't like hearing common sense and the truth being told and, perhaps, can't recognise it after 13 years of Labour's lies. Such a shame, that.

As for the bankers being mates, I think that you have listened to the likes of Dennis Skinner and Ed Balls too much. If you look back, I think you will find that Gordon Brown was almost up the backside of the top bankers in London in his time. Why didn't he do anything about the banker's bonuses that seem to be so unpopular? Why, in fact, did Gordon Brown recommend a knighthood to be bestowed upon Freddie Godwin for his "services to banking"?

The Guardian, eh?

Why stop there?

Why not quote from the Daily Mirror and the Socialist Worker also?

Incidentally, it was Cameron & Osborne who set up the OBR so that the government of the day is held to account now and into the future. If the last Labour government were to have had the guts to set it up instead, they would have been hauled up constantly for manipulation of forecasts and stats every other day.

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Cut the cynicism out !

What exactly is your problem with the change from 3 to 7 days?

Unveiling the results of his spending review 2015-16, the chancellor claimed that it would be possible to achieve £5bn of the sought-after savings through efficiencies, although this will include the loss of a further 144,000 public sector jobs. Police, student grants and charities will also be hit.

There have been 1.25m private sector jobs created in the last 3 years with many more to come. The public sector employees, losing their jobs, can take their redundancy and move into the private sector.

Last night, I received the following emailed brilliant message from The Rt. Hon. George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Second Lord of the Treasury.

I thought that I would share it with you wonderful people:

Dear David,

Today I have published the Spending Round, which sets out our spending priorities and choices for 2015/16.

Labour left us with the largest deficit since the Second World War. We borrowed £1 in every £4 that we spent. We had to take tough decisions to bring our economy back from the brink of bankruptcy.

While recovery from such a deep recession is never straightforward, Britain is moving out of intensive care - from rescue to recovery. The Spending Round sets out how we will secure that recovery.

Of course the choices are difficult, and there is no easy route out of a mess as big as the one Labour created. The departmental settlements I have announced today will reduce current spending by £11.5 billion in 2015-16. But every decision we have taken is based on three principles: delivering reform, prioritising growth and ensuring fairness.

Through reform, we are determined to get more from every pound we spend. We are clamping down on waste across Whitehall - £5 billion of the savings today come from efficiency savings. By reforming elsewhere, we are able to announce that we will not cut the number of soldiers, sailors or airmen. By homing in on efficiency and driving through public service reform, we are delivering better services and bringing down Government spending.

To deliver growth, we are investing in education, enterprise and the economic infrastructure we need so that we can win the global race. Today I have announced there will be over £300 billion in capital spending guaranteed over the next decade. We are setting out long-term funding to science and schools, boosting apprenticeship funding, and prioritising education – we will provide for 180 new Free Schools in 2015-16. I know that Government spending alone cannot create growth. Enterprise does. We need to provide the schools, science, transport links and reliable energy that enable business to grow.

To ensure fairness, we are making sure that those with the broadest shoulders bear the greatest burden. We are also reforming welfare so that it is fair to both those who need it and those who pay for it. That is why we have announced an overall cap on welfare spending from April 2015 and have set out a package of reforms that will put in place new conditions on people claiming out-of-work benefits: half of jobseekers will have to go to a jobcentre once a week, claimants must do an Upfront Job Search and wait 7 days before claiming benefits, and claimants will be required to learn English if they don’t already speak it.

The decisions we take are not easy, and I know that times are difficult.

But with today’s Spending Round, we make more progress towards an economy that prospers, a state we can afford, a deficit coming down and a Britain that is on the rise.

George Osborne

Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Shetlandpeat seems to be, though.

Gideon Osborne for one.

Can you please give me a link where George Osborne is "pilloring" the folk you referred to? I would like to see a direct quote where he is doing so.

I think that you may have been reading the Daily Mirror recently a bit too much?