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I think I see your point, but it is therefore a 20% increase in hourly rate. On call is an interesting one. NHS managers on call has changed enormously over the years, and has gone from rarely being contacted to being pretty full on most nights and weekends and it is a cheap way of achieving 24...

Would be interesting to see the results for A) A poll of regular pub goers B) A poll of regular outdoor restaurant goers C) A poll os makers and papers

The iMac actually remains a pretty good bit of kit - far more than I need really.

If people get the same pay for a 20% reduction in hours (5*8 down to 4*8) does that count as a 20% increase in salary? I can remember many years ago in the NHS as hours were reduced from 40 to 37 in a couple of stages that each reduction was presented to us as a pay rise. If it isn't, a...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gl5w83z7do At least you will be able to park at UHCW on Fridays.

I didn’t mention the MacBook Pro though! I hasten to add, the iMac and MacBook are 8 years old and operated by steam.

He’s part of Starmer’s under 30s exchange deal.

This i My recollection is that there were loads in the early 90’s. Did having a mortgage preclude people from being members of working men’s clubs?

Didn’t a lot of them go to the wall when the smoking ban came in?

You can‘t build a city in 15 minutes, even Rome wasn’t built in a day!

You won’t need any more pubs once the 3 mile smoking exclusion zone is introduced.

@wingy another one for you. I think the x- axis is a bit screwed because I’m looking on my iPad. Will check n the iMac later

How many more hospital beds? How many ambulances? None.

Does this help with some of your questions? BTW there’s a really handy thing called Google that might help as well.

Rounding effect I would imagine. Plus of course it’s government‘s data, and as Sir Keir will tell you, you can’t trust that. who knows, who cares (other than you) and does it make any difference to the fact that most people do not now rent?

Given all homeowners are refusing the building of new stock, I am astonished at the number of current and recent building developments I see as I drive around Nottinghamshire. The issue in terms of population is that, at current levels, future immigration will take up all of the housing the...

You are just plain wrong. This shows the number who are now renting. Also, as I understand it, rents have been increasing. Part of that will be because of increased buy to let mortgage costs, part to the change in how rents are taxed but the major part will be insufficient properties available...

Come off it, that’s not the reason house prices are so high. Population increase leading to increased demand is the underlying reason. Many buy to let investors have been selling their properties because the way the income is taxed means a significant number aren’t making a profit from the rent...

Well you surmise correctly, you had to register on a website to enter a ballot for tickets. The websile crashed. There were supposedly 20 million requests for tickets for the one off show with a capacity of 16,000.

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