Quote Originally Posted by MickTor View Post
I think the real strain on the NHS is due to unhealthy lifestyles.
I also think that 'the country in tatters' cannot be blamed on a political party, but on ourselves and our actions as a collective.
I think there is more money being filtered out of Britain through corporate tax dodging than immigration issues. Billions upon billions that should be circling in the system.
That's some of what I think anyway. I like to take responsibility for my actions and be the best person I can be for myself, my family and the place I live.
In a nutshell.

And so close to making the real point: UKIP is just yet another smokescreen to deflect people's anger away from the real issues. The name of the UKIP game is "let's pick on the immigrants and blame them" when, as you correctly state, the cost to Britain of corporate tax dodging is way in excess of the cost of immigration.

It's just the latest in a long line of such stories. UKIP given bad publicity by the media? Don't make me laugh. Promoted by the media to the mindless masses so that their anger is controlled and diverted.

Let's blame the immigrants not the tax dodgers, let's blame the benefit claimants not the rich bankers, let's fight a war on poverty not a war on pure greed, let's fill our papers with the latest reality TV show winner not the real issues. The establishment feeds us tripe and we lap it up. And, meanwhile, they get rich at our expense.....

MickTor, you are so right in your attitude - be the best you can for your family and for your environment and accept that's all you can do.