[peiowl]

The primary school that my young 'un left last year is falling to bits but instead of getting money for a refurbishment we have a £7M cycle highway being constructed between Leeds and Bradford   that nobody will actually use   and it's causing even more congestion because its narrowed the roads and actually blocked peoples driveways  

It wouldn't be so bad if cyclists actually paid road tax and got insured  

As you say, it's not just immigration, it's a myriad of reasons  

And I'm laughing my cock off at the obscenely rich bankers et al bleating about stocks and shares   what they don't get is that the majority of us plebs couldn't give a flying f'uck as we can't afford them anyway  

Not that simple Maddix. Stocks take a beating, people stop investing, companies downsize or fold. That's what happened in 08. It affects me because my pension funds are invested and have already taken a hit. The stock market very much affects the lives of ordinary people. They often don't realize it.