14 Feb 07
Originally posted by Bosse de NageThe psycholigical effects of living with the names Jade, Chelsea or Josh isn't to be underestimated either.
Scientific studies prove that the psychogeometry of Victorian red-brick housing alternately stimulates and represses brain centres responsible for aggression, whingeing and general uselessness. The effect is incalculably exacerbated by the presence of pebble-dash veneering.
It can often lead to these individuals swaggerring around provincial town centres wearing pink (for girlz) or blue (boyz) pyjamas in their early teens.
14 Feb 07
Originally posted by SquelchbelchGone are the days when you unscrewed a lively Chardonnay.
The psycholigical effects of living with the names Jade, Chelsea or Josh isn't to be underestimated either.
It can often lead to these individuals swaggerring around provincial town centres wearing pink (for girlz) or blue (boyz) pyjamas in their early teens.
Teenagers leaning on prams and puffing doggedly at their cigarettes, like the spirit of the Blitz. England prevails!
14 Feb 07
Originally posted by kirksey957Perhaps she thought that British children are simply beyond help. Due in large part to the moral deterioration effected in their mothers' generation by her own singing, dancing example.
And to think Madonna went all the way to Africa to help a child.
I still haven't managed to track down any of her contributions to children's literature.
14 Feb 07
Here is the table:
CHILD WELL-BEING TABLE
1. Netherlands
2. Sweden
3. Denmark
4. Finland
5. Spain
6. Switzerland
7. Norway
8. Italy
9. Republic of Ireland
10. Belgium
11. Germany
12. Canada
13. Greece
14. Poland
15. Czech Republic
16. France
17. Portugal
18. Austria
19. Hungary
20. United States
21. United Kingdom
Source: Unicef
Spot the high tax nations are at the top. Yet in this country (UK) 1 in 3 families are dependent on benefits. Our taxes have never been higher and we are still bottom.
Our politicians, from both parties, have failed us and our children.
14 Feb 07
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Originally posted by invigoratea good war would soon sort that out
Here is the table:
CHILD WELL-BEING TABLE
1. Netherlands
2. Sweden
3. Denmark
4. Finland
5. Spain
6. Switzerland
7. Norway
8. Italy
9. Republic of Ireland
10. Belgium
11. Germany
12. Canada
13. Greece
14. Poland
15. Czech Republic
16. France
17. Portugal
18. Austria
19. Hungary
20. United States
21. United Kingdom
Source: Unicef ...[text shortened]... nd we are still bottom.
Our politicians, from both parties, have failed us and our children.
(hehe - off onto another thread
😉
14 Feb 07
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Originally posted by Bosse de NageWho else other than Spain on that list have suffered a terrorist attack since 9/11? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents - France and Germany have a minor incident each, Germany because of the world cup and the French incident is a failed bombing plot of a US embassy.
Of course, it is only the heroic self-sacrifice of that warrior pair that vouchsafes the security of the rest.
I have an idea, maybe if you attack people they fight back, if you leave them alone, they leave you alone...
14 Feb 07
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Originally posted by mancityboythey know too much, the mystery is gone out of their sad little lives
The UK has been accused of failing its children, as it comes bottom of a league table for child well-being across 21 industrialised countries.
The Unicef report looked at 40 indicators including poverty, peer and family relationships, and health.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6359363.stm
Anybody any ideas what we are doing wrong? Any solutions?
:'(
14 Feb 07
Originally posted by eamon oBlair continued with Thatcher's ideals hence the wonderful phrase Blatcherism. 20 years of that would screw up any country.
it as a result of the liberal/ leftist agenda pursued by the labour government which has dismantled the family, undermined parental and school authority and wasted billions of puunds of our money.
i blame the conservatives, who screwed things up so badly that we had no alternative but to vote labout in the first place 😠
Why do people blame the conservatives for other people's actions? I've heard people complaining that the conservatives moving to the left causes people to vote BNP instead of conservative, hence they are at fault for what the BNP do...