As I think Lost Password mentioned, the Turks are alarmed by the Kurdish nationalists in East of Syria. IANAE, but I get the impression there's a sneaking sympathy for the Kurds among Western Europea… (View Post)

Malc, neither you nor I NEED WFA. Nice to have, but that's it, but yes there are some who do need it. As I said yesterday the first step ought to have been taxing it. (View Post)

The NHS had a go at an all-singing, all-dancing system twenty years ago, and it crashed and burned. Sadly for me because just before I retired I was offered 6 months retirement 'work' in Bangalore ma… (View Post)

DWP and HMRC are understaffed. (View Post)

I hesitate to sit in Hartlepool 'Spoons and argue with Barry but who is going to clean said streets? Or work in the hospitals . (View Post)