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• John #85, read #82rnrnRacist jokes my Dad told me? Something about why Africans are good runners....
  Eric Myles in Beto hails “not normal” Everton fans after Dundee win and embraces Barry battle
• Craig, why don\'t we go for both?...
  Paul Hewitt in Andy Burnham Completes a Remarkable Evertonian Double at the G7
• John #86: Limerick junction ...
  Sean Kearns in Beto hails “not normal” Everton fans after Dundee win and embraces Barry battle
• There\'s a very good cartoon out there which shows 3 people seated around a table. One of them is Rupert Murdoch, another is a worker in a hard hat and hi-vis jacket and the third one is an immigrant. In front of Murdoch is a plate piled high with cookies. in front of the workman is a plate with a solitary cookie. Murdoch is saying to the worker \"Careful mate. That foreigner will take your cookie\".rnrnThere are people who are abusing the benefit system. I agree. We probably all know people but they are soft targets. Why don\'t we go after Michelle Mone and the like who defrauded taxpayers out of tens of billions? Most benefits are in-work payments because work no longer pays enough....
  Craig Walker in Andy Burnham Completes a Remarkable Evertonian Double at the G7
• Stu # 51 \"We simply cannot afford to fund the welfare state in its present form but unfortunately it remains such a sacred cow that politicians are all afraid to raise the issue.rnrnDepends what you are defining as the \'welfare state\'rnrnIf your Mum had a heart attack would you be able to pay for her treatment? Or if your Dad had dementia would you be able to pay for his care home? How much do you pay for your children\'s education?rnrnThese are all \'welfare state\' costs. I don\'t live in UK and there are eyewatering costs involved in paying for this out of your own pocket. I don\'t think anyone in England would vote for paying for it themselves....
  Eric Myles in Andy Burnham Completes a Remarkable Evertonian Double at the G7
• And why are families having kids left right and centre when they cant afford them. Guess it\'s the working person\'s job to do that. ...
  Paul Hewitt in Andy Burnham Completes a Remarkable Evertonian Double at the G7