Sorry, something went wrong.
- Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
- Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!
Convicted London rioters should loose all benefits - Petition
Collapse
X
Collapse
-
-
Originally posted by PAH View PostThat may have been a joke (what isn't on here ), but something like that would need to be in place.
Saw Clegg spouting off on the morning news about removing crims from the council housing.
So in a society where they are trying to eradicate poverty and homelessness, where are these people going to go if they kick them out of their subsidised homes and stop their benefits?
My idea of a boot-camp, where the soon to be redundant army drill instructors knock some sense into the scrotes is the only sensible workable solution. They still have a roof over their heads but are kept out of society until they conform to the rules we all have to suffer under.
I'm not saying this is a means of getting them drafted into the armed forces, before all you yompers start complaining that you don't want them.
Just a way of getting them off the streets and into a programme of reform that ought to work better than the current prison system. Or letting them off with a slapped wrist, as we've seen from those sentenced or bailed so far. Yep, they've really learned their lesson.
Fly them out to the middle of the atlantic on a hercules and drop them out of the back at 14000 feet. Any that can swim ashore can have a council house and a place on the Olympic Swimming team.Last edited by Churchill; 11 August 2011, 08:12.Comment
-
Originally posted by Churchill View PostYep, let's turned groups disaffected no-hopers into a motivated, well disciplined, fitter and better co-ordinated group of no-hopers.
Fly them out to the middle of the atlantic on a hercules and drop them out of the back at 14000 feet. Any that can swim ashore can have a council house and a place on the Olympic Swimming team.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
-
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostIs there a 2000 mile swimming event at the next Olympics?Comment
-
Originally posted by Churchill View PostNot unless we get enough competitors through training.“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
-
If we're onto new sport solutions, I've always liked this idea, one of my favourite Stephen King stories:
The Long Walk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One hundred teenage boys participate in an annual walking contest called "The Long Walk," which is the "national sport". Each Walker must maintain a speed of at least four miles per hour; if he drops below that speed for 30 seconds, he receives a verbal warning (which can be erased by walking for one hour without being warned). If a Walker with three warnings slows down again, he is "ticketed." The meaning of this term is intentionally kept vague at first, but it soon becomes clear that "buying a ticket" means to be shot dead by soldiers riding in half-tracks along the roadside. Walkers may be shot immediately for certain serious violations, such as trying to leave the road or attacking the half-track. The soldiers use electronic equipment to precisely determine a Walker's speed.
My teachers weren't so happy when I chose The Bachman Books for an achievement award at school. I think they were expecting me to go for boring text books like the rest of the swots. Fook em, they can take a walk.Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
Feist - I Feel It All
Feist - The Bad In Each Other (Later With Jools Holland)Comment
-
Originally posted by PAH View PostIf we're onto new sport solutions, I've always liked this idea, one of my favourite Stephen King stories:
The Long Walk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oh no, we can't do that, because it has a knack of coming back to haunt people for the next couple of hundred years.
Bloody hell, grow up and think of some constructive solutions. That doesn't mean being soft on criminals and certainly doesn't involve condoning looting, but it does require a modicum of thought and understanding.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
-
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostYeah, how about reinstating the workhouses and the poor laws? Why not go the whole hog and employ newly redundant Iraq veterans to patrol the estates wearing black shirts and tan trousers with authority to shoot anyone they think is a potential troublemaker? How about starting up a colony in some unwanted piece of desert and sending the drunks, the junkies and the feckless to rot?
Oh no, we can't do that, because it has a knack of coming back to haunt people for the next couple of hundred years.
Bloody hell, grow up and think of some constructive solutions. That doesn't mean being soft on criminals and certainly doesn't involve condoning looting, but it does require a modicum of thought and understanding.
cost free, but all about building respect (out of fear - yes)
let them know there are consequences. at an early age
(\__/)
(>'.'<)
("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to WorkComment
-
Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostI would start with the little things. Like its ok to smack your own kids. Give teachers the authorty they had 30 -40 years ago.
cost free, but all about building respect (out of fear - yes)
let them know there are consequences. at an early age
And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
-
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostShould there also be retrospective legislation to take away Fred Goodwin's pension?Comment
- Home
- News & Features
- First Timers
- IR35 / S660 / BN66
- Employee Benefit Trusts
- Agency Workers Regulations
- MSC Legislation
- Limited Companies
- Dividends
- Umbrella Company
- VAT / Flat Rate VAT
- Job News & Guides
- Money News & Guides
- Guide to Contracts
- Successful Contracting
- Contracting Overseas
- Contractor Calculators
- MVL
- Contractor Expenses
Advertisers
Contractor Services
CUK News
- Streamline Your Retirement with iSIPP: A Solution for Contractor Pensions Sep 1 09:13
- Making the most of pension lump sums: overview for contractors Sep 1 08:36
- Umbrella company tribunal cases are opening up; are your wages subject to unlawful deductions, too? Aug 31 08:38
- Contractors, relabelling 'labour' as 'services' to appear 'fully contracted out' won't dupe IR35 inspectors Aug 31 08:30
- How often does HMRC check tax returns? Aug 30 08:27
- Work-life balance as an IT contractor: 5 top tips from a tech recruiter Aug 30 08:20
- Autumn Statement 2023 tipped to prioritise mental health, in a boost for UK workplaces Aug 29 08:33
- Final reminder for contractors to respond to the umbrella consultation (closing today) Aug 29 08:09
- Top 5 most in demand cyber security contract roles Aug 25 08:38
- Changes to the right to request flexible working are incoming, but how will contractors be affected? Aug 24 08:25
Comment