newspaper articles always equate a given sum into a set list of tearjerkers or items that the bloke in a white van can relate to
the reality that it drops into a large pisspot and would probably have ended up paying for cycle lane bureaucracy in Merthyr Tydfil makes for less sexy press
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 19 Jun 2012, 17:12, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

The argument that it all goes into a pot so you'll never get to know where it goes is valid
the assumption that it'll only go to sometihng you consider useless isn't. It's more likely to go to paying Pensions to sweet old ladies than helping defending ASYLUM SEEKERS! From deportation.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 19 Jun 2012, 17:15, Reply)

I don't really care about the deportations, it's the exercise of teh rule of law, and irrespective of the number of appeals it works it's way back to the coffers via paye, vat etc being paid to the supposed fat cat lawyers

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 19 Jun 2012, 17:20, Reply)