ABU in expecting councils and road authorities to make sure road signs do not get lost in greenery?

OldHag

I firmly believe that it should be a condition of claiming their benefits, that people who are out of work, (other than the disabled) should be made to do a certain amount of hours per week, doing tasks like litter picking, sign clearance, etc.

This would benefit the community they live in, not only in the appearance of the place, but also by helping to support their local Council in order to save tax going up even further.

I bet if this were a condition of claiming their benefits, those that are simply shirkers, would soon find paid employment, rather than do this type of work.

Gosh, let's have a pop at those not as well situated as me, eh? And who would arrange, plan, oversee this? Someone(several someones?) who needs to paid. Had Cameron, Osbourne and subsequent Tory small-staters not ripped the central govt grant from councils - who now have difficulty with even statutory services such as care and child protection - we wouldn't be in such a state. Thankfully we now have a proper govt who won't just be siphoning our cash to their donors.

M0nica

^ illegal immigrants/AKA asylum seekers^ How many times does it need to be said Assylum seekers are NOT illegal immigrants.

All assyum seekersand illegal immigrants come here wanting to work, to work hard and support themselves, and often families back home. the only reason they do not is because the government will not let them.

They are illegal until they claim Assylum, or are you going to deny that, most are refusing to reveal their jdentity, that is illegal, if you did that you would be arrested.

An illegal immigrant and an asylum seeker are two entirely different categories. Just because it is not initially clear who falls into which category does not negate that fact.

M0nica

An illegal immigrant and an asylum seeker are two entirely different categories. Just because it is not initially clear who falls into which category does not negate that fact.

Any one who tries to enter another country without a visa is illegal. They are always arrested and taken into custody, many will claim assylum, the courts will investigate their claim.

Until that verdict is given they are still illegal migrants and liable to be deported.

Back to the original post: I work for a local council, though not in the Grounds Team. I know it's down to finance, but the Environment Team go on about diversity of habitat and saving the bees etc etc.

As a local resident, however, I did complain about the state of one of our town centre green areas that had been left for so long, it was full of ticks, biting insects and nettles and just not a nice place to be (lots of tall grass for the local druggies to hide in). A couple of other locals complained too and it was eventually cut a couple of weeks ago.

No mow May seems pointless to me - all that wildlife and then you chop it all down anyway. As for road signs, it comes to the same thing. It's unsafe and untidy. Not a great look when you are trying to promote a welcoming place to be.