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It's the ultimate aim of the EU and always has been as you well know so stop pretending otherwise.

Because a Federal Europe with so-called 'single-market' and 28 different health systems and individual opt-outs is a nonsense and you know it.

Again irrelevant to my point that a fraudster will always target a higher paying benefit over a smaller one.

Nobody knows, if they did they'd stop the fraudulent payments. It's irrelevant anyway. I didn't say a huge percentage of claims were fraudulent, I said that IF they were fraudulent they were likely to be for the big benefit payments rather than the smaller ones.

Ask this bloke: Man who lied he can only walk 9ft is found guilty of benefit fraud | Metro News

The number of job applications required from each claimant varies I believe? It can be set higher by the job coach or in the case of say someone over 60 with no hope of ever finding a job it can even be set at zero. If someone really wants to milk the system they'd apply for ESA and PIP rather...

Britain won't necessarily have a choice in the matter as long as it remains in the EU. I would eventually expect the whole of the EU to adopt a single healthcare system and that's more likely to be the so-called 'Bismack model' than the Beveridge system, or possibly a mixture of the two.

Even so, many Dutch pensioners have been driven to use foodbanks by the high cost of health insurance.

Most European countries (including mine) have private health insurance: Healthcare in Europe - Wikipedia

I believe they said "The party aims to deliver free full-fibre broadband to all homes and businesses by 2030"?

I'm still playing Age of Kings/Conquerors. Could never get my head around Mythology or AOE3.

The funniest was when Mrs Dutchman told me a certain woman was 'not a real blonde', as if she is!

The Dutch national side played in Sky Blue last night!

I don't think many people will be voting on this issue one way or the other. The general public is largely indifferent.

That remains to be seen. Parties promise a lot of things in opposition that they don't act upon when in government.

It was actually the last Labour Party government which introduced the Work Capability Assessment in 2008: Work Capability Assessment - Wikipedia

Can't remember when I last saw him in Spon End? Must have been over twenty years ago.

Motoring shows which feature cars that 99% of us could never afford even if we lived to be ninety and saved every penny we ever earned. What's the point?

It's already started here in the shape of 'Black Friday' which is directly related to Thanksgiving Day.

That made me laugh out loud! :emoji_sweat_smile: