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[Snooky]

Tell me about it. I had to use watering cans for years until hoses came down to a more reasonable cost....

[Snooky]

Sounds like a healthy lifestyle balance to me ...

[Snooky]

Is that tax take per head, or total tax take? In which case it could easily make sense as we probably have way more retirees than under 30s with an income....

[Snooky]

A key problem with this is that, as I mentioned earlier, our population is rapidly becoming top-heavy in age and longevity. This is bad in both financial terms - retired citizens will generally pay far less tax than the working population but will require far more use of health and welfare services...

[Snooky]

I tried signing up but said no to other people contacting for things unrelated to this study, then it said I'm not eligible...

[Snooky]

This is the same attitude people had in the USA when they voted for Trump, and look how well that turned out. He promised to shake up the political system and "drain the swamp" but has basically screwed almost everything up while blatantly enriching himself, his family and pals.
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[Snooky]

Illegal immigrants are deported once any asylum bid is exhausted. Those granted asylum can legally work in the UK; if the asylum process takes too long, costing the UK more than it really should, that's an entirely different matter. The number of "boat people" is generally agreed to be an...

[Snooky]

I was with IPSE from the very first engineerjob/PCG days and it was great in its heyday but the forums became dead some time ago. Just like contracting really

I left a while back because IPSE had nothing to offer me that I needed.

[Snooky]

I think perhaps you have a false picture of how many people on benefits are able to work but choose not to.

• A very large number of people are past retirement age and receive the state pension
• A lot of people are working but need to claim benefits just to bring their income up to a level where they

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[Snooky]

Did you not contact your ex-colleagues / the PM directly to ask questions and show your interest? Unless the job ad is a cover to allow them to recruit internally or outsource cheaply, most PMs would surely rather get someone in who only needs a day or two to get back up to speed....