Many made penniless by social care
❑ How can it be right that someone with assets worth less than £86k, like my old mum, has to sell everything should they need social care, but someone with considerably more will still be left with a sizeable sum if they find themself in the same situation. Yet another case of the Tories looking after their rich mates. teddie pye
❑ So we are going to be made to pay for social care like it or not, well lets all tell our councils we are not paying social care fee on council tax anymore. Stockton jeff
❑ Re Stefan Badham. The only time we have violent protests in this country is when a group of morons decide to vandalise peoples property and do a bit of looting and car burning. Why would you want to encourage that unless you need a new telly. Anon
❑ Why are people shocked about HS2? The 2012 Olympics was all about the regeneration of London and its southern pals. HS2 is all about updating rail networks around London and its southern pals. We said this from the start. If it wasn’t true how many places up north benefited from the Olympics. Why didn’t they start building HS2 from the north down? GREENY BARNSLEY
❑ Once again I find myself in a position of teetering on the edge of disagreement with a txter whose opinions I usually respect and agree with. Mr John. Challenger. We have been in worst epidemic since asian flu, polio, small pox. Etc. We have idiots spreading despite no proof of any danger of the jab. John i lean towards no forced jabs but I cant go along with adding to 10m cases and 200,000 deaths. Bazboy
❑ re tod for a start pal read what i said pro choice is not anti vax. so no i have no problem with anyone choosing to get a vaccine for anything so long as they have a choice and the idea that people should sign a waiver because they choose not to take a medical procedure is pathetic. you don’t force the flu vaccine and threaten to refuse treatment you’ll be making them wear badges next. you are happy to create a society where choice is chosen for you and your body is the property of the state. John challenger
❑ Dav: “xmas” trees are nothing to do with Christianity, neither was Jesus born in December. Our annual splurge of feasting and boozing dates back to much more ancient traditions. Jackabilly
❑ JB: We may not have Christmas without Christ, but I suspect we would still have some sort of celebration. Saturnalia, perhaps. You know, the Roman festival that early Christians coopted. The one that was all about eating, drinking and general excess – like modern day Christmas. RedLeader
❑ That bumbling paper hat runs our Country man! PUBLUNCH
❑ Bozo must model himself on Father Ted. A priest dies, one is taken off in an ambulance and another renounces God and Ted says ‘went pretty well, i thought.’ Andyyork
❑ So now we’re going to start firing missiles into space? Earthlings really are the neighbours from hell. Duffy
❑ My mate’s that thick he thought that a “barista” was a “solicitor”! tony worksop
❑ Ah sed to mi mate rob, if ya lost weight ya could mek a great Sumo Wrestler. pete the blade
❑ Re JP. Handlebars really are useful on some fish, such as a motor pike. Anon
❑ Re Jim Barnsley’s jokes, what do chiropodists have for breakfast? cornflakes. Stewart&Geoff, Co Durham