Tuesday 28 February 2012

how disgusting this all so the Muslims are happy

now there's a point in time where we say enought is enought how much further are the government and the local council going to go CAN WE GO TO PAKISTAN AND ENFORCE LAWS AND WAYS ONTO THEM NO so why should we allow them to do this absolutely disgusting wake up sheeple wake up

Crematorium removes glass window featuring 4ft cross to avoid offending other religions (but don't worry, they'll have a MOBILE crucifix for Christians)

By EDDIE WRENN

Last updated at 3:11 PM on 28th February 2012

Christians have reacted in fury after a managers at a crematorium decided to remove a 4ft cross from the windows to avoid offending other religions.

The giant window at Haycombe Crematorium, in Bath, Somerset, will be ripped out and replaced with a clear glass pane as part of a £140,000 facelift.

It is the last remaining Christian symbol in the chapel and bosses say they will now make a ‘mobile’ cross available for mourners to use if they wish.

But the decision has been met with a furious response from campaigners who claim it is another example of Christianity being sidelined in modern society.

Cross row: The central window at Haycombe Crematorium, Bath, will be removed to appease members of other faiths

Hugh Mackay, 82, a former Christian missionary in Nigeria who lives just ten minutes from the crematorium, branded the decision an 'attack'.

He said: 'It seems there is a determined secular campaign to try and obliterate our religious heritage in our country.

'The council says it is not to upset people of all faiths but I’ve talked to Hindus, Muslims and Jews and none of them have ever complained.

'They all respect the cross as a symbol of the Christian faith.

'Some of us feel very strongly that this is a deliberate attempt by the council to downplay our Christian heritage and that we should make our views known.'

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Bath and North East Somerset Council announced the changes to the crematorium as part of a £140,000 overhaul of the crematorium and cemetery.

The refurbishment, which has not yet been finished, is the biggest improvement to the facilities since the chapel opened in 1961.

The window, which features the 4ft white cross and offers views across the Bath countryside, will be replaced with a plain pane.

Staff have been told they will be given a mobile cross which can be put up or taken down, depending on the religious beliefs of those using the crematorium.

Hugh Mackay, 82, said this was 'a deliberate attempt to downplay Christian heritage'

Angry campaigners have already amassed more than 100 signatures against the plans.

Edgar Evans, 79, from Bath, a retired patients advocate for the NHS, said: 'The window and cross provides comfort for mourners that look at it.

'It just seems that it is another attack on our Christian culture - while claiming they want to refurbish the existing facilities.

'I believe in prayers before council meetings and I believe we should have the cross at the centre of our war memorials for those who gave their lives.

'We remain a Christian country but this is an example of creeping secularisation.'

The petition, which will be presented to Bath and North East Somerset Council chief executive John Everitt, calls for a new, similar cross to be installed in the window.

Council bosses stressed that the decision to remove the cross had been taken after consultation with funeral directors and local clergy.

A spokesman maintained Haycombe should be a setting suitable for people of all faiths and religious beliefs.

He said: 'Following consultation with local funeral directors, ministers and taking into account our own feedback from customers, the consensus was that the chapel should be a setting where all faiths, including those who are not religious at all, can adapt the surroundings to suit the wishes of their loved ones.

'In line with this consensus, the replacement window will be plain.

'The council’s bereavement services team will discuss with all families and funeral directors ways to provide a suitable environment for any service.

'This could include providing removable crosses or any other symbol that a family feel is appropriate.'

HOW CHRISTIANITY IN BRITAIN HAS BEEN ERODED BY PC JOBSWORTHS

Gary McFarlane alleged that counselling service Relate refused to accommodate his religious beliefs
Gary McFarlane, 48, a former elder in a church in Hanham, Bristol, lost his fight at the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in London to prove discrimination by the relationship charity Relate in 2009.
McFarlane lost his job after refusing to provide sex therapy to gay couples has failed in a further attempt to prove religious discrimination by his former employers.
Nadia Eweida, 58, lost her appeal against a ruling which cleared British Airways of discrimination by stopping her wearing a cross visibly at work.
The tribunal, held in 2010, was told Miss Eweida was sent home in September 2006 over the display of the small silver cross on a chain around her neck, which she wore as a personal expression of her faith.
Hannah Adewole complained that wearing trousers goes against her religious beliefs.
Mrs Adewole, 45, cited a command in the Bible that women should not wear men's clothing, and claimed she was banned from wearing scrub dresses in theatre.
She pointed out that Muslim midwives are allowed to vary official uniform with their own hijabs and tops.
She sued Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust in 2011 for religious discrimination and harassment, but lost the case.
A homosexual couple who successfully sued the Christian owners of a hotel who refused them a bed are withdrawing a claim for more compensation, it was revealed today.
Steven Preddy and Martyn Hall had said Cornwall B&B owners Peter and Hazelmary Bull were let off lightly and had called for their £3,600 damages to be increased.
Earlier this month, Christians and politicians reacted with dismay after a judge overturned centuries of custom by outlawing a town hall in Devon from putting prayers on the formal agenda.
Atheist former councillor Clive Bone started the case against Bideford town council in July 2010, claiming he had been ‘disadvantaged and embarrassed’ when religious prayers were recited at formal meetings.
Also this month, Celestina Mba, 57, lost her claim for constructive dismissal after a judge ruled her employer could make her work on the Sabbath.
The Baptist mother-of-three claims she was forced from her job caring for disabled children after clashing with bosses over the issue.
But the tribunal ruled that keeping Sunday as a day of rest was not a ‘core component’ of Christianity.

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Monday 27 February 2012

the country's run out of money i wonder why

1 over population over 3 half million immigrants living here claiming benefits and never paid a dime into the system must be stopped now
2 millions spent on the EU membership must pull out now
3 million given out on foreign aid must stop now
4 millions spent on illegal wars and we need to pull our troops out now
5 renationalising the gas water electricity bring it back to British company's
6 reintroducing the indusrtys which would create jobs exporting instead of importing
7 stop borrowing from other country's and sort our own house out first
8 deport all extremists so the burden is not on the tax payers
this is what we need to do to get this country great again

George Osborne: UK has run out of money

The Government 'has run out of money' and cannot afford debt-fuelled tax cuts or extra spending, George Osborne has admitted.

Britain and other leading economies are not ready to fund another eurozone bailout, UK Chancellor George Osborne said on Sunday.

Mr Osborne is under severe pressure to boost growth, amid signs the economy is slipping back into a recession. Photo: PA

By Rowena Mason, Political Correspondent

10:02PM GMT 26 Feb 2012

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In a stark warning ahead of next month’s Budget, the Chancellor said there was little the Coalition could do to stimulate the economy.

Mr Osborne made it clear that due to the parlous state of the public finances the best hope for economic growth was to encourage businesses to flourish and hire more workers.

“The British Government has run out of money because all the money was spent in the good years,” the Chancellor said. “The money and the investment and the jobs need to come from the private sector.”

What should George Osborne do to provide a tax cut?

Tax the rich more to allow the income tax rate to be lifted to £10,000Borrow more and worry about reducing national debt in future yearsWe can't afford any tax cuts

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Mr Osborne’s bleak assessment echoes that of Liam Byrne, the former chief secretary to the Treasury, who bluntly joked that Labour had left Britain broke when he exited the Government in 2010.

He left David Laws, his successor, a one-line note saying: “Dear Chief Secretary, I’m afraid to tell you there’s no money left”.

Mr Osborne is under severe pressure to boost growth, amid signs the economy is slipping back into a recession.

The Institute of Fiscal Studies has urged him to consider emergency tax cuts in the Budget to reduce the risk of a prolonged economic slump.

But the Chancellor yesterday said he would stand firm on his effort to balance the books by refusing to borrow money. “Any tax cut would have to be paid for,” Mr Osborne told Sky News. “In other words there would have to be a tax rise somewhere else or a spending reduction.

“In other words what we are not going to do in this Budget is borrow more money to either increase spending or cut taxes.”

The strongest suggestion of help for squeezed family budgets came from the Chancellor’s claim that he was “very seriously and carefully” considering plans to help lower earners by raising the personal allowance for income tax, a proposal that has been championed by Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister.

But he implied there would be no more help for motorists struggling with record petrol prices this spring. “I have taken action already this year to avoid increases in fuel duty which were planned by the last Labour government,” he said.

The Chancellor’s tough words were echoed by Liberal Democrat Jeremy Browne, the foreign minister, who warned that Britain faced “accelerated decline” without measures to tackle its debt and increase competitiveness.

In an article published today in The Daily Telegraph, he writes that Britain’s market share in the world used to be “dominant” but was now “in freefall” compared with the soaring economies of Asia and South America. “This situation has been becoming more acute for years,” he adds. “It is now staring us in the face. So we need to take action.”

Mr Browne writes that reform of pensions, welfare and defence is essential to stop the departments “collapsing under the weight of their own debt”. “Just because the spending was sometimes on worthy causes does not in itself mean it was affordable,” he says.

“Doing nothing when your prospects are at risk of declining is not the safe option. More of the same may be superficially more popular in the short-term but that does not make it right.”

Amid warnings that Britain urgently needed to adopt a more pro-business outlook, senior Conservatives have urged the Government to get rid of the 50 pence top rate of tax.

Figures from the Treasury last week suggested the policy was not raising the expected amount of revenue and was threatening to drive leading business people and entrepreneurs away from Britain. Dr Liam Fox, the former Conservative Defence Secretary, yesterday argued for the top tax rate to be scrapped, but added that cutting taxes on employment was even more important.

“I would have thought the priority was getting the costs of employers down and therefore I would rather have seen any reductions in taxation on employers’ taxation rather than personal taxation,” he told the BBC’s Sunday Politics show.

Any efforts to scrap the rate this parliament would face severe opposition from within the Coalition.

Simon Hughes, Liberal Democrat deputy leader, said yesterday that keeping the current 50p rate was “the right thing to do”. He told the BBC: “I represent people in a pretty solid working-class community. What they’re concerned about is what happens to ordinary people out of work and where they get jobs.”

Last night, Labour argued Mr Osborne needed to take a more proactive stance on boosting growth by increasing public spending.

Chris Leslie MP, the shadow Treasury minister, said it was wrong of the Chancellor to argue that Britain was broke and to rely on business alone to create economic growth.

“George Osborne can’t complacently wash his hands and claim the lack of jobs and growth in the economy is nothing to do with him,” he said.

“He needs to realise that government has a vital role to play in creating an environment where the private sector can grow and create jobs.”

Harriet Harman, Labour’s deputy leader, urged Mr Osborne to cut VAT.

Meanwhile, the Chancellor made it clear he was resisting pressure to hand over up to another £17.5billion in taxpayers’ money to help bail out struggling European Union countries.

He said Europe had not “shown the colour of its money” by taking measures to help itself tackle its debt problems.

Until that happens, Britain will not give any extra funds to the International Monetary Fund.

The Chancellor was speaking as finance ministers from the world’s 20 most powerful economies met in Mexico.

Mr Osborne said: “While at this G20 conference there are a lot of things to discuss; I don’t think you’re going to see any extra resources committed (to the IMF) here because eurozone countries have not committed additional resources themselves, and I think that quid pro quo will be clearly established here in Mexico City.”

how disgusting is this

we have people who cant get homes like this ex army and we have floods of immigrant walking into our country claiming everything benefits housing tax credits child benefits the lot and this government is so lame in its methods it allows this to happen thank you Mr Cameron clegg milaband you are really showing us Brits what you think of us apart from the uaf - hate no hope labour conservative lib dem voters who will be thanking you for all that you have done to the country the rest of us wont be so keep going the way you are going keep doing the things that you are doing the sheeple are beginning to wake up and it will come back to bite you right where it hurts you know the saying what comes around goes around

'Evicted for being honest': Ex-soldier who declared temporary work loses his benefits and is forced to live in car with his pregnant girlfriend

Ex- Army soldier Darren King living in his Vauxhall Astra with pregnant girlfriend
He was evicted after declaring temporary work to authorities

By CHRIS PARSONS

Last updated at 1:37 PM on 27th February 2012

An ex-serviceman and his pregnant girlfriend are living in his car after being evicted from their home when he had his benefits cut.

Darren King, 27, lost his privately rented home in Colchester, Essex when he told the authorities he had taken a temporary job.

The former Territorial Army soldier quit the Forces when his first wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer, but after finding new work Mr King had his benefits cut.

Mr King signed up for work with one month's employment with an engineering agency while receiving benefits.

Kicked out: Mr King, pictured with his daughter Lilly-Louise, fell behind on his rent after declaring a temporary job and has now been left living in his car

But after declaring his work he had his housing benefits removed and has been left living in the back of his Vauxhall Astra because he cannot pay rent.

When he fell two months behind on rental payments the bailiffs were called in and he was made homeless along with his pregnant girlfriend, who is due to give birth in two months.

Mr King's plight emerged as David Cameron said ministers should do more to ensure service personnel and their families get council houses or mortgages when they leave the forces.

The Remembrance weekend initiative aims to end the scandal of veterans being left too poor to buy a home and unable to get on a social housing list.

Mr King claims his housing benefit, which he had used to cover his rent, was taken from him without his knowledge.