can someone explain to me

how the house of lords thing works, im reading about the 26000 a year cap (which i agree with) and its seems its been defeated but it can be over turned so whats the point

Just a remnant from the days when the King / Queen still had power.

The House of Commons (elected politicians) put forward a bill (draft law) which then gets voted on, for or against.

If it gets enough votes then its sent to the House of Lords (unelected 'peers', basically upper-class rich families, although 'commoners' can become lords, usually ex-politicians) and they vote on it again.

Basically if the Lords voted against it it got sent back down to the House of Commons to be changed / re-debated, however the last Labour government changed the law so if it gets sent back down to the House of Commons twice then they can overrule the House of Lords and bring it into law anyway, basically making the House of Lords redundant.

Really, who cares? I don't give a shit what they do. I go to work get paid and live my life. I aint giving 1 minute of my time to them wankers!

Sorry I have no idea how anything in politics works . May I sum it up? Ok. Poli = more than one. Tics = FUCKING PARASITES. Together = MANY FUCKING PARASITIC SCUMBAGS MILKING THE NATION FOR EVERY LAST DROP. You now have a basis to succinctly reply to thread, as I have done. Hope your well chap ; ]

normally i dont but i think this certain bill is a step in the right direction to stop people taking the piss, u may not see how many do but i worked on council estates and many really do take the piss

I think 26k is taking the piss a bit still

yep but most of it is housing so they wont lose out if they move house, nobody want scrubbers on there nice estates

ffs i dont earn anywhere near that amount! Wankers! How the fuck do they get that much being on the dole?

10k more then me for doing fuck all, i'm fucking pissed off to hell now

like i said most of it is housing benefit, so all these people up in arms just need to move out of the posh ars (Which they shouldnt be able to live in anyway) and move to more affordable housing like the rest of us

some of them just take the piss.A 4 person family living in a detached 5 bedroom house that costs 5000 a month to rent is a joke

I get 18k working full time 40 hours a week, this is considered a good wage for Lincolnshire, and I have to pay my own rent and coucil tax, takes the piss

I didn't even realise that the UK was like that, I know there's tons of bums on the dole who dont want to get off it but when i was on the dole for a few month back in 1995 i was really struggling to survive, I got nowhere near that amount, 26k fucking hell, People have no shame, I was eating 1 meal a day when i was on jobseekers and that was when things were good! Jeez....

Don't forget the 26k is take home too, so it relates more to a £35-40k salary.

ffs haha now you're rubbing it in, I was thinking it was before tax

I've lived in the UK all my life

I was watching that Coppers programme on ITV the other night to see some of the scum that sit at home spending our tax money, its enought to make you sick

hopefully it gets passed through.

It's all bollocks, we live in a world of abundance yet these cunts decide who gets what. While you all flap about over a few thousand quid they make millions and far more than they can ever use. Wise up ffs, see through it. I know I'm gonna get it for saying that but fuck it eh. : ]