No, I don't, but it's legal, and Labour did nothing about it.

nor do I agree with a lot of other things this government is HAVING to do because of the storm Blurgh and Brownose left behind, but it is necessary.

Oh dear. Is that really the best you can come up with? It does reveal your core values though - feck everyone else as long as I'm OK.

They've gone way beyond what's necessary.

Wow. That surpasses even the best of your bollox.

I didn't realise Standee paid for Kosh's kids. That's very generous of him.

I'm not quite sure why you feel any of this is relevant, but anyway...

I pay for my kids. I also pay for other people's kids. I [ialso[/i pay for lots of things I don't use, most of which are available to folk with or without kids. Unlike you I don't begrudge this, despite being in an income bracket where I receive feck-all from the state without being well-off enough to have cash to burn.

What I believe in is a society that works together for the benefit of all. Having an educated population is a key part of making a modern society function so it follows that I feel that education should be free. I'd feel the same regardless of whether I had kids or not or what level of education they might attain. I'd also point out that recent research shows that the state receives significantly more cash from graduates over their working lifetime than it costs to educate them, so it's a net gain for everyone.

To get back on topic, maybe if all the rich wasters and corporations who currently avoid taxation at every available (legal) opportunity actually paid their fair share we'd be able to afford a 1st class free education system.

He's often late with the cheques, mind. Forgets to put stamps on the envelopes as well.

As I said, it's a matter of interpretation. It may currently be illegal. The fact that the promoters have will almost certainly have taken legal opinion that it is legal does not mean that it is.

Hardly a pensioner at 45 STANDEE. It wasn't any better mate. I left school under a Thatcher government who were ideologically trying to feck the fabric of our society. Fast forward and deja vu!

Edit BG - Do not use real names on the board if a poster uses a fictitious one.

deluded, and that is being polite

I know of at least one Labour bigwig that does. But that is confidential information.

I think that post is a sad reflection of you.

Speaking for myself I can categorically state that I hold no envy whatsoever of people who have achieved more material and financial means than myself, none whatsoever.

This time last week I was spending four days at one of the most wealthy parts of The Algarve surveying two homes, one of which I know for a fact cost ten million euros (I was with the architect), and the other which was bigger and better located, I didn't bother asking how much that one had cost, I'm guessing fifteen to twenty mill.

Was I envious or jealous ? Not at all.

Would I swap places with those people ? In all seriousness probably not.

I know who the clients were and I know what they do for a living and I know what their responsibilities are, not for all the tea in China or all of the trillions of euros on the Vale Do Lobo estate would I swap places with them, not for one minute.

Would they swap places with me, I think they possibly would you know, the architect, who I have known for 44 years remarked while we were away just how relaxed I am these days since I shook off all of my business responsibilities for an ordinary day job and I had to agree with him - the pursuit of wealth is not the most important thing in life, its not even in the top ten.