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It won't. But it might contribute towards the cost of his nursing care in old age. Estimates of 4 million sufferers of dementia by 2020 I think. How can they be looked after if families won't do it?

1. Economic ruin worldwide depression 2. Bird Flu pandemic killing 70% of world population. 3. Food chain breaks down due to global weather changes 4. Massive release of methane etc from frozen wastes cause sudden surge in sea rises 5. Mass migration caused by weather changes in Africa and spain 6. Russian takes over the world whilst they have oil 7. China takes over the world. 8. everyone gets dementia and sits drooling in a basket chair 9. Giant supervolcano or tsunami or some other planet damaging natural event. 10. Tony Blair turns out to be an alien and sends for the mothership to take over the planet. This planet has gone mad.

In Sunderland Labour Councillors pay 3% of their allowances to the labour party. "Voluntary" or get disciplined. Now thats pretty appalling when you consider its council tax payers money. And they vote themselves the maximum pay rise each year. So will that much raise enough to fund elections? It's higher in some other areas apparently, as high as 10%. I don't think there's a section of the country not affected by the blight.