"The UK's vanishing way of life" - article and pictures

Britannist · 19-04-2008, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hartlepool

Facts:

Present PO Subsidy = £4M PA.
Closures of POs = 2,500 POs.
Subsidy per PO = £1,600 PA.

Subsidy for 2,500 Post Offices = PEANUTS(EURO-PEANUTS)

Thank you for those figures Hartlepool

.

The sooner we get out of the EU the better.

The Bear · 19-04-2008, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Britannist

If we were not paying the EU billions in membership fees and custom levies the Government would have more money and would not need to borrow. It could reduce tax substantially.

We are paying £100, 000 a minute to the EU for nothing back except a massive trading deficit which we did not have with them before we joined the EU.

Billions given to the EU could go on public services in the UK.

Aaah! Now I see! You don't understand the whole picture!

Hartlepool · 19-04-2008, 05:53 PM

The 2007 EU State by State Unemployment Statistics.

Austria, POP'N,8.2m=4.3% Unemployed.

Belgium, 10.4m=7.6%

Bulgaria, 7.2m=8.0%

Cyprus, 0.8m=3.8%

Czek Rep, 10.2m=6.6%

Denmark, 5.4m=3.5%

Estonia, 1.3m=5.2%

Finland, 5.2m=6.9%

France, 61m=8.0%

Germany, 82.3m=9.1% (NOTE,German Federal Employment Organisation has rounded this figure up to 10,8%)

Greece, 10.7m=8.4%

Hungary, 9.9m=7.1%

Ireland, 4.1m=5.0%

Italy, 58.1m=6.7%

Latvia, 2.2m=5.9%

Lithuania, 3.5m=3.2%

Luxembourgh, 0.5m=4.4%

Malta, 0.4m=6.8%

Netherlands, 16.6m=4.1%

Poland, 38.5m=12.8%

Portugal, 10.6m=8.0%

Romania, 22.2m=4.1%

Slovakia, 5.4m=8.6%

Slovenia, 2.0m=4.6%

Spain, 40.4m=7.6%

Sweden, 9.0m=4.5%

UK OF GB & NI, 60.9M=5.4%

EU 27 STATES, 491.1m=8.5%

The following list over larger populated country,s with 20m or more all have higher Unemployment figures than the UK except for Romania.

France,Germany,Italy,Poland,Spain and Romania the one with less unemployment than the UK with 4.1% and a Population of 22.2M.

The following country's have zero Import and zero Export Trade with the UK.

Austria,Bulgaria,Estonia,Slovakia,and Slovinia.

The following country's Export to the UK but do not Import from the UK.

Greece,Hungary,Latvia,Lithuania,Poland,Portugal,an d Romania.

That's quite some deal we have cut ourselves in the EU,It's got to be the biggest swindle of all time,maybe,just maybe,this is the deal that greases a lot of political palms in the UK?

More to follow,later.

https://www.cia.gov/

Then go to,Worldfactbook,then,Country Prfiles,then,Select Country,then,Economy.

g hall · 19-04-2008, 06:14 PM

Perhaps "The Bear" should do a bit more research if he does he will find that Brit is correct about the EU and the Post Office

and I also agree with Brit about capital punishment and again it should be our choice NOT the EU's

Hartlepool · 19-04-2008, 06:53 PM

The bear is an avowed EU fanatic which makes them anti UK in my eyes.

BonnieDundee · 20-04-2008, 02:56 AM

There really is nothing quite like rural British(or Irish.) life, when I return to Britain soon me and my family intend to try our hand at that lifestyle.

Britannist · 20-04-2008, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hartlepool

The 2007 EU....Unemployment Statistics:

UK OF GB & NI, 60.9M=5.4%
EU 27 STATES, 491.1m=8.5%

Another quality posting from you, Hartlepool

(quote above from Hartlepool's posting number 23 to this thread).

Thank goodness we are not in the euro.

The sooner we get out of the EU the better.

When we have left the EU - we should sue them for damages.

Britannist · 20-04-2008, 04:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by g hall

Perhaps "The Bear" should do a bit more research if he does he will find that Brit is correct about the EU and the Post Office.....and I also agree with Brit about capital punishment and again it should be our choice NOT the EU's

Thank you for your agreement on the above two points G. Hall

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The EU and Labour are both responsible for deliberately running down our Post Office network and pushing up postage prices.

Staff are losing their jobs when Post Offices are closing and old folk (and others of a younger age) are having to walk longer and longer distances to reach their local Post Offices and pay more to post letters and parcels.

My local Post Office was shut down by Labour and now the next nearest one after that is under threat.

The EU and Labour (Lie-bour) are a disgrace.

The Bear · 20-04-2008, 09:15 AM

The real UK unemployment figure is closer to 10% or even more but is masked by the number of people on "incapacity" benefit who are "parked" there as a means of keeping what really are the long term unemployed rather than the genuinly disabled off the "wrong" statistics.

Hartlepool · 20-04-2008, 10:40 AM

Bear,I don't suppose you can give us a link for that information can you?

Also,can you put up the rest of the EU countries individual or collective "INCAPACITY BENEFIT" numbers so we can see how they compare with those of the UK.

Thanks Bear,in anticipation.

19-04-2008, 06:14 PM	#24 (permalink)
g hall Uber Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: erewhon Posts: 5,638	Perhaps "The Bear" should do a bit more research if he does he will find that Brit is correct about the EU and the Post Office and I also agree with Brit about capital punishment and again it should be our choice NOT the EU's __________________ "That government is best which governs least." "This is a sharp Medicine, but it is a Physician for all diseases and miseries". "To be "matter of fact" about the world is to blunder into fantasy --and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful." TANSTAAFL TANJ

20-04-2008, 02:56 AM	#26 (permalink)
BonnieDundee Uber Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Between Mallaig and Cornwall. Posts: 2,809	There really is nothing quite like rural British(or Irish.) life, when I return to Britain soon me and my family intend to try our hand at that lifestyle. __________________ "It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state." -Bruce Schneier How to Overthrow the System: brew your own beer; kick in your TV; build your own cabin and pss off front porch whenever you bloody well feel like it.* Edward Abbey Leopold Kohr.

20-04-2008, 09:15 AM	#29 (permalink)
The Bear Uber Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: East Anglia Posts: 2,178	The real UK unemployment figure is closer to 10% or even more but is masked by the number of people on "incapacity" benefit who are "parked" there as a means of keeping what really are the long term unemployed rather than the genuinly disabled off the "wrong" statistics. __________________ I am an old man. I have eaten much salt.

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19-04-2008, 05:53 PM	#23 (permalink)
Hartlepool Uber Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North East England Posts: 6,817 Party: Popular Democrats	The 2007 EU State by State Unemployment Statistics. Austria, POP'N,8.2m=4.3% Unemployed. Belgium, 10.4m=7.6% Bulgaria, 7.2m=8.0% Cyprus, 0.8m=3.8% Czek Rep, 10.2m=6.6% Denmark, 5.4m=3.5% Estonia, 1.3m=5.2% Finland, 5.2m=6.9% France, 61m=8.0% Germany, 82.3m=9.1% (NOTE,German Federal Employment Organisation has rounded this figure up to 10,8%) Greece, 10.7m=8.4% Hungary, 9.9m=7.1% Ireland, 4.1m=5.0% Italy, 58.1m=6.7% Latvia, 2.2m=5.9% Lithuania, 3.5m=3.2% Luxembourgh, 0.5m=4.4% Malta, 0.4m=6.8% Netherlands, 16.6m=4.1% Poland, 38.5m=12.8% Portugal, 10.6m=8.0% Romania, 22.2m=4.1% Slovakia, 5.4m=8.6% Slovenia, 2.0m=4.6% Spain, 40.4m=7.6% Sweden, 9.0m=4.5% UK OF GB & NI, 60.9M=5.4% EU 27 STATES, 491.1m=8.5% The following list over larger populated country,s with 20m or more all have higher Unemployment figures than the UK except for Romania. France,Germany,Italy,Poland,Spain and Romania the one with less unemployment than the UK with 4.1% and a Population of 22.2M. The following country's have zero Import and zero Export Trade with the UK. Austria,Bulgaria,Estonia,Slovakia,and Slovinia. The following country's Export to the UK but do not Import from the UK. Greece,Hungary,Latvia,Lithuania,Poland,Portugal,an d Romania. That's quite some deal we have cut ourselves in the EU,It's got to be the biggest swindle of all time,maybe,just maybe,this is the deal that greases a lot of political palms in the UK? More to follow,later. https://www.cia.gov/ Then go to,Worldfactbook,then,Country Prfiles,then,Select Country,then,Economy.

19-04-2008, 06:53 PM	#25 (permalink)
Hartlepool Uber Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North East England Posts: 6,817 Party: Popular Democrats	The bear is an avowed EU fanatic which makes them anti UK in my eyes.

20-04-2008, 10:40 AM	#30 (permalink)
Hartlepool Uber Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North East England Posts: 6,817 Party: Popular Democrats	Bear,I don't suppose you can give us a link for that information can you? Also,can you put up the rest of the EU countries individual or collective "INCAPACITY BENEFIT" numbers so we can see how they compare with those of the UK. Thanks Bear,in anticipation.