Sussex Police to Axe 1000 Jobs over 5 Years

spence said:

30,000 armed forces jobs to go also.

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Stat Brother said:

To play devils advocate for a moment but aren't crime rates falling as well?




Personally I'd prefer more police and less paperwork.

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bashlsdir said:

Just proves how serious the debt is in this country. Labour will have to make to the same tough choices. It's completely wrong especially with the types of crime and the population increase down this way because of immigration and people moving down this way because it is more affordable for them. Soon you will have to tackle crime yourself or start paying private companies to patrol the area.

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granny weatherwax said:

Is that official UKIP policy, or have you just made that up? So it's all immigrants and people migrating down south's fault is it? ...and how are people affording properties down here if we are being told that no one can afford to live in the South East as prices are 10 times that in the north...surely your argument would be that people are moving away from the south as house prices and rents are that much less up north? I am not really sure what your argument is.

At the end of the day, we have an ageing population earing the country less in tax receipts, oil revenues plummeting earning the country less in tax receipts, a competitive world where costs are being driven down earning the country less in corporation tax receipts and to top it all as we have seen these last few winters, the NHS is demanding more money to cover the change in population demographics. Yes some of it may be increased immigration but that is a splash in the ocean.

Still The ED band of balls and milliband, who were nothing whatsoever to do with getting us into the mess this bunch of charlatans are trying to get us out of, no sireee...it was nothing to do with them....when people vote for them and they are in, we will all be OK again and everyone will be rich again and the problems of the NHS and taxation will all go away.

Actually I blame the Muslims and the Christians and those Buddhists are gits too.

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bashlsdir said:

There are a lot of people who have moved down for the following reasons:
1) Immigrants for example ended up in London, can't find any work so have moved down this way. No they haven't they have moved north to places like Peterborough and Northampton where there is work and cheap housing
2) First time buyers who live in London but can't afford property there but can afford to buy down here. See my answer above
3) Existing home owners who sell up and buy down here. Not sure what you mean. What is the point in selling up in another part of the country when you can get far less for your dollar down here? There is no evidence to support your theory
4) Also people on benefits where there is shortage of housing and spiralling rents get moved down this way by the government

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granny weatherwax said:

. Point 4 no they don'T?..see my points above

A few weeks ago there was various reports on internal migration, ie people moving from one part of the country to another. Evidence was that people were not moving to the south because they couldn't afford the cost of rent and the general housing market was restrictive for those with little or no deposits. Places like Peterborough and Lincoln were seen as better options as there was reasonable rents and a better opportunity to get low skilled work. In the south, the higher skill base in IT and the financial sector has not encouraged low skilled people in from Eastern Europe. As much as UKIP will have you believe all these immigrants are the cause of outer ills, it is not the case...its a small factor, but the decline in traditional industry and reliance on the service sector including retail to provide low income employment has come back to bite us on the bum and we are now in a cycle where the ageing population is looking to be supported by successive governments who have sold off all our assets ( the channel tunnel being the last) and who have blown the pension money we have all being deducted in out national insurance contributions. So suddenly they wake up and panic that we can't afford to pay people a pension that they have paid in all their lives for.

The likes of Cameron, balls , milliband. Etc are all right jack....the rest of the population can go and swing as far as they are concerned. Don't believe for a minute their sincerity.

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granny weatherwax said:

. Point 4 no they don'T?..see my points above

A few weeks ago there was various reports on internal migration, ie people moving from one part of the country to another. Evidence was that people were not moving to the south because they couldn't afford the cost of rent and the general housing market was restrictive for those with little or no deposits. Places like Peterborough and Lincoln were seen as better options as there was reasonable rents and a better opportunity to get low skilled work. In the south, the higher skill base in IT and the financial sector has not encouraged low skilled people in from Eastern Europe. As much as UKIP will have you believe all these immigrants are the cause of outer ills, it is not the case...its a small factor, but the decline in traditional industry and reliance on the service sector including retail to provide low income employment has come back to bite us on the bum and we are now in a cycle where the ageing population is looking to be supported by successive governments who have sold off all our assets ( the channel tunnel being the last) and who have blown the pension money we have all being deducted in out national insurance contributions. So suddenly they wake up and panic that we can't afford to pay people a pension that they have paid in all their lives for.

The likes of Cameron, balls , milliband. Etc are all right jack....the rest of the population can go and swing as far as they are concerned. Don't believe for a minute their sincerity.

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bashlsdir said:

Just proves how serious the debt is in this country. Labour will have to make to the same tough choices. It's completely wrong especially with the types of crime and the population increase down this way because of immigration and people moving down this way because it is more affordable for them. Soon you will have to tackle crime yourself or start paying private companies to patrol the area.

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