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Old 17-12-2016, 00:16
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They've been on channel 5 several times, and been featured in many magazines and newspapers
They were on This Morning today
They have their own website
Ah, that will account for why I've never heard of them![/quote]

Same here.
I do sometimes watch channel five but like with everything I watch, the TV only goes on when I'm watching something specific that I want to watch then I stop watching.
I keep up to date with the news but not by reading newspapers. I don't read magazine's either.

Seems they aren't as well known as was thought.... On DS anyway. The majority of us here have never heard of them.
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Old 17-12-2016, 00:37
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They look a nice bunch to me, what's the issue?
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Old 17-12-2016, 00:44
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I didn't bother reading this thread until now because I've never heard of the Radfords. The first page is funny.
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Old 17-12-2016, 11:03
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I only watch stuff on kodi and don't buy magazines so I guess that's why I've never heard of them.
They've been on channel 5 several times, and been featured in many magazines and newspapers
They were on This Morning today
They have their own website
Ah, that will account for why I've never heard of them!
Yup.

I think it's safe to say it's very easy to not have heard of them. I don't think I've ever watched any thing on Channel 5 and the last time I watched This Morning was when I was trapped at home as a new mother in the Richard and Judy days.

I'd love to know what magazines and newspapers they are in though. Mainly so I can continue to avoid them
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Old 17-12-2016, 11:37
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Congratulations to the OP for bringing them to a wider audience
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Old 17-12-2016, 11:52
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They've been on channel 5 several times, and been featured in many magazines and newspapers
They were on This Morning today
They have their own website
Never heard of them. I don't watch Channel 5 or daytime TV and obviously don't read the same magazines and newspapers.

I clicked on the thread to find out who they are. The obvious question is why didn't the OP provide any information.
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Old 17-12-2016, 16:17
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They live near me and are a really nice family. Who cares how many kids they have, it's not like they don't work and claim benefits like some with loads of children. Noel gets early to open his bakery and still takes the younger children to school before going back to work.
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Old 17-12-2016, 17:09
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I didn't know they had kids which is just as well really because they're an odd looking couple.

If I had a phobia they'd be the last people I'd use for help.
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Old 17-12-2016, 17:21
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I'm sure they are a very nice family but every Christmas it's always the same: "Britain's biggest family (they don't receive any benefits, btw!) has ANOTHER child. You won't BELIEVE how long it takes them to cook Christmas dinner!" No I wouldn't and I also don't bloody care! I'm sure they are a nice family and they come across pleasant and hard working but it's more of the fault of the newspapers and television programmes forcing them down our throats all the time!
Yes they receive state benefits or state support for the children until they are 16 at least, maybe 18.

Education.
Child benefit.
NHS health care.
Dental treatment.
Optical care, e.g. glasses/eye tests.
Prescriptions.
(The above is probably not a complete list.)

All the above are generally free, regardless of family earned income. So, children are a huge burden on the state financially and environmentally in terms of Earth's population.

In other words, the more children that they have, the more the general taxpayer will have to pay in taxes.

They live near me and are a really nice family. Who cares how many kids they have, it's not like they don't work and claim benefits like some with loads of children. Noel gets early to open his bakery and still takes the younger children to school before going back to work.
They'll be claiming child benefit for a start, and AFAIK that isn't capped yet, so the more children you have the more you can claim, so no.
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Old 17-12-2016, 17:46
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[quote=Union Jock;84901178]I didn't know they had kids which is just as well really because they're an odd looking couple.
If I had a phobia they'd be the last people I'd use for help.[Quote

Care to explain your odd comment?
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Old 17-12-2016, 17:58
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Are they claiming every benefit available to them?
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Old 17-12-2016, 18:15
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Are they claiming every benefit available to them?
Why shouldn't they?
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Old 17-12-2016, 18:15
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Are they claiming every benefit available to them?
Hope so, they pay into the system so why not.
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Old 17-12-2016, 18:39
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Are they claiming every benefit available to them?
Bloody people claiming things that they're entitled to! Makes you sick, doesn't it?
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Old 17-12-2016, 19:47
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I quite like them. It's not like they're having babies to not work. Fair play to them.
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Old 17-12-2016, 19:53
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You won't BELIEVE how long it takes them to cook Christmas dinner!"!
I expect they keep stopping to have unprotected sex
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Old 17-12-2016, 20:00
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I quite like them. It's not like they're having babies to not work. Fair play to them.
Bloody people claiming things that they're entitled to! Makes you sick, doesn't it?
Hope so, they pay into the system so why not.
Missing the point here guys. They're claiming or benefiting from what they're entitled to, but they don't need to have so many children in the first place, so are an extra burden on the state, as there are no disincentives really to have fewer children when it comes to state support, i.e. the list I posted above as examples.
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Old 17-12-2016, 20:04
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Missing the point here guys. They're claiming or benefiting from what they're entitled to, but they don't need to have so many children in the first place, so are an extra burden on the state, as there are no disincentives really to have fewer children when it comes to state support, i.e. the list I posted above as examples.
Not missing any point thanks. They support their kids - they look well cared for and happy. The father contributes as a tax payer and no doubt the older kids do or will do later on (if they're currently in further education etc.). Fair play to them.
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Old 17-12-2016, 20:14
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I can understand why disincentivising people on benefits to have large families that the state has to pay for and workers typically can't afford.

If the a Radfords want another child they should go for it.
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Old 17-12-2016, 20:15
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i only opened the thread to see who they were.
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Old 17-12-2016, 20:17
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I expect they keep stopping to have unprotected sex
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
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Old 17-12-2016, 20:25
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Missing the point here guys. They're claiming or benefiting from what they're entitled to, but they don't need to have so many children in the first place, so are an extra burden on the state, as there are no disincentives really to have fewer children when it comes to state support, i.e. the list I posted above as examples.
You're preaching to the converted. I don't have any children, and I have no intentions of starting a family in this vastly overpopulated world. For those children that do exist though, I don't begrudge them receiving their dues. After my dad died my mother was either too proud or too embarrassed to claim what was rightfully ours, so we made do with very little. With hindsight I'd say that was rather foolish.
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Old 17-12-2016, 22:37
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If I had a phobia they'd be the last people I'd use for help.
I must admit, I know next to nothing about them, but is there a reason anyone else would be likely to go to them with help for a phobia?

I mean, that Gordon Ramsey. If I had a weird skin disease he's the last person I'd go to for help. Am I doing it right?
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Old 18-12-2016, 13:39
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Not 100% sure, but I think this may be the first time I've ever heard of them, unless I've just forgotten.
I was just going to say the same thing. Who??
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Old 18-12-2016, 13:45
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I'll join the chorus. Who?
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