Posted by Ben @ March 21st, 2010 8:38 pm. Filed under: I'm Religious So You Have To Do Everything I Say, It's Not Gay If Your Balls Don't Touch, This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me!, What Would Idiot-Jesus Do? — Tags: david skinner —
by david skinnnerAs people from all walks of life, political parties, professions and religious faiths, we the undersigned have joined together to commit ourselves to reaffirm the value and necessity of religious and civil liberty and the rights of conscience across the UK today.We believe that religion and civil liberty must include the right to live and speak according to one’s conscience privately and in the public sphere, both individually and collectively, without harassment or the fear of civil or criminal penalty.
The proposed employment provisions set out in Schedule 9, Paragraph 2, subsection 8 of the Equality Bill (the occupational requirements relating to sex, marriage and sexual orientation for the purposes of organised religion) mistakenly seeks to deny integrity and authentic practical religion by separating religious belief and observance from behaviour and denies to religious groups rights that are extended to all other organisations, to employ only those who conform to their beliefs, practices and ethos.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a person representing a religious body asking the government for permission to continue discriminating against homosexuals, women, and whatever other groups the various churches find abhorrent on any given Sunday, because being unable to discriminate against them treads on his “religious and civil liberty”.
Frankly, David and each one of the 35,000+ morons who signed this petition can all go and fuck themselves.
Posted by Ben @ March 9th, 2010 11:15 pm. Filed under: Anything I Want Should Be Free, This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me! — Tags: adrian bonnington —
by adrian bonningtonMany online dating sites are giving women free lifetime membership but charging men monthly fees to join. This is discrimination.
Telephone chat services also offer free services to women but make men pay. Why are men allowed to be discriminated against? When will this stop?
Maybe when you stop being such a pervert.
Posted by Ben @ February 15th, 2010 9:39 pm. Filed under: I Deserve Free Money!, Not actual justice -- just what I wanted. Which is basically the same thing., This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me!, Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Children? — Tags: Ms Susan Corcoran —
by Ms Susan CorcoranIf you receive Working Tax Credits you are not entitled to claim even though your total household income may be less than this. Parents who work are under much greater expense due to travelling to work etc. and are therefore being financially penalised for working.Anyone on any other benefit can claim as long as their income is under £16040. This injustice needs to be put right.
Ah, the inflated sense of self-entitlement that comes of being a parent in the UK with a poor understanding of why exactly the unemployed actually receive benefits.
Also, that’s an oddly specific amount of money.
Posted by Ben @ February 9th, 2010 11:09 pm. Filed under: This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me!, You Know - We Haven't Banned Anything Lately., spelin an grammer — Tags: Daniel Ingram of britsh.need.work —
by Daniel Ingram of britsh.need.workhi i live in a northen town were there could be more jobs but the district council here as well as sum others seems to stop companys setting up shop and insted thay are just building more housing were thay sould be making more job
If this is the way you write a petition to the Prime Minister maybe it wasn’t your choice of location that got you turned away.
Posted by Ben @ February 9th, 2010 11:06 pm. Filed under: Anything I Want Should Be Free, I Deserve Free Money!, This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me!, spelin an grammer — Tags: mr james marr —
by mr james marri have been charged, £115 on one month ,then the next month ,i am c £68, where is the fareness,the banks know im on benifits,yet there charge system is over the top,the bank is one you bailed out ,lloyds tsb,i personaly have had to do with out food and heating ,is that fare ,
As you can also see, Mr Marr has also had to cancel the English lessons he so sorely needs. Not to mention a new keyboard.
Posted by Ben @ February 4th, 2010 8:39 pm. Filed under: Clearly You've Thought This Through, Thank You For Coming -- It's Been Very Useful, This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me!, spelin an grammer — Tags: ian yeatman —
by ian yeatmani feel that comparison websites are harming insurance industry as businesses are closing down because people going to a website where its cheaper but by going to an insurance broker everything is explained to you
Yes, Mr Gordon! Save us from the 21st century!
Posted by Ben @ February 4th, 2010 4:46 am. Filed under: Clearly You've Thought This Through, This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me! — Tags: Zara Rhodes —
by Zara RhodesModified people are not being protected by the law; Companies and organizations face massive implications for not hiring a person based on their age, disabilities, sex or gender, race or religion, sexual orientation or criminal past – but appearance is not once mentioned, and there is nothing to stop an employer from witholding a position based on how someone looks – the only exception being if a body modification is in contravention of health and safety laws. People with tattoos, piercings, unusual hair style and/or colour should be given the same rights as everyone else, and should be protected by the law to avoid mindless discrimination whether they are seeking employment (to include a prospective employer witholding a position) or are employed and experiencing descrimination from their employers (to include witholding promotion or experience of bullying from colleagues) based on their appearance.
Nobody chooses to be old, or disabled. Nobody has a say in what the colour of their skin is. But you chose to dye your hair green, put it into spiralled spikes, then replace the skin between your lower lip and your chin with a round piece of plastic so people can see your gums and the base of your teeth. That wasn’t nature’s call. That was a deliberate choice. You shouldn’t be surprised when you don’t get that accounting job or that gig at the cheese counter in Sainsbury’s.
Posted by Ben @ January 21st, 2010 11:35 pm. Filed under: Couldn't If He Wanted To, I'm Keeping The Whole Class Back, Lord Knows I Ask Not For Myself, Presumably The Prime Minister Is Not Too Busy, So I Just Type What I Want Here And The PM Has To Do It?, There's Already A Solution But Don't Let That Stop You From Bothering The PM, This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me! — Tags: Paul Woodburn of n/a —
by paul woodburnI have been trying to find a job in IT (Information technology) for over a year.
I cannot drive and I cannot afford to learn to drive because I don’t have a job.
There for I cannot travel outside Manchester to work.
IT needs to be big in Manchester. After all this is where Alan Turing made his famous computers.
Or you could get a job in a different field, save up your pennies, and then move to an area with more IT jobs when you can afford it. I mean, y’know, it’s not the government’s fault you live in bloody Manchester of all places.
Posted by Ben @ January 18th, 2010 11:46 pm. Filed under: Everyone Stop What You're Doing Because You're Mildly Inconveniencing Me, Hug A Granny, This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me!, spelin an grammer — Tags: mrs margaret doherty —
by mrs margaret doherty
No. And, y’know, for someone so old you have a terrible grasp of grammar.
Posted by Ben @ January 12th, 2010 9:24 pm. Filed under: Invading The Animal Kingdom, Lord Knows I Ask Not For Myself, This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me! — Tags: Sukarma Burman Roy —
by Sukarma Burman RoyUK has a 6-month quarantine rule for pets arriving from certain countries, including India. However, dogs who have followed rigorous vaccination schedule and use the same vaccines as those approved by the UK authorities (e.g. anti-rabies vaccine like Rabisin) get bracketed with those who do not. Please consider if this rule can be waived for my pet, who arrived into UK on 08 Jan 2010, since she has been vaccinated appropriately, with detailed record. A blood test to confirm this will be welcome.
I don’t think petitioning the Prime Minister about your dog is a particularly good use of your time.
Posted by Ben @ January 12th, 2010 7:39 am. Filed under: ...Or Else!, Clearly You've Thought This Through, I'm Keeping The Whole Class Back, These Kids Today With Their Modern Haircuts And Hippetty-Hop Music, This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me!, This Is What We're Outraged At This Week, spelin an grammer — Tags: Councillor Richard Dodd, Malcolm Saggers, miss kelly johnson, Mr Michael Roots, William Carver —
Blimey, it’s cold! How cold is it? It’s so cold my family has been gathering around the freezer for warmth? Ba-dum-bum! I got a million of ‘em! Y’know what else I’ve got a million of? Petitions relating to the cold weather in some capacity. Won’t you read them with me? Because I’ll be damned if I’m going to read them on my own!
by Mr Michael RootsWe, the undersigned, wish the Government to implement as policy for teachers to report to their nearest school when the weather is snowy if they are unable to reach their usual place of work. Thus enabling more schools to remain open and consequently having less detrimental effect on the education of children by having fewer school closures
Ever stop to think that maybe the reason the schools are closed is not because the teachers can’t get to work, but because it’d be unsafe for the pupils to venture out into the weather to get there? No? Thought not.
by miss kelly johnsona lot of people are being penolised this winter for coming under weather stations that have not had a trigger of cold weather when in fact people that live miles away and come under it have seen temperatures fall below freezing surely this needs to be looked after or even give us all another one off payment like last jan to ensure we can put our heating on its not just elderley that suffer in winter it is sick and young children too and they dont recieve any extra winter fuel payments
And what exactly constitutes as “actual city temperatures”? Because I don’t think “my Nan’s thermometer says it’s below freezing” really counts.
by Malcolm SaggersDue to the lack of salt stocks in most areas central government seems to feel that they should now dictate who gets further stocks and has asked local councils to start rationing to maintain their stocks, do you think it right that central government should be telling local councils how to deal with icy roads/pavements in their local area? Surely central governments job is to ensure all local councils have what they need to deal with the current conditions without jumping in to ration salt stocks to areas who are obviously in need of essential gritting materials and equipment. Rationing does not solve the problems most councils are experiencing but could make it worse.
It sounds like you’re instead in favour of the Government keeping the supplies, and then when the cold weather snaps into place they simply transport the salt stocks to… uh… oh, I’ve spotted a potential hole in your plan.
by William CarverBritain is seizing up with the cold and many pavements and roads are iced up. We cannot expect local authorities to clear all this for us especially when grit is short. On the continent of Europe citizens clear pavements and roads of snow outside their houses and this makes walking and driving safer. It also prevents snow and ice build-up. We need reminding of this responsibility by government so we can get the country moving again and make it safer for pedestrians and road users.
“Hi, British public! It’s me! Gordon! I’ve got an idea for you all – why don’t you stand out in the middle of the road shoveling snow? Yes, I said the middle of the road. No, I don’t see any… oh, right. Yeah. Spotted it now. Thanks.”
by Councillor Richard DoddIn view of the recent adverse weather affecting the whole of the United Kingdom, permanent 4 wheel drive vehicles, such as Land Rovers, have proved invaluable to the community, in getting the elderly to hospital, taking rubbish collections to local refuse sites, rescuing ambulances on emergency calls and other motorists who have become stranded. It seems very unfair that these vehicles pay the highest in road fund licence when they are used to such a beneficial effect for the whole country. They have saved lives. In view of this, rather than being penalised, the owners of these vehicles should be rewarded for keeping the country going rather than being castigated as ‘Chelsea Tractors’, which vehicles such as Land Rovers are not, but essential tools, especially if you reside in rural areas.
This is, of course, ignoring the fact that the sort of tyres you need to be able to properly use a 4×4 in the UK are… banned from sale in the UK! So maybe you should write a petition about that first.
Posted by Ben @ December 29th, 2009 8:31 pm. Filed under: Clearly You've Thought This Through, I Deserve Free Money!, Please State The Nature of the Medical Emergency, This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me! — Tags: Mr S Miller —
by Mr S MillerI am disabled, get £90 per week in benefits, yet because I do not get income support, I have to pay for prescriptions, at £7.20 per go. If I get 2 in a week, that is nearly 1/3 of my total money per week. Some, not all retired have savings in excess of 100s of thousands of pounds, and ex beatles and Rolling Stones members are entitled to free prescriptions purely because they are over 65, yet are very wealthy, some reputed in excess of 100s of millions. So I plead to decency to make ALL benefits means tested, its illogical and unfair for people with millions to claim free charges, whilst some with little have to pay. For a fairer society this MUST happen
I love the assumption that because the surviving members of the Beatles and the Stones are old enough to get free prescriptions then logically they must be doing so.