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    NHS R.I.P

    Please read up on the joys of the french model you keep promoting as a solution to the problem of the NHS. the french goverment is also burdened by a health care deficit.
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    Heres why the defict won't be dealt with

    and every raise in taxes is whinged about and lobbied against by every corporation and right wing hot head :D
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    Was Thatcher reallly that bad ?

    one of the contributing reasons for increase in house prices via speculation/investment is the removal of social housing leading to more people renting as they can't afford a house have to rent. this inflates the rental income from houses therefore making them look more attractive as a...
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    which wireless alarm

    thanks for the reply chaindaisy, have ordered the alarm and will post my thoughts on it after i get it installed. the next door neighbor that got burgled had an alarm fixed two days later. I have to admit that until it happens close by being burgled doesn't seem a very high probability...
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    which wireless alarm

    friends next door neighbor just got burgled and so now looking to install a Alarm.broad daylight opportunity theft as they just broke bottom rear door panel an stole money and jewelery left all the laptops ect they want to be phoned so looking at the yale HSA6400 which is £175 plus another...
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    help with cement rendering on thermalite

    sorry for not making it clear ,was render before a skim coat,hopefully will be able to speed up as i get used to it ,as i'm bloody slow at the moment and thats with battens as guides:) have three rooms to do kitchen ,utility an wet room, was thinking of doing the whole house render but if i...
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    help with cement rendering on thermalite

    thanks for the advice :) did the first wall today and as as suggested didn't pva just well wet down, a 4.5 meter wall took nearly two buckets (20 liters) of water and still absorbed more before i applied the mix ,thanks steve the roller idea worked a treat lot better than by brush :) as its...
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    help with cement rendering on thermalite

    need to render a thermalite internal wall have read up on it and a bit confused. was going to wet wall and put on a 5to1 diluted pva mix then when its tacky start to sand/cement render ,but have read of people putting on two coats, one on the day before then 2nd when they render. Are two...
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    census.

    Aron please read up on frances health care policy before suggesting it as a paragon of a private health care system ,and one we should adopt. during our last discussion i did read up on it it aint all cherry pie there either. 20% of your wage spent on health care then you pay for 30% cost at...
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    cement/sand render on internal themalite blocks

    going to be sand cement rendering internal walls next week for first time and after reading up seems thermalite are a pain to get a good adhesion to and hollow out very easily. After reading up on it now confused as to which is best way to do it? some site say the thermalite have to be...
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    Union stupidity

    this would be the same company that with £1.3 bill debt has had to reduce costs as it is unable to weather the current financial climate. if they believe the companys current direction will be worse for their members should they not speak out about that concern? i cant quite see the...
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    Union stupidity

    this is remaining extremely concerned about the business that their members work for is slagging off. them unions the're just so rude :) aron unless your refereing to more info than in the article you linked to i think you may be flogging a dead horse here
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    Our deficit was all americas fault

    no you numpty the point i have been making is that the infrastucture that has been privatised cant have competition by its very nature the only way it can have a false sense of competition is by goverment regulation and as i pointed out in the rest of my waffle if it had been sold of...
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    Our deficit was all americas fault

    i do understand my point was its not viable to compete against bt as the infrastructure cost make it to expensive yes bad expensive service thats PRIVATE not NATIONAL. if you want. i just saying if you want private companies running everything be prepared to pay for it. don't expect...
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    Our deficit was all americas fault

    Yes bt was a monopoly when sold but you miss the point THAT any company can now build its own infrastructure and supply who ever they want. Why impose regulations on what bt does with the property it gained when privatised It A PRIVATE company not a national one. You still haven't said what's...
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    Our deficit was all americas fault

    [ I see the point you are trying to make , but in a free market the company the owns the infrastructure does what they want with that infrastructure. bt on privatisation own the cables they are theirs bought from the government.why should they allow other private companies to gain from...
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    Our deficit was all americas fault

    ok a little less gibberish this time but only a little less:) yep bt can only touch there lines .But there is nothing stopping any company out there setting up there own telephone company . all i takes is for them to instal the infrastructure and they can touch their own wires to their...
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    Our deficit was all americas fault

    this is a free market any company out there can put in new telephone lines if they wish to invest in the infrastucture but hang on a minute if you cant can a nationalized company to build it first then sell it off for peanuts it turns out its prohibitively expensive to do this but any company...
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    Our deficit was all americas fault

    you say opened up the markets like its a good thing look what has happened to the markets she opened gas, electricity, telephone, railway, NHS. all of the above are doing so well an are all extremely competitive all the costs have dropped and the services vastly improved , oh no hang on a...
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    softwood floor on kingspan

    going to be laying ptg softwood floorboards on a beam an block ground floor. so will be block floor, 75 mm kingspan then 2"by2" batons to fix flooring to . i'm not sure if the 2 by 2 will sink into kingspan so was wondering if it would be advisable to use a sheet on 6mm plywood or hardboard on...
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