Brighton Sky Blue
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Hello! How are you? I speak English very well! I learn it from a book!No sé nada, soy de Barcelona.
Do you want to discuss boring politics? (30 Viewers)
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StrettoBoy
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Does anyone know how much it costs to bribe a member of Parliament to smooth the passage of a private member's bill through Parliament?
I am in the shameful position of sharing a birthday (month and day, not year) with Mr Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. I need to change it asap, for I am finding the shame too stressful to bear.
It can't be done by deed poll, so I'm sure it can get only be done by an Act of Parliament. A bonus will be that I can have a summer birthday, rather than one in the grey days of February
I am in the shameful position of sharing a birthday (month and day, not year) with Mr Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. I need to change it asap, for I am finding the shame too stressful to bear.
It can't be done by deed poll, so I'm sure it can get only be done by an Act of Parliament. A bonus will be that I can have a summer birthday, rather than one in the grey days of February
StrettoBoy
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Brighton Sky Blue
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Just tucking into two Colditz salads as it happens
Sky Blue Pete
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I know my optimism pisses people off
Been feeling rough for over a week and breathlessness cough chest and head bad
phoned gp cheylesmore surgery at 8 this morning got appointment for 11:10 got seen before the appointment and collected steroids and antibiotics form Styvechale pharmacy at 1pm
That’s bloody good isn’t it
Been feeling rough for over a week and breathlessness cough chest and head bad
phoned gp cheylesmore surgery at 8 this morning got appointment for 11:10 got seen before the appointment and collected steroids and antibiotics form Styvechale pharmacy at 1pm
That’s bloody good isn’t it
Ccfcisparks
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What did they say was wrong with you Pete?
Brighton Sky Blue
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Sounds like you've been prescribed antibiotics for either flu or Covid which makes no sense
Sky Blue Pete
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Just a chest infection with a bit of bronchitis thrown in. Very rarely need antibiotics he had a good listen to my chest and lungs.
Sounds like bsb not overly impressed though
Alternatively I had a call from the surgery three or four times as didn't hear it checking if I'd either rung in or emailed them, to check my details (phone I think it was) to check if I'd had the flu jab, which I had about a month ago, somebody phishing, using my identity?
Never lose your optimism Pete ! Get well soon, loads if stuff (covid/flu) around at the moment !
Captain Dart
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Your illness isn't.
Brighton Sky Blue
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If he’s given antibiotics for a viral infection it won’t do anything!
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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I would have played hardball with them and said if we're bailing you out, we're getting control and ownership and you're giving us those shares for nothing. If you don't those shares will be worth nothing anyway. And will be increasing regulation and tightening tax rules. If you don't like the terms feel free to negotiate with other financial institutions and look for a better deal and if you find one then you don't need taxpayer money. If you don't find a better deal why should the country use taxpayer money/increase debt to help an industry filled with rich individuals that is responsible for all its own problems.
Ball is in their court. If they fail, it's their choice. And that money could have gone into the pockets of everyday people suffering from the crisis, not prop up multi millionaires so they could keep their bonuses and dividends.
Grendel
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Clueless beyond belief
Sky Blue Pete
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Yeah he thinks there’s a chest infection and possible bronchitis so not just viral that would be daft but who knows eh
Captain Dart
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It's to clear up post viral pneumonia or bronchitis.
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Brighton Sky Blue
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Genuinely what the fuck
www.bbc.co.uk
Woman stabbed in Birmingham near Bullring shopping centre dies
Katie Fox, 34, was targeted just outside the Bullring shopping centre on Friday night.
www.bbc.co.uk
fernandopartridge
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R.I,P to the woman, genuinely unbelievable.
There needs to be a huge knife amnesty across the entire country, like the big campaign in London years ago.
The consequences of being found with a knife should be severe.
There needs to be a huge knife amnesty across the entire country, like the big campaign in London years ago.
The consequences of being found with a knife should be severe.
Genuinely what the fuck
Woman stabbed in Birmingham near Bullring shopping centre dies
Katie Fox, 34, was targeted just outside the Bullring shopping centre on Friday night.
Young girl (19) was murdered in oldbury last week as well.
Man charged with murder after woman, 19, dies in Oldbury - BBC News
Lily Whitehouse was found with serious injuries on Park Street, Oldbury, on Wednesday evening.
www.bbc.co.uk
We keep being told there’s nothing to see here when it comes to knife/violent crime, the numbers are lower etc. It isn’t feeling that way around Birmingham/West Mids at the moment, maybe as it’s spilling out to random, defenceless people. Very sad
Brighton Sky Blue
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Sure, but stabbed right in the centre outside a huge train station…so brazen.Young girl (19) was murdered in oldbury last week as well.
Man charged with murder after woman, 19, dies in Oldbury - BBC News
Lily Whitehouse was found with serious injuries on Park Street, Oldbury, on Wednesday evening.
We keep being told there’s nothing to see here when it comes to knife/violent crime, the numbers are lower etc. It isn’t feeling that way around Birmingham/West Mids at the moment, maybe as it’s spilling out to random, defenceless people. Very sad
fernandopartridge
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Young girl (19) was murdered in oldbury last week as well.
Man charged with murder after woman, 19, dies in Oldbury - BBC News
Lily Whitehouse was found with serious injuries on Park Street, Oldbury, on Wednesday evening.
We keep being told there’s nothing to see here when it comes to knife/violent crime, the numbers are lower etc. It isn’t feeling that way around Birmingham/West Mids at the moment, maybe as it’s spilling out to random, defenceless people. Very sad
West Midlands has the second most knife crime offences recorded outside of London, it is significantly higher than a lot of other places. The rate of offence is 3 times higher than Warwickshire for example.
It had apparently fallen year on year from 2023/24 into 2024/25 but it is still very high.
Also interesting and telling that the recorded data on victim / perpetrator relationship has shifted away from domestic knife crime.
Average custodial sentences to be fair are longer than ever but the percentage of offences receiving a custodial sentence is lower.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s the highest per capita (or was). If it’s happening between gangs it probably slips under the radar but it appears to be spreading outside that. The police commissioner who’s been in post since 2021 has seemingly failed miserably but because he had a Labour badge won again last year (understandable anti Tory vote). The police have been in special measures
Thats not an anti Labour point, more that police commissioners should be independent of political parties and judged solely on performance and delivery.
chiefdave
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Watch any cop doc on tv and it's the same thing. The police catch someone, pretty much red handed. A slam dunk you'd think until you get voiceover at the end saying the CPS didn't take things forward or they got a caution.
That's not going to put people off crime and with things as they are if you're involved in crime you're carrying a knife. Which then knocks on to others doing the same for protection and before you know it thats the norm.
I think it's playing with stats when that is argued myself.Young girl (19) was murdered in oldbury last week as well.
Man charged with murder after woman, 19, dies in Oldbury - BBC News
Lily Whitehouse was found with serious injuries on Park Street, Oldbury, on Wednesday evening.
We keep being told there’s nothing to see here when it comes to knife/violent crime, the numbers are lower etc. It isn’t feeling that way around Birmingham/West Mids at the moment, maybe as it’s spilling out to random, defenceless people. Very sad
fernandopartridge
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Agreed, the only crime stats that immediately matter to most people are those for their local area, and it seems like crime is not really reducing in areas of high population density.
Grendel
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Going well
www.theguardian.com
UK unemployment rises to 5%, the highest level in four years
ONS says jobs market worsening before budget, as HMRC reports falling number of workers on firms’ payrolls
fernandopartridge
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I don't think Reeves has the slightest clue how to stimulate the economy. The article suggests that a "tighter labour market" might help to stop the increase in the unemployment rate as it will reduce wage bargaining power. Then what?Going well
UK unemployment rises to 5%, the highest level in four years
ONS says jobs market worsening before budget, as HMRC reports falling number of workers on firms’ payrolls
Well that clearly a tactic, how about then in conjunction with the BOE an interest rate cut to supplement a bit of spending?Or is that too optimistic, have seen it reported about the cuts that may come about?