Its true Ros EVRYONE gets Family Allowance I just wrote in another thread Richard bransons wife was quite open about the fact that they claimed theirs

and so they should - I used to depend on it at times - was so sorry when it went

Yeah well I agree with that....50k is way to much to be drawing benefits

Yes... and so did I...... but surely someone on say 100k doesn't need it?????

Ros surely you dont think EVERYONE should get it

sorry - got this wrong - i read it as tax credits -

I want to watch This Week - but I'm not sure if I can cope with Billy Bragg's glottal stops.

I  agree Brisket.......but personally I think it is the only chance the country has.......

LOL... I like This Week.....

no I don't lockes but I think the salary ceiling should be higher than it usually is - We don't get a bean for my son at uni

But thats the point about FAmily allowance..there is no salary ceiling EVERYONE gets it

I agree with this and I am willing to - perhaps Labour will also change to respond to society - change is good - the trouble is the statics in this country are the peeps with INHERITED wealth  but heigh ho i can live with that providing they consider poor folks in their policies

As long as the most vulnerable pensioners etc  dont suffer by reducing or taking away their heating allowance free bus pass etc all speculation at the moment ...

I agree - money can be saved here lockes

i agree  - but depends on how much debt they are in with  credit cards , whacking mortgage etc - a massive issue

So, if it does work - and it is successful; the coalition government will presumably fight the next election as one party?

well if they start messing round with the pensioners I might change my name to GUY FAWKES

But why should the country help pay for their credit card bills......

Well I am sorry but thats their fault and not the governments responsibility

Cos I can't afford to all by myself

- true

- I just think the more you earn - the more you spend and more but do agree

they daren't

Oh no. I hope not. That would mean we would still be stuck in a 2-party system.

I certainly want each party to fight an election as the party it is. IF it results in a coalition, so be it.

I was thinking about this today about credit cards some people just live beyond their means, I have never had one nor do I ever want one..

I agree it may be speculation but if it ever happened there would surely be a public outcry. Global warming doesn't mean warmer Winters as we've all experienced. It would be an absolute disgrace to reduce the Winter Fuel Allowance, far too Dickensian an idea, they should increase it!!!

Wonders what I've missed

Another topic by you that caught my eye lol. I watch a programme called the Bank of Mum and Dad. Basically about someone around the age of 25/35 who's lifestyle has taken them into debt from anything between around £25.000 to £100.000. Through these men/women being able to have so many credit cards and loans is what's helped them to live beyond their means. Then reality is forced on them of how long it will take them to get rid of those debts. Mum or Dad lives with them for a week and takes away all their credit cards, mobile phone and cash and gives them a budget to live on way less than what they've been living on. A financial expert is called in to spell it out in no uncertain terms to the debtor - who's been living in denial - where they've wasted money, borrowed too much, haven't paid debts and where they're headed financially, either to bankruptcy or having to deal with debt for 10/30 years. That usually wakes them up, eventually, as they don't give in easily to change. Interesting programme about today's lifestyle for many.

We will have a two party system come the next election – if the Lib Dems are not going to be pushing their unique/alternative polices during the current administration they will lose their identity, and with it their appeal, by 2015.

 

I’m not convinced that compromise will be a good thing for the Lib Dems in the long run.