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Originally Posted by RBMark
Wow, we have 17 million uneducated poor people in the uk aged over 18. How has this been allowed to happen, and what do we do about it?
We accept your facts, what do you think we should do about this? Telling ourselves we are a inclusive caring wealthy country, but 40% of people over 18 are poor and uneducated. We are third world. Or as most of these people live outside of London and are white do we ignore this?
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Didn't say that and those aren't my facts, those are Lord Ashcroft's.
Well we could try investing more in areas where there are more poor people in order to allow them to become wealthier.
The ERDF was doing that in Cornwall especially due to it having a GDP of less than 75% the EU average, but also places like here, Leeds, through the
Leeds Enterprise Partnership, though obviously that's going to stop and Westminster is unlikely to take up the slack, it'll be too busy fumbling for the
£350 million a week that was allegedly going to be funding the NHS.
On another note
here's an interesting graphic from Lord Ashcroft on motivations for voting one way or another. Surprising such an inclusive, caring, wealthy country would place such a premium on border controls and immigration when our immigration levels per head of population are considerably below those of countries like Canada, Australia and various others.
Likewise surprising so many people within our inclusive and caring country that voted to leave seem so vehemently against an EEA-EFTA solution when we leave the EU - it would restore the ability to control our own laws, after all.
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Originally Posted by papa smurf
its good job we wuz lernt to yewz a pencul init coz weez wun x
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I used to be a strong advocate of direct democracy and power being placed as closely as possible to those it affected as I'm sure I said. Then I saw the result of this referendum and as I watched the coverage afterwards learned more and more about so may people's motivations for their vote and now really doubt that it's such a good idea.
Lots of people saying they were doing it as a protest vote and to stick the fingers up to the establishment. If the vote were held again on Monday remain would win by a country mile now the reality of it all has hit home.
I guess what's most ironic about your post is that while there you're being sarcastic in the post before your standard of English would be unacceptable for someone leaving primary school. Full stops are required at the end of each item in a list like that one. The rest I've emboldened. You're welcome.
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Originally Posted by papa smurf
11} jack your job in cos you can't get your own way
12 ] start blubing -and hope they will beg you to turn around cos your good at that]
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