New Posts For Thread: Britain is sending foreign aid to Hait yet it allows pensionershttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446202/britain-is-sending-foreign-aid-to-hait-yet-it-allows-pensionersin the UK to freeze to death because they are frightened that the heating bills will be too high.Also allows people in the UK to die from cancer because the cost of the drugs is too hig- very NICE!Isn't it about time the Uk government spent the taxpaIn many cases the working poor would be better off not working, in the long run that cannot be good. But successive governments have changed the definition of unemployed so often that its probably only people between the ages of 35-30 who are now couhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446202/britain-is-sending-foreign-aid-to-hait-yet-it-allows-pensioners?post_id=418635942#418635942In many cases the working poor would be better off not working, in the long run that cannot be good. But successive governments have changed the definition of unemployed so often that its probably only people between the ages of 35-30 who are now couFri, 15 Jan 2010 10:26:09 -0600I agree to an extent zil, but just because average living standards have improved doesn´t mean that there aren´t still many people living in relative poverty, with limited means to keep their flats heated, or buy the food, clothes or other essentiahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446202/britain-is-sending-foreign-aid-to-hait-yet-it-allows-pensioners?post_id=418635910#418635910I agree to an extent zil, but just because average living standards have improved doesn´t mean that there aren´t still many people living in relative poverty, with limited means to keep their flats heated, or buy the food, clothes or other essentiaFri, 15 Jan 2010 10:17:41 -0600As we seemed to be sorting out other countries corrupt governments before Haiti, when will we find time to get rid of Mugabe ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446202/britain-is-sending-foreign-aid-to-hait-yet-it-allows-pensioners?post_id=418635906#418635906As we seemed to be sorting out other countries corrupt governments before Haiti, when will we find time to get rid of Mugabe ?Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:17:39 -0600Sorry Tip, i wasn't disagreeing about world aid, more about the way that poverty is used as a word when talking about this country where imo its very rare. In fact most of the so called poor people i see over here seem to be quite rotund.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446202/britain-is-sending-foreign-aid-to-hait-yet-it-allows-pensioners?post_id=418635882#418635882Sorry Tip, i wasn't disagreeing about world aid, more about the way that poverty is used as a word when talking about this country where imo its very rare. In fact most of the so called poor people i see over here seem to be quite rotund.Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:07:35 -0600I can sympathise with the poor people of Haiti are feeling, the last time i had ten aftershocks i couldn't find my house either.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446202/britain-is-sending-foreign-aid-to-hait-yet-it-allows-pensioners?post_id=418635862#418635862I can sympathise with the poor people of Haiti are feeling, the last time i had ten aftershocks i couldn't find my house either.Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:02:28 -0600sorry Zil, I´m not sure what you´re saying...I wasn´t likening in any way poverty in the UK/west with the kind of absolute poverty that exists in the third world. Like slicer I agree that the British Government has a primary obligation to look afthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446202/britain-is-sending-foreign-aid-to-hait-yet-it-allows-pensioners?post_id=418635858#418635858sorry Zil, I´m not sure what you´re saying...I wasn´t likening in any way poverty in the UK/west with the kind of absolute poverty that exists in the third world. Like slicer I agree that the British Government has a primary obligation to look aftFri, 15 Jan 2010 10:00:40 -0600Tip, whilst i agree with your view on third world poverty, i think that the definition in the vast majority of cases in this country bears no resemblance to the word. Anyway most of the family silver has been sold off here and as a result, future genhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446202/britain-is-sending-foreign-aid-to-hait-yet-it-allows-pensioners?post_id=418635838#418635838Tip, whilst i agree with your view on third world poverty, i think that the definition in the vast majority of cases in this country bears no resemblance to the word. Anyway most of the family silver has been sold off here and as a result, future genFri, 15 Jan 2010 09:41:21 -0600him and ilk.** him and his ilk.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446202/britain-is-sending-foreign-aid-to-hait-yet-it-allows-pensioners?post_id=418635810#418635810him and ilk.** him and his ilk.Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:35:06 -0600baracouda30, Philip (I live in Monaco) Green is someone I would like to SITF. Just hate him and ilk.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446202/britain-is-sending-foreign-aid-to-hait-yet-it-allows-pensioners?post_id=418635798#418635798baracouda30, Philip (I live in Monaco) Green is someone I would like to SITF. Just hate him and ilk.Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:33:41 -0600I had the misfortune of leafing through the Startoday as someone left it on the tube. God help us if people genuinely buy that trash.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23446202/britain-is-sending-foreign-aid-to-hait-yet-it-allows-pensioners?post_id=418635794#418635794I had the misfortune of leafing through the Startoday as someone left it on the tube. God help us if people genuinely buy that trash.Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:33:06 -0600