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I just think that Politicians of all colours are more interested in their own careers and their own party's standing than in the good of the country and the populace as a whole - they are very quick to point the finger at the bosses of business whom they accuse of lining their own pockets but they can't or don't want to see that they are guilty of exactly the same thing. 

The SNP are basically a tartan New Labour, with all the same lofty ideals and commensurate failures. 

Oh come on - it was newer and shinier and had a good theme song; "Things can Only Get Better" by D-Ream. What more does a political party need? 

Don't get me started on stamp duty.
The changed introduced a few years ago where generally positive (aside from the theft once you got over £925,000) with the stepping in the bands and the increase in the next band only applying to the amount over the threshold, but the second home surcharge is an abomination that really is having a crippling effect on the market.

Even the bandings in stamp duty are stupid - like those for income tax as well. A person buying a £500,000 house at a flat rate of say, 0.5%, will still give the government 5 times as much tax as somebody buying a house for £100,000. But no, they can "afford to pay more as they are rich" so we'll have higher penal rates.

Tax seems to be the only thing where the laws of economics are reversed, which is why when politicians stick tax up to get more money in, the take actually goes down. Because they refuse to understand the laws of economics and human nature. 

Imagine going into the builders merchants and asking to buy a bag of sand and being quoted £2. Then saying how much if I have 100 bags and they go, "well as you can afford to buy 100 bags they'll be £3 each sir".   

What a fuckwit. The problem with those who refuse vaccines is that they do affect other people. With highly contagious diseases, once you get below 95% vaccination what is called herd immunity becomes compromised.

He does have something more serious, it's the Darwin award. Especially as the Vatican has stated they are OK with the practice. How long before the apes overtake so called humanity?

It can be pretty bad for adults I think.

Having had it when I was in my thirties, I can tell you while not life-threatening it is extremely unpleasant! 

I believe, like many things, for those with 'underlying health conditions' chickenpox can be fatal in a tiny percentage of afflicted people. Plus it greatly increases the chances of developing shingles, which can strike anywhere and can last for months. I've seen some seriously tough men cry with the pain of shingles; definitely something to avoid if possible.

Quite how the parents will cope when their child becomes ill with measles for instance is beyond me but then there is a huge mount of 'not my job' cropping up here. How parents can complain bitterly that it is the school's job to potty train their kids is beyond me but this is the case in more than a few out there.

According to the now-vilified 'Dr' Andrew Wakefield. Despite the multiple proofs his work was completely bogus, his 'findings' continue to pervade the minds of parents, and wannabe parents, who have probably never even heard of him! 

Fucker's still arguing that he's right - no surprise he now lives in the land of the conspiracy theory...

Just as a large gap between the top two front teeth and a cleft chin are on the cleft palate spectrum I believe we are all on the autistic spectrum somewhere. Autistic people (Note word PEOPLE)are just as human as anyone and have their own 'thing' or gift that we need to help them find, just like educating anyone in their strengths. Education is something we all need to be the best we can be. When I was a kid trying to deal with epilepsy there were parents who believed epilepsy was contagious. What they did was to tell their kids to kick the living crap out of me until I was removed from the school and they could not catch what I had. Many times I came to after a seizure being kicked crap out of by a gang of kids and teachers did nothing to stop it so, did they think the same?

Not the best of situations Alex, what keeps your daughter engaged, happy?

She’s no different to any other kid in what she’s in to, whether it be Harry Potter or One Direction a few years back or more recently she got in to Power Rangers and Dr Who. The difference is that she becomes rather obsessed with whatever she’s interested in but that’s fine. Like you did, she has suffered a lot of bullying over the years with her primary school being particularly shit at dealing with it but her secondary school have been much better and have set up . Another big issue as she’s become a teenager has been personal hygiene, or her lack of it as it’s been a challenge to make her aware of the need to wash more but then a lot of parents of young teenagers have similar problems!