When I was at Goldman Sachs in the late 1990s, there was a lady who had worked her way from temp to secretary to financial analyst to associate.
Then one day she was called into the office of the partner in charge of equity research and fired for cause.
She'd lied about her qualification on the CV she had given the temping agency.
We were all a bit shocked: had she not been effectively promoted three times based solely on her ability, and nothing to do with her CV? But it didn't matter. Integrity is simply more important. If you can't trust someone's word, they can't work for you.
How ridiculous and hypocritical.
I was involved twenty odd years ago with a case where an applicant had lied on their CV about their age.
They were found out after interview stage.
Plus ca change.
That's weird. Why shouldn't you be able to lie about your age. I mean it seems equally weird to do it but how does it affect anything work-wise.
This is an anti-everything except unicycles barrier between the Erewash Canal Towpath (which is a PROW and decently surfaced, wide and flat), and an area of woodland.
I think it's vintage late 1980s, but I don't know these well. That is like the ironwork used on some Kent Carriage Gaps.
You don't need to worry though - there are a number of anti-most-wheelchairs barriers * on the tow path itself so you can never get there to be blocked by it.
* These may make be challengeable under the "obstruction on a public highway" law I mentioned wrt to pavement parking earlier.
Surprised in these more accessible times that there has not been a more concerted effort to get rid of these sorts of abominations.
I could write a series of books about it. There is a very resilient folk myth that they are effective. And when ones are put in where there is not a problem, they then become established in the local mind as the reason there is no problem. And then locals fight tooth and claw to keep them, and Councillors etc want to please the majority of locals, not the minority who are affected, or the visitors "who don't live here".
My numbers, estimated from my area, say that there are perhaps 250-400k of various sorts of physical barrier across the country. Sustrans did an audit just on their ~16,000 miles of National Cycling/Walking Network in 2018, and found ~16,000 barriers. They plan for them all to be gone by 2040.
Removing them is like pulling teeth from a crocodile, and requires several stakeholders all to agree on every case.
When I was at Goldman Sachs in the late 1990s, there was a lady who had worked her way from temp to secretary to financial analyst to associate.
Then one day she was called into the office of the partner in charge of equity research and fired for cause.
She'd lied about her qualification on the CV she had given the temping agency.
We were all a bit shocked: had she not been effectively promoted three times based solely on her ability, and nothing to do with her CV? But it didn't matter. Integrity is simply more important. If you can't trust someone's word, they can't work for you.
How ridiculous and hypocritical.
I was involved twenty odd years ago with a case where an applicant had lied on their CV about their age.
They were found out after interview stage.
Plus ca change.
That's weird. Why shouldn't you be able to lie about your age. I mean it seems equally weird to do it but how does it affect anything work-wise.
Pay, if young.
And pensions and perhaps certain entitlements to early retirement on sickness grounds, depending on the details, especially at that distance in time.
In August the Home Office introduced a Zombie Knife amnesty. They agreed to pay £10 per knife.
They expected that 472 Zombie Knives would be surrendered.
Instead, one wholesaler alone has surrendered 35,000 blades.
I think this may be that there is some amnesty fee for retailers that surrender knives - some payment per knife. Anyway the said retailer should be locked up forever.
When I was at Goldman Sachs in the late 1990s, there was a lady who had worked her way from temp to secretary to financial analyst to associate.
Then one day she was called into the office of the partner in charge of equity research and fired for cause.
She'd lied about her qualification on the CV she had given the temping agency.
We were all a bit shocked: had she not been effectively promoted three times based solely on her ability, and nothing to do with her CV? But it didn't matter. Integrity is simply more important. If you can't trust someone's word, they can't work for you.
How ridiculous and hypocritical.
I was involved twenty odd years ago with a case where an applicant had lied on their CV about their age.
They were found out after interview stage.
Plus ca change.
That's weird. Why shouldn't you be able to lie about your age. I mean it seems equally weird to do it but how does it affect anything work-wise.
Pay, if young.
And pensions and perhaps certain entitlements to early retirement on sickness grounds, depending on the details, especially at that distance in time.
Edit: also to cover gaps in CV?
Oh I see so there are jobs where you are paid according to age? Seems more than weird and surely illegal (now).
So... I've just had my (what feels like) five-yearly trip to A&E this afternoon. I've had an injury (non sport related) for a few days, and Mrs J persuaded me to go to the doctors. The GP looked at the problem and said: "You need to go to A&E and have some surgery." He wrote a letter with *loads* of spelling mistakes, and we dutifully went to A&E.
Over four hours I was admitted, a canular was fitted, and I was prepped for an operation. Remarkably fast. Then the specialist examined me and said: "We don't normally operate on this; there's a 60% chance it'll clear up by itself. Go home, and if you're still in pain in ten days, come back."
So I'm back at home, in pain, but quite glad I didn't need an op. Unsure if it was a good, bad, or indifferent NHS experience though.
Incidentally, the young nurse who was with the specialist had never heard of either Eric Cantona or Mastermind. I am truly of another generation.
This is an anti-everything except unicycles barrier between the Erewash Canal Towpath (which is a PROW and decently surfaced, wide and flat), and an area of woodland.
I think it's vintage late 1980s, but I don't know these well. That is like the ironwork used on some Kent Carriage Gaps.
You don't need to worry though - there are a number of anti-most-wheelchairs barriers * on the tow path itself so you can never get there to be blocked by it.
* These may make be challengeable under the "obstruction on a public highway" law I mentioned wrt to pavement parking earlier.
Surprised in these more accessible times that there has not been a more concerted effort to get rid of these sorts of abominations.
I could write a series of books about it. There is a very resilient folk myth that they are effective. And when ones are put in where there is not a problem, they then become established in the local mind as the reason there is no problem. And then locals fight tooth and claw to keep them, and Councillors etc want to please the majority of locals, not the minority who are affected, or the visitors "who don't live here".
My numbers, estimated from my area, say that there are perhaps 250-400k of various sorts of physical barrier across the country. Sustrans did an audit just on their ~16,000 miles of National Cycling/Walking Network in 2018, and found ~16,000 barriers. They plan for them all to be gone by 2040.
Removing them is like pulling teeth from a crocodile, and requires several stakeholders all to agree on every case.
Obstructions often have so little utility and are so annoying that even where it makes virtually no difference people will still carve out a desire path. Here's my photo of the day from one I saw online.
When I was at Goldman Sachs in the late 1990s, there was a lady who had worked her way from temp to secretary to financial analyst to associate.
Then one day she was called into the office of the partner in charge of equity research and fired for cause.
She'd lied about her qualification on the CV she had given the temping agency.
We were all a bit shocked: had she not been effectively promoted three times based solely on her ability, and nothing to do with her CV? But it didn't matter. Integrity is simply more important. If you can't trust someone's word, they can't work for you.
How ridiculous and hypocritical.
I was involved twenty odd years ago with a case where an applicant had lied on their CV about their age.
They were found out after interview stage.
Plus ca change.
That's weird. Why shouldn't you be able to lie about your age. I mean it seems equally weird to do it but how does it affect anything work-wise.
Pay, if young.
And pensions and perhaps certain entitlements to early retirement on sickness grounds, depending on the details, especially at that distance in time.
Edit: also to cover gaps in CV?
Oh I see so there are jobs where you are paid according to age? Seems more than weird and surely illegal (now).
This is an anti-everything except unicycles barrier between the Erewash Canal Towpath (which is a PROW and decently surfaced, wide and flat), and an area of woodland.
I think it's vintage late 1980s, but I don't know these well. That is like the ironwork used on some Kent Carriage Gaps.
You don't need to worry though - there are a number of anti-most-wheelchairs barriers * on the tow path itself so you can never get there to be blocked by it.
* These may make be challengeable under the "obstruction on a public highway" law I mentioned wrt to pavement parking earlier.
Surprised in these more accessible times that there has not been a more concerted effort to get rid of these sorts of abominations.
I could write a series of books about it. There is a very resilient folk myth that they are effective. And when ones are put in where there is not a problem, they then become established in the local mind as the reason there is no problem. And then locals fight tooth and claw to keep them, and Councillors etc want to please the majority of locals, not the minority who are affected, or the visitors "who don't live here".
My numbers, estimated from my area, say that there are perhaps 250-400k of various sorts of physical barrier across the country. Sustrans did an audit just on their ~16,000 miles of National Cycling/Walking Network in 2018, and found ~16,000 barriers. They plan for them all to be gone by 2040.
Removing them is like pulling teeth from a crocodile, and requires several stakeholders all to agree on every case.
I have a Bluesky feed about it since lunchtime - Bash the Barriers , currently using my George Galloway pussy cat in a hat as Avatar. Surprised by the interest with little promotion so far - it will have about 25 followers by the end of the day.
When I was at Goldman Sachs in the late 1990s, there was a lady who had worked her way from temp to secretary to financial analyst to associate.
Then one day she was called into the office of the partner in charge of equity research and fired for cause.
She'd lied about her qualification on the CV she had given the temping agency.
We were all a bit shocked: had she not been effectively promoted three times based solely on her ability, and nothing to do with her CV? But it didn't matter. Integrity is simply more important. If you can't trust someone's word, they can't work for you.
How ridiculous and hypocritical.
I was involved twenty odd years ago with a case where an applicant had lied on their CV about their age.
They were found out after interview stage.
Plus ca change.
That's weird. Why shouldn't you be able to lie about your age. I mean it seems equally weird to do it but how does it affect anything work-wise.
Pay, if young.
And pensions and perhaps certain entitlements to early retirement on sickness grounds, depending on the details, especially at that distance in time.
Edit: also to cover gaps in CV?
Oh I see so there are jobs where you are paid according to age? Seems more than weird and surely illegal (now).
This is an anti-everything except unicycles barrier between the Erewash Canal Towpath (which is a PROW and decently surfaced, wide and flat), and an area of woodland.
I think it's vintage late 1980s, but I don't know these well. That is like the ironwork used on some Kent Carriage Gaps.
You don't need to worry though - there are a number of anti-most-wheelchairs barriers * on the tow path itself so you can never get there to be blocked by it.
* These may make be challengeable under the "obstruction on a public highway" law I mentioned wrt to pavement parking earlier.
Surprised in these more accessible times that there has not been a more concerted effort to get rid of these sorts of abominations.
I could write a series of books about it. There is a very resilient folk myth that they are effective. And when ones are put in where there is not a problem, they then become established in the local mind as the reason there is no problem. And then locals fight tooth and claw to keep them, and Councillors etc want to please the majority of locals, not the minority who are affected, or the visitors "who don't live here".
My numbers, estimated from my area, say that there are perhaps 250-400k of various sorts of physical barrier across the country. Sustrans did an audit just on their ~16,000 miles of National Cycling/Walking Network in 2018, and found ~16,000 barriers. They plan for them all to be gone by 2040.
Removing them is like pulling teeth from a crocodile, and requires several stakeholders all to agree on every case.
I have a Bluesky feed about it since lunchtime - Bash the Barriers , currently using my George Galloway pussy cat in a hat as Avatar. Surprised by the interest with little promotion so far - it will have about 25 followers by the end of the day.
Gaetz resigned from the House of Reps in order to be AG.
Has that resignation actually taken effect? Or can he go back on it and stay in the House of Reps?
Wikipedia says the seat in Florida is vacant, good enough for me. But maybe he can be reappointed until there's a special election to fill it long term?
LOL. Exempting those who might pay! Take all the political damage but gain no revenue…
This government is a complete shambles
Don't be daft - they're ok. The last Tory government was a hopeless pantomime comparatively. The trend though is towards a new level of shambles that may even get to Truss like ghastliness.
Gaetz resigned from the House of Reps in order to be AG.
Has that resignation actually taken effect? Or can he go back on it and stay in the House of Reps?
As I understand it as he was reelected he can simply take up his seat again.
I suppose those elected would be taking up office in January, so it might be vacant now, technically, but he can still serve the next term when it starts in Jan?
This is an anti-everything except unicycles barrier between the Erewash Canal Towpath (which is a PROW and decently surfaced, wide and flat), and an area of woodland.
I think it's vintage late 1980s, but I don't know these well. That is like the ironwork used on some Kent Carriage Gaps.
You don't need to worry though - there are a number of anti-most-wheelchairs barriers * on the tow path itself so you can never get there to be blocked by it.
* These may make be challengeable under the "obstruction on a public highway" law I mentioned wrt to pavement parking earlier.
Surprised in these more accessible times that there has not been a more concerted effort to get rid of these sorts of abominations.
I could write a series of books about it. There is a very resilient folk myth that they are effective. And when ones are put in where there is not a problem, they then become established in the local mind as the reason there is no problem. And then locals fight tooth and claw to keep them, and Councillors etc want to please the majority of locals, not the minority who are affected, or the visitors "who don't live here".
My numbers, estimated from my area, say that there are perhaps 250-400k of various sorts of physical barrier across the country. Sustrans did an audit just on their ~16,000 miles of National Cycling/Walking Network in 2018, and found ~16,000 barriers. They plan for them all to be gone by 2040.
Removing them is like pulling teeth from a crocodile, and requires several stakeholders all to agree on every case.
I have a Bluesky feed about it since lunchtime - Bash the Barriers , currently using my George Galloway pussy cat in a hat as Avatar. Surprised by the interest with little promotion so far - it will have about 25 followers by the end of the day.
There are a lot of people interested in this, but it is quite complex to actually get things done.
#Not all heroes wear capes.
It's actually a very fertile time to launch, as Bluesky are going like gangbusters with the Xodus, and I may catch the wave just about right. Needs a bit of promotion to put the account in front of sections of people who are interested in this issue, and looking for things to follow as Bluesky newbies.
A couple of thousand followers within 2 weeks is possible, which then gives a good platform to be a junction box for putting out expertise / knowledge to give the tools to activists to make things happen. At present people complain, give up and tolerate it.
Bluesky has gone up from 15 million accounts to heading-for-22-million accounts (worldwide) since last Thursday, and activity in the UK has more than doubled. Still too early to tell where it will end up, but it's on the move.
LOL. Exempting those who might pay! Take all the political damage but gain no revenue…
This government is a complete shambles
Don't be daft - they're ok. The last Tory government was a hopeless pantomime comparatively. The trend though is towards a new level of shambles that may even get to Truss like ghastliness.
Truss was only 6 weeks, Labour have 4 plus years yet
Gaetz resigned from the House of Reps in order to be AG.
Has that resignation actually taken effect? Or can he go back on it and stay in the House of Reps?
Wikipedia says the seat in Florida is vacant, good enough for me. But maybe he can be reappointed until there's a special election to fill it long term?
If he goes back - somehow - then the ethics report gets released.
LOL. Exempting those who might pay! Take all the political damage but gain no revenue…
This government is a complete shambles
Don't be daft - they're ok. The last Tory government was a hopeless pantomime comparatively. The trend though is towards a new level of shambles that may even get to Truss like ghastliness.
Truss was only 6 weeks, Labour have 4 plus years yet
I knooooowwwww !
Not only that, but there was a fallback with Truss. The Labour reserve bench is diabolical.
Bill O'Reilly (who knows Trump well): 'He wants a Cabinet will do everything he [says]. He doesn't need policy coming out of those people.' Says 'Stephen Miller is the second-most powerful person in the country.' Claims this is totally different than Reagan, W and Trump 1
Bill O'Reilly asserts Trump II will feel more like FDR 1933-37 than any other Administration
So... I've just had my (what feels like) five-yearly trip to A&E this afternoon. I've had an injury (non sport related) for a few days, and Mrs J persuaded me to go to the doctors. The GP looked at the problem and said: "You need to go to A&E and have some surgery." He wrote a letter with *loads* of spelling mistakes, and we dutifully went to A&E.
Over four hours I was admitted, a canular was fitted, and I was prepped for an operation. Remarkably fast. Then the specialist examined me and said: "We don't normally operate on this; there's a 60% chance it'll clear up by itself. Go home, and if you're still in pain in ten days, come back."
So I'm back at home, in pain, but quite glad I didn't need an op. Unsure if it was a good, bad, or indifferent NHS experience though.
Incidentally, the young nurse who was with the specialist had never heard of either Eric Cantona or Mastermind. I am truly of another generation.
Do you ever think of posting anything constructive? Your daily nonsense about Labour belittles you. After going through your soap opera before the last election I'm surprised you don't spend at least a little time in quiet reflection
Do you ever think of posting anything constructive? Your daily nonsense about Labour belittles you. After going through your soap opera before the last election I'm surprised you don't spend at least a little time in quiet reflection
Poor old Roger. Never knowingly right about anything in politics, now reduced to having a go at one of the few people on here who has never had a sharp word to say about any other poster.
I assume this is because of the issue with younger farmers being able to sign the farm over to their children to continue farming and hopefully live more than 7 years whereas it is not likely to be an option for older farmers.
I did not realise we kept court records that long.
I had always assumed court records were kept permenently for historical research purposes.
Me too. Plus I'd certainly expect we had court records for people who were still alive. Otherwise how would you know whether it was a first or second offence?
Do you ever think of posting anything constructive? Your daily nonsense about Labour belittles you. After going through your soap opera before the last election I'm surprised you don't spend at least a little time in quiet reflection
Poor old Roger. Never knowingly right about anything in politics, now reduced to having a go at one of the few people on here who has never had a sharp word to say about any other poster.
So she's better than the last two years of the Tories and she's only been there for 6 months.......
Where's the scoop?
She has full on lied on her CV. In any other walk of life that would be gross misconduct that would lead to dismissal.
Johnson was quite correctly ousted for lying. Reeves should resign, and if the liar does not, she should be sacked or Starmer is no better than Johnson.
First, has she lied or did she merely stretch the actualité?
Second, what has her CV to do with her election to parliament or appointment as Chancellor?
It is not as if anyone called for Tony Blair to resign over his claimed favourite meal changing with latitude, or David Cameron over his support for West Villa United (although there was a bit of a fuss over Blair and Jackie Milburn).
The two latter examples are absurd comparisons that are not relevant.
She lied on her CV and her LinkedIn profile, both in the duration of her role and the job title and type of organisation, with a clear intent to deceive . It was not a mistake, an exaggeration, or stretching of the truth, it was a full on lie that would be enough, as I say, to cause someone to be fired in any other walk of life.
Perhaps to some Labour supporters lying is only a bad thing when it is done by Tories?
Aside from a few light-hearted PB posts whenever West Ham and Aston Villa meet, no-one remarks on Cameron's fibs.
Even if you are right that Reeves lied on LinkedIn, there is no obvious link between that and her election to parliament or appointment as Chancellor. It is like pointing to her recently-dyed hair and complaining she is lying about its true colour: she might be but there is no link to any material benefit.
It really is quite simple. If someone lies on their CV it matters not whether it was material to them getting appointed, though without a parallel universe that is unknown. The point is that the individual is fundamentally and demonstrably dishonest. I might be old fashioned but I prefer the leaders of my country not to be proven liars, hence why I was always opposed to Johnson.
Without any material benefit, it is not even clear Reeves lied or merely applied a little gloss. In my own career there has often been little discernible relationship between job title and function. She was an economist and she was employed.
Total nonsense and you know it. Your "my party right or wrong" is rather disappointing as I thought you were smarter than that. As TSE just mentioned with respect to Johnson, it is about integrity. Reeves has proven she has none.
I really don't care if Reeves stays or goes. Her budget seems an ad hoc collection of too clever by half wheezes and wishful thinking (cf George Osborne). But it is on this basis she should be judged, not on irrelevant LinkedIn posts.
She, like all politician should be judged on integrity. She has none.
Boris Johnson's CV was also known to be innacurate. Perhaps we could sue him or better still reverse some of his more egregious actions during his time in office.
Yes, all those visas he recklessly issued shouldn’t be extended.
I was thinking of all things Brexit. Perhaps we could subpoena the Red Bus to appear in court
The funny thing is, the NHS did get £350 million a week more....and more on top.
Spending on NHS went from £140bn a year to over £180bn before last budget.
And in real terms?
Edit:
Just perused the web:
'The Long Term Plan funding settlement set out annual average real-terms increases to the NHS budget for day-to-day spending of 3.4% a year between 2019/20 and 2023/24, measured against the GDP inflation metric, with a profile that saw slightly faster funding growth in the first and last years, and translated into average annual increases of 3% on the NHS inflation measure.'
Though that does need to be standardised for demographics as well as inflation.
An average 85 year old man costs the NHS seven times as much as a thirty-something, and the number of 85+ Britons is going to double in the next 15 years.
This link is a decade old, but the figures in the graph remain true.
We have to run to just stand still. Scrapping the NHS wouldn't save money if insurers had to be universal, it's just that the money would leave our pockets as premiums rather than tax. All universal health insurance is essentially redistributive because the healthy are earning and wealthy and the sick are not earning and poor.
The only way to get out of this is to end universal cover. For example ending cover at state pension age would halve costs, and probably save a fortune in pensions too. There might be a teensy problem though.
So you’re saying we could reduce NHS costs considerably with just a few minor tweaks to the assisted dying Bill?
Worth considering. The “Logan’s Run” clause. And if we also draw inspiration from Soylent Green, we can increase our food security.
Increased IHT receipts, and solves the housing problem too.
It really is a no brainer!
As an interim measure - since this might not readily pass through Parliament - we could adopt Max’s social care insurance idea, but with a “Dignitas dividend” for the estates of those who preferred…
Do you ever think of posting anything constructive? Your daily nonsense about Labour belittles you. After going through your soap opera before the last election I'm surprised you don't spend at least a little time in quiet reflection
It is perfectly apparent Labour are in disarray and obviously you are not taking it well
I am content the conservative party is led by Kemi who resigned over Johnson and Pitcher, and credit Sunak and Hunt in stabilising the economy after 6 weeks of Truss's disaster achieving the highest rate of growth in the G7
Indeed if you are upset it's must be getting to you
Just watched Jeanne du Barry, with Johnny Depp as Louis XV.
An absolutely beautiful movie. Every scene is exquisite, much of filmed it in Versaille.
Maïwenn is very adept at having so many roles - Jeanne herself, writer, director - but being extremely adept in all of them. (She was also the blue alien opera singer in The Fifth Element!)
I did not realise we kept court records that long.
I had always assumed court records were kept permenently for historical research purposes.
I’m doing some research on an indirect ancestor who got deep into bother in the 1890’s and have been advised to search both the court records and the local newspapers.
Gaetz resigned from the House of Reps in order to be AG.
Has that resignation actually taken effect? Or can he go back on it and stay in the House of Reps?
As I understand it as he was reelected he can simply take up his seat again.
I suppose those elected would be taking up office in January, so it might be vacant now, technically, but he can still serve the next term when it starts in Jan?
Can they restart the ethics proceedings or has he avoided investigation with AG pantomime?
So... I've just had my (what feels like) five-yearly trip to A&E this afternoon. I've had an injury (non sport related) for a few days, and Mrs J persuaded me to go to the doctors. The GP looked at the problem and said: "You need to go to A&E and have some surgery." He wrote a letter with *loads* of spelling mistakes, and we dutifully went to A&E.
Over four hours I was admitted, a canular was fitted, and I was prepped for an operation. Remarkably fast. Then the specialist examined me and said: "We don't normally operate on this; there's a 60% chance it'll clear up by itself. Go home, and if you're still in pain in ten days, come back."
So I'm back at home, in pain, but quite glad I didn't need an op. Unsure if it was a good, bad, or indifferent NHS experience though.
Incidentally, the young nurse who was with the specialist had never heard of either Eric Cantona or Mastermind. I am truly of another generation.
🌳CON 28% (-1) 🌹LAB 25% (-2) ➡️ REF UK 19% (nc) 🔶 LIB DEM 13% (+2) 🌍 GREEN 8% (nc) 🟡 SNP 3% (+1)
That LD number will continue to rise. If only Sir Ed keeps a very low profile he could be next PM. and obviously that'll be a shock to everyone!
Especially Sir Ed I suspect but who knows?
He may be the first PM to get a call on the morning after an election and be completely dumbfounded. So it's quite interesting as to quite how the LDs might get rid of him. Their parliamentary party is pretty much made up of seemingly nice women of the kind who would do you great harm, should the lights flicker. None of them seem to be aspirational though.
Do you ever think of posting anything constructive? Your daily nonsense about Labour belittles you. After going through your soap opera before the last election I'm surprised you don't spend at least a little time in quiet reflection
Poor old Roger. Never knowingly right about anything in politics, now reduced to having a go at one of the few people on here who has never had a sharp word to say about any other poster.
Do you ever think of posting anything constructive? Your daily nonsense about Labour belittles you. After going through your soap opera before the last election I'm surprised you don't spend at least a little time in quiet reflection
Poor old Roger. Never knowingly right about anything in politics, now reduced to having a go at one of the few people on here who has never had a sharp word to say about any other poster.
Gaetz resigned from the House of Reps in order to be AG.
Has that resignation actually taken effect? Or can he go back on it and stay in the House of Reps?
As I understand it as he was reelected he can simply take up his seat again.
I suppose those elected would be taking up office in January, so it might be vacant now, technically, but he can still serve the next term when it starts in Jan?
Can they restart the ethics proceedings or has he avoided investigation with AG pantomime?
It’ll probably have to go to the SCOTUS and as he’s a Republican…….
Last night a very techy, and slightly drunk, friend of mine said that (and I'm paraphrasing here, because I may have had a glass of wine or two myself) that:
Bluesky is great because you can set up how you want the moderation to work yourself. So you choose via your moderation settings what you see.
If true, and I have no idea if it is true, then that actually sounds pretty sensible.
I did not realise we kept court records that long.
I had always assumed court records were kept permenently for historical research purposes.
Me too. Plus I'd certainly expect we had court records for people who were still alive. Otherwise how would you know whether it was a first or second offence?
He served his time for his crime aged 21 and doesn't seem to have reoffended since, so perhaps should be regarded as a spent conviction.
I might actually have to hand my existing Jaguar XE back to the dealer out of sheer embarrassment at continuing to drive it.
It's no longer enough for Jaguar to do a U-turn on their rebrand; heads will now need to roll.
I know you’re fairly right wing, Casino. But demanding human sacrifice from a purveyor of automobiles, in return for your continued custom, seems slightly out there, even for you.
🌳CON 28% (-1) 🌹LAB 25% (-2) ➡️ REF UK 19% (nc) 🔶 LIB DEM 13% (+2) 🌍 GREEN 8% (nc) 🟡 SNP 3% (+1)
That LD number will continue to rise. If only Sir Ed keeps a very low profile he could be next PM. and obviously that'll be a shock to everyone!
Especially Sir Ed I suspect but who knows?
He may be the first PM to get a call on the morning after an election and be completely dumbfounded. So it's quite interesting as to quite how the LDs might get rid of him. Their parliamentary party is pretty much made up of seemingly nice women of the kind who would do you great harm, should the lights flicker. None of them seem to be aspirational though.
Bill O'Reilly (who knows Trump well): 'He wants a Cabinet will do everything he [says]. He doesn't need policy coming out of those people.' Says 'Stephen Miller is the second-most powerful person in the country.' Claims this is totally different than Reagan, W and Trump 1
Bill O'Reilly asserts Trump II will feel more like FDR 1933-37 than any other Administration
Last night a very techy, and slightly drunk, friend of mine said that (and I'm paraphrasing here, because I may have had a glass of wine or two myself) that:
Bluesky is great because you can set up how you want the moderation to work yourself. So you choose via your moderation settings what you see.
If true, and I have no idea if it is true, then that actually sounds pretty sensible.
Pretty much- blocks are absolute; your nemesis simply can't access you. And there isn't the same "see what Elon wants you to see" aspect.
As I've mused before, I suspect Musk's beef with old Twitter wasn't so much about his ability to say stuff as his inability to force others to listen to him.
Last night a very techy, and slightly drunk, friend of mine said that (and I'm paraphrasing here, because I may have had a glass of wine or two myself) that:
Bluesky is great because you can set up how you want the moderation to work yourself. So you choose via your moderation settings what you see.
If true, and I have no idea if it is true, then that actually sounds pretty sensible.
Yep it has a whole set of settings for what content is shown / hidden and supports lists that can be used for moderation (removing) or filtering purposes.
I’ve not 100% left X yet but I’m now spending time on Bluesky every day instead of once in a while
Last night a very techy, and slightly drunk, friend of mine said that (and I'm paraphrasing here, because I may have had a glass of wine or two myself) that:
Bluesky is great because you can set up how you want the moderation to work yourself. So you choose via your moderation settings what you see.
If true, and I have no idea if it is true, then that actually sounds pretty sensible.
Yes, this is the Bluesky page that allows you to set your moderation level. These seem to be the defaults as I haven't touched them.
Wait until he sees the swings in price on the Texas electricity grid.
Seriously though: times when the spot price of electricity has risen 10x are perfectly normal. They probably happen four or five times a month in the UK on average, and can happen 20 times or more in the middle of winter.
And it's the nature of an efficient market. Should such spikes happen too often, then people will see an opportunity to make money by storing energy for them. (Again, see Texas.)
If you leave the market alone, it'll almost always find the answer.
(This Tweet is the CEO of a Germany utility arguing for the government to step in and make the market less competitive so he doesn't need to do the hard work of making his organization work properly.)
Linda McMahon, Trump’s pick for Education secretary, resigned from a state education board shortly after a newspaper asked her about her false claim that she had an education degree. https://x.com/AaronBlake/status/1859247800434758093
There are also some nasty stories about the coverup of sex abuse while she was running the wrestling thing. She seems to make some of @ydoethur ’s OFSTED nemeses look relatively qualified.
Let's get this indignity in perspective, though. It's not a PM resigning in utter failure after two months. It's not a Cabinet turning on a Prime Minister two months after backing him in a Vote of Confidence.
Wait until he sees the swings in price on the Texas electricity grid.
Seriously though: times when the spot price of electricity has risen 10x are perfectly normal. They probably happen four or five times a month in the UK on average, and can happen 20 times or more in the middle of winter.
And it's the nature of an efficient market. Should such spikes happen too often, then people will see an opportunity to make money by storing energy for them. (Again, see Texas.)
If you leave the market alone, it'll almost always find the answer.
(This Tweet is the CEO of a Germany utility arguing for the government to step in and make the market less competitive so he doesn't need to do the hard work of making his organization work properly.)
They just need to get a couple of their nuclear plants back in operation, and build a few grid battery peaker facilities. (The latter can be left to the market.)
Wait until he sees the swings in price on the Texas electricity grid.
Seriously though: times when the spot price of electricity has risen 10x are perfectly normal. They probably happen four or five times a month in the UK on average, and can happen 20 times or more in the middle of winter.
And it's the nature of an efficient market. Should such spikes happen too often, then people will see an opportunity to make money by storing energy for them. (Again, see Texas.)
If you leave the market alone, it'll almost always find the answer.
(This Tweet is the CEO of a Germany utility arguing for the government to step in and make the market less competitive so he doesn't need to do the hard work of making his organization work properly.)
RCS, perhaps you can answer this: Where does waste electricity go?
Bill O'Reilly (who knows Trump well): 'He wants a Cabinet will do everything he [says]. He doesn't need policy coming out of those people.' Says 'Stephen Miller is the second-most powerful person in the country.' Claims this is totally different than Reagan, W and Trump 1
Bill O'Reilly asserts Trump II will feel more like FDR 1933-37 than any other Administration
I can think of a few minor differences.
Clearly aiming for three more re-elections and dying in office.
🌳CON 28% (-1) 🌹LAB 25% (-2) ➡️ REF UK 19% (nc) 🔶 LIB DEM 13% (+2) 🌍 GREEN 8% (nc) 🟡 SNP 3% (+1)
That LD number will continue to rise. If only Sir Ed keeps a very low profile he could be next PM. and obviously that'll be a shock to everyone!
Especially Sir Ed I suspect but who knows?
He may be the first PM to get a call on the morning after an election and be completely dumbfounded. So it's quite interesting as to quite how the LDs might get rid of him. Their parliamentary party is pretty much made up of seemingly nice women of the kind who would do you great harm, should the lights flicker. None of them seem to be aspirational though.
I detect you're not a great fan of Sir Ed. IF he won a majority for the first time since Asquith, he'd be pretty popular in the party as you might imagine.
LOL. Exempting those who might pay! Take all the political damage but gain no revenue…
This government is a complete shambles
Don't be daft - they're ok. The last Tory government was a hopeless pantomime comparatively. The trend though is towards a new level of shambles that may even get to Truss like ghastliness.
New inheritance tax rules for farmers could be changed to make it easier for those 80 and over to hand down their farm without it incurring the tax, in what would be a partial climbdown by the government after a bruising row with farmers and a huge protest march in Westminster on Tuesday.
The Treasury is understood to be assessing the impact of changes, including amending gifting rules for over-80s so they can pass on their farm to their family without having to live for seven years after making the gift.
Last night a very techy, and slightly drunk, friend of mine said that (and I'm paraphrasing here, because I may have had a glass of wine or two myself) that:
Bluesky is great because you can set up how you want the moderation to work yourself. So you choose via your moderation settings what you see.
If true, and I have no idea if it is true, then that actually sounds pretty sensible.
The danger, of course, is that everyone sets their "moderation" settings so that they will only see/hear from like-minded individuals... which is fine as long as you know you're in an echo-chamber, so don't be surprised when something "unexpected" happens like Trump becoming POTUS...
Do you ever think of posting anything constructive? Your daily nonsense about Labour belittles you. After going through your soap opera before the last election I'm surprised you don't spend at least a little time in quiet reflection
It is perfectly apparent Labour are in disarray and obviously you are not taking it well
I am content the conservative party is led by Kemi who resigned over Johnson and Pitcher, and credit Sunak and Hunt in stabilising the economy after 6 weeks of Truss's disaster achieving the highest rate of growth in the G7
Indeed if you are upset it's must be getting to you
As we're both going to have to live with them for the next four years you're really going to have to refresh your script. I only come on here to read interesting and sometimes well written posts. I guess that's what most people are here for. Yesterday we got a jem from Firestopper. Most people have only time to read a limited number. Why not try to excite by saying something surprising if 'interesting' is not available...
Wait until he sees the swings in price on the Texas electricity grid.
Seriously though: times when the spot price of electricity has risen 10x are perfectly normal. They probably happen four or five times a month in the UK on average, and can happen 20 times or more in the middle of winter.
And it's the nature of an efficient market. Should such spikes happen too often, then people will see an opportunity to make money by storing energy for them. (Again, see Texas.)
If you leave the market alone, it'll almost always find the answer.
(This Tweet is the CEO of a Germany utility arguing for the government to step in and make the market less competitive so he doesn't need to do the hard work of making his organization work properly.)
They just need to get a couple of their nuclear plants back in operation, and build a few grid battery peaker facilities. (The latter can be left to the market.)
Those nuclear plants are never coming back: they were expensive, old and maintenance heavy even before they started to be run down ahead of closure. And once you start skimping on maintenance because something is going to get shut down, then the bill to bring it back starts escalating enormously. (In general, it is hugely underappreciated how maintenance costs at nuclear power plants scale as they get older.)
And yes, Germany - like everyone else - is going to need to invest in battery backup. But let capitalism do its job. If there are swings in the spot price of electricity, let entrepreneurs build battery backup so they can buy energy from low demand times of the day, and to release it at high demand times.
So... I've just had my (what feels like) five-yearly trip to A&E this afternoon. I've had an injury (non sport related) for a few days, and Mrs J persuaded me to go to the doctors. The GP looked at the problem and said: "You need to go to A&E and have some surgery." He wrote a letter with *loads* of spelling mistakes, and we dutifully went to A&E.
Over four hours I was admitted, a canular was fitted, and I was prepped for an operation. Remarkably fast. Then the specialist examined me and said: "We don't normally operate on this; there's a 60% chance it'll clear up by itself. Go home, and if you're still in pain in ten days, come back."
So I'm back at home, in pain, but quite glad I didn't need an op. Unsure if it was a good, bad, or indifferent NHS experience though.
Incidentally, the young nurse who was with the specialist had never heard of either Eric Cantona or Mastermind. I am truly of another generation.
Mastermind the programme on BBC2 every Monday?
Did s/he respond to "Ooh ! Ahh ! Jeremaaa !"?
Glad you are OK. I hate cannulas, especially when they are in both arms at the same time.
Wait until he sees the swings in price on the Texas electricity grid.
Seriously though: times when the spot price of electricity has risen 10x are perfectly normal. They probably happen four or five times a month in the UK on average, and can happen 20 times or more in the middle of winter.
And it's the nature of an efficient market. Should such spikes happen too often, then people will see an opportunity to make money by storing energy for them. (Again, see Texas.)
If you leave the market alone, it'll almost always find the answer.
(This Tweet is the CEO of a Germany utility arguing for the government to step in and make the market less competitive so he doesn't need to do the hard work of making his organization work properly.)
RCS, perhaps you can answer this: Where does waste electricity go?
An excellent question. The frequency of the grid is constantly modulated to keep supply and demand in balance. Excess energy is therefore radiated off as heat at every transformer on the grid, right down to the iPhone charger by your bed. (And microwave overs cook food a little bit more quickly too.)
🌳CON 28% (-1) 🌹LAB 25% (-2) ➡️ REF UK 19% (nc) 🔶 LIB DEM 13% (+2) 🌍 GREEN 8% (nc) 🟡 SNP 3% (+1)
That LD number will continue to rise. If only Sir Ed keeps a very low profile he could be next PM. and obviously that'll be a shock to everyone!
Especially Sir Ed I suspect but who knows?
He may be the first PM to get a call on the morning after an election and be completely dumbfounded. So it's quite interesting as to quite how the LDs might get rid of him. Their parliamentary party is pretty much made up of seemingly nice women of the kind who would do you great harm, should the lights flicker. None of them seem to be aspirational though.
I detect you're not a great fan of Sir Ed. IF he won a majority for the first time since Asquith, he'd be pretty popular in the party as you might imagine.
No, although I imagine he's quite an affable chap, I think he's entirely unsuited to be PM, and as such him leading a political party is ridiculous. I thought much the same about Ed Miliband.
I really would quite like to vote LD - but what the LDs offer currently is just mindless splodge.
Do you ever think of posting anything constructive? Your daily nonsense about Labour belittles you. After going through your soap opera before the last election I'm surprised you don't spend at least a little time in quiet reflection
It is perfectly apparent Labour are in disarray and obviously you are not taking it well
I am content the conservative party is led by Kemi who resigned over Johnson and Pitcher, and credit Sunak and Hunt in stabilising the economy after 6 weeks of Truss's disaster achieving the highest rate of growth in the G7
Indeed if you are upset it's must be getting to you
As we're both going to have to live with them for the next four years you're really going to have to refresh your script. I only come on here to read interesting and sometimes well written posts. I guess that's what most people are here for. Yesterday we got a jem from Firestopper. Most people have only time to read a limited number. Why not try to excite by saying something surprising if 'interesting' is not available...
BigG having defended Boris, having defended Truss and having defended Sunak is enjoying giving Labour a kicking, It’s a blessed relief for him. Let him have his moment.
🌳CON 28% (-1) 🌹LAB 25% (-2) ➡️ REF UK 19% (nc) 🔶 LIB DEM 13% (+2) 🌍 GREEN 8% (nc) 🟡 SNP 3% (+1)
That LD number will continue to rise. If only Sir Ed keeps a very low profile he could be next PM. and obviously that'll be a shock to everyone!
Especially Sir Ed I suspect but who knows?
He may be the first PM to get a call on the morning after an election and be completely dumbfounded. So it's quite interesting as to quite how the LDs might get rid of him. Their parliamentary party is pretty much made up of seemingly nice women of the kind who would do you great harm, should the lights flicker. None of them seem to be aspirational though.
I detect you're not a great fan of Sir Ed. IF he won a majority for the first time since Asquith, he'd be pretty popular in the party as you might imagine.
Do you ever think of posting anything constructive? Your daily nonsense about Labour belittles you. After going through your soap opera before the last election I'm surprised you don't spend at least a little time in quiet reflection
It is perfectly apparent Labour are in disarray and obviously you are not taking it well
I am content the conservative party is led by Kemi who resigned over Johnson and Pitcher, and credit Sunak and Hunt in stabilising the economy after 6 weeks of Truss's disaster achieving the highest rate of growth in the G7
Indeed if you are upset it's must be getting to you
As we're both going to have to live with them for the next four years you're really going to have to refresh your script. I only come on here to read interesting and sometimes well written posts. I guess that's what most people are here for. Yesterday we got a jem from Firestopper. Most people have only time to read a limited number. Why not try to excite by saying something surprising if 'interesting' is not available...
I have no intention of changing my script and I really, with respect, couldn't care less why you come on here
And the story source is the Guardian which last time I looked was a left leaning paper
Do you ever think of posting anything constructive? Your daily nonsense about Labour belittles you. After going through your soap opera before the last election I'm surprised you don't spend at least a little time in quiet reflection
It is perfectly apparent Labour are in disarray and obviously you are not taking it well
I am content the conservative party is led by Kemi who resigned over Johnson and Pitcher, and credit Sunak and Hunt in stabilising the economy after 6 weeks of Truss's disaster achieving the highest rate of growth in the G7
Indeed if you are upset it's must be getting to you
As we're both going to have to live with them for the next four years you're really going to have to refresh your script. I only come on here to read interesting and sometimes well written posts. I guess that's what most people are here for. Yesterday we got a jem from Firestopper. Most people have only time to read a limited number. Why not try to excite by saying something surprising if 'interesting' is not available...
I have no intention of changing my script and I really, with respect, couldn't care less why you come on here
Last night a very techy, and slightly drunk, friend of mine said that (and I'm paraphrasing here, because I may have had a glass of wine or two myself) that:
Bluesky is great because you can set up how you want the moderation to work yourself. So you choose via your moderation settings what you see.
If true, and I have no idea if it is true, then that actually sounds pretty sensible.
The danger, of course, is that everyone sets their "moderation" settings so that they will only see/hear from like-minded individuals... which is fine as long as you know you're in an echo-chamber, so don't be surprised when something "unexpected" happens like Trump becoming POTUS...
That already happens.
People only want to hear news that they agree with. It's why people buy certain newspapers, visit particular websites, and - in the US at least - only watch news channels that align with their political views.
But it's also deeply fucked up, because most people don't want the truth. What they want is their prejudices reaffirmed.
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My numbers, estimated from my area, say that there are perhaps 250-400k of various sorts of physical barrier across the country. Sustrans did an audit just on their ~16,000 miles of National Cycling/Walking Network in 2018, and found ~16,000 barriers. They plan for them all to be gone by 2040.
Removing them is like pulling teeth from a crocodile, and requires several stakeholders all to agree on every case.
They have a progress page with a map. About 1200 done so far.
https://www.sustrans.org.uk/about-us/paths-for-everyone/
And pensions and perhaps certain entitlements to early retirement on sickness grounds, depending on the details, especially at that distance in time.
Edit: also to cover gaps in CV?
https://x.com/luketryl/status/1859658844814836061
🌳CON 28% (-1)
🌹LAB 25% (-2)
➡️ REF UK 19% (nc)
🔶 LIB DEM 13% (+2)
🌍 GREEN 8% (nc)
🟡 SNP 3% (+1)
Over four hours I was admitted, a canular was fitted, and I was prepped for an operation. Remarkably fast. Then the specialist examined me and said: "We don't normally operate on this; there's a 60% chance it'll clear up by itself. Go home, and if you're still in pain in ten days, come back."
So I'm back at home, in pain, but quite glad I didn't need an op. Unsure if it was a good, bad, or indifferent NHS experience though.
Incidentally, the young nurse who was with the specialist had never heard of either Eric Cantona or Mastermind. I am truly of another generation.
https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
Considering exempting farmers 80 plus from IHT
https://bsky.app/profile/bashthebarriers.bsky.social
There are a lot of people interested in this, but it is quite complex to actually get things done.
Has that resignation actually taken effect? Or can he go back on it and stay in the House of Reps?
Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend
The MP had told the media he had been jailed for ‘pushing’ former partner in 2006, when the court records say he repeatedly kicked her on a night out
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reform-mp-james-mcmurdock-kicking-ex-girlfriend-rm3ffx73x
A couple of thousand followers within 2 weeks is possible, which then gives a good platform to be a junction box for putting out expertise / knowledge to give the tools to activists to make things happen. At present people complain, give up and tolerate it.
Bluesky has gone up from 15 million accounts to heading-for-22-million accounts (worldwide) since last Thursday, and activity in the UK has more than doubled. Still too early to tell where it will end up, but it's on the move.
https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats
Not only that, but there was a fallback with Truss. The Labour reserve bench is diabolical.
https://archive.ph/vsfeZ
Jared O'Mara Mk II?
I did not realise we kept court records that long.
Bill O'Reilly (who knows Trump well): 'He wants a Cabinet will do everything he [says]. He doesn't need policy coming out of those people.' Says 'Stephen Miller is the second-most powerful person in the country.' Claims this is totally different than Reagan, W and Trump 1
Bill O'Reilly asserts Trump II will feel more like FDR 1933-37 than any other Administration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XPJpyr_0Ok
It's no longer enough for Jaguar to do a U-turn on their rebrand; heads will now need to roll.
His suit doesn't fit, and no real answers how Reform would stop immigration, just the usual guff.
All the time.
I am content the conservative party is led by Kemi who resigned over Johnson and Pitcher, and credit Sunak and Hunt in stabilising the economy after 6 weeks of Truss's disaster achieving the highest rate of growth in the G7
Indeed if you are upset it's must be getting to you
An absolutely beautiful movie. Every scene is exquisite, much of filmed it in Versaille.
Maïwenn is very adept at having so many roles - Jeanne herself, writer, director - but being extremely adept in all of them. (She was also the blue alien opera singer in The Fifth Element!)
On Amazon, if interested.
Jeremy Vine accidentally just said was bisexual because he writes with his left hand and plays tennis with his right.
https://x.com/scottygb/status/1859554517911580727
I think the precise term is mixed dominance in this specific case.
Now he can honestly claim “they found nothing” (in the way of ethics).
Bluesky is great because you can set up how you want the moderation to work yourself. So you choose via your moderation settings what you see.
If true, and I have no idea if it is true, then that actually sounds pretty sensible.
But demanding human sacrifice from a purveyor of automobiles, in return for your continued custom, seems slightly out there, even for you.
As I've mused before, I suspect Musk's beef with old Twitter wasn't so much about his ability to say stuff as his inability to force others to listen to him.
I’ve not 100% left X yet but I’m now spending time on Bluesky every day instead of once in a while
https://bsky.app/profile/moderation.bsky.app
Seriously though: times when the spot price of electricity has risen 10x are perfectly normal. They probably happen four or five times a month in the UK on average, and can happen 20 times or more in the middle of winter.
And it's the nature of an efficient market. Should such spikes happen too often, then people will see an opportunity to make money by storing energy for them. (Again, see Texas.)
If you leave the market alone, it'll almost always find the answer.
(This Tweet is the CEO of a Germany utility arguing for the government to step in and make the market less competitive so he doesn't need to do the hard work of making his organization work properly.)
Linda McMahon, Trump’s pick for Education secretary, resigned from a state education board shortly after a newspaper asked her about her false claim that she had an education degree.
https://x.com/AaronBlake/status/1859247800434758093
There are also some nasty stories about the coverup of sex abuse while she was running the wrestling thing.
She seems to make some of @ydoethur ’s OFSTED nemeses look relatively qualified.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-family-farm-tax-b2651543.html
Let's get this indignity in perspective, though. It's not a PM resigning in utter failure after two months. It's not a Cabinet turning on a Prime Minister two months after backing him in a Vote of Confidence.
Labour can't even do panic properly.
The Treasury is understood to be assessing the impact of changes, including amending gifting rules for over-80s so they can pass on their farm to their family without having to live for seven years after making the gift.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/nov/21/farmers-aged-80-could-get-exemption-inheritance-tax-rule
And yes, Germany - like everyone else - is going to need to invest in battery backup. But let capitalism do its job. If there are swings in the spot price of electricity, let entrepreneurs build battery backup so they can buy energy from low demand times of the day, and to release it at high demand times.
Glad you are OK. I hate cannulas, especially when they are in both arms at the same time.
It is behind their paywall
I really would quite like to vote LD - but what the LDs offer currently is just mindless splodge.
Meanwhile YouGov, IPSOS, Survation, Savanta and Redfield continue to refuse to release VI polls? 🤷♂️
It doesn’t mean much five years out.
And the story source is the Guardian which last time I looked was a left leaning paper
Do you have a link because I have a subscription.
People only want to hear news that they agree with. It's why people buy certain newspapers, visit particular websites, and - in the US at least - only watch news channels that align with their political views.
But it's also deeply fucked up, because most people don't want the truth. What they want is their prejudices reaffirmed.