Here is why our NHS and Local Government is utterly shafted

His degree is in Mechanical Engineering @"M" and he works in a job to do with racing cars i.e. Grand Prix

Never watch Jeremy Kyle myself so am I missing much?

 

I caught my sons watching it one school holiday morning. Saw 5 minutes worth with them (and they were almost rolling on the floor in laughter!) and reminded them that it was not an example on how to live; more evidence on how *not* to live!!
In my opinion (admittedly based on a 5 minute endurance test) it is trash TV, at its very worst, and not worth the cost of the electricity needed to watch it by!

 

I think my main grumble regarding my local recycling centre, we used to call it the tip) is that it's far too small to take the population.
If you go on a Saturday be prepared to queue up for about an hour or so, it shuts at 4.30 all the week.
I have no problem with the workers wanting their free time but they are supposed to be a service to the public???
Is it not beyond those clever people that work for the council to come up with some kind of rota that keeps the place open after office hours?
But then again, its not the council running it, its a contractor, but surely pressure could be brought to bear if they just got their finger out.

Fly tipping is rife and the council seem to spend thousands on sorting it out.
Maybe, if they just did a bit of wrist twisting at the tip, some at least would stop and they could just spend time on the blatant bunch that do it whatever.

 

Jeremy Kyle should be a comedian.
He makes me laugh, nothing on that show is believable.

 

Oh, you spoilt sport!!!

There I was convinced that Jeremy Kyle *believes* in himself, and his advice, fervently!

 

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There would be riots if councils were permitted to raise it by that amount in one hit!!

 

Actually, that would be council tax suicide. A rise like that would push even more people into the bracket of needing a discounted council tax (less revenue) and push others further into the non-payment bracket (less revenue). It doesn't make sense!

 

No. But I'd vote for a total rethink of our seriously broken 'system'. Not just council tax.

I think in Britain at least we pay for a lot of things multiple times. If only the whole set of resources, both private and public, could be viewed as one set of assets, and deployed accordingly.

I remember a few years ago when we got two harsh winters in a row. Local authorities got the snow ploughs out but simply, there weren't enough to keep the roads clear. Round here a local farmer took the initiative and using his own farm gear, cleared the roads into and out of a local snowed in village. He was threatened with prosecution and ordered not to do it again. What if the government set aside funds to pay farmers to use their machinery to clear roads? It would mean we'd need a smaller fleet of actual snow ploughs.

Or on health, what if the government actually worked with private promoters of healthy activities? What if SUSTRANS actually worked because the government gave enough freedom to those that know what they're doing to make it happen, thus not only promoting health by getting more people active, reducing the NHS bill, but also cutting road use.

Social care is a biggy in my opinion. It frustrates me that it's even an issue. I know some people need professional care, but how many more just need somewhere to go to meet people twice a week, or a family member or friend to pop round? Surely costs could be reduced by organising more local get togethers. Not only would that help people who are still fairly independent but getting a bit towards needing others, but it would create opportunity for those people to make new friends, who might become really friends, and help them at home more when they need it.

I'm sure there are lots of ways to make Britain better and cheaper, if only a bunch of people more clever than I were to get their heads together and think and talk, rather than departmentalising everything.