Typical THL General debate.

[paulus 26]

Anyway back onto the subject. My brother was in residential social care for a while, I kid you not £1800 per week and they had ten of them in there, It was all about the money being independently owned and run, I talked to social services about my concerns and there answer was they new what it was like but there were little if any alternatives. All the council owned sites had been shut and sold off years ago. 

The couple that owned this place and another on the same street had it sorted. They even purchased a holiday home in Cornwall, several mobile homes around the country and even a canal barge, All paid for by residents in the form of holidays, These holidays were not included in the £1800 per week. Social care as a business is just wrong and a disaster waiting to happen. 

[paulus 26]

1 minute ago, mackem said:

Conservatives should have focused on the “Boat-people” but let it slide thinking they were safe lol,too little too late.

Never mind that what about the 750000 they also let in legally in the last year?

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8 minutes ago, paulus said:

Never mind that what about the 750000 they also let in legally in the last year?

I have met lots of immigrants,legal and illegal plus lots of bogus students in UK and other places,the UK needs a total overhaul of the immigration system,a massive shakeup and sacking of innefectual staff,and implementing such policies as no dependants coming to UK with a skilled worker or student visa,they are coming to work or study NOT put down roots and settle.

[mushroom 12,667]

 

12 minutes ago, paulus said:

Anyway back onto the subject. My brother was in residential social care for a while, I kid you not £1800 per week and they had ten of them in there, It was all about the money being independently owned and run, I talked to social services about my concerns and there answer was they new what it was like but there were little if any alternatives. All the council owned sites had been shut and sold off years ago. 

The couple that owned this place and another on the same street had it sorted. They even purchased a holiday home in Cornwall, several mobile homes around the country and even a canal barge, All paid for by residents in the form of holidays, These holidays were not included in the £1800 per week. Social care as a business is just wrong and a disaster waiting to happen. 

I’m not disagreeing with you mate but biz is biz. If the care provided is up to scratch, why not as a company capitalise it?

Some people need specific types of care.
 

I’d bring my mum here tomorrow to live with me, so would my brother. She ain’t leaving that house unless it’s feet first. You try telling a woman who was born dead what to do  

[mushroom 12,667]

1 minute ago, mackem said:

I have met lots of immigrants,legal and illegal plus lots of bogus students in UK and other places,the UK needs a total overhaul of the immigration system,a massive shakeup and sacking of innefectual staff,and implementing such policies as no dependants coming to UK with a skilled worker or student visa,they are coming to work or study NOT put down roots and settle.

We did 

[paulus 26]

1 minute ago, mackem said:

I have met lots of immigrants,legal and illegal plus lots of bogus students in UK and other places,the UK needs a total overhaul of the immigration system,a massive shakeup and sacking of innefectual staff,and implementing such policies as no dependants coming to UK with a skilled worker or student visa,they are coming to work or study NOT put down roots and settle.

If you look deeply into our immigration policies including student Visa`s then its stupid, Even Old Molly`s chimps at the Twycross Zoo tea parties could not have made a worse job.  

[mackem 25,291]

1 minute ago, mushroom said:

We did 

When?

[mushroom 12,667]

Just now, mackem said:

When?

I did here and I thought you’d moved to Canada (maybe I misunderstood).
Plenty people on here live in other countries. 

[paulus 26]

2 minutes ago, mushroom said:

 

I’m not disagreeing with you mate but biz is biz. If the care provided is up to scratch, why not as a company capitalise it?

Some people need specific types of care.
 

I’d bring my mum here tomorrow to live with me, so would my brother. She ain’t leaving that house unless it’s feet first. You try telling a woman who was born dead what to do  

Been there and done that several times mate,  i made one promise to someone who was told they only had 2 weeks left, It took 2 years in the end, trust me when i say its not easy and it very nearly killed me, We looked after the Mother in law until she went into a coma again that took over a year, That's a long time to be a full time carer for someone and not earning anything, But the state does give you £60 for 24/7 care. 

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Just now, mushroom said:

I did here and I thought you’d moved to Canada (maybe I misunderstood).
Plenty people on here live in other countries. 

I am in Canada,but when did UK stop students and skilled workers bringing dependents?The thread is about uk immigration so when did they stop dependents?

[mushroom 12,667]

1 minute ago, mackem said:

I am in Canada,but when did UK stop students and skilled workers bringing dependents?The thread is about uk immigration so when did they stop dependents?

Actually it’s about old people kicking off in a nursing home

I was just replying to the living in another country and putting down roots bit, I wasn’t trying to be a dick mate. I came here for work and believe me, I have roots here now and so does the eldest.

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6 minutes ago, mushroom said:

Actually it’s about old people kicking off in a nursing home

I was just replying to the living in another country and putting down roots bit, I wasn’t trying to be a dick mate. I came here for work and believe me, I have roots here now and so does the eldest.

Ah,sorry,crossed wires on my part but you went to Spain when we were all one big happy EU nation.

[mackem 25,291]

17 minutes ago, mushroom said:

Actually it’s about old people kicking off in a nursing home

Pic any subject from astrophysics to carpet-weave or the best fescue seeds to sow on a lawns bald patch,and on THL they will all eventually lead down the immigration path.

[paulus 26]

45 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

the west is heading one way ain’t it all from greed 

Debt declined to 50 percent of GDP by the 1970s and dipped to 25 percent by 1990. The financial crisis of 2008 cranked the National Debt up to over percent of GDP. By 2019 the National Debt reached 83.9 percent of GDP. In 2023 the National Debt was 101.7 percent of GDP.

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1 hour ago, mushroom said:

 

This Honduran lass I’m seeing at the moment. She’s a live in carer. She’s working the next 2 weeks. No breaks, always on call if the old dear needs her etc. Funny thing is, this lass has a law degree! An yet she chooses to do this work. You can’t as said, just pull someone off the rock and roll and expect them to have that in them but they should be forced with a choice imo

Getting in on the will! She ain't dumb ,law degree to make sure she's sole beneficiary! Befriend a few oldies, sorted for life