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  1. Ian1779

    Anyone booked a holiday yet?

    Last year we ended up doing a road trip of the Scottish Highlands and it was absolutely amazing. Not quite the land Down Under but was fantastic.
  2. Ian1779

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Might have been a lot easier to dismiss if Starmer was available to say something.... anything... on any important issue at all....
  3. Ian1779

    Anyone booked a holiday yet?

    Was planning Australia for July/August - was supposed to go in 2020, looks like Oz won’t open their borders to Europe till October at the earliest now.
  4. Ian1779

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    ‘On the motion of applying the brake I’ve decided to abstain.’
  5. Ian1779

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    He did hit that cyclist in his SUV a month or two ago.... surely not connected to that? That said - I concur that it’s bollocks
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    I don’t know the member breakdown for primaries, but in secondary they are the biggest union for members. I believe as well that Unite or GMB have joined the same message, which often is the Union for other school staff that aren’t teachers.
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    This is on top of the NEU advising it’s primary members to refuse to go to workplaces because of H&S.
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    It feels a lot like it’s about equity, like some people are ‘required’ to be seen to be in work because some that are essential are in - so it’s perceived as fair. But if you make those that can stay and work at home - then there are less people in buildings, you can spread out and reduce the...
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    She is a top-grade nasty c***
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    So how does the new deal and arrangements affect ex-pats now? I read somewhere about people in Spain now have to provide proof of income over 30K, no criminal record etc, somewhere else said there was a time limit per year - how much of is this accurate?
  11. Ian1779

    Right troops

    Happy New Year to you all!!
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    Funny and rude names thread

    When I worked at Levi’s in my teens we spent an afternoon searching the worldwide staff database.... Really wanted to ask Fanny Pong if it was true.
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Or Ken Clarke... any Tory grandee really...
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    Starmer winning over those Grendels one by one...
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    IIRC the Islington social care stuff was under the watch of a certain Margaret Hodge - might explain why it never got aired. I do hope it doesn’t gain traction for Starmer - of the things you can criticise him for, these lies and slander is not one of them.
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    He’s let schools and education down massively. The one area where he would get universal support pretty much and he’s hung us out to dry.
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    It’ll be the Daily Mailers that will get all fired up when the headlines get rolled out. It won’t be the Corbynites as you say - they have enough reasons not to love him, but they at least know not to pander to lies.
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    This will come up in the future no doubt and the vitriol that goes with it will be loud. To quote shmmeee’s ‘fund the NHS, hang the paedos’ - this is exactly what they will go after Starmer about - how is he going to respond to that?
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    Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics)

    No I was aiming my comment at Starmer - not you.
  20. Ian1779

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    His failing was allowing the others in the party to dictate the Brexit narrative, not him. Not saying it was the easiest job uniting a party machine generally at odds with its voter base - especially outside of the big cities, but he should have taken decisive leadership.... at the very least...
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