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Re: What is John Swinney’s secret? – politicalbetting.com
The Vodafone issue shows the importance of maintaining CASH.My phone didn't have signal but I was still able to pay with it. OTOH, I did have to spend 45 minutes in Morrisons without a podcast which was mildly horrifying.
Eabhal
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Re: What is John Swinney’s secret? – politicalbetting.com
The Vodafone issue shows the importance of maintaining CASH.We’re getting close to the point now where any part of national infrastructure can be expected to be targeted by foreign State actors.
This one might have been caused by something as simple as a DNS change or attack on their primary domain.
https://x.com/bushidotoken/status/1977750768611422528
Sandpit
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Re: What is John Swinney’s secret? – politicalbetting.com
Britain in 2025:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/14/britain-toxic-race-debate-threaten-overseas-care-workers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/14/britain-toxic-race-debate-threaten-overseas-care-workers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Foxy
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Re: What is John Swinney’s secret? – politicalbetting.com
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The Vodafone issue shows the importance of maintaining CASH.Sadly Anticashazina is not here to deliver a scathing riposte.
Re: What is John Swinney’s secret? – politicalbetting.com
Astonishing and terrifying statsHere in Wales, particularly North Wales, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, loads of primary school children speak English as a second language.
“19.2% of children in UK secondary schools, 23.4% in UK primary schools, and 30.2% of children in nursery do not speak English as their first language.
--2024/25 data”
https://x.com/goodwinmj/status/1977833829118455847?s=46&t=bulOICNH15U6kB0MwE6Lfw
What does your racially loaded point actually demonstrate? Do you want to send the Welsh back from where they came? That would be 1000bc Eastern Central Europe.
Re: What is John Swinney’s secret? – politicalbetting.com
I looked up the stats and 35% of children in my son's primary school do not speak English as their first language. Well above the national average.
At least across our classes, almost all spoke English fluently upon entry in Reception. And 100% have been completely fluent by the start of Year 1.
It may amaze some old folks, but young children's brains are much better adapted to learning languages and it's the best time to learn more than one. They've learnt aged 5 (fluency in 2 or more languages) what it takes years of adults messing around on Duolingo to do.
Some people are just trying to be outraged over nothing in order to extend the culture wars beyond the narrow issue of reducing net migration and onto white English nationalism.
At least across our classes, almost all spoke English fluently upon entry in Reception. And 100% have been completely fluent by the start of Year 1.
It may amaze some old folks, but young children's brains are much better adapted to learning languages and it's the best time to learn more than one. They've learnt aged 5 (fluency in 2 or more languages) what it takes years of adults messing around on Duolingo to do.
Some people are just trying to be outraged over nothing in order to extend the culture wars beyond the narrow issue of reducing net migration and onto white English nationalism.
Ratters
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Re: What is John Swinney’s secret? – politicalbetting.com
The Vodafone issue shows the importance of maintaining CASH.
Re: What is John Swinney’s secret? – politicalbetting.com
One of my regrets in life is being an archetypal Englishman who knows no other language, aside from a little schoolboy French. I have so many friends who are multilingual.Astonishing and terrifying statsHere in Wales, particularly North Wales, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, loads of primary school children speak English as a second language.
“19.2% of children in UK secondary schools, 23.4% in UK primary schools, and 30.2% of children in nursery do not speak English as their first language.
--2024/25 data”
https://x.com/goodwinmj/status/1977833829118455847?s=46&t=bulOICNH15U6kB0MwE6Lfw
What does your racially loaded point actually demonstrate? Do you want to send the Welsh back from where they came? That would be 1000bc Eastern Central Europe.
Re: What is John Swinney’s secret? – politicalbetting.com
Case against Comey not looking particularly strong... https://abcnews.go.com/US/special-counsel-john-durham-undercut-case-james-comey/story?id=126164120There is no case against Comey.
...After conducting their own two-month investigation, prosecutors in Virginia reached the same conclusion as both Durham and the D.C. prosecutors: They'd be unable to prove Comey made false statements to Congress to obstruct their investigation. Presenting their findings in a lengthy declination memo, the prosecutors explicitly mentioned the two other investigations to bolster their recommendation that probable cause does not exist to charge Comey, according to sources familiar with the contents of the memo. ..
Unless you're charging him with being an effing idiot.
Nigelb
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Re: What is John Swinney’s secret? – politicalbetting.com
The other day I mentioned we had had two pieces of white goods go wrong.
Here's a video about how built-in obsolescence is adding to the enshittification of the modern world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=138S0rSbZ10
Right to repair is really important; and Bosch are taking it away, not to make their goods more reliable, but to make them harder to repair - and hence increase sales. They will not be alone.
I'd love the government to tackle this.
Here's a video about how built-in obsolescence is adding to the enshittification of the modern world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=138S0rSbZ10
Right to repair is really important; and Bosch are taking it away, not to make their goods more reliable, but to make them harder to repair - and hence increase sales. They will not be alone.
I'd love the government to tackle this.