does anyone agree that the goverment is letting us down?(uk)?
963428
My dear a lot of us have been saying similar things for years but, as we ordinary morsels do not have clout in other words our local M.P. disagrees to save his political skin there isn`t much we can do about it unless I suppose we all gang up & start a war.!
402253
I agree, I'm from the US, but I can see the problems starting across the pond.  We were a nation based on LEGAL immigration.  UK has always been a semi-homogeneous society.  It doesn't have to be lilly-white, but I can see that the openness of Euro countries is taking a toll on national identity
705770
I know what you mean.The countryside is your best bet our country of britain aint britain nomore its plays host to every scumbag from the east.Its not wrong to be recist anymore lets face it this country is finished and theres nothing we can do about it.
818635
I am not comfortable with giving the government, with all the screw-ups it makes on a regular basis, that kind of power. You cannot bring someone back from the grave.
489236
sometimes your local mp can help with things like that,or at least help you find people who can help..good luck and i hope u do find somewhere or someone that can help.
989343
Yesterday's newspaper reported that it currently costs the British people $70 million dollars a year to maintain the Monarchy.\n\nConsidering the fact that the Monarchy plays no role in running the British Government, and makes no decisions or policy whatsoever, I think it's high time the British people dissolve the Monarchy and spend their money on ANYTHING better.\n\nPerhaps they should spend the money on paving the grass at Wimbledon with asphalt so they can finally have a more meaningful tennis tournament on hard-court that fairly decides the best player.
290290
I do not agree with what our government is doing, but I believe that has a lot to do with the Bush administration. I've never been so disapointed int my own country before. Honestly, I am scared of our well being because of what they are doing.
765272
This country is going down the tubes mate,and we need to do something about it fast.Its people like your daughter who get the short end of the stick.Honest,hard working citizens who really need the benifits for what they are there for,SUPPORT,not just to greedily sponge for a living their whole lives.All the best to you and your daughter,and I hope you get some help for her.
634989
I agree that the government shouldn't be telling people what to do in their own vehicle, and I think that it should be a personal choice. I choose to buckle up most of the time. Force of habit I guess.
417204
Our democracy (as it is in the UK and the US) is seriously flawed.  There is a two party state and a lot of unelected officials wielding power but, ultimately, we can hold governments accountable and throw them out if we don't like them.
959879
I applaud you.\n\nYou have just said exactly what I feel. We can't do anything about it because the people of this country would rather beleive the endless drivel of lies that comes out of a certain PM's mouth than look around, see with their own two eyes  and vote accordingly. The blatant waste of taxpayers money on perks for MPs alone could go a long way to combating true poverty for the poorest families in the u.k. In this day and age we should not have a single child in the U.K go hungry or without a roof over it's head before money is dished out to 'whereveristan' for whatever project the dictator of that country claims it needs the cash for....... it really makes my blood boil.
1060036
The government is Me ... the taxpayer.\nI'm busting my rear to support my family ... not abusing drugs, alcohol, my wife, my children. \nI'm not going to expect other taxpayers to support me ... and I have enough to do to take care of my own responsibilities before I'm going to pay your rent.
706025
I agree! It seems as though things in our government have gotten out of hand. I don't know if it would take a good president or the united states keeping our noses to ourselves. Its like we are trying to fix the world and we can't even fix ourselves. I'm glad that I'm not the only one who thinks our America is in need of dire help. Good job for speaking out.
564729
no. the problem is that all this "enforcement" costs money and time and we seem to want these things but then we get pissed when the govt tries to enforce them. Big govt is not good. We need to keep our selves safe. keep ourselves reponsible, and dammit, keep ourselves from dying from hurricanes ALL BY OURSELVES!
298867
TURNING INTO a nanny state?!  Unfortunately GB turned into a nanny state in the '50s, when they gave away the farm to the socialists among them.  Now there are too many people there who think H.M. Government should send someone round to wipe their butts every day...Pathetic.
893452
OMG don't get me started!\n\nFirstly as a British (Welsh) person I totally agree with you. about us becoming the world's soup kitchen - but let me try and explain how our system works and why it has gone wrong.\n\nWe have a more socialist system than you.  Healthcare is funded by the Government and there is provision made for social housing (Government funded), Welfare Benefits etc which are far more than you get.\n\nBut they are meant to be for those British people who REALLY need them!! The sick, elderly, disabled, those who through no fault of their own are unemployed, or have fallen on hard times or those who are poorly paid.  The architect of the Welfare State was a 1950's Welsh politician named Aneurin Bevan (Great Welshman!).  He believed that all working people had the right to such basic things as medical care, roof over their head, food, education and the chance to earn a fair wage and live a decent life.  That these things were not luxuries to be bought but fundamental rights.  He had grown up amongst the poor Welsh Mining Communities, and had seen hard working people being paid low wages by their greedy bosses, and having to go without food and medical care because they couldn't afford it.  He wanted to put a stop to this.\n\nOver the years these benefits have been taken advantage of.  Not just by lazy British people who didn't want to work and do the best for themselves, but by foreigners who saw that by coming here they would get housing, free healthcare, education, benefits etc.\n\nWe still need the Welfare State because there will always be genuine hard working British people who fall on hard times (through no fault of their own) and are in need of these basics of life.  Expecting them to rely on "charities" for help is farcical.  Charities are always under funded and can do little other than open soup kitchens and give "advice".   Thats not going to clothe and house people or find them work or treat them when they are sick.  Charities will never be able to provide for all the poor and destitute - ever read Charles Dickens?  They are  supplementary measure but nothing more.   Responsiblity needs to lie with the Govenrnment.\n\nAt the moment we have a useless, spineless government who are so PC its a joke (if you are an muslim or minority you can rant and rage and do what you want but a white person makes an un-PC comment and you end up in court - see Nick Griffin's recent case) and are so terrified of being considered "racist" that they are just allowing our country to be swamped with the poor and scrounging from the rest of the world.  \n\nAs a result, social housing has become nonexistant (5-7 year waiting lists for a council house in my area - British families who can't afford private rents or mortgages are homleless), and there is high unemployment, as British people are being pushed out of work by immigrants who will work for minimum wage.   You can educate yourself and work hard but it doesn't pay off.  And people are getting sick of it.  Hence the rise in popularity of the BNP (British Nationalist Party) - a far right political party.\n\nUnless the Government take steps to do something about the homelessness, poverty, misery, unemployment and crime currently swamping our country (and greatly contributed to by immigrants) then things will go from bad to worse.  Hopefully, Tony Blair and his shower of losers (such as John "Two Jags" Prescott the fattest ugliest stupidest man on earth) will soon be out on their ears.   All we need is a REAL leader to put this country right.
404053
You got it. We have laws governing laws. What does that tell you. We are being regulated to death. A good many of these useless laws are unenforceable, because they involve 24/7 tabs on everyone, and this is impossible.