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[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

2 hours ago, steviewevie said:

 

I guess doesn't matter if Ukraine wants to join the EU if there is no Ukraine anymore.

[steviewevie]

 

[Guest]

 

[steviewevie]

God Save Prince Harry.

f**k you Piers Morgan.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

20 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

God Save Prince Harry.

f**k you Piers Morgan.

He isn't a Prince. Just saying.

 

 

Edit. I am wrong but he married a yank so should lose his princeness. The last guy that married a yank lost his throne.

Edited December 15, 2023 by Rufus Gwertigan

[Neil]

9 minutes ago, Rufus Gwertigan said:

He isn't a Prince. Just saying.

 

 

Edit. I am wrong but he married a yank so should lose his princeness. The last guy that married a yank lost his throne.

I thought you were questioning who his father is?

 

Who gives a f**k that he's got more free money paid for by the people 

[steviewevie]

20 minutes ago, Rufus Gwertigan said:

He isn't a Prince. Just saying.

 

 

Edit. I am wrong but he married a yank so should lose his princeness. The last guy that married a yank lost his throne.

He's the people's prince.

[Neil]

2 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

He's the people's prince.

Yeah that's who's paying for him

[Neil]

The nice Govt paid me  ( a recipient of pip) a Christmas bonus of a tenner today. 🙂

 

[Neil]

26 minutes ago, Neil said:

The nice Govt paid me  ( a recipient of pip) a Christmas bonus of a tenner today. 🙂

 

That's apparently been paid to three million people so it costs the government a lot.

[squirrelarmy]

29 minutes ago, Neil said:

The nice Govt paid me  ( a recipient of pip) a Christmas bonus of a tenner today. 🙂

 

Haven’t got mine. Must be off their Christmas card list. 

Edited December 15, 2023 by squirrelarmy

[Neil]

5 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

Haven’t got mine. Must be off their Christmas card list. 

lol - i know lots of others who got it today. the govt probably do it via BACS and i know from when i used to do a payroll by BACS that the banks don't like too many transfers in a BACS submission.

so it might be split into batches with more to process tonight.

Edited December 15, 2023 by Neil

[Guest]

39 minutes ago, Neil said:

The nice Govt paid me  ( a recipient of pip) a Christmas bonus of a tenner today. 🙂

 

Genuine question, does that feel more like a slap in the face?

[Neil]

4 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Genuine question, does that feel more like a slap in the face?

the small amount doesn't bother me, i feel i'm doing well on benefits [ not something i expected to be saying 🙂 ]  (but also feel i'm a deserving recipient, not a piss taker).

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Neil said:

the small amount doesn't bother me, i feel i'm doing well on benefits [ not something i expected to be saying 🙂 ]  (but also feel i'm a deserving recipient, not a piss taker).

Oh for sure you’ll be deserving of it. I wondered if the amount could be seen as a mockery as £10 seems pretty low. 

[Neil]

3 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Oh for sure you’ll be deserving of it. I wondered if the amount could be seen as a mockery as £10 seems pretty low. 

It was a tenner I wasn't expecting and I don't want to slag it as it could be a bit of a lifesaver to someone struggling on benefits (which I'm not). 

[Neil]

Gonna spend mine on weed alcohol and lose women I'm not going to waste it.

[squirrelarmy]

The supplementary payments started during Covid and then when the cost of living crisis is. They were more substantial payments of £150, the extra £10 this time of year seems to be a tradition now. 

[Neil]

9 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Oh for sure you’ll be deserving of it. I wondered if the amount could be seen as a mockery as £10 seems pretty low. 

Context is everything,bim not sure what the official reason is for the payment. If its an Xmas bonus its fair enough if it's meant to help with cost of living crisis then its far too low a more substantial amount would cost the Govt billions and the we'd say it should be included in the budget and included with the regular payments.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

He's the people's prince.

Is he? I don't have an issue with the Royals but I certainly don't see him as part of that. He is an opportunist which I don't have a problem with. Aren't we all at the end of the day.

He has a very attractive wife who seems to suit him and I don't understand the race thing. Seriously. Maybe I am just a little naive about how we think as a nation.

[Neil]

I don't wanna seem ungrateful but I'm not arselickingly greatful either.

The amount does seem low but it doesn't exist in isolation. Would have been a good opportunity for an imaginative govt to pump the economy a bit. So its a shame they didn't.

[Guest]

34 minutes ago, Neil said:

It was a tenner I wasn't expecting and I don't want to slag it as it could be a bit of a lifesaver to someone struggling on benefits (which I'm not). 

Thats totally fair and I didn’t want to come across as insensitive as it might well be a help to some, I was just wondering. I guess it’s good that something is being given out. 

[steviewevie]

29 minutes ago, Rufus Gwertigan said:

Is he? I don't have an issue with the Royals but I certainly don't see him as part of that. He is an opportunist which I don't have a problem with. Aren't we all at the end of the day.

He has a very attractive wife who seems to suit him and I don't understand the race thing. Seriously. Maybe I am just a little naive about how we think as a nation.

Yeah you're just really out of touch.

[Neil]

1 hour ago, Rufus Gwertigan said:

He is an opportunist which I don't have a problem with. Aren't we all at the end of the day.

he's proper milking it without a shred of self awareness. he doesn't need to be an opportunist when he's already hugely wealthy.