The family firm.

Of course Westminster wouldn’t care absthame we have nothing they need . They’ve seen to it that all our industry is virtually gone, mines closed, shipyards too.

It's time to move the Scottish border, southward to its original position at the Tyne. Or if it moved to the Tees, I doubt that the Westminster based would mind, while the NE would benefit enormously.

If you go to a site CNN, it has information of the breakdown of RF funding. Very informative for those who like/seek facts.

Yes you’re right. It’s the forgotten part of the U.K. Annie !

gilly the North East is part of the U.K. not the U.K.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that HM is very frugal gillybob so maybe there aren't many crumbs. I suppose the rest of them make up for her economies.
Good points about the North East

As an aside I wonder how much her maj could spare to fill that food bank week on week ? Would she and her family even miss it? I doubt it very much. The truth is though they wouldn’t give the crumbs from their table.

paddyann how can your opinions be left out of it when you keep voicing them?

Well for a start.....

Increased Tourism ? No not here in the North East.

Outsourcing their requirements ? No not here in the North East.

Promoting business ? Rare here in the North East.

Giving a monkeys toot that we have the largest food bank in the country ? Don’t make me laugh.

Are you now saying that EVERY business that makes a profit"indulges in parasitic practices"? You really are RF entrenched if a few remarks about them enrages you to taht extent.Annie does your brothers firm run at aloss every year....you " do" his books so you must realise that ALL business must make money from work they undertake .After the wages there are still bills to be paid...or doesn't your brother PAY bills or pay you? Awy and lick royal arses all you want ...just leave me and my opinions out of it from now on ,you obviously have no life of your own.!

What do you want gilly ?

I was wondering the same thing trisher what is it exactly that we get for our money? As you say they are doing very well thank you very much .

Is that as workers, house buyers, or tenants Annie?
Can someone explain to me exactly what I gain from supporting extended members of the RF? They seem to be doing well out of it. I have no choice they are therefore parasites.

It is unwise to accuse others of being parasites, when indulging in parasitic practices, you loose all credibility by doing so.

So who is the parasite ?not the host!

Parasites feed off a host. ( The host has no choice )
The parasite gains something, the host looses something .

I experienced the problems of a building firm during the recession. We would not have considered parasites or degenerates

It's a very ugly word merlotgran and not one I would use when describing anyone! Freeloader, maybe under dire circumstances!!!

I do agree with jabberwok's comments about parasites though.

Having run a business during the recession in the nineties and having a responsibility to our staff, not to mention the bank manager, I can only say that unless you've been in that position - I'm talking first name terms with the bailiffs, you simply cannot form critical opinions or jump to conclusions.

We worked hard and not only survived but came out the other end with our profits intact.

For seven years we took on any functions and bookings that came our way and chased those that might not. If we hadn't, the work would have gone to our rivals and we might never have got the business back. It's dog eat dog in hard times!

Some of our customers were not the kind of people we would have chosen to deal with. We would never have entertained anyone with a criminal reputation and we also drew the line at the travelling fraternity who would torch any place if they had an axe to grind.

Anyone who turns down work during difficult financial times only has themselves to blame if their situation gets worse and their staff won't thank them for it.

Paddyann, I can understand perfectly why you took a commission from the RF to help you over hard times , but I think its you referring to them as parasites that doesn't sit well with some people especially as their money helped you in your time of need! How fortunate they had the (parasitic) means to employ you at that difficult time!!

get a life ..

Using my DGS’s class of 32 children as an example (aside from the fact that they did not have a proper teacher for the entire year last year) and assuming the teacher spent as little as 2 minutes greeting each child individually, shaking hands , making eye contact etc . That teacher would have needed over an hour to get all the children in ! How ridiculous would that be? Meanwhile ( if you are lucky) there might be a TA looking after up to 31 other children . Sounds mad doesn’t it? And it is mad which is why in your normal everyday primary it would never happen .

Of course I accept that the royal children are not your average children, who attend the average primary are they ? With their money, privilege and status, comes very special attention . Very special indeed .

And your profit paddyann and your profit