Points to Ponder

[Hugo]

I just don't get it,  if we go abroad and have to go to a hospital we have to pay for the teatment  ( or our insurance company does ) so why doesn't it apply to the NHS  when foreigners have tyreatment here?       Any cost for translaters could be included in the cost for the treatment received
As regards UK citizens being treated by the NHS  well English is the official language of the UK and didn't Teresa May when she was in office say that any dependants whose English had not improved in the 5 years that they lived in the UK then they would be deported back to their country of origin.
Now her statement was a nonsense remark for a number of reasons but if anyone wants to live in the UK and integrate then they should be encouraged to learn Englise

[Hugo]

Sycamore Gap tree destroyed in 'moronic mission', court told

The question everyone must be asking " is why did they do it? "            A custodial and a compensation order against them may deter  other morons from doing something similar



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvg93k0950pt

[Hugo]

Five things you may have missed in Sycamore Gap trial

Unless an example is set in this case then other morons may do something similar in the future




https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3kxx1k6xo

[Hugo]

Don't waste water during hot weather, people urged

Perhaps every property should be fitted with a water meter and paid for the water they used?      Then people may be more careful with their water usage



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77n08ldjz3o

[Hugo]

Man dubbed 'king' of asylum seeker hotels becomes billionaire
Graham King is named as a new billionaire on the Sunday Times' latest Rich List

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/man-dubbed-king-asylum-seeker-31618222



Is Mr King a sponsor of the Conservative Party by any chance?

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/10/13/meet-the-man-making-26m-a-year-from-the-uks-dysfunctional-asylum-system/

[norman08]

It’s a very interesting read.  The Tory gov even gave themselves a 10 year contract in 2019,   So reading about them I’ve no doubt a few grubby Tory’s have /are making real money behind this.

[Hugo]

It's true,  corruption in the Conservative Party is alive and well.       Jo Johnson who was involved in a PPE  company during the Covid epidemic got a peerage from his brother the PM at the time while Boris's dad Stanley got a knighthood and it's all legal. 
Even the Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer Osborne was a tax avoider and they all get away with it 

[Hugo]

Mum made decision she bitterly regrets on Ryanair flight from Tenerife
On the flight her partner even asked to be seated away from her

This incident isn't the first one of it's kind so why don't the airlines ban these passengers from their airlines in the future

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/mum-made-decision-bitterly-regrets-31627940

[Hugo]

Asylum hotel companies vow to hand back some profits

I wonder if this includes Mr Graham King's companies?


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2jw9jg99jo

[Hugo]

'I don't know what we'll do' - Vapers panic-buy ahead of disposables ban

With all the things going on in the world today it's a sad shallow world to see an item like this on BBC  news.        Has she thought of packing in smoking the vapes?





https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgvw2ydg33o

[Hugo]

Social media can have its good points but it also has its bad side as this Liverpool man found out to his cost.      The Police asked people not to speculate on social media about the Liverpool Parade incident but some moron posted misleading information online thathas caused distress to an innocent family

I was wrongly identified as Liverpool parade crash suspect after keyboard warriors shared my picture online

The Police have the technology to trace the person who posted the misleading article and perhaps it's time for them to make an example of this type of thing

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14757319/peter-cunningham-wrongly-identified-liverpool-parade-crash-suspect.html

[Hugo]

'I don't know what we'll do' - Vapers panic-buy ahead of disposables ban

With all the things going on in the world today it's a sad shallow world to see an item like this on BBC  news.        Has she thought of packing in smoking the vapes?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgvw2ydg33o

       


Single use vapes banned in Wales from this weekend
Public health officials have welcomed the ban on a product blamed for a significant rise' in vaping amongst children


https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/single-use-vapes-banned-wales-31750531

[Hugo]

Starmer says fixing welfare is a 'moral imperative'

It's a difficult problem for any Government to resolve and the idea of helping people to get back to work seems admirable and would help those people to gain employment and by doing so that would also help the economy of the UK.
However if those same people had been vetted correctly then the reason they are on disability benefits in the first place is because they are unable to work

However, like it or not there are large numbers of people fraudulently claiming benefits.     Perhaps more time and effort should be invested in catching these fraudsters than putting pressure on the genuine claimants
It is common knowledge that there are well over one million people between the ages of 16 and 24 who are capable of working but are not seeking any work.     Perhaps that is where the Government should be focusing their attention on and make them work, the jobs are there for these young people





https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20wxq3q1x3o