badgerx16

It has the makings of a truly Golden thread.

WOOOOOOOT !!!!!

Mane is REALLY rubbish, isn't he ?

Odds on winning ?

Finally, well that makes it interesting.

Why didn't Pelle take the pen ?

Strawbs

I think part of the government bean counters' problem is that when they switched to the new assessment process, they factored in a reduction in overall claims, which automatically generated a saving on the overall budget. Unfortunately for them, the new assessment process, primarily intended to prune the claim rates, is so screwed up that 60% of appeals are successful, which means more people are receiving PIP than they intended.

Just posted on the BBC ; "Planned changes to disability benefits outlined in Budget will be "kicked into long grass", government source says"

Fifth

The In/Out debate summed up in 2 words.

Anne Widdicombe described by one side as a 'heavyweight' and the other as a 'pygmy'. Things are getting personal.

From a Chancellor who has missed just about every target he's set himself ? Regardless of the 'headline' items, the detailed numbers will inevitably hit those less able to cope, whilst his rich mates just keep get richer.

Makes me wonder how Napoleon got as far as Moscow.

Greece, Spain, and Portugal are all former right wing dictatorships that joined after 1980.

Sine

Somebody should point him in the direction of Specsavers.

Never a red card, should have been a penalty, 3 points fully deserved. Hopefully we can appeal the sending off. Scousers up next.

No way was that a red card

cue the anti yoshi jibes.

BBC text says clear pen.

For clarity, Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland, ( plus Liechtenstein ), are WITHIN the Schengen zone, as shown here : http://www.schengenvisainfo.com/schengen-visa-countries-list/ This is through the introduction of the treaty of Amsterdam, which affects EEA/EFTA members as well as EU states ; "....Notes that there is a direct effect in areas such as the Common Foreign and Security Policy. visa, asylum and immigration policy and the removal of border controls (Schengen)." http://www.efta.int/sites/default/files/documents/advisory-bodies/parliamentary-committee/jpc-resolutions/May-1998AmsterdamTreaty.pdf

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