Are working people this dependant on benefits

[Mich the Tester]

they aren't middle class. they are earning £24K he is un skilled, she is basic healthcare.

He isn't an Architect & her a Pharmacist.

Sorry they are working class.

yes its tight, no its not right, but to fix it you need to realise cutting benefits, government expenditure & tax avoidance by multi nationals needs to be brutal.

And might I venture to suggest, without wishing to promote socialism, that there is something of an imbalance in the rewards for jobs at the top and the bottom of many organisations? And that that is contributing to the slump in consumer spending, as spending from wages has been substituted by spending from credit? That perhaps the management classes have taken a little too much while giving rather too little?

No, MTT, you're obviously a communist.

[The Spartan]

Very much off topic, but there are some great cheeses down that way. I understand the old fashioned Caerphilly's enjoying something of a revival, and that can't be a bad thing.

It is I love it when I get back there for the weekend, the cheese is phenomenal the Swiss can keep theirs

[d000hg]

they aren't middle class. they are earning £24K he is un skilled, she is basic healthcare.

I was talking about the other one.

[Mich the Tester]

It is I love it when I get back there for the weekend, the cheese is phenomenal the Swiss can keep theirs

Dutch cheese is heavily overrated too.

My personal favourite is Berkswell, perhaps because I lived there for a while. But Caerphilly, Lancashire, Cheshire, Wyfe of Bath, Gloucester and good Stilton, sealed in a pot, are unbeatable. I defy anyone to find better cheeses anywhere in Europe.

Although I am partial to Gorgonzola.

[The Spartan]

Dutch cheese is heavily overrated too.

Definitely agree with you there, I've taken note of the others so that I remember to sample them when I'm back.

[Mich the Tester]

Definitely agree with you there, I've taken note of the others so that I remember to sample them when I'm back.

Lady Tester grew up with Dutch cheese and she finds most British cheeses too smelly and strong. Good job she doesn't think British beef is too smelly and strong.

[d000hg]

How is she with British pork?

[Mich the Tester]

How is she with British pork?

Perfectly accomodating.

[Zippy]

It's very unfortunate but, I'm afraid, if you want cheap labour you have to pay for it.

The Sky thing is stupid though - footy more important than food for the kids? Twat.

[SueEllen]

The Sky thing is stupid though - footy more important than food for the kids? Twat.

A few people are like that unfortunately.