Observer Prize Crossword 4045 Sunday...
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Equal rights for the English
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If you live in Wales you now get free NHS perscriptions.
If you live in Scotland and are studying in Scotland you do not pay Universary fees. In Scotland they also provide free care for their elderly.
Why are the English classed as second class citizens, by not being elegible for the same perks as those living in Scotland or Wales.
I cannot comment on Northern Ireland, because they are just getting their own parliament up and running, but once establised I suppose they will go down the same road, and bring in certain measures that will also be beneficial for their people.
Why do the English continue to put up with these anomalies? Isn't this a valid case of Racial Discrimination against the English people?
There is one option left for us and that is, only vote for English politicians who are prepared to give the English people equal rights, and also support the idea of an English Parliament, or is this being racist?
If you live in Scotland and are studying in Scotland you do not pay Universary fees. In Scotland they also provide free care for their elderly.
Why are the English classed as second class citizens, by not being elegible for the same perks as those living in Scotland or Wales.
I cannot comment on Northern Ireland, because they are just getting their own parliament up and running, but once establised I suppose they will go down the same road, and bring in certain measures that will also be beneficial for their people.
Why do the English continue to put up with these anomalies? Isn't this a valid case of Racial Discrimination against the English people?
There is one option left for us and that is, only vote for English politicians who are prepared to give the English people equal rights, and also support the idea of an English Parliament, or is this being racist?
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you are being racist, if you were english living in Scotland you would not pay university fees, likewise being english and living in Wales you would not pay prescription charges, your question suggests that only english people living in england would recieve these benefits or do you mean ALL races living in the UK to be treated as equals?
you are being racist, if you were english living in Scotland you would not pay university fees, likewise being english and living in Wales you would not pay prescription charges, your question suggests that only english people living in england would recieve these benefits or do you mean ALL races living in the UK to be treated as equals?
Count yourselves lucky in England that you do not have to pay extortionate levels of Council Tax to prop up a useless Assembly. When the Welsh Assembly was instigated in 1999, my Council Tax for my band C home was just �42 per month. I have just received my bill for 2007/2008 and must now pay �92 per month. That means that I am paying an extra �500 per year.
For those who don't already know, a proportion of Welsh (and presumably Scottish) Council Tax is diverted to run the Assemblies.
So for an extra �500 per year I can have free prescriptions and the elderly can have free bus passes. Hardly value for money.
So think very carefully and look at what has happened to Wales before you choose to have an English Assembly.
For those who don't already know, a proportion of Welsh (and presumably Scottish) Council Tax is diverted to run the Assemblies.
So for an extra �500 per year I can have free prescriptions and the elderly can have free bus passes. Hardly value for money.
So think very carefully and look at what has happened to Wales before you choose to have an English Assembly.
Hi Hammerhead
For the life of me I cannot remember the correct figure of council tax that I paid in 1999, but I think it was something like �75 per month. Scotland also paid what was then known as poll tax a year ahead of the rest of Britain. Also, the town I live in has the second highest council tax in Scotland and I have no idea why as it is no better than anywhere else in the country.
For the life of me I cannot remember the correct figure of council tax that I paid in 1999, but I think it was something like �75 per month. Scotland also paid what was then known as poll tax a year ahead of the rest of Britain. Also, the town I live in has the second highest council tax in Scotland and I have no idea why as it is no better than anywhere else in the country.
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