Open doors to Britain

Which ever government is in will not take the hit and say what must people in this country want

"If you don't have a job you don't come in".  I watched news night last night and some young nit said that we leave England, yes we do but we don't go and scrounge on the government in those countries.  Those that leave Britain go because they have a job or can afford to retire in Spain, Greece or warmer climates.  In fact I don't think you get that much in benefits in these other European countries.

 

I have always said that anyone coming to the UK, regardless whether from Poland, Australia, India, or Africa should only be allowed in if they have enough money to support themselves for 3 months, have a sponsor who has paid a bond for them to be here and have a good prospect of a job or are employed already. 

 

Our pensions suffer, employers now have to start paying another form of Tax called a pension, NI was suppose to be for pension and the NHS, now its just paid out in benefits for people with 8 kids that live in London in large houses. 

 

Most people who have worked all their lives and suddenly find themselves unemployed are told to sell their houses before they can have any benefits and really piss away everything they have worked for.  What kind of country do we live in, sorry society?

 

Did anyone watch the big build SOS where that lady took in her friends children when she died.  She was told to sell her house and give up work if she wanted help, where was the 'you are doing a wonderful thing, here let us help you get sorted with a little more space', had she just arrived off a boat with 7 kids she would have been housed in a large house, probably flat screen TV's in every room and more money than she actually needed.

 

Poverty is where you can't afford to go to the take away, where your house doesn't have TV, Automatic washing machine, tumble dryers, playstations, poverty is trying to scrape together enough money to buy food and pay the rent. 

 

When I was a kid we had nothing, my dad was trying to build a business which meant everything went back into it, I made my own clothes at 11, buying remnants from Boyes' in their February sale.  Who does that these days?

 

So if the Government would get its finger out of its arse and seriously ask the UK residents who work what we think they probably wouldn't like the answer and\or ignore our pleas, we can't keep paying for everyone that wants to sponge.  This other nit whit said that they go to other countries like France and Germany, how come then they are all waiting at the borders to get across the channel!

 

Sorry just had to get it off my chest, as I hate it when I hear that someone who has never worked doesn't want to and why should they for less than they get.  I think those on dole etc who have never worked should be classed as lower earners and have to go around the parks or the roads and pick up litter, the community pays them so they should contribute to the community.  So what if they don't earn the average hourly wage, or its below them.  We would have a cleaner country and maybe just maybe they would learn to understand that there is no such thing as a free lunch.  As costs rise for employers and many business's are closing, those working are paying more tax and NI, no one ever mentions the NI! we get less and less for it, most private sector employee's have foregone payrises to keep their jobs, but not in the public sector they demand and get together with rises for those on benefits. 

 

The elderly deserve a lot more money than they have, they paid their way, why should those who have private pensions and have paid into them for their future then be penalised for wanting to ensure they sustain a standard of living but they should also get a full state pension, after all they contributed to that as well.

 

Enough otherwise I could write all night.  Hope this has given you some food for thought.

NHS

I heard on the news today that employees should be given the opportunity to have shares in the company's they work for.  Most of us do or have paid money into the NHS as tax payers so does that mean we have a share and even more so a say in what is done?  Surely we must if politicians are to be listened to.

Therefore, we as a nation, should have a say in how the NHS is run, its publicly owned in essence yet its totally ran by bureaucrats that do not do anything in the interest of the patient or the employee.

I have often said that why do the aged have to be put in residential homes with 30 other inmates, yet if they were mentally handicapped they get to live in a 3 or 4 bed home with carers.  Surely it would be nicer if this could happen, especially to those with dementia, to be housed this way, then it would be more like a family atmosphere rather than 'Waiting for God' and probably a lot cheaper, if ran correctly and not privately owned.

Large units don't work, they shut down hospital style places for the mentally incapable because they were institutionalised and took away the person's human rights, (not that many of the patients knew their human rights) yet we are still quite happy to throw our old age pensioners into them! Although they are called residential homes. 

Most of the pensioners today are the ones that worked in terrible conditions, came through the war, knew what poor meant and are treated terribly by each government that has been in power.

This Human Rights law has gone to far but that's for another Rant.  Our NHS should be there to ensure that rich or poor the same treatment is given, not just in one area either, but the whole of the country.  This post code lottery is still going on and is totally wrong.

Large corporations set up budgets yearly for what they think they can spend, in large corporations they ensure they spend the budgets in case the next year they get cropped.  Where is the incentive in saving money there, what should happen is if the budget allocated isn't spent it gets held for that department and the budget for the next year isn't reduced but kept the same or increased in line with inflation.  Therefore funds are available and not wasted.

The NHS may end up being split into 2 tiers, part private and part NHS, if you don't have insurance you will be treated but may not get the best in meds or surgery - don't quote me here as I'm not an expert.  In the United States if you have insurance they give you better care, if you don't you are patched up and sent home. 

We know our NHS is costing a fortune, it doesn't help when managers are ran by managers who are again managed by managers.  They set up trusts to run the finance yet each hospital has its own finance department so why burden a system with all these accounts and finance directors?  Savings could be made in overheads much easier than in running costs.

We have closed A& E's across the country so more people have to travel further to larger hospitals.  I can understand the choice of large hospitals as more cases come through the doors and doctors\surgeons can specialise more and learn easier more efficient ways to treat a condition.  Has closing A & E's saved money, I doubt it as urgent care centres have had to be opened to replace them.

Also how do they rationalise the cost of things, the staff are employed so wages are already paid, so why are operations expensive?  Yes I know if its a hip replacement they need spare parts, but to remove a gall bladder or fix a hernia - where do the extra costs come from.  The theatres are all kitted out.

Our whole country is going to the dogs, what this country needs is a backbone.  Every party produces their manifesto of what they are going to do in power, anyone can say what the voters want to hear, but as soon as they get into the seats they do nothing promised.  Its about time Governments were made to stick to the manifesto and if they don't do as said they should be fired. 

Most of the people who run this country have never had to earn a living in the REAL WORLD, We need people with experience of life sitting in these government chairs, not some one who debated at college and then went straight to Whitehall.

Come on Britain lets become GREAT again and show the rest of the world how to look after their health instead of becoming a third world service.

Private health should be totally separate to national health, Private health is there as a benefit for people who need to fit operations in on a certain time, or for the vain to have face lifts and boob jobs, it should not be for everyday health issues.

The government have us over a barrel, its not like we can even refuse to pay our Taxes because they are deducted on our earnings. 

Lets hope Dr's and nurses around the country can find away to stop us losing our NHS, without striking, that only hurts the population and damages their reputations, but somehow there has to be away to make Government fund the NHS where its needed, ground level and get rid of most of the Directors of Food Management, Directors of Cleanliness, Directors of whatever else they created.

Strikes!!!

The North East is probably the only main labour held area in the whole of England, no matter who is in power at no 10, Labour never looses a seat here and governs it as if they were in power.

Through Maggie's time the councils grew and grew, creating unnecessary admin and manager jobs, who pays for this - we all do.  So they have to pay into their pension pots, what do they think the rest of the white collar workers do, get it for free.  If you don't contribute the Company doesn't have to contribute into your pension, in the public sector, you don't have to contribute but hey we will still pay. 

In my earlier years of temping etc I came across many ex council workers who had left working for county or town halls because they were bored of doing nothing all day, that was back in late 70's early 80's, and since then the public sector up here has increased further.  It wouldn't be so bad if it was more nurses, fireman, police etc that were recruited and increased the numbers but please managers to manage, admin for the sake of looking important.

We only have to look at the industries left in the North East, none!  Unions ruined the shipbuilding because they striked constantly for more money, every time a contract was won they went on strike knowing they had the Company's over a barrel. 

Personally I don't care anymore who's in power because none of them have the backbone to put this country back on its feet.  The labour party are stirring the pot to get the Tories out, while stirring the pot are they doing anything positive for us ... no!

We have a major deficit, if it was a family with a house they would be out on the streets!  What was it I heard on the news the poorer get poorer and the richer get richer, get real, in this economy the only ones getting richer are those on the fiddle or in crime.

The pensioners of today are the most badly done to, they worked in conditions that are alien to the rest of us, what little money they saved for their golden years is taking a massive hit with poor interest rates.  If they own their own house they are in an even worse position - if you want to strike, strike for those who long ago didn't get the rights of the low paid, hard done too, welfare state people of today.

Feel better now