500 British Gas staff to lose their jobs (From Daily Echo)

Jesus_02 wrote:
Jobs wont go offshore, just up north where rents are cheaper. The redundancies also make financial sense in other ways. The vast majority of employees are on old style pensions If you employ someone on call centre starter wage you are looking at 13k per year. Staff that have been there a while are likely to be on just under £20k British Gas have probably made about 200 to 300 people redundant a year for the last 5 or so years. It only makes the news because of the big hit in one place. Good business practice, if not slightly bending redundancy Law

boobooj wrote:
I've had the misfortune of working there twice. Awful place.

lee_bee92 wrote:
there goes my job :(

Shoong wrote:
I'm at this moment putting a strongly worded email together for Margaret Thatcher requesting an explanation.

Linesman wrote:

Shoong wrote:
I'm at this moment putting a strongly worded email together for Margaret Thatcher requesting an explanation.

With her current mental state, you will probably enjoy the exercise.

ohec wrote:

boobooj wrote:
I've had the misfortune of working there twice. Awful place.

And i had the even bigger misfortune of being a customer years ago, how they even have the gaul to say they have a customer service centre beats me.

Jesus_02 wrote:
@bgstaff – Verry sorry if you misunderstood, I have the deapest sympathy for your position.

I wasn't saying what they are doing is in anyway right. On the contrary the one thing that redundancy cannot legally be used for is making MORE money.

If BG were running at a loss then arguably it would be a good reason to cut 550 but as a previous poster has mentioned they are expanding elsewhere.

Personally I think that BG systematically abuses the redundancy process to reduced their overhead and increase profit.

I would like to see a public enquiry that investigates the number of people they make redundant every year against the amount they employ.

I am a very bitter ex-employee who was made redundant two years ago as part of a group of 300. It was the 5th redundancy procedure that I went through in 4 years

Iain wrote:
Yes, Fatty X, but these are real people who've lost their jobs, not the ones who make the decisions on prices etc. Similar to Ford, in that respect, I would imagine.

ohec wrote:

boobooj wrote:
I've had the misfortune of working there twice. Awful place.

And i had the even bigger misfortune of being a customer years ago, how they even have the gaul to say they have a customer service centre beats me.

Fatty x Ford Worker wrote:

ohec wrote:

boobooj wrote:
I've had the misfortune of working there twice. Awful place.

And i had the even bigger misfortune of being a customer years ago, how they even have the gaul to say they have a customer service centre beats me.

Customer serive centre in India you surely are having a laugh!

meme85 wrote:

lee_bee92 wrote:
there goes my job :(

not good. Makes me laugh though. Both my brothers just started working there. How can they justify employing more staff for them to only be there a few months.

meme85 wrote:

lee_bee92 wrote:
there goes my job :(

not good. Makes me laugh though. Both my brothers just started working there. How can they justify employing more staff for them to only be there a few months.

bgstaff wrote:

ohec wrote:

boobooj wrote:
I've had the misfortune of working there twice. Awful place.

And i had the even bigger misfortune of being a customer years ago, how they even have the gaul to say they have a customer service centre beats me.

something that happened years ago is irrelevant, we work our all in that office

Jesus_02 wrote:
sally : BG will be swopping about 300 people on £19k and final salery pensions for others that will start on £13k and vastly reduced pension. Also when I say good business practice read "greedy, sociopathic, opertunism" Jobs wont go offshore, that experiment proved a failure 5 years ago. The jobs will be absorbed in their Leeds, Cardiff, Manchester or Lieth offices, they are just doing what HSBC did a few years back.

pixiegirl@winchester wrote:
Went through all the palaver of organising my account online (including reading my own meter). They STILL send meter readers out to me! No wonder fuel bills are sky high! Do they work for US, or do WE work for THEM? Don't tell me, I already know the answer...

nanny saint wrote:
do british gas not understand the word BRITISH means england,scotland,wal

es n ireland not asian countries!!! feel for the 500 losing their jobs, one being my son who has worked there for ten years!!! think of these people their not raking in the millions just an average wage!!!

ohec wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Shoong wrote:
I'm at this moment putting a strongly worded email together for Margaret Thatcher requesting an explanation.

With her current mental state, you will probably enjoy the exercise.

Her mental state hasn't changed she has always been a sandwich short of a picnic. She is the sole reason that this country is in the state its in.

Dusty wrote:

nanny saint wrote:
do british gas not understand the word BRITISH means england,scotland,wal


es n ireland not asian countries!!! feel for the 500 losing their jobs, one being my son who has worked there for ten years!!! think of these people their not raking in the millions just an average wage!!!

I think you are the one that does not understand what British means. Northern Ireland is not part of Britain, so is not British. It is part of the United Kingdom

Dusty wrote:

nanny saint wrote:
do british gas not understand the word BRITISH means england,scotland,wal


es n ireland not asian countries!!! feel for the 500 losing their jobs, one being my son who has worked there for ten years!!! think of these people their not raking in the millions just an average wage!!!

I think you are the one that does not understand what British means. Northern Ireland is not part of Britain, so is not British. It is part of the United Kingdom

Mr Price wrote:
Council leader Royston Smith said:"Helping our residents into employment is a top priority for the city, and we are already pulling together a taskforce of council officers with employment and skills expertise and partners including JobCentre Plus and other agencies to respond to today’s news.”........SORR

Y wouldn't of gone a miss Royston instead its all about YOU and what youre going to do is help. The job centres are losing jobs too.. There's little or no training available .. you're only hope is if you fall in the 18 - 25 bracket cos there's no help if you're older ...believe me I know first hand.

Mr Price wrote:
Council leader Royston Smith said:"Helping our residents into employment is a top priority for the city, and we are already pulling together a taskforce of council officers with employment and skills expertise and partners including JobCentre Plus and other agencies to respond to today’s news.”........SORR

Y wouldn't of gone a miss Royston instead its all about YOU and what youre going to do is help. The job centres are losing jobs too.. There's little or no training available .. you're only hope is if you fall in the 18 - 25 bracket cos there's no help if you're older ...believe me I know first hand.

chunky_lover wrote:
What about that shop opposite????????

bgstaff wrote:

Dusty wrote:

nanny saint wrote:
do british gas not understand the word BRITISH means england,scotland,wal



es n ireland not asian countries!!! feel for the 500 losing their jobs, one being my son who has worked there for ten years!!! think of these people their not raking in the millions just an average wage!!!

I think you are the one that does not understand what British means. Northern Ireland is not part of Britain, so is not British. It is part of the United Kingdom

dusty, you need to get out more

Dusty wrote:

bgstaff wrote:

Dusty wrote:

nanny saint wrote:
do british gas not understand the word BRITISH means england,scotland,wal




es n ireland not asian countries!!! feel for the 500 losing their jobs, one being my son who has worked there for ten years!!! think of these people their not raking in the millions just an average wage!!!

I think you are the one that does not understand what British means. Northern Ireland is not part of Britain, so is not British. It is part of the United Kingdom

dusty, you need to get out more

What are you saying, i must be a nerd to know something as simple as that about the country i live in

Ok then :o/

bgstaff wrote:

Dusty wrote:

bgstaff wrote:

Dusty wrote:

nanny saint wrote:
do british gas not understand the word BRITISH means england,scotland,wal





es n ireland not asian countries!!! feel for the 500 losing their jobs, one being my son who has worked there for ten years!!! think of these people their not raking in the millions just an average wage!!!

I think you are the one that does not understand what British means. Northern Ireland is not part of Britain, so is not British. It is part of the United Kingdom

dusty, you need to get out more

What are you saying, i must be a nerd to know something as simple as that about the country i live in

Ok then :o/

no for coming on here and correcting minor mistakes

The Music Man wrote:
77% of people who have commented on here do not know how to spell. Or use a spell-checker.

The Music Man wrote:
77% of people who have commented on here do not know how to spell. Or use a spell-checker.

Mr Price wrote:

The Music Man wrote:
77% of people who have commented on here do not know how to spell. Or use a spell-checker.

Yes, Sorry I might be slightly guilty of that but My education years were under Maggie's term...she took my milk away at an early age........get real mate and concentrate on the content and not the grammar.

Torchie1 wrote:

Mr Price wrote:

The Music Man wrote:
77% of people who have commented on here do not know how to spell. Or use a spell-checker.

Yes, Sorry I might be slightly guilty of that but My education years were under Maggie's term...she took my milk away at an early age........get real mate and concentrate on the content and not the grammar.

If you look back in to the sixties and seventies you'll find that free milk was taken off the older children by a Labour Administration and the Conservatives stopped it for everyone.

Linesman wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Mr Price wrote:

The Music Man wrote:
77% of people who have commented on here do not know how to spell. Or use a spell-checker.

Yes, Sorry I might be slightly guilty of that but My education years were under Maggie's term...she took my milk away at an early age........get real mate and concentrate on the content and not the grammar.

If you look back in to the sixties and seventies you'll find that free milk was taken off the older children by a Labour Administration and the Conservatives stopped it for everyone.

You are correct. Free school milk for Secondary School pupils was stopped in 1968 when Harold Wilson was Prime Minister. The reason given was that it was during a child's earlier years that the calcium in milk helped to build up stronger bones.

Margaret Thatcher obviously thought it better to save money than it was to ensure a healthier future for the kids and stopped free school milk for all children on 15 June 1871.

Linesman wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Mr Price wrote:

The Music Man wrote:
77% of people who have commented on here do not know how to spell. Or use a spell-checker.

Yes, Sorry I might be slightly guilty of that but My education years were under Maggie's term...she took my milk away at an early age........get real mate and concentrate on the content and not the grammar.

If you look back in to the sixties and seventies you'll find that free milk was taken off the older children by a Labour Administration and the Conservatives stopped it for everyone.

You are correct. Free school milk for Secondary School pupils was stopped in 1968 when Harold Wilson was Prime Minister. The reason given was that it was during a child's earlier years that the calcium in milk helped to build up stronger bones.

Margaret Thatcher obviously thought it better to save money than it was to ensure a healthier future for the kids and stopped free school milk for all children on 15 June 1871.

solomum wrote:

meme85 wrote:

lee_bee92 wrote:
there goes my job :(

not good. Makes me laugh though. Both my brothers just started working there. How can they justify employing more staff for them to only be there a few months.

I thought they had recently had a recruitment drive. This is not good news for Southampton.

Dusty wrote:

nanny saint wrote:
do british gas not understand the word BRITISH means england,scotland,wal


es n ireland not asian countries!!! feel for the 500 losing their jobs, one being my son who has worked there for ten years!!! think of these people their not raking in the millions just an average wage!!!

I think you are the one that does not understand what British means. Northern Ireland is not part of Britain, so is not British. It is part of the United Kingdom

freefinker wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Mr Price wrote:

The Music Man wrote:
77% of people who have commented on here do not know how to spell. Or use a spell-checker.

Yes, Sorry I might be slightly guilty of that but My education years were under Maggie's term...she took my milk away at an early age........get real mate and concentrate on the content and not the grammar.

If you look back in to the sixties and seventies you'll find that free milk was taken off the older children by a Labour Administration and the Conservatives stopped it for everyone.

You are correct. Free school milk for Secondary School pupils was stopped in 1968 when Harold Wilson was Prime Minister. The reason given was that it was during a child's earlier years that the calcium in milk helped to build up stronger bones.

Margaret Thatcher obviously thought it better to save money than it was to ensure a healthier future for the kids and stopped free school milk for all children on 15 June 1871.

.. good on Wilson and Thatcher I say. At least the old bat did something right - if for the wrong reasons.

A cholesterol and saturated fat clogged drink that has been 'designed' by evolution to meet the needs of young calves.

Healthy and just right for them - not at all healthy for us.

Linesman wrote:

freefinker wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Mr Price wrote:

The Music Man wrote:
77% of people who have commented on here do not know how to spell. Or use a spell-checker.

Yes, Sorry I might be slightly guilty of that but My education years were under Maggie's term...she took my milk away at an early age........get real mate and concentrate on the content and not the grammar.

If you look back in to the sixties and seventies you'll find that free milk was taken off the older children by a Labour Administration and the Conservatives stopped it for everyone.

You are correct. Free school milk for Secondary School pupils was stopped in 1968 when Harold Wilson was Prime Minister. The reason given was that it was during a child's earlier years that the calcium in milk helped to build up stronger bones.

Margaret Thatcher obviously thought it better to save money than it was to ensure a healthier future for the kids and stopped free school milk for all children on 15 June 1871.

.. good on Wilson and Thatcher I say. At least the old bat did something right - if for the wrong reasons.

A cholesterol and saturated fat clogged drink that has been 'designed' by evolution to meet the needs of young calves.

Healthy and just right for them - not at all healthy for us.

Strange as it may seem, the word cholesterol was unknown to the general public at that time, and was certainly not something that we were warned about.

What was known, and still holds true is that milk in the early years does provide calcium to build strong bones.

It is calcium tablets that are given to the elderly to combat osteoperosis, which is weakness and brittleness in bones.

Linesman wrote:

freefinker wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Mr Price wrote:

The Music Man wrote:
77% of people who have commented on here do not know how to spell. Or use a spell-checker.

Yes, Sorry I might be slightly guilty of that but My education years were under Maggie's term...she took my milk away at an early age........get real mate and concentrate on the content and not the grammar.

If you look back in to the sixties and seventies you'll find that free milk was taken off the older children by a Labour Administration and the Conservatives stopped it for everyone.

You are correct. Free school milk for Secondary School pupils was stopped in 1968 when Harold Wilson was Prime Minister. The reason given was that it was during a child's earlier years that the calcium in milk helped to build up stronger bones.

Margaret Thatcher obviously thought it better to save money than it was to ensure a healthier future for the kids and stopped free school milk for all children on 15 June 1871.

.. good on Wilson and Thatcher I say. At least the old bat did something right - if for the wrong reasons.

A cholesterol and saturated fat clogged drink that has been 'designed' by evolution to meet the needs of young calves.

Healthy and just right for them - not at all healthy for us.

Strange as it may seem, the word cholesterol was unknown to the general public at that time, and was certainly not something that we were warned about.

What was known, and still holds true is that milk in the early years does provide calcium to build strong bones.

It is calcium tablets that are given to the elderly to combat osteoperosis, which is weakness and brittleness in bones.

Torchie1 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

freefinker wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Mr Price wrote:

The Music Man wrote:
77% of people who have commented on here do not know how to spell. Or use a spell-checker.

Yes, Sorry I might be slightly guilty of that but My education years were under Maggie's term...she took my milk away at an early age........get real mate and concentrate on the content and not the grammar.

If you look back in to the sixties and seventies you'll find that free milk was taken off the older children by a Labour Administration and the Conservatives stopped it for everyone.

You are correct. Free school milk for Secondary School pupils was stopped in 1968 when Harold Wilson was Prime Minister. The reason given was that it was during a child's earlier years that the calcium in milk helped to build up stronger bones.

Margaret Thatcher obviously thought it better to save money than it was to ensure a healthier future for the kids and stopped free school milk for all children on 15 June 1871.

.. good on Wilson and Thatcher I say. At least the old bat did something right - if for the wrong reasons.

A cholesterol and saturated fat clogged drink that has been 'designed' by evolution to meet the needs of young calves.

Healthy and just right for them - not at all healthy for us.

Strange as it may seem, the word cholesterol was unknown to the general public at that time, and was certainly not something that we were warned about.

What was known, and still holds true is that milk in the early years does provide calcium to build strong bones.

It is calcium tablets that are given to the elderly to combat osteoperosis, which is weakness and brittleness in bones.

Perhaps the parents ought to consider buying milk for their children's development and forgo the cigarettes, bingo and lottery tickets?

bgstaff wrote:

ohec wrote:

bgstaff wrote:

ohec wrote:

boobooj wrote:
I've had the misfortune of working there twice. Awful place.

And i had the even bigger misfortune of being a customer years ago, how they even have the gaul to say they have a customer service centre beats me.

something that happened years ago is irrelevant, we work our all in that office

Privatisation of all of our utilities has led us down the path of destruction, we are now ripped off at every opportunity kicked from pillar to post in an effort to reduce costs, all of these companies have done away with what used to be known as customer loyalty by offering incentives to new customers and the only winners are the big bosses. I am sorry about the loss of jobs but if my experience of dealing with B.G is anything to go by then it comes as no surprise, and you say that what happened years ago is irrelevant, that only reinforces my original opinion of my dealings with B.G. i would get more sense out of a loaf of Hovis.(thick sliced)

ohec, your a knob, my point being the service has got much better over the years, and believe me I know how bad it was. if you stopped to think for five minutes that this is my livelihood you may realise what you and others are saying is proper insensitive. our office has been one of the top performing offices and deal with 1000s of calls a day to an extremely high level. now say what you want about bg but don't call me thick as I'm not and I could probably wipe the floor with customer service compared to you

The Music Man wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

freefinker wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Mr Price wrote:

The Music Man wrote: 77% of people who have commented on here do not know how to spell. Or use a spell-checker.

Yes, Sorry I might be slightly guilty of that but My education years were under Maggie's term...she took my milk away at an early age........get real mate and concentrate on the content and not the grammar.

If you look back in to the sixties and seventies you'll find that free milk was taken off the older children by a Labour Administration and the Conservatives stopped it for everyone.

You are correct. Free school milk for Secondary School pupils was stopped in 1968 when Harold Wilson was Prime Minister. The reason given was that it was during a child's earlier years that the calcium in milk helped to build up stronger bones. Margaret Thatcher obviously thought it better to save money than it was to ensure a healthier future for the kids and stopped free school milk for all children on 15 June 1871.

.. good on Wilson and Thatcher I say. At least the old bat did something right - if for the wrong reasons. A cholesterol and saturated fat clogged drink that has been 'designed' by evolution to meet the needs of young calves. Healthy and just right for them - not at all healthy for us.

Strange as it may seem, the word cholesterol was unknown to the general public at that time, and was certainly not something that we were warned about. What was known, and still holds true is that milk in the early years does provide calcium to build strong bones. It is calcium tablets that are given to the elderly to combat osteoperosis, which is weakness and brittleness in bones.

Perhaps the parents ought to consider buying milk for their children's development and forgo the cigarettes, bingo and lottery tickets?

idiots

sallyrdn wrote:

The Music Man wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

freefinker wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Mr Price wrote:

The Music Man wrote: 77% of people who have commented on here do not know how to spell. Or use a spell-checker.

Yes, Sorry I might be slightly guilty of that but My education years were under Maggie's term...she took my milk away at an early age........get real mate and concentrate on the content and not the grammar.

If you look back in to the sixties and seventies you'll find that free milk was taken off the older children by a Labour Administration and the Conservatives stopped it for everyone.

You are correct. Free school milk for Secondary School pupils was stopped in 1968 when Harold Wilson was Prime Minister. The reason given was that it was during a child's earlier years that the calcium in milk helped to build up stronger bones. Margaret Thatcher obviously thought it better to save money than it was to ensure a healthier future for the kids and stopped free school milk for all children on 15 June 1871.

.. good on Wilson and Thatcher I say. At least the old bat did something right - if for the wrong reasons. A cholesterol and saturated fat clogged drink that has been 'designed' by evolution to meet the needs of young calves. Healthy and just right for them - not at all healthy for us.

Strange as it may seem, the word cholesterol was unknown to the general public at that time, and was certainly not something that we were warned about. What was known, and still holds true is that milk in the early years does provide calcium to build strong bones. It is calcium tablets that are given to the elderly to combat osteoperosis, which is weakness and brittleness in bones.

Perhaps the parents ought to consider buying milk for their children's development and forgo the cigarettes, bingo and lottery tickets?

idiots

What is wrong with you? People are frightened for their futures and how they will support their families and all you can go on about is Maggie Thatcher and milk. Have some thought for others before you rant on about irrelevances. Morons!!

boobooj wrote:
I've had the misfortune of working there twice. Awful place.

ohec wrote:

sallyrdn wrote:

The Music Man wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

freefinker wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Mr Price wrote:

The Music Man wrote: 77% of people who have commented on here do not know how to spell. Or use a spell-checker.

Yes, Sorry I might be slightly guilty of that but My education years were under Maggie's term...she took my milk away at an early age........get real mate and concentrate on the content and not the grammar.

If you look back in to the sixties and seventies you'll find that free milk was taken off the older children by a Labour Administration and the Conservatives stopped it for everyone.

You are correct. Free school milk for Secondary School pupils was stopped in 1968 when Harold Wilson was Prime Minister. The reason given was that it was during a child's earlier years that the calcium in milk helped to build up stronger bones. Margaret Thatcher obviously thought it better to save money than it was to ensure a healthier future for the kids and stopped free school milk for all children on 15 June 1871.

.. good on Wilson and Thatcher I say. At least the old bat did something right - if for the wrong reasons. A cholesterol and saturated fat clogged drink that has been 'designed' by evolution to meet the needs of young calves. Healthy and just right for them - not at all healthy for us.

Strange as it may seem, the word cholesterol was unknown to the general public at that time, and was certainly not something that we were warned about. What was known, and still holds true is that milk in the early years does provide calcium to build strong bones. It is calcium tablets that are given to the elderly to combat osteoperosis, which is weakness and brittleness in bones.

Perhaps the parents ought to consider buying milk for their children's development and forgo the cigarettes, bingo and lottery tickets?

idiots

What is wrong with you? People are frightened for their futures and how they will support their families and all you can go on about is Maggie Thatcher and milk. Have some thought for others before you rant on about irrelevances. Morons!!

I accept your point about the milk, but you are wrong about Thatcher she is at the root of all that is wrong in our country today. She sold of the crown jewels of our country that we the public owned including B.G.and what she didn't sell she closed down, she gave away our housing stock and transferred people from job seekers to incapacity benefit to make the jobless figures look better, the list of her destructiveness is endless and we will suffer the consequences for many years to come.If i remember right it was Thatcher who said that north sea gas wouldn't make gas any cheaper but it wouldn't go up in price, and that useless Cameron is the son of Thatcher when it comes to stupidity, so the loss of jobs at B.G. can be traced right back to Thatcher.

EILEEN1966 wrote:

boobooj wrote:
I've had the misfortune of working there twice. Awful place.

I also had this misfortune of working there for 4 weeks 9 years ago,this is the only job i have ever walked out on,dreadful company to work for dont care about staff or customers,i really feel so sorry for the people that have lost there jobs and i hope every one of them finds a better job to go to,this could be there blessing in disguise.

sallyrdn wrote:

The Music Man wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

freefinker wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Mr Price wrote:

The Music Man wrote: 77% of people who have commented on here do not know how to spell. Or use a spell-checker.

Yes, Sorry I might be slightly guilty of that but My education years were under Maggie's term...she took my milk away at an early age........get real mate and concentrate on the content and not the grammar.

If you look back in to the sixties and seventies you'll find that free milk was taken off the older children by a Labour Administration and the Conservatives stopped it for everyone.

You are correct. Free school milk for Secondary School pupils was stopped in 1968 when Harold Wilson was Prime Minister. The reason given was that it was during a child's earlier years that the calcium in milk helped to build up stronger bones. Margaret Thatcher obviously thought it better to save money than it was to ensure a healthier future for the kids and stopped free school milk for all children on 15 June 1871.

.. good on Wilson and Thatcher I say. At least the old bat did something right - if for the wrong reasons. A cholesterol and saturated fat clogged drink that has been 'designed' by evolution to meet the needs of young calves. Healthy and just right for them - not at all healthy for us.

Strange as it may seem, the word cholesterol was unknown to the general public at that time, and was certainly not something that we were warned about. What was known, and still holds true is that milk in the early years does provide calcium to build strong bones. It is calcium tablets that are given to the elderly to combat osteoperosis, which is weakness and brittleness in bones.

Perhaps the parents ought to consider buying milk for their children's development and forgo the cigarettes, bingo and lottery tickets?

idiots

What is wrong with you? People are frightened for their futures and how they will support their families and all you can go on about is Maggie Thatcher and milk. Have some thought for others before you rant on about irrelevances. Morons!!

worthingite wrote:
Well thats me changed to Scottish Power - If BG cannot support workers in Southampton then I will not support their shareholders.

Goodbye !!!

loosehead wrote:

Dusty wrote:

nanny saint wrote:
do british gas not understand the word BRITISH means england,scotland,wal



es n ireland not asian countries!!! feel for the 500 losing their jobs, one being my son who has worked there for ten years!!! think of these people their not raking in the millions just an average wage!!!

I think you are the one that does not understand what British means. Northern Ireland is not part of Britain, so is not British. It is part of the United Kingdom

funny that? my history lesson taught me that the Romans came here & called these islands Grand Brittania ( Ireland as well) the people were known as Britons & to us as Ancient Britons.the one race that could with all honesty say they're not British are the English race are name was originally Ingly in gaelic which I think means foreigner & the Brits who lived in this part of Ancient Briton went & founded Brittany so no matter how much modern day Irish people or Welsh & scots say they're separate races they are the Britons we are the English try looking at your history book under the Roman occupation

Dusty wrote:

loosehead wrote:

Dusty wrote:

nanny saint wrote:
do british gas not understand the word BRITISH means england,scotland,wal




es n ireland not asian countries!!! feel for the 500 losing their jobs, one being my son who has worked there for ten years!!! think of these people their not raking in the millions just an average wage!!!

I think you are the one that does not understand what British means. Northern Ireland is not part of Britain, so is not British. It is part of the United Kingdom

funny that? my history lesson taught me that the Romans came here & called these islands Grand Brittania ( Ireland as well) the people were known as Britons & to us as Ancient Britons.the one race that could with all honesty say they're not British are the English race are name was originally Ingly in gaelic which I think means foreigner & the Brits who lived in this part of Ancient Briton went & founded Brittany so no matter how much modern day Irish people or Welsh & scots say they're separate races they are the Britons we are the English try looking at your history book under the Roman occupation

I think you need educating, Here you are a link for the simplistic.

http://www.woodlands

-junior.kent.sch.uk/

customs/questions/br

itain.html

ohec wrote:

sallyrdn wrote:

The Music Man wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Linesman wrote:

freefinker wrote:

Linesman wrote:

Torchie1 wrote:

Mr Price wrote:

The Music Man wrote: 77% of people who have commented on here do not know how to spell. Or use a spell-checker.

Yes, Sorry I might be slightly guilty of that but My education years were under Maggie's term...she took my milk away at an early age........get real mate and concentrate on the content and not the grammar.

If you look back in to the sixties and seventies you'll find that free milk was taken off the older children by a Labour Administration and the Conservatives stopped it for everyone.

You are correct. Free school milk for Secondary School pupils was stopped in 1968 when Harold Wilson was Prime Minister. The reason given was that it was during a child's earlier years that the calcium in milk helped to build up stronger bones. Margaret Thatcher obviously thought it better to save money than it was to ensure a healthier future for the kids and stopped free school milk for all children on 15 June 1871.

.. good on Wilson and Thatcher I say. At least the old bat did something right - if for the wrong reasons. A cholesterol and saturated fat clogged drink that has been 'designed' by evolution to meet the needs of young calves. Healthy and just right for them - not at all healthy for us.

Strange as it may seem, the word cholesterol was unknown to the general public at that time, and was certainly not something that we were warned about. What was known, and still holds true is that milk in the early years does provide calcium to build strong bones. It is calcium tablets that are given to the elderly to combat osteoperosis, which is weakness and brittleness in bones.

Perhaps the parents ought to consider buying milk for their children's development and forgo the cigarettes, bingo and lottery tickets?

idiots

What is wrong with you? People are frightened for their futures and how they will support their families and all you can go on about is Maggie Thatcher and milk. Have some thought for others before you rant on about irrelevances. Morons!!

I accept your point about the milk, but you are wrong about Thatcher she is at the root of all that is wrong in our country today. She sold of the crown jewels of our country that we the public owned including B.G.and what she didn't sell she closed down, she gave away our housing stock and transferred people from job seekers to incapacity benefit to make the jobless figures look better, the list of her destructiveness is endless and we will suffer the consequences for many years to come.If i remember right it was Thatcher who said that north sea gas wouldn't make gas any cheaper but it wouldn't go up in price, and that useless Cameron is the son of Thatcher when it comes to stupidity, so the loss of jobs at B.G. can be traced right back to Thatcher.

Dusty wrote:

loosehead wrote:

Dusty wrote:

nanny saint wrote:
do british gas not understand the word BRITISH means england,scotland,wal




es n ireland not asian countries!!! feel for the 500 losing their jobs, one being my son who has worked there for ten years!!! think of these people their not raking in the millions just an average wage!!!

I think you are the one that does not understand what British means. Northern Ireland is not part of Britain, so is not British. It is part of the United Kingdom

funny that? my history lesson taught me that the Romans came here & called these islands Grand Brittania ( Ireland as well) the people were known as Britons & to us as Ancient Britons.the one race that could with all honesty say they're not British are the English race are name was originally Ingly in gaelic which I think means foreigner & the Brits who lived in this part of Ancient Briton went & founded Brittany so no matter how much modern day Irish people or Welsh & scots say they're separate races they are the Britons we are the English try looking at your history book under the Roman occupation

I think you need educating, Here you are a link for the simplistic.

http://www.woodlands

-junior.kent.sch.uk/

customs/questions/br

itain.html