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Previously on "What percentage of Wales is on Welfare?"

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  • psychocandy
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    BTW - not currently claiming benefits for me!

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  • DodgyAgent
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    Originally posted by turbowoowoo View Post
    Really?

    A 'friend' of mine said its compulsory to have been on Jeremy Kyle at least once before your 18 if youre welsh?
    Are you getting your retaliation in early before England lose to Wales this weekend?

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by turbowoowoo View Post
    most welsh people work at mcdonalds/BK or car wash places
    So you're saying true unemployment in Wales is actually quite low, if most of them have jobs?

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  • jjdarg
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    Originally posted by zeitghost
    We're lulling you into a false sense of security.

    Watch out for packets of fava beans & bottles of chianti.
    Have to admit, I was a bit suspicious...No one can be that nice all the time.

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  • jjdarg
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    Originally posted by original PM View Post
    ...and it was lovely.

    And so were the people!
    Have to say, we found the same...When my family came out over the Summer when I was working in Swansea, we seriously considered relocating. But it seems even more cut off than where we currently are on the south coast, so that put the kibosh on the idea.

    It is a real laugh at work, everyone appears to have a wicked sense of humour, and the Welsh are very chatty, which is refreshing compared to where we currently live.

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  • original PM
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    Originally posted by worzelGummidge View Post
    It is a shame what happened to Wales after the pits closed. It's as though the heart was ripped out.
    Wales is really nice as a country.

    There are some really struggling places though in mid-Wales and the North West.
    It's true however problem was 2 fold

    1) It was no longer economically viable
    2) Digging rocks out of the ground with your hands is not really something a 1st world country should be doing in the 21st century.

    Not even going to go on about miners lung and god knows how many other awful ailments are got from that sort of labour.

    Having said all that I love Wales - I live quite near the border near North Wales and spent a large number of cub camps on the fields near St Asaph and in fact just last summer we went for a few days break in Caernarfon and it was lovely.

    And so were the people!

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  • EternalOptimist
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    Cant we get them fighting the Zulus again ? That was good fun that was and it gets the unemployment figures down.


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  • malvolio
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    Originally posted by turbowoowoo View Post
    Really?

    A 'friend' of mine said its compulsory to have been on Jeremy Kyle at least once before your 18 if youre welsh?
    You are a ffwl sarhaus and fully justify having to pay to go to Wales when it's free to get into England.

    Still look on the bright side: you prove that "pob tyn twll sais" is totally accurate.

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  • turbowoowoo
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    Originally posted by stek View Post
    Is it or am I wrong?

    I have no problem with the Welsh or Welsh language or culture, banter is ok but this is a bit OTT surely?
    Really?

    A 'friend' of mine said its compulsory to have been on Jeremy Kyle at least once before your 18 if youre welsh?

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  • stek
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    Is it or am I wrong?

    I have no problem with the Welsh or Welsh language or culture, banter is ok but this is a bit OTT surely?

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by turbowoowoo View Post
    It must be around 97% surely?
    19% of the working age is on welfare.

    I know this because I asked Google:

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Wh...NoKC7gawtIH4Bg

    http://www.assembly.wales/Research%2...33-English.pdf

    And most of those are in South Wales.

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  • turbowoowoo
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    Originally posted by tomtomagain View Post
    You wrong.
    good but mine was a quote from the Simpsons and yours was...... well boring

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  • worzelGummidge
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    It is a shame what happened to Wales after the pits closed. It's as though the heart was ripped out.
    Wales is really nice as a country.

    There are some really struggling places though in mid-Wales and the North West.

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  • tomtomagain
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    Originally posted by turbowoowoo View Post
    What have stats ever proved ?

    You wrong.

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  • Batcher
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    100%. It's also 100% in Scotland and 100% in NI. The English are paying for it all

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