Wondered why my 5 year old son’s dinosaur books make no mention of the Brontosaurus, which was one of the major species in the books I had at his age. Googled it, and was surprised to find this-

http://www.angelfire.com/mi/dinosaurs/brontosaurus.html

back on thread….;) I remember my son’s long dinosaur fixation (about 3 years or more and even now at 12 he has models in his room) learning this little gem. There is a lot of asumption/deduction but it’s actually quite fun to learn. For the 5 year old, I can recommend the BBC Walking with dinosaurs” DVD’s, excellent and far better to watch than Bob or Tweenies etc !

the follow ups “beasts” and “Monsters” are equally as good, my son lapped them up for years.

Just as well Muslims wipe using their left hands – that hook wouldn’t do his haemorrhoids much good…

That was one of the headlines for the tabloids at one point, he required “assistance” from trustees if I recall correctly.

In the same way as many benefits “cheats”, the man played the system to the very end, its the weakness in that system which is as much to blame as his own actions and character.

It will be interesting to so how much support he gets in the USA for his legal claims and demands.

I imagine now his extended family will look at a way to claim benefits to pay for travel to the USA to see him….. I would like to see a “timeline” and cost details to the public purse for the entire episode. A citizenship law that could be enforced would go a long way to stop this kind of abuse. If you want to claim protection under human rights, your first respect those of others, and don’t preach that they should be killed.

The news story about the man who killed his two young children and then himself. Stabbed to death, then turned the knife on himself. It was a few miles from where my partner lives. Horrible, terrible story.

Just as a last line, one of my son’s friends in Oz is an expat Brit. He left ‘because the country was becoming full of foreigners’. So….he became a foreigner in someone elses country, the beauty of which is totally lost on him…:)

I remember seeing Warren Mitchell do a stage show or stand up in character as Alf Garnett and he did a skit on Alf emmigrating to Australia and making a comment at the airport about the w**s even taking over Australia when he saw some Aboriginals !:D

Superlatives fail me on this great achievement.

What is it, nine years in the making?

We must be looking at £5m here in UK economics.

Pinch me somebody.

Mark

I gave up trying to post something ! – It’s just marvellous…..

BSG-75.

Is Cruella still, after all this time, giving you grief?.
Boy, you have had more than your fair share of it from her. Is there anything that could be done re your condition?.healthwise?, I admire you for carrying on working, when some idle s*ds would have jacked their job in and become spongers.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

like you wouldn’t believe….:eek:.. it’s noise about stuff like what I put into daughters lunchbox (it was a ham and cheese cracker for snack time, not a hyperdermic with crack in it !) having my sons hair cut, my son not using clearasil lotion when here with me…. (its there, he knows how to use, been told to use it, if he doesn’t and gets spotty…. well there is a lesson in life) my sister in law (in the trade by profession and qualified) painting my daughters nails for a party…. shall I go on or are we all bored ! 🙂

am working at home, I can go to work but can’t last long in the noise of phones and conversations, plus getting up from my desk and “Interacting” with people makes my head spin like you would not believe !

BSG-75.

Do you, and others on the forum, think we should go the Australian way, it’s very tough to get in there, as there rules and regs are much tighter than ours.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

Not 100% sure, there are facts and figures and red tops to consider…. plus the speech about this issue that ( if I recall correctly) was attributed to the Australian PM was in fact a fake.

As a tax payer and citizen (sorry, subject we are not citizens in the UK) then yes, my general belief is that it is far too easy to enter the country and obtain income support having made no contribution. That said, UK passport holders can also gain a wide variety of benefits in excess of the 30k odd mentioned without working (by choice/circumstance/design) so on the whole, the benefits systems is too open in my view and yes, stronger immigration controls (and enforcement) are needed.

A few questions.

Does it make a difference whether she is from Latvia or not?
Does she work to at least try and pay her way?
Do you want her children to starve?
Are you willing to allow the state to tell you how big a family you are allowed to have or to bring into the country?

As a fellow member of the EU, Latvians are allowed to work here, as we are allowed to work there.
Them’s the rules.

them is the rules, depends on how you apply them though. The Irish have deported EU citizens (OK, I saw it reported not at first hand myself) who were deemed to economic migrants ( I believe that was the phrase)

also, if I went to live in Denmark for example, an EU state, I would have to follow a few steps before I could work or claim benefits.

1) Pass and fund a language exam myself.
2) Pass a citizenship exam, in Danish, funded by myself.
3) Only work when I have done the above,
4) Only claim benefits after the above and show track record of applications.

I can’t vouch for how strongly the track record on job applications is checked, and the reference to Latvia is not relevent, but an EU citizen can travel to the Uk, passing through other member states and claim support and benefit without making any national contribution, to the extent of claiming child support for non resident children.

It is “red top” fodder on a slow news day and can get quite emotive but getting into the UK, and taking money from the UK is as easier and less restricted than it is in other EU member states. I can’t speak for it being any easier in other states but from what I know, there seems to be an imbalance somewhere along the line.