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thats not at all what you said, i've been back and its clearly making a link between children not being able to afford to join clubs and getting into trouble as they are isolated because of this. nothing about excess or corruption, but does infer that government is trying to deliberately...

hmm, not quite the same as the "orchestrated division by the privileged in society" we had yesturday evening.

no you wouldn't really, or you are in a tiny minority. if the government announced tomorrow a 1% rise in income tax to pay for more welfare spending, there would be uproar. firstly people would demand overseas aid cut, then demand welfare cheating be cleaned up to pay for the deserving. and...

thats fine, but do you want the likes of Diageo, Rio Tinto or Standard Charterd to pay their taxes aboard, where their profits are made, rather than bring them to the UK where they pay tax? its all very nice for us to expect that profits made here are taxed here, but thats not the world we live...

is that "we" the tax payers of the world or just here in the UK? either way economic theory suggests we pay taxes through prices anyway. and Starbucks dont seem to have any competitive advantage on price that i've seen, ones i know of always have cheaper rivals nearby, branded and local indies...

you mean their fair share after all the business rates, NI and tens of thousands of employees? i suppose you'd rather BAT, Shell, Rolls Royce, Standard Charterd, Glaxo, Rio Tinto and the other miners would pay all their tax overseas rather than here? or are you just having a cob on about a...

£50 after bills and rent is pretty ok. alot of people do that without receipt of any benefits. i think its pretty sad that we think this is exceptional, that you couldnt live on that much for weekly expenses. we've become far too accostumed to far too much luxury, but think its basic needs.