UK Considers Fees For Appealing Accusations of Piracy
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They don't really have a say in anything, the Conservatives make all the important decisions and force them to go a long with it.Lethos said:
Yeah, sadly, I feel the Lib Dems went into this coalition in a bid to temper the Conservatives urges to dismantle the NHS, schools, welfare etc, but just seem to be there to be the faces reporting the bad news, a hired scapegoat.
However, this is very similar to something else they're trying to push thru.
Their current tests to get people off disability and sickness benefits, you may have heard of them, a private company already thrown out of America for ineptitude has been hired for £100 million a year, and is failing on 70% of cases.
The response to a 70% failure rate? Change the rules so that if you want to appeal the decision, you lose ALL benefits and are left with nothing to live on for possibly a year. Nice plan, take people who are crippled and some in constant pain, and when told they're fine by someone who's not even a doctor, and ignores the client's medical evidence, cannot now appeal against that decision.
Oh and I'm sure it's not relevant, but the people rejecting people's official doctor's records of sickness are getting a nice fat bonus for everyone they pass as 'fit for work'.
We're about one step away from simply taking your bank statement to court when accused of murder, if you have more money than the victim, hand it over and you must be innocent, because if you can pay, you must be too important to lock up.
However, this is very similar to something else they're trying to push thru.
Their current tests to get people off disability and sickness benefits, you may have heard of them, a private company already thrown out of America for ineptitude has been hired for £100 million a year, and is failing on 70% of cases.
The response to a 70% failure rate? Change the rules so that if you want to appeal the decision, you lose ALL benefits and are left with nothing to live on for possibly a year. Nice plan, take people who are crippled and some in constant pain, and when told they're fine by someone who's not even a doctor, and ignores the client's medical evidence, cannot now appeal against that decision.
Oh and I'm sure it's not relevant, but the people rejecting people's official doctor's records of sickness are getting a nice fat bonus for everyone they pass as 'fit for work'.
We're about one step away from simply taking your bank statement to court when accused of murder, if you have more money than the victim, hand it over and you must be innocent, because if you can pay, you must be too important to lock up.
Also, to be more on topic, how about we send in accusations of piracy about every MP in the country? Surely an unfounded accusation is enough, and I'll expect to hear that every single one has been followed up.
Maybe when they have personal experience of being falsely accused of piracy and have a £20 bill in their hand to prove their innocence, they'll maybe have a word about what a fuckwitted move this is.
Maybe when they have personal experience of being falsely accused of piracy and have a £20 bill in their hand to prove their innocence, they'll maybe have a word about what a fuckwitted move this is.
Lets say you are innocent, and you outlay the 20. Also, you prove that you actually are innocent, you can make the losing party cover your legal fees including the outlay of the initial 20.
captcha: genghis khan, odd foreboding.
captcha: genghis khan, odd foreboding.
Oh, I'm sorry. I must have come the wrong way, as this appears to be the set of Catch-22 with Captain Black's glorious loyalty oath campaign.
If that is the case, then allow me to introduce myself: I am Major ___ de Coverley.
Gimme eat.
Give EVERYBODY eat.
And trouble us no further with this crap.
If that is the case, then allow me to introduce myself: I am Major ___ de Coverley.
Gimme eat.
Give EVERYBODY eat.
And trouble us no further with this crap.
Well I can't see see this being easily used to scam people, no sir.
It's 2:30 in the morning, but I'm fairly confident this is the most moronic thing I'm going to read all day.
It's 2:30 in the morning, but I'm fairly confident this is the most moronic thing I'm going to read all day.
Letter to MP,
"Dear Mr Vaizey, I believe that last week, you were caught in sexual congress with a goat. If however this is untrue, then please forward twenty pounds to my address and we'll forget all about it."
"Dear Mr Vaizey, I believe that last week, you were caught in sexual congress with a goat. If however this is untrue, then please forward twenty pounds to my address and we'll forget all about it."
I'm assuming sooner or later some lawyers will jump all over this one and the courts will strike it down. Stupid it was even suggested but sometimes these things seem to be good ideas to the people who come up with them.
I expect shit like this from the U.S. government but not the U.K. Expectations have been lowered.
What really bites here is the taxpayer money wasted in the process. The accused has to fork over only 20 pounds once per allegation. Meanwhile, when you consider all the civil labor and supply used in the process, that's probably about 1000 pounds spent per allegation, taking into account all three warnings before the accused responds.
Unless the plaintiffs are forking over all the court fees from the get-go, and I doubt it, this is likely to balloon into a big budget deficit in no time.
There are no winners in this.
Unless the plaintiffs are forking over all the court fees from the get-go, and I doubt it, this is likely to balloon into a big budget deficit in no time.
There are no winners in this.
