According to some financial commentators, mortgage rates in Australia are forecast to rise by around 2 - 3 % within the next couple of years.

As I had said in a previous post in this thread, my first salary as a high school subject teacher commencing August 1975 woz almost 5,00O GBP gross.

Using the inflation calculator in the link below, and assuming a 25% income tax rate, and input year 1976, the calculator 'grows' the amount of 3750 in 1976 to approx 29,000 GBP IN 2017. That 25% tax estimate on the whole amount of the salary was of course an over-assessment of the tax.

That said, a probationer teacher would never receive 29 grand net per annum these days.

It seems teachers in Blighty are underpaid these days, according to my very rough calculations! But there could be other relevant factors that I have not taken account of.

http://inflation.stephenmorley.org/

I know that area very well as I used to teach high school for West Lothian County Council at a nearby 'academy'.

Plenty of such deprived towns throughout Blighty. However, many inner city areas are just as bad for teachers' job satisfaction.

My first teaching post was for WLCC IN 1975, salary 4995 GBP pa gross. At that time my late pa presented me with a Triumph TC car, it cost him 5,000 GBP exactly, on the road.

Even in those deprived towns they manage to eat well, keep their mobiles topped up. The kids may very well be deprived, deprived of quality parents. Available parents put great store in buying 50 inch Television sets for their squalid sitting rooms instead of investing in items useful to get their offspring out of the offending areas.

The kids who attacked that singer were bullies and cowards and not products of an indifferent government in London or anywhere else.

A gang of up to 15 youths have targeted the 56-year-old in her hometown of Blackburn, West Lothian. In one incident the gang, mainly boys, set light to paper and threw it at her.

I know that area very well as I used to teach high school for West Lothian County Council at a nearby 'academy'.

Plenty of such deprived towns throughout Blighty. However, many inner city areas are just as bad for teachers' job satisfaction.

My first teaching post was for WLCC IN 1975, salary 4995 GBP pa gross. At that time my late pa presented me with a Triumph TC car, it cost him 5,000 GBP exactly, on the road.

There is no ban on Saudi Arabia although 15 citizens of that country were involved in 9/11.

The funny thing was how Clinton supporters just assumed she would win. They even had a big party planned afterwards.

Talk about hubris and arrogance. You are right, Trump is in, there is another election in 2020, if people don't like him they can kick him out.

Until then Democrats should stop whining. Comparing Trump to Hitler is just stupid, the two men have nothing in common at all.

No no, it's not losing a normal election.
That was hitler being elected all over again. When hitler won his first election, it was not a normal election.
It's very important to see this difference, John O'Shei
Go on with your life. You are part of the silent majority. But some of us have to resist hitler 2.0

I stand corrected.

However, there are important differences between the two. Globalism, at its core, seeks to describe and explain nothing more than a world which is characterized by networks of connections that span multi-continental distances. ... In contrast, globalization refers to the increase or decline in the degree of globalism.

ol, "take your time before marrying them", you don't marry them at all, you just fuck em two or three times or otherwise have short-term relationships with them ( 3 months maximum )

I don't know where my ex-wife is and I don't care. I lost about 50 per cents of my assets when I divorced but I got to keep the houses. She got a lot of cash and two cars.

Generally speaking, I agree with with your advice and warnings, but don't fucking marry ANY woman. MGTOW is the only future these days.

My wife never applied for British nationality because she only ever lives here because I am here.- but she does rather well out of her own efforts. Take at the moment it's 07.11 and she has not yet returned from her night-shift. I know that UKIP likes to sneeringly maintain 'she has done very well out of him!' But he will say just about anything. It's not my fault that the spicy chicken, whatever it was has gorn coldcold and has begun to curdle now his pensions have been willingly tossed into the pot in a vain attempt to ingratiate the woman.

Having said that I agree with you that stupid westerners generally get what they deserve...but you can be lucky

It's often said that unsuccessful people are more likely to resist change.

What worries me is that the young people on the left are always keen to state that older people with more conservative views are reluctant to accept change; yet are now the ones that can't accept that the end of the post WW2 globalism experiment may be coming. Some things just don't work out well and changes have to be made yet again; even though the current regime failed to fully complete all of their objectives. 70 odd years is very short time as far as the history of human civilisation is concerned.

So who's really resisting change? Are the incumbent public resisting changes being imposed by the elites or are the elites resisting the change in mood coming from a disgruntled populace?

It's really hard to tell these days.

We will never go back to the glory days, but I wish that young people would find new ways to win again rather than feeling guilty about past success. It's not as though Western civilisation, capitalism and colonialists 'cheated' when the global battle for control resources and future influence took place; we were just superior and won most of the battles.

And just remember: No matter how much you kiss the arse of that nation, they'll never grant you citizenship.

Just settle for being American, half of the world might constantly laugh at you, but at least you've got it going much better than most countries on the planet.

There's actually parts of the world that prioritise their own native races above all others, hence you'll never qualify as a citizen even if you live there for the rest of your days. Why aren't those lefty people calling the leaders of those countries racist yet?

Nurses could be good short term GF's, I agree, problem is they are usually on low incomes, it is hard for them to support themselves well.

A woman who needs financial support , especially in the long term is a burden and will cause stress for men. If you could get a nurse GF to just rent and share household expenses with you that could work out. Most women though don't want a simple life, they want a big house and a luxury car and expect men to pay for it.

An Asian nurse GF might be ok for a while. No, will never look for any woman in Australia to be a wife, nurse or otherwise.

Australian women, including Asian Australian women are useless, entitled, and have zero value for any man.

Young Asian women usually befriend westerners because they seek a western nationality and eventually a lucrative divorce settlement.

You know this only too well re your ex Thai wife.

I bet she's still in Oz and re-married there. You served her two main purposes!

There's another regular poster from Blighty with a much younger Asian wife who now has UK nationality. She's done very well out of him.

Western males, beware of Asian women, especially if you are much older than them. Don't be tricked by them. Take you time before marrying them. Make sure they aren't gold-diggers and/or looking to become western nationals through marriage.

Brits in low-paid jobs are very poor compared to those in most professions. The wealth gap has become larger and larger.

Most protestors seek a more equitable society. They are also against further austerity measures.

There will have been both pro and anti Brexit people marching in solidarity to protest against the government's austerity plans.

They all want politicians to put the country's interests before political party interests.

I think Brexit will impoverish the country for some years to come. Many jobs in Blighty will be lost in the next few years.

If I were to return to Blighty in the next year or two, I'd choose NI to relocate to. Lame duck Theresa May has been forced to provide NI with additional Treasury funds in order to get the support of the Northern Irish Unionist MPs in the London parliament to keep her government afloat during votes on crucial issues, such as her government's annual Blighty budget proposals.

Exactly!

17% of voters according to the latest PEW poll said that they do not like the health care bill.
Below is one more example. There are many, many, many.
And yes, pushing the old people out of health care is part of trump's plan. Doesn't matter to them if the old folks worked a lot and paid a lot of taxes: trump team has no compassion.

Nationwide, about 80 rural hospitals have closed since 2010, according to the Chartis Center for Rural Health. Another 673 rural hospitals are in danger of shutting their doors. Many providers worry that the newly proposed health care legislation -- and in particular its proposed cuts to Medicaid -- could push a number of hospitals over the edge.

You seem to be a stressed out little wumao like I've said before. Now I've told you what to do in the past. Save your money so you can buy an airline ticket to Bangkok and head on down to Pattaya.

I'm sure a week in Soi 6 will leave you feeling relaxed and stress free!

Interesting, last night, an Australian still stuck in boring and crappy ol Nanning City sent me a few We Chat messages asking me where the "best whores" in Nanning are. 70 year old, he wanted to know where to get a good twenty something for 500 rmb.

I nearly dropped the phone in a fit of laughter.

I told him that Nanning women are just trash and scum, that goes for both working girls and regular girls ( who are just high priced whores anyway )

Then I told him to hurry up and divorce his bitch of a Chinese wife and get his arse down to Patts asap.

NO HESITATION, JUST GO TO PATTAYA! HAHA!

Thousands march on Parliament in anti-government protest.

About time too!

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40468881

In the last 10 days, there was somewhere online a nice map of the country showing where older people would be most affected, but I can't find it.

I attached part of an article about how the health care bill would hurt old people. For people 60-64 for example, premiums would increase by $18,000. Keep in mind that the average income of an average retired person is between 40,000 and 60,000. A lot of older people only get social security, maybe $15,000-25,000 (I am not sure, but $18,000 increase takes a HUGE part of the income of an older person, if not all of it).

Not what the OP said

Well said. You are one of the few posters on here with any common sense. You are right, the UK is already full of freeloading parasites from Africa, Asia, and other parts of Europe. The last thing needed is more incentive for immigrants to bludge off the UK taxpayer.

I doubt that The NHS would work in USA. Anyway I don't think America should be bogged down with scroungers and hangers on. I mean, do you really want blond bimbos from other countries funneling in to take advantage of free-baby-birth/maternity care. It's quite disgusting how the British government spends the tax payers money on dead-beats. And what about Asia's diabetics all heading for the UK- fancy a slice of that? Not to mention whole families of ten arriving for free Hepatitis B treatment. Not that there is much of a treatment.

My wife has never claimed a brass farthing off of the state, she has too much self-respect. Anyway, those are the rules 'no recourse to public funds' if you are a white Briton bringing in your wife. The same rules don't apply to whole iffy families who can shout loud enough "DISCRIMINATION!"

Agreed. Therefore, trump's plan to prevent 32 million Americans from having healthcare in the next 20 years in order to give himself and the other rich people a large tax break, is evil, right?

I think he would dispute those motives.

I appreciate the poetry, but please don't miss a heart beat for Turnoi, Taffy. Focus on the nice things in life.

By the way, did you have a look at that series of links to studies that were posted here some 3-4 weeks ago about about wine being good for your health after a heart attack (if drank in moderation of course). It's quite reassuring.

Actually the doctor brought up the subject of drink yesterday, he is obviously keen on the benefits. I think 2 bottles of wine spaced out over the week is okay? I have not had any alcohol since two bottles of Dali beer on 13th May, the day before being hospitalised.

Agreed. Therefore, trump's plan to prevent 32 million Americans from having healthcare in the next 20 years in order to give himself and the other rich people a large tax break, is evil, right?

All people should avail of free health care while they are in a country.

Next thing you'll be praising Hitler again. Unfortunately, Turnoi is not still around to put you in your place on that one - again.

What a poor excuse for a human you are. You're just a fat ass troll not even worthy of taking bread with Trump's "basket of deplorables."

Correct. The United Kingdom has gone to the dogs. Australia is not far behind IMO. We have let the scum of the earth into our countries, eg, hordes of Muslim and African rapists, terrorists, and drug dealers.

Illegal immigrants and refugees should be treated as the criminals that they are.

Trump has got the right idea in the USA, but needs to extend his travel bans to twenty or thirty other countries.

I'm sure many older Brit's pine for a return to the stylish and glorious and civilized days of the British Empire when the non-white races knew their place in the scheme of things.

1- Susan has Asperger's. I would not call it a mind-destroying disease; it is a developmental problem only, like autism. It's not something that keeps increasing like Alzheimer's. Despite Asperger's and maybe even because of it, Susan is a great lady.

2- There is bullying all over the world. There are hooligans everywhere. i remember a few years ago, a lot of young British soccer fans were prevented from attending the World Cup games in Europe after what they did in France.

3- So, where do you start, yourself, to make Britain a better place for your daughter? Don't duck the question this time. You are being watched.

I'd heard about her, but until I heard your link I never realised how good she was- thanks for that, Fifi.

The new US Supreme Court, with its recent trump appointee (i.e. conservative) Gorsuch, will sure send the US to the dogs, if anything is left of the US after the trump administration's first term.

I heard last week a US politician say that the Democrats now face 2 choices in how they spend their time: a) Keep hating trump, or b) Look for ways to win elections.

The temptation to keep hating trump is S T R O N G. But it's going nowhere. Month after month all is does is burn the liver. We better start looking for ways to bring America back towards the center by winning elections at all levels. Looking for inspiration in all directions, my question to you, Taffy, is: How can individual voters, for example like you in the UK, who feel that Britain has gone to the dogs, help make Britain a better place? Where do you - yourself, Taffy - start? How do you break the feeling of powerlessness and start doing something that will help make Britain a better place in the decades to come?

I also love Susan Boyle.
She has to be protected.
I cried the first 43 times (I am not joking) I watched her 2009 video on Britain's Got Talent. I still enjoy this video very much but I no longer cry, the hole in my heart that this video was slowly filling has finally healed. Thank you, Susan. Be safe. You are loved.

Britain is sadly not a place that protects its people any longer. If Susan had been a foreigner it would be all viewed much more seriously- not that I blame the foreigner for that enigma.

I also love Susan Boyle.
She has to be protected.
I cried the first 43 times (I am not joking) I watched her 2009 video on Britain's Got Talent. I still enjoy this video very much but I no longer cry, the hole in my heart that this video was slowly filling has finally healed. Thank you, Susan. Be safe. You are loved.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/susan-boyle-targeted-gang-15-080031442.html

Susan Boyle, the singer who shot to fame on Britain's Got Talent, has been subjected to a campaign of insults and intimidation, it emerged today.

A gang of up to 15 youths have targeted the 56-year-old in her hometown of Blackburn, West Lothian. In one incident the gang, mainly boys, set light to paper and threw it at her.

A spokesman for the 56-year-old singer, who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, told the Sunday Mirror they were planning to call in police to ensure her safety.

It's news like this, the saddest indications of all that a country has gone to the dogs