Clapham Saint

Ooooooo......... http://www.gametrailers.com/video/vga-10-mass-effect/708363

Governments in having ability to make and change laws shock horror...

For me there are 2 separate issues. 1) How much is it fair for somebody to pay? 2) What is the fairest mechanism for them to do so? 1) £9k does seem very high to me (speaking as somebody who didn't pay anything), however its important to be aware that although this is the headline figure which everybody has assumed will be paid by all it is actually a cap. I would say it should be lower. 2) The proposed system seems by FAR the fairest way to pay whatever amount you come out with in question 1. Pay nothing up front, fair enough. Only start paying even a small amount if you are earning over 21k, fair enough. If you haven't repaid the full amount after 30 years (as I suspect that many nurses etc won't have done), write off the balance, fair enough. Many people, even if the nominal fees they have to pay are £9k a year will actually end up paying nowhere near this amount. In an ideal world uni would be free. Unfortunately it isn't and currently fees are required. The mechanism for paying is progressive and IS fair and is far better than the current mechanism. The nominal maximum fees are higher than I would want to go, however many will not pay the nominal amount. Tony's plan to get 50% of people to go to uni was always stupid.

How quick is the "blink of the eye", are we talking hours or near enough instant?

Is Rickie looking like getting back to his old self (lack of goals aside)? I've not been able to follow the whole thread

He made a vaid point for a significant proportion of the population (maybe the majority, I wouldn't know). However he expressed it monumentally badly from a political standpoint.

Wow. Just wow.

I guess they are aimed at the "youth market"? To me however they appear to be advertising banking for morons.

Are they a company or sole traders? Do you have an address for them or just mobile numbers?

He is definately allowed to have you with him. I wouldn't know about the other stuff though I'm afraid.

Frustrating would have been a better word. It makes the whole thing even more pointless (from the thieves point of view). Anyway. Calmed down a bit now.

It was almost definately a skate. I also descovered today that I had my expense recipts for the last 3 months in that bag... A R S E That's why you should put them in quickly!

Becuase I had planned to use the bag at the weekend. Silly me. *&(£ing c*(%s Its the futility of it all that has irritated me the most.

Just back from the anchor and hope on the cut (near waterloo). Some $^% c*&t has decided to steal my rucksack which was next to our table. Even more annoying is that they didn't even steal anyhitng of value. Knowing that I was going out for a couple of drinks I left my laptop and everything of value in the office so they have made off with a rucksack (with 1 knackered zip) and my remote key fob to be able to remotely log into the work network (without my log in details, and pin code this is also useless). Pointless theft, other than to p*ss me off and make me have to get a b*llocking from IT (for the fob) in the morning. C**nts. No idea why i feel the need to post this on here but rant over. Thieving ****ing C**nts.

Do this. No question

LOL . For what its worth I agree, why shouldn't we offer a financial incentive for those who might move into courses which will help in covering a shortfall in a desired skill? It doesn't mean that a philosophy (or what ever) degree isn't valuble. It just means that the country is seeking to recruit high caliber students into courses which it considers beneficial. What courses those are will no doubt change depending on the circumstances of the time. For example if we a short of nurses or octors then their courses could be discounted.

Was just kidding.

A graduate working hard, doing well for himself and no doubt earning a lot of money. I bet he voted conservative.

Tony Blair's policy (or his government's anyway) of wanting 50% of school leavers to go to Uni was just plain stupid. For many of those who have been to Uni in the last few years I'm sure that vocational courses or getting straight into the working world would have been far more beneficial to them. The brightest should go to Uni regardless of background (hence the subisdy for high A level grades above), insisting that everybody goes, even if it means wasting 3 years studying Kilingon from the union bar is a waste of both money and time.

I would offer a subsidy to those gaining higher grades (regardless of course). If a student gained 4 A*s and wants to go to uni then they are more deserving of the nation's investment than another wanting to go to the University of making up the numbers with 1 E and an F.

Has his gardening leave finished yet?

Well, has your opinion of insolvency practitioners gone up or down as a result of AA's performance. This makes the bitter taste twice as bad for me.

Until the administration ends all losses incurred are costs of the administration. If AA fails to raise enough funds to cover them by selling the assets then he becomes personally liable. After the club is sold to a new company the running costs are costs to be covered by the new company. Those incurred prior to the sale will remain as costs of the administration. I haven't had the heart to read all of the CVA documentation (I know, I know, I really should), however I beleive that the payments to creditors were based up x pence in the pound less costs. Hmmm...

There are always jobs available. They might not be ones that people want to do, especially if they are only marginally worse off by staying on benefits instead

On the assumption that the above post is what you are referring to... that isn't what I said. Doing better than another economy isn't actually that great if that economy is totally in the sh1t (and round the u-bend). You may as well tell Rickie that his loss of form isn't really that much of a problem because he's still better up front that me.