New Posts For Thread: No reservoirs built since Privatisationhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910155/no-reservoirs-built-since-privatisationA few filled in though.Plenty of dividends and bonuses though despite population increaseOnce again the ordinary an has been painfully shafted,I certainly agree that it's not for everybody. Apprenticeships should beavailable, or should that be more widely available, and young people helped tomake good choices.Depending on your career path, the learningmay begin again after uni, but the skilhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910155/no-reservoirs-built-since-privatisation?post_id=565561715#565561715I certainly agree that it's not for everybody. Apprenticeships should beavailable, or should that be more widely available, and young people helped tomake good choices.Depending on your career path, the learningmay begin again after uni, but the skilThu, 03 Sep 2026 04:46:24 -0500----you-have-to-laugh--- • September 2, 2026 3:17 PM BSTEverybody should have the chance to go to university.Semantics maybe but I would say opportunity rather than chance and university should not be seen as some sort of benchmark. Other options lhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910155/no-reservoirs-built-since-privatisation?post_id=565561587#565561587----you-have-to-laugh--- • September 2, 2026 3:17 PM BSTEverybody should have the chance to go to university.Semantics maybe but I would say opportunity rather than chance and university should not be seen as some sort of benchmark. Other options lThu, 03 Sep 2026 02:11:04 -0500I guess you are talking years ago and he got a degree worth something and built on it. As i said most degrees now are not worth the paper they are written on.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910155/no-reservoirs-built-since-privatisation?post_id=565561567#565561567I guess you are talking years ago and he got a degree worth something and built on it. As i said most degrees now are not worth the paper they are written on.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 01:17:05 -0500Everybody should have the chance to go to university.One of my mates failed his A levels, probably because we messed around at school.He couldn't get in, and parents wouldn't support him to do a resit.We found him a job to apply for, with day releasehttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910155/no-reservoirs-built-since-privatisation?post_id=565561133#565561133Everybody should have the chance to go to university.One of my mates failed his A levels, probably because we messed around at school.He couldn't get in, and parents wouldn't support him to do a resit.We found him a job to apply for, with day releaseWed, 02 Sep 2026 09:17:04 -0500Imagine doing a full time job aged 18-21 and living with your folks. Even paying your folks reasonable keep, and enjoying a decent social life, you could still be in a position to save up £40K or so to be able to leave your parents by the time peershttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910155/no-reservoirs-built-since-privatisation?post_id=565560867#565560867Imagine doing a full time job aged 18-21 and living with your folks. Even paying your folks reasonable keep, and enjoying a decent social life, you could still be in a position to save up £40K or so to be able to leave your parents by the time peersWed, 02 Sep 2026 06:31:55 -0500I tend to agree too, seems to me very average people almost trying to buy one. It is past its sell by date as was worth something 30 or so years ago as a different calibre of person.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910155/no-reservoirs-built-since-privatisation?post_id=565560823#565560823I tend to agree too, seems to me very average people almost trying to buy one. It is past its sell by date as was worth something 30 or so years ago as a different calibre of person.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:51:21 -0500Fully agree Cider, these Mickey Mouse degrees are not worth the paper they are written on and the student is in dept. We have a Grandson with a degree doing a job he could have done at 17 when he left school.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910155/no-reservoirs-built-since-privatisation?post_id=565560817#565560817Fully agree Cider, these Mickey Mouse degrees are not worth the paper they are written on and the student is in dept. We have a Grandson with a degree doing a job he could have done at 17 when he left school.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:46:33 -0500Nope.Only the academically gifted should go to uni, where the education they'd get is invaluable, and put to good use within a proper profession. As I've said many times in the past, I have managed hundreds of so called graduates over my career, I cahttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910155/no-reservoirs-built-since-privatisation?post_id=565560703#565560703Nope.Only the academically gifted should go to uni, where the education they'd get is invaluable, and put to good use within a proper profession. As I've said many times in the past, I have managed hundreds of so called graduates over my career, I caWed, 02 Sep 2026 02:49:26 -0500I paid a £contribution to his degree, he didn't pay for it, he got it for free, now he's moaning about people who pay for their own. Typical woke right.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910155/no-reservoirs-built-since-privatisation?post_id=565560627#565560627I paid a £contribution to his degree, he didn't pay for it, he got it for free, now he's moaning about people who pay for their own. Typical woke right.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 19:06:10 -0500Cider you come across as an advocate of restricting education to ordinary people, a bit like the taliban, they are more right wing than any of your reformers.I bet you love the etonAnd harrow boys. Like princes of royal family, I hope you are a billihttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/31910155/no-reservoirs-built-since-privatisation?post_id=565560595#565560595Cider you come across as an advocate of restricting education to ordinary people, a bit like the taliban, they are more right wing than any of your reformers.I bet you love the etonAnd harrow boys. Like princes of royal family, I hope you are a billiTue, 01 Sep 2026 16:56:50 -0500