Title: An English Whinge. Post by: leefer on Friday, March 4, 2011, 23:34:33 http://www.itv.com/news/yes-welsh-vote34663/
So basicly they are saying fuck Westminster.............so why do we need Welsh MP's in Westminster? Go back to Wales and sort your affairs out.....and while i am in the mood Scotland MP'S have voted that Scottish citizens dont pay anything for there prescriptions anymore......along with the Welsh and Irish,so who's footing the bill?....us the English,ours go up again next month :D....making it nearly £8 a throw. You couldn't make it up :no: Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: chalkies_shorts on Friday, March 4, 2011, 23:41:04 I'd very happily see Wales, Scotland and N Ireland have full independence. Its almost like independence light - ooh we're so radical and free but you stupid English cunts continue to feed us the money because we're too shit to stand on our own two feet. Unfortunately for the English we still need to breast feed the babies.
Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: pauld on Friday, March 4, 2011, 23:48:55 http://www.itv.com/news/yes-welsh-vote34663/ Not quite no. They're trying to get rid of a layer of red tape, mainly. At the moment, the Welsh Assembly can vote something through but it then has to go through to Westminster to become law. Which is pointless, time-consuming and expensive. So they've voted to cut out the middleman.So basicly they are saying fuck Westminster. And if they are saying "Fuck Westminster", who hasn't? Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: leefer on Friday, March 4, 2011, 23:57:28 So why are Welsh MP,s in Westminster.................if what Westminster says isnt going to make a jot of difference?.......the whole idea of the red tape was so that the Welsh couldn't just jot on and do what they want....now they can.
We all say Fuck Westminster Paul....but we are governed by it anyway.........seems the Welsh won't be anymore.............but will still have Welsh MP's voting on English matters.....bread buttered on three sides me thinks.....i expect they all cross the bridge back home to pick the medicine up at the weekends....for nothing :D Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: pauld on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 00:00:31 Ah, the old West Lothian question. Or West Lampeter I suppose in this case :)
See your point, leefer, but tbh it's better directed at the whole idea of devolution and regionalised parliaments (or indeed whether Westminster really represents anyone outside the SouthEast anyway), this referendum is a bit of a red herring. Or red dragon. I think the key thing though is as long as they're all picking up their expenses. Wouldn't want any snouts, whether devolved or otherwise, to miss out on the trough Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: leefer on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 00:03:48 Ah, the old West Lothian question. Or West Lampeter I suppose in this case :) See your point, leefer, but tbh it's better directed at the whole idea of devolution and regionalised parliaments (or indeed whether Westminster really represents anyone outside the SouthEast anyway), this referendum is a bit of a red herring. Or red dragon. I think the key thing though is as long as they're all picking up their expenses. Wouldn't want any snouts, whether devolved or otherwise, to miss out on the trough Paul......Lampeter is a lovely place, deliver a lot to the place. Only having a little whine....................know theres a lot more to it than i pointed out. Snouts is a great word..........almost Dickension i would say. Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: pauld on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 00:05:38 I defer to the Rt Hon Leefer's greater knowledge of Lampeter, Mr Speaker :)
And just for you - Snouts, snouts, snouts, snouts Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: chalkies_shorts on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 00:16:28 I get pissed off when I keep hearing we're all in this together. We quite clearly aren't. We're subsidising these buggers both directly and indirectly as they're work shy idle bastards who live off the state anyway.
Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: pauld on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 00:35:05 The Welsh or the Cabinet?
Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: Reg Smeeton on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 02:00:42 Snouts is a great word..........almost Dickension i would say. Snout, I'd have down as Shakespearean, as in Tom Snout, a tinker, from MSND. I think the ruling classes have been prepared to pay for Wales and Jockoland, because of their willing contribution of cannon fodder for the British Army....now that we've no aircraft carrier, but share with the French, a new politick is in the air. Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: bigbobjoylove on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 02:04:28 Independence for Wiltshire I say.
Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: Batch on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 08:01:22 Independence for Wiltshire I say. You jest, but there is a Cornish separatist group. Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: Samdy Gray on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 09:23:57 Go back to Wales and sort your affairs out.....and while i am in the mood Scotland MP'S have voted that Scottish citizens dont pay anything for there prescriptions anymore......along with the Welsh and Irish,so who's footing the bill?....us the English,ours go up again next month :D....making it nearly £8 a throw. I've told you before and I'll tell you again, regional assemblies are given their own 'budget' each year to cover devolved powers and have to direct it as they see fit i.e. health, education, transport etc. It just so happens the Welsh and the Scots choose to put part of their budget towards providing free prescriptions. Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: Batch on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 09:30:59 regional assemblies are given their own 'budget' each year to cover devolved powers The question though is whether they are given a disproportionally high 'budget' compared to that available to the English. I'd imagine we subsidise the Welsh pot, though I don't know for a fact. Secondly, would we benefit from an English assembly? Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: Samdy Gray on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 09:42:22 The question though is whether they are given a disproportionally high 'budget' compared to that available to the English. I'd imagine we subsidise the Welsh pot, though I don't know for a fact. It's proportional to population IIRC. Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: Batch on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 09:59:39 It's proportional to population IIRC. Thanks. So ignoring the fact they are probably taking more than they are contributing what do the Welsh and Scots miss out on that we don't? Or what are we spending/wasting money on that they don't? There is something seriously amiss when the Welsh/Scots can seemingly afford free/cheaper prescriptions, reduced/free university places etc, when us English don't. But there must be reason for it, it can't be that clear cut. Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: Bogus Dave on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 10:12:12 They have to live in scotland/wales
Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: ron dodgers on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 10:16:09 Independence for Wiltshire I say. we haven't got a flag - I want oneTitle: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: Batch on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 10:16:59 They have to live in scotland/wales Oooh good point. Case solved. Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: Batch on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 10:18:06 we haven't got a flag - I want one http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2007/06/04/wiltshire_flag_feature.shtml [url width=180 height=109]http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr95/SalisburyLass/180px-Wiltshire_flag.jpg[/url] Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: donkey on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 10:20:06 http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2007/06/04/wiltshire_flag_feature.shtml What a disaster...they should follow the rule of tincture at all times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_tincture Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: Huwwy on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 10:22:46 That is a seriously shit flag! Perhaps the welsh and scots don't piss away tax payers money on designing needless and crap flags?
Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: stfcinbmth on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 10:24:42 http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2007/06/04/wiltshire_flag_feature.shtml [url width=180 height=109]http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr95/SalisburyLass/180px-Wiltshire_flag.jpg[/url] Why's it got an ostrich on it? Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: Costanza on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 10:26:43 It's the Great Bustard.
Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: Batch on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 10:27:33 The fact I've never seen said flag suggests it wasn't an overwhelming success.
Oh and STFCinBmth - I think they introduced Ostrich onto Salisbury plain. Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: stfcinbmth on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 10:27:43 Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: Reg Smeeton on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 11:06:55 The question though is whether they are given a disproportionally high 'budget' compared to that available to the English. I'd imagine we subsidise the Welsh pot, though I don't know for a fact. Secondly, would we benefit from an English assembly? Money gets divvied up according to the Barnett Formula...expenditure per head of population works out like this.. * England £7,121 * Scotland £8,623 * Wales £8,139 * Northern Ireland £9,385 Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: Batch on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 12:24:42 Money gets divvied up according to the Barnett Formula...expenditure per head of population works out like this.. * England £7,121 * Scotland £8,623 * Wales £8,139 * Northern Ireland £9,385 I call shenanigans on the whole thing. Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: RobertT on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 15:56:14 It's the Great Bustard. How the fuck did Jurassic Park get built in Wiltshire without anyone knowing: "Previously extinct, the large bird is now part of a ten year breeding programme on Salisbury Plain." Title: Re: An English Whinge. Post by: shady on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 17:47:30 What a disaster...they should follow the rule of tincture at all times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_tincture You learn something new every day |