From today, only the English have to pay for prescriptions

[Bulld0g]

poll tax was paid in scotland before the rest of the uk - for a year i think.

Ahh so hopefully we will catch up with the rest of Britain and get free prescriptions soon. Somehow i doubt it.

[bonus2010]

Emm... Remember when the Poll tax was introduced in Scotland, a year prior to England....... The Scots just paid it... little complaints from the majority.

For those that didn't like the poll tax, we've really got to thank the English, when they protested a year later.

Maybe England's needing to do some protesting.... over prescription charges.

[Meat-Head]

OFF TOPIC:-

If the recent Comic Relief drivel waste of time thing raised 75 million - in this rescission
and every thime there is a nation charity event it's something like, why can't the goverment, (TOO RIGHT) claim some of this money to offset things like, fuel, perscripions etc etc.

Like the other week went to ATM (not the ~~~~ meaning) and it said on the display
"Every time you use this machine we donate to charity" - not enough time to find another machine - cost more in petrol than saved - so yes to me worth it.

So out of that 75 million, think the goverment should get say 2500 out of it for the charity's and keep the rest

STILL OFF TOPIC:-

If you had 100,000 in the bank word on street says you could live off the inteast, so why do these charities *NEED* 75 million every year? Why not just use the intrest for the smaller job?

[Canker_Canison]

If you had 100,000 in the bank word on street says you could live off the interest

That's fine if you can live on ?5,000 a year. That's taking you can get a 5% return after tax.