13-10-2015, 04:14 PM
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Fred Cannon War Hero
Fred Cannon 90 shot in the leg during the Normandy landings is left with only £10 a week after local council raids his war pension to pay for his care.Meanwhile the same Government give away £12 billion a year in foreign aid. When will they realise that charity begins at home!
13-10-2015, 05:37 PM
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Re: Fred Cannon War Hero
Originally Posted by Docholliday
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Meanwhile the same Government give away £12 billion a year in foreign aid.
14-10-2015, 03:29 PM
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Re: Fred Cannon War Hero
The trouble is that anything said in defence of what's happened is always going to seem callous but I think it does need analysing a bit. He is being looked after full time. Before forming an opinion on how well, I think it would be necessary to see the conditions he lives under and know if there are any expenses he is expected to pay.If his care home includes nursing, television, available pastimes, food, electricity, gas, water and all other expenses, then perhaps life could be worse. Under those circumstances, a person may not have much need to spend money. Having said that, I would like to see him left with more than £10 for beer money and a few extras.
I wonder if he hadn't gone into care, would he have been worse off with having to pay rent, some Council Tax and perhaps a contribution to any nursing care carried out in his home? He may have been in the minuses with all that.
Does anybody know if other countries do better regarding the care of war veterans and old people in general?
Originally Posted by Docholliday
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...he's more off a man than you will ever be..
15-10-2015, 01:42 PM
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Re: Fred Cannon War Hero
So how would you get on with just £10 a week? What if he smokes and likes a drink or maybe a trip out won't get far on a tenner will he? And before you say he shouldn't smoke or drink so what if he does he earned the right to do these things, in my book all those old boys that served in WW2 are heroes and deserve better treatment. Scumbag prisoners get better treatment.|
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