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We've been down the route of stricter assessments before, it didn't go well. A lot of the times when this sort of discussion comes up it somes to skirt very close to saying mental health issues not being something we should class alongside other conditions.

Get them banned. No excuse for that sort of behaviour

Nightwatch with Charlie & Daisy-May Copper is an easy watch. Essentially Gone Fishing but replace the fishing with folky spooky stuff.

Went to the Empire the other day. Parked in Salt Lane and cut through to Hertford Street. After the gig it was exactly the same as you describe. Loads of people at the gig had parked there but people were taking one look and despite the fact it was pissing down walked the long way round to the...

Not sure the outcomes for kids growing up in poverty are great. If you punish kids for the actions of their parents you're just doomed to repeat the cycle. Now if you want to argue over the best ways to lift those kids out of poverty and improve outcomes that's a whole different argument. To...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kpmm20zwwo

You've got to hand it to Farage really. Years of 'it's all the EU's fault, we need to get out' and then when he finally gets his wish says it's nothing to do with him. But then repeats the exact same arguments but this time it's the ECHR and the same people that believed him last time believe...

Once again you're leaping to conclusions about what other people believe. Merely point out that emigration is largely unchanged in the latest figures. Not sure what you want tbh. Labour won the election in July 2024 so these are the first year of figures for a Labour government and show a...

This is the fundamental issues isn't it. Doesn't matter how much tax is when it's all going in the pockets of the government of the days mates. People are happier to pay tax if they see it being used effectively, we are a million miles away from that.

Interesting if you dig further into that poll when asked about individual elements of the budget the result flips and people are not strongly against the vast majority of things in the budget

I thought the episodes were OK but it felt a bit like an anthology show where a different character got an episode each week. Heard an interview with one of the cast saying the ending got changed late on to enable them to return for a potential movie or special at some point. Not sure how much...

Sorry to hear that mate. Being made redundant is tough at any point but this time of year seems to make it worse, especially when it comes from out of nowhere. Hopefully something turns up pretty soon. No idea what industry you work in but sometimes when a big-ish company goes bust you see a...

BBC reports that the figures show little change for emigration?

Hope they've factored in the impact on the second hand market as the Motability scheme plays a big part in that. Think its, as ever, all a bit misleading and playing to the crowd. You don't just pick a car and get it paid for, you get an allowance. Very few cars fall below that allowance so in...

I was about to quit work and sell me house!

But then you'd have the equity from the house sale sat in the bank which would be classed as savings which would cause your benefits to be slashed. In theory social housing would work, in reality not so much. Councils publish waiting times for social housing, selling your house would put you...

Not to single you out as there's loads of similar posts but whenever I see things about people happily living on benefits I always wonder how. My GP has suggested to me, on more than one occasion, I take an extended amount of time off work for health reasons. When I look up what I would be...

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