[Galemp]

Originally posted by aldo_14
The problem with Britain, is that it's run by politicians......

So is the rest of the world, sadly.

Anyway, back on topic, anyone else going to university next year?

[an0n]

Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
So is the rest of the world, sadly.
 

Not for long.

*strokes United Anarchic Front standard issue rifle*

[Skippy]

We have to pay to be more intelligent...

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Skippy
We have to pay to be more intelligent...

No, you have to pay to be more educated. Intelligence is mostly set by the time you start school.

[Setekh]

Originally posted by Styxx
the government spent several millions to build a place to grow frogs... Frogs, for God's sake!)

[Blue Lion]

I like frogs though, it might be worth it

[Kazan]

Originally posted by Styxx
Heh, I didn't pay a single cent for University.

b*@$$*stard!

college is going to cost me somewhere between $60K and $70K - and that's if they don't raise tutition and room&board again - and im sure they will

[wEvil]

This govornment was a total disaster in every sense of the word!

The reason we pay so much for rent is there's always a bunch of w*nkers every year who think its funny to set off the fire alarms for a joke.

Never mind it costs the uni £400/fire engine, and on average we have one a DAY

They dont care, they just pass the cost on to next years' student residents.

[Setekh]

Originally posted by Kazan
b*@$$*stard!

college is going to cost me somewhere between $60K and $70K - and that's if they don't raise tutition and room&board again - and im sure they will

$60K-$70KUS?!!![/b]

[Nico]

lol, you can complain: we just found out that France telecom (by far the most used phone company in France, it was the only one till a couple of years ago) have several billions (yeah! billions my god!!!) of euros (yeah, coz francs, that would not be enough isn't it?) of debt!

[Kazan]

Originally posted by Setekh


$60K-$70KUS?!!! [/B]

yeah.. and that's for a public uni!

the place i really wanted to go would have cost me around $150K

[those numbers are for all 4 years, and school associated costs only]

[wEvil]

Originally posted by venom2506
lol, you can complain: we just found out that France telecom (by far the most used phone company in France, it was the only one till a couple of years ago) have several billions (yeah! billions my god!!!) of euros (yeah, coz francs, that would not be enough isn't it?) of debt!

British Telecom - £32 billion.

Well...they sold most of those stupid Transit vans and most of those japanese ventures and someone finally realised that concert (BT/AT&T) was just a massive cash drain (well done, lads!)

so they might be down to a mere £16bln by now.

morons.

[Martinus]

wEvil, just be glad the conservatives aren't still in power. You'd be paying for your college, uni etc. and hospital care, water, air, right to live, right to die and anything else they can squeeze money out of to help the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I'm sure they would've imposed a death tax if they'd been re-elected. Labour is the lesser of two evils and lesser by far!

Not to say I'm happy about paying £1050 in tuiton fees every year though...

[wEvil]

I'm terribly sorry, but thats not what the conservatives stand for.

Labour is kind of the ultimate hypocrite.

They're worse than the tories would ever be.

OK, so taxes were high, but they've always been in this country. Its just under a new labour govornment they've skyrocketed to totally ludicrous proportions.

also, the tories SUPPORT the GRANTS system, not the LOANS system.

You are misinformed.

*EDIT*
Death tax?
yea..if you leave anyone over £10k you pay 40% in death duties, its been that way since the 18th century, i beleive.

[Kazan]

Originally posted by Maeglamor
wEvil, just be glad the conservatives aren't still in power. You'd be paying for your college, uni etc. and hospital care, water, air, right to live, right to die and anything else they can squeeze money out of to help the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I'm sure they would've imposed a death tax if they'd been re-elected. Labour is the lesser of two evils and lesser by far!

Not to say I'm happy about paying £1050 in tuiton fees every year though...

that sounds like the biggest bull**** rant i've ever heard - no matter what country you're in

especially the bull**** about the 'rich richer, and the poor poorer' - it's true some of the conversatives do this - in my country and yours, look at asshole bush

not all do it - and you also make being rich sound evil - it's not

[Zeronet]

Originally posted by Kazan


that sounds like the biggest bull**** rant i've ever heard - no matter what country you're in

especially the bull**** about the 'rich richer, and the poor poorer' - it's true some of the conversatives do this - in my country and yours, look at asshole bush

not all do it - and you also make being rich sound evil - it's not

Actually its perfectly true. Conservatives are useless and stupid, and the lib dems would ban cars, so they wont get in power. If the tories got in power, they'd reconsider, saying a load of lies so they can stick with the loans system.

[wEvil]

Originally posted by Zeronet


Actually its perfectly true. Conservatives are useless and stupid, and the lib dems would ban cars, so they wont get in power. If the tories got in power, they'd reconsider, saying a load of lies so they can stick with the loans system.

Oh, so they'd just be following Labours' lead then?

they've welshed on almost every fecking promise in their shabby manifesto.

Anyone who voted labour is a total idiot.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Kazan


that sounds like the biggest bull**** rant i've ever heard - no matter what country you're in

especially the bull**** about the 'rich richer, and the poor poorer' - it's true some of the conversatives do this - in my country and yours, look at asshole bush

not all do it - and you also make being rich sound evil - it's not

Unfortunately, there's a balance of power that still rests with the rich.  It's possibly more immediately apparent in the US (Bush makes  money from oil wells, then prepares to start wars with majors oil producers*), but also in the UK.  In many cases, the truly rich - landed gentry, etc - do **** all to help those less powerful.  If you have a few million in the bank, then why not give out at least some of the interest to charity, or to help others?

Personally, I'm not voting in the UK elections, because I don't believe any of the parties will help.  i may vote in the Scottish elections, simply to show support for devolution and the aim of Independence (SNP).

[Styxx]

Originally posted by Kazan
b*@$$*stard!

college is going to cost me somewhere between $60K and $70K - and that's if they don't raise tutition and room&board again - and im sure they will

Well, I had to go through a one-week-straight exam to get in, against 30 to 1 odds or something like that. There are only a few public universities, and they're very disputed - thankfully, they're the best ones too. The CS institute at my university got all A grades on the Ministry of Education yearly evaluation.

Ah, and I got into two other public universities and three other private ones, I just chose that one because it was the best one and closest to home.

[Styxx]

On a sidenote, this is turning into too much of a political debate for my taste. These things tend to turn into The Song That Never Ends™ pretty soon...