General Chat

one good rocket would have done!!


,,sent off to un-mentionable places,,

I must say that I was surprised that they spent so much Ann....

....on a news programme earlier they were batting on about how splendid it was all going to be, and that all the nations would be looking in because of how important we are (?????).....for myself instead of 8 fireworks per second - or whatever it was......a good laser show with less fireworks and a bit of music would have done just as well.......

If they hadnt spent it on fireworks they would of spent it on some gallery for posh people to stand round and contemplate arts meaning.

Its ridiculous when there are people from our country dying because they cannot afford to use heating in cold weather, cannot afford food, have nowhere to live.

know what you mean Mick,,but when our country is screaming for better everything,!!!,,,,,,,,and they waste good hard earned public money on trivial stuff,,,,then it get you shouting,,

the money probally came from the old peoples homes that the local councils have been shuting down,,............because they cant afford to fund them,,,,!!

Same here in Oz Ann they had fireworks in every capital city in the country and yet there is not enough money to pay more doctors and nurses to man our hospitals. Police Dept is also horribly short staffed. You have to wonder about the priorities eh?

You do have a very valid point. and what about the carbon footprint that everybody goes on about?
very comforting to know where the taxpayers money is going. We used to have a massive fireworks display on 5th Nov run by the local council so we were contributing towards that with our council tax but they stopped it because of safety reasons. Too many people travelled from afar to see it.

agree ann,,,,

,,,,,,would have throughly cleaned at least one hospital,,,,,,,,,,,,

is anyone else absolutely appalled that over one million pounds went up in smoke in London last night when the fireworks went off - couldn't quite see them from Cardiff. Call me a grumpy old woman but I feel outrage at such a blatant waste of money when there is so much suffering - I knowit's only once a year but that money could have been better spent elsewhere