So I have to fill out this form from the local council

Cobra said:
Well they know who lives here, as I / we pay council tax
:rolleyes:


As above :rolleyes:


FFS!


What happens if no one at this address votes?
Why do I need to fill out the form?



Bureaucracy at its best!
Why aren't they honest and say that its part of a census?
And nothing to do with voting?
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And then they moan about not having enough money due to cuts, so slash other services to keep "essential" services like this!!!
 
I bet the taxi services for chubby little Johnny because his parents choose to move are still running as well. Another one of those money wasting services.
 
dejongj said:
I bet the taxi services for chubby little Johnny because his parents choose to move are still running as well. Another one of those money wasting services.
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That only applied in our area if the child had a statement of educational needs (& you lived more than 3 miles from school)
Even the transport service to special schools is under threat these days.
 
OldCarlos said:
That only applied in our area if the child had a statement of educational needs (& you lived more than 3 miles from school)
Even the transport service to special schools is under threat these days.
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Which can be basically any child ;) Mine had one as well, yes she had a problem reading but there wasn't a problem with her legs ...

My nephew who actually received it didn't have a SEN status at all....It is just a pure wast of time and resources, have children...get them to school yourself. I used to cycle 10 miles each way when I was growing up...
 
dejongj said:
. I used to cycle 10 miles each way when I was growing up...
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Uphill both ways? And did you have to get up before you went to bed? ;)

We wern't allowed to cycle the 1/2 mile to the local park / play area when I was growing up, the 10 miles to school would have been out of the question. There was a school bus though. It turned up most days.
 
onomatopoeia said:
Uphill both ways? And did you have to get up before you went to bed? ;)

We wern't allowed to cycle the 1/2 mile to the local park / play area when I was growing up, the 10 miles to school would have been out of the question. There was a school bus though. It turned up most days.
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It was a variety of country side, town, bridges etc. Nah didn't take long at all.

Why weren't you allowed to cycle to the park, let alone school?
 
Cobra said:
2
exactly the same names as on the phishing letter they sent
So yes brain fully engaged thank you
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And so if there were 7 adults living at the address, there would be 7 names on the council tax bill?

At my house there are 2 adults but only one name on the council tax bill. If they just *assumed* that the only people who could register as voters were the ones whose names are on the council tax bill, that would result in 50% of us being disenfranchised.
 
2 names on our council tax bill so we're equally liable if it doesn't get paid.

Cobra said:
It say's the occupier on the envelope, I always bin junk mail :D
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viv1969 said:
IF mail isn't specifically addressed to you, ignore it!
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Depends what it is. The form under discussion in this thread gets signed, dated and returned so we can vote (and avoid a potential £1000 fine) but most promotional crap (worst offenders seem to be virgin) that's addressed to "The Occupier" gets marked as "Not Known At This Address" and sent back. If there's a pre-paid envelope in a mail shot, I have been known to stuff it to over the allowable normal thickness before posting it back.
 
dejongj said:
It was a variety of country side, town, bridges etc. Nah didn't take long at all
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That's because there are no hills over there :D
 
dejongj said:
It was a variety of country side, town, bridges etc. Nah didn't take long at all.

Why weren't you allowed to cycle to the park, let alone school?
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Because over-protective parents. Even when I was 18 and bought a car (everything funded from my own money, which I had earned) I still had to tell them where I was going, who I was seeing and when I was due back. I didn't have a meltdown / strop about it all like many teenagers would, I just kept my head down and bided my time until university then got a job in the same city as the university so never lived with them permanently again. That is probably why I still get on with them now, had I stayed after graduation there would have been a massive and possibly irretrievable breakdown in a few months.
 
dejongj said:
Super twist :) love them. Jan Akkerman is a great guitar player.
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You have to admire the "range" in Thijs van Leer's voice too!

IIRC the line up was Jan, Thijs, Pierre van der Linden, and Bert Ruiter
 
Nod said:
2 names on our council tax bill so we're equally liable if it doesn't get paid.
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:thumbs:
Nod said:
If there's a pre-paid envelope in a mail shot, I have been known to stuff it to over the allowable normal thickness before posting it back.
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ooo you do that too Huh? :D
It does eventually seem to reduce the amount of junk mail too :D
 
Well, it would if Mrs. Nod didn't sometimes intercept the things and just recycle them!
 
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