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RolloTheRed | Report | 13 Dec 2013 18:00 |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25360167 |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 14 Dec 2013 07:34 |
If the Conservatives win the next election, in their first budget after that election, according to George Osborne - You ain't seen nothin' yet ;-) |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 14 Dec 2013 12:05 |
Indeed, If ..... |
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Dermot | Report | 14 Dec 2013 12:21 |
'i' before 'e', except after 'c'. Weird spelling rule. |
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Elizabeth2469049 | Report | 14 Dec 2013 14:18 |
How many British nationals living and/or working across the EU speak the local language well enough to qualify for benefits - say such as state medical treatment? If any other EU governments try this one there will be a lot of expats hit hard |
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Dermot | Report | 14 Dec 2013 14:35 |
Is the English language going to pot? Language is a great resource & humans have managed to communicate for some little while now. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 14 Dec 2013 14:45 |
Other European countries only provide medical and welfare benefits on the basis of contributions made so they do not have the same problem as the UK. Moreover very often in other EU states people pay a a basic amount through the state scheme and then top up through private assurance. Brits are treated no differently to anybody else. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 14 Dec 2013 14:59 |
One of the advantages of speaking the local languages to some degree is that you can read the menu and thus avoid all kinds of unwanted surprises. |
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Elizabeth2469049 | Report | 14 Dec 2013 15:15 |
the basics of grammar have been neglected for a long time. I remember one of my daughters - now in her fifties -saying that the first time she heard with word "grammar" was when she started French! |
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wisechild | Report | 14 Dec 2013 16:14 |
When I got mrried in Spain, one of the requirements was to complete a form giving details about both my own family & those of my husband to be. It also wanted details of our income & how long we had known each other......supposedly to weed out marriages of convenience. |