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Post by michaelc on May 11, 2024 19:54:07 GMT
The mansion she apparently lives in.
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Post by michaelc on May 11, 2024 16:30:02 GMT
eviction will take place on 29 May 2024, at 10am.
If I was in the area I might be tempted to pay a visit and wave her goodbye.
Jealous ?
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Post by michaelc on May 11, 2024 12:31:59 GMT
Putting aside the fact that I am clearly not the target market..... Eurovision song (really not what I call songs) contest. Should this be news at any level? Its quite popular in many other european countries. Not our demographic that is safe to say.
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Post by michaelc on May 9, 2024 20:07:20 GMT
angrysaveruk you're dangerously (deliberately?) misquoting / misunderstanding. “Nixon should be told that it is probably an objective of Clifford to depose Thieu before Nixon is inaugurated. Word should be gotten to Nixon that if Thieu meets the same fate as Diem, the word will go out to the nations of the world that it may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.” Obviously Kissinger did not issue a public warning to the world about being an ally of the US - it highlights the fact that although the US goes about the world acting as if they are on a moral crusade they act out of self interest and have very little morality. It is a lot like the "Magic Bullet" theory - it is widely used to highlight the ridiculous lies the psychopaths in the US government tell to cover their nefarious actions. I guess in the modern era it is called a Meme. Well no more or less than most other nations more or less. The problem with the middle aged and elderly as are extremely well represented here, is they were brought up on a diet of US=force for good. One thing that gets their back up is to be reminded that the US is the only country in history to drop a nuclear bomb on cities massacring hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. The US did that. Nobody else. You'd think they'd be a little contrite but no, they have to decide to constantly keep invading other countries. It was for the greater good they'll cry. Try telling that to the families and descents of hundreds of the thousands of people. We won't change any opinions and vice-versa but its always interesting to debate.
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Post by michaelc on May 8, 2024 21:18:27 GMT
The agency said they make (if I remember correctly) an 85% markup on the labour of their nurses which at agency rates are already much higher than their permanent colleagues. As I said, an outrageous waste of tax payers money. So start an agency which only charges a 75% markup. You'll undercut this lot and still make a handsome profit That's how a free market works mate. Or do you prefer a centrally planned economy?
Free market adjusts price according to supply and demand. You want to restrict supply (nurses) and thus have private recruitment consultants charge more accordingly. I say increase supply. And er...no you're making quite a leap from someone concerned about tax payer value for money to someone wanting communism.
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Post by michaelc on May 8, 2024 19:04:03 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-68900203This is an outrageous waste of public money. Why aren't more nurses (and doctors) being trained urgently? Is it because it might take longer than an election cycle to see the results ? In other news, the bankers bonus cap is scrapped. Why do bankers deserve to have their pay driven up by market forces and not nurses? The agency said they make (if I remember correctly) an 85% markup on the labour of their nurses which at agency rates are already much higher than their permanent colleagues. As I said, an outrageous waste of tax payers money.
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Post by michaelc on May 8, 2024 16:15:26 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-68900203This is an outrageous waste of public money. Why aren't more nurses (and doctors) being trained urgently? Is it because it might take longer than an election cycle to see the results ?
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Post by michaelc on May 8, 2024 13:38:44 GMT
Even if it was clear both to the cyclist and the pedestrian which seems unlikely to me, that would only suggest the pedestrian was further in the wrong which I don't dispute. What troubled me about this case was the apparent lack of proportionality. Bludgeoning someone to death when you didn't mean to kill them would bring up a manslaughter charge. And, I would imagine, a much longer sentence than the three years handed down in this particular manslaughter case. She also "gestured in an aggressive and hostile manner towards the victim", according to the news report. We even have the video evidence to support that. It shows her behaviour perturbed the elderly lady enough to lose control and fall into the road. Do you think the judge, who heard all the evidence for and against, with all his years of experience, was wrong in his assessment? Look again at the footage, and especially carefully at the foot positioning of the accused. It looks very much to me like she actually pushed the elderly cyclist off her bike. If she didn't physically make contact, her actions certainly look hostile enough to cause the loss of control. Have a good look - can you honestly say there was nothing more than just a simple expletive? EDIT: Having posted the above, I've just read bracknellboy 's latest link above, which goes some way to confirming my own interpretation of the encounter... "In police interview, Grey said she believed she had made light contact with Mrs Ward. " That is indeed how it looks to me too. Good to see the appeal court judges agreed with me. The accused lady with multiple disabilities did apparently behave badly but that isn't a crime and certainly not one of the gravest crimes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-68975335
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Post by michaelc on May 7, 2024 13:19:26 GMT
I wish you hadn't posted that. Its a shame the sentence caps are so low. I also would like to see these people executed and failing that life in prison but looks like a year or two inside is what they're heading for. One of the pictures showing a US psychopath had a pic of Trump in the background. That's at best pretty convenient for the Beeb.
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Post by michaelc on May 5, 2024 12:48:09 GMT
I've bolded the second half of the sentence you conveniently missed off the first time you posted. May I repeat... "If you're relying on "but there are plans..." to state that the initial capacity of 200 per year is somehow "nonsense", then I admire your optimism." May I also repeat... "So what do you think the capacity is? What are your sources?" Looks like your 200 per year figure is nonsense. But, she would not give an assurance it would be able to take the 40,000 people the UK would like to send, merely saying it would be "thousands".www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68961058
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Post by michaelc on May 4, 2024 22:37:16 GMT
I see Britain is happy to more risks than its big brother in allowing UK weapons to be used in Russia proper. I make no comment on whether that is reasonable or not but why not coordinate with the other powers (mainly the US) ? This sort of thing is why more and more knowledgeable people such as current and former senior British army officers are suggesting we we may need to get ready for mass conscription into the armed forces in the UK. " officers are suggesting we may need to get ready for mass conscription " ? . . . I will check theirs account for traces of russian rubles . . . How about Hamish de Bretton-Gordon interviewed for the Times radio. Is he also in on the rubles thing? youtu.be/mPFvwtAsnjs?t=1331
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Post by michaelc on May 4, 2024 20:21:56 GMT
I find having to produce ID at polling booths very annoying. We've managed for all of my lifetime and beyond without them so why now do we suddenly think the same person is going to vote multiple times? What is wrong with our society?
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Post by michaelc on May 3, 2024 15:18:20 GMT
I see Britain is happy to more risks than its big brother in allowing UK weapons to be used in Russia proper. I make no comment on whether that is reasonable or not but why not coordinate with the other powers (mainly the US) ?
This sort of thing is why more and more knowledgeable people such as current and former senior British army officers are suggesting we we may need to get ready for mass conscription into the armed forces in the UK.
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Post by michaelc on May 2, 2024 14:50:51 GMT
but in the heat of the moment, how could you be sure the crime has already taken place inside home? 🤔 If something has been taken out without authorisation at home, I assume the person is already outside home unless they are lured back in for whatever reason. And would you be thinking about the subtleties of the law when you've got 2 thugs downstairs ?
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Post by michaelc on May 2, 2024 13:25:55 GMT
Another well explained story here doesn't even make clear it was the burglars that were shot by the homeowner not the other way round. That is pretty important. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-68942085Reminds us we live in a country where two thugs can burgle your home at night and the only thing you can do in law is dial 999 for the police to arrive long after you've been burgled, beaten or tied up.
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