The problem is less the ownership structure and more the pressures on management and workforce. Nationalised industries did badly in Britain in the 1970s because they were more geared towards the interests of the producer than towards the interests of the nation, the consumer or the customer.
It is entirely conceivable to have nationalised industries that are focused, more usefully, on other interests. I am, however, sceptical whether Mr Corbyn is the man to find a different path from the one walked in the 1970s.
The problem is less the ownership structure and more the pressures on management and workforce. Nationalised industries did badly in Britain in the 1970s because they were more geared towards the interests of the producer than towards the interests of the nation, the consumer or the customer.
It is entirely conceivable to have nationalised industries that are focused, more usefully, on other interests. I am, however, sceptical whether Mr Corbyn is the man to find a different path from the one walked in the 1970s.
What I do wonder is whether present-day expectations would force nationalised industries down a different path.
I also wonder where Brexit would come in the priorities of a Labour government taking office under the terms of the FTPA. They wouldn't be looking at the usual 5 year term.
If they could stop all the money going to the head of the household, then we're cooking on gas.
If they are worried about people claiming more than they are entitled to they should spend more on reclaiming it back when people get off benefits, that or modify how much they receive in future months to make up the amount owed.
In other news RPI is now at 3.9%, making the interest on student loans 6.9%! A student in the last year of their course will accrue 3,500 odd pounds of interest alone this year... and people wonder why the couple of hundred quid that generous Phil gave us a few weeks ago didn't have much effect.
The proposed raising of the income threshold when student 9% marginal tax becomes payable is a massive improvement.
The interest rate on student loans doesn't actually matter these days unless you're pulling ~ 90k on graduation..
My teacher grandchildren are paying back their loans. Two/three years out of Uni. And no way are they on £90k. 27 or so.
I think it becomes a significant problem if you hit £41k, which is not unrealistic if you are 10 years in to your career in the public sector (although many will not).
Even on the lower rate, say you had borrowed £55k over three years, your loan would be increasing by about £181 per month just in interest payments at the beginning of the repayment term. So, in reality, if you are a public sector worker you will never really reduce the debt burden, it just acts as an additional tax.
Vote Corbyn, take back control.
How much does a primary head/deputy earn? Grandson’a primary school teacher.
I think he's just trying to convince himself. Cliff-edge Brexit is now the prevailing desire within the Leave movement. In fact, it's amazing how the quickly and seamlessly the Ultras have seized the agenda. The Softies have barely put up a fight.
....and in further good news the OECD have just said that reversing Brexit would boost the economy. So good news for the many if not the Tory fruitcakes
In Singapore the state also spends just 14% of gdp compared to 42% in the UK and taxes just 17% of gdp compared to 36% in the UK.
It is also not the case that all European rail is fully nationalised, even Sweden has some private rail companies, though I accept UK public opinion favours rail renationalisation at the moment
But where is rail renationalisation in the list of priorities? How many of those who commute by car for example want umpteen billions spent on the trains versus the NHS? Where Corbyn's Labour is utterly exposed is in believing they can have all of these things.
Railtrack collapsed and has already been replaced by Network Rail . I think the intention is to return the services to the public sector as existing franchises expire. Not much cost involved there.
And much of the issues across the country these days in terms of poor service is due to the publically owned Network Rail not the private companies.
I think he's just trying to convince himself. Cliff-edge Brexit is now the prevailing desire within the Leave movement. In fact, it's amazing how the quickly and seamlessly the Ultras have seized the agenda. The Softies have barely put up a fight.
....and in further good news the OECD have just said that reversing Brexit would boost the economy. So good news for the many if not the Tory fruitcakes
I think he's just trying to convince himself. Cliff-edge Brexit is now the prevailing desire within the Leave movement. In fact, it's amazing how the quickly and seamlessly the Ultras have seized the agenda. The Softies have barely put up a fight.
....and in further good news the OECD have just said that reversing Brexit would boost the economy. So good news for the many if not the Tory fruitcakes
I think he's just trying to convince himself. Cliff-edge Brexit is now the prevailing desire within the Leave movement. In fact, it's amazing how the quickly and seamlessly the Ultras have seized the agenda. The Softies have barely put up a fight.
....and in further good news the OECD have just said that reversing Brexit would boost the economy. So good news for the many if not the Tory fruitcakes
I think he's just trying to convince himself. Cliff-edge Brexit is now the prevailing desire within the Leave movement. In fact, it's amazing how the quickly and seamlessly the Ultras have seized the agenda. The Softies have barely put up a fight.
....and in further good news the OECD have just said that reversing Brexit would boost the economy. So good news for the many if not the Tory fruitcakes
I think he's just trying to convince himself. Cliff-edge Brexit is now the prevailing desire within the Leave movement. In fact, it's amazing how the quickly and seamlessly the Ultras have seized the agenda. The Softies have barely put up a fight.
....and in further good news the OECD have just said that reversing Brexit would boost the economy. So good news for the many if not the Tory fruitcakes
David Davis is the only Leave leader to have engaged with Brexit and it seems to have broken him. I regret that. Credit to him for trying.
Nope. He gave himself the job which suggested he had prepared for it and would have a plan to execute. He had not thought about it more than he thought he would like the job and evidently has no plan.
David Davis is the only Leave leader to have engaged with Brexit and it seems to have broken him. I regret that. Credit to him for trying.
Nope. He gave himself the job which suggested he had prepared for it and would have a plan to execute. He had not thought about it more than he thought he would like the job and evidently has no plan.
This tweet needs to be shared more often, he's a pound shop Sion Simon
I think he's just trying to convince himself. Cliff-edge Brexit is now the prevailing desire within the Leave movement. In fact, it's amazing how the quickly and seamlessly the Ultras have seized the agenda. The Softies have barely put up a fight.
....and in further good news the OECD have just said that reversing Brexit would boost the economy. So good news for the many if not the Tory fruitcakes
It's reasonably obvious, from replies downthread, who the allegations are about... only a matter of time before names are named.
I think it’s safe to say we should not speculate, I think OGH enjoys having money.
That is the real story of Weinstein.
Sexual harrassment in the workplace is very common in many workplaces, particularly in areas relying on patronage and networking. Jounalism, Media and politics all come into this basket, as we Lib Dems know.
David Davis is the only Leave leader to have engaged with Brexit and it seems to have broken him. I regret that. Credit to him for trying.
Nope. He gave himself the job which suggested he had prepared for it and would have a plan to execute. He had not thought about it more than he thought he would like the job and evidently has no plan.
This tweet needs to be shared more often, he's a pound shop Sion Simon
I feel a twinge of sympathy for DD. Regardless of his other failures - losing the Tory leadership contest, the civil-liberties crusade that never was - he'll be remembered as the greater Brexit negotiator who only managed to delivery WTO terms. A sad and humiliating legacy for him, though he won't be alone.
It's reasonably obvious, from replies downthread, who the allegations are about... only a matter of time before names are named.
I think it’s safe to say we should not speculate, I think OGH enjoys having money.
That is the real story of Weinstein.
Sexual harrassment in the workplace is very common in many workplaces, particularly in areas relying on patronage and networking. Jounalism, Media and politics all come into this basket, as we Lib Dems know.
I would have liked to comment on the previous so I will.
My experience of betting (on horses not politics) is there is often a herd instinct. I once attended Lingfield for a routine Polytrack meeting and didn't look at the form or buy a racecard. I simply followed the money all afternoon - if a horse was backed in a race at whatever the price, I backed it.
I made money - not a lot and less than if I had taken the best prices about the supported horses but money was made. So much then for form analysis, paddock inspection and the like - simply follow what the shrewdies are doing and clean up.
Information is king and knowing it before everyone else makes you top dog. We all gasp at tweets showing "fascinating" or "surprising" poll numbers in advance (expectations not always delivered) but to close out that position or go in further is based on instinct or if you're really lucky, prior knowledge.
It's reasonably obvious, from replies downthread, who the allegations are about... only a matter of time before names are named.
I think it’s safe to say we should not speculate, I think OGH enjoys having money.
That is the real story of Weinstein.
Sexual harrassment in the workplace is very common in many workplaces, particularly in areas relying on patronage and networking. Jounalism, Media and politics all come into this basket, as we Lib Dems know.
TMay is, of course, effing useless. But I do feel she was dealt a bum-hand by Cameron, who did absolutely no contingency planning for what was a distinctly possible outcome of the referendum he called, and then just walked away when it didn't go his way. He should be getting a hell of a lot more flack for all this than he is currently getting.
David Davis is the only Leave leader to have engaged with Brexit and it seems to have broken him. I regret that. Credit to him for trying.
Nope. He gave himself the job which suggested he had prepared for it and would have a plan to execute. He had not thought about it more than he thought he would like the job and evidently has no plan.
This tweet needs to be shared more often, he's a pound shop Sion Simon
I feel a twinge of sympathy for DD. Regardless of his other failures - losing the Tory leadership contest, the civil-liberties crusade that never was - he'll be remembered as the greater Brexit negotiator who only managed to delivery WTO terms. A sad and humiliating legacy for him, though he won't be alone.
No sympathy, he's a preening twat, has always been a preening twat, and always will be a preening twat.
The fact he's a hypocrite as well too.
Going to European courts to stop the government, introducing a de facto ID cards for EU citizens post Brexit, and opposing same sex marriage isn't the sign of a civil libertarian, the opposite in fact.
TMay is, of course, effing useless. But I do feel she was dealt a bum-hand by Cameron, who did absolutely no contingency planning for what was a distinctly possible outcome of the referendum he called, and then just walked away when it didn't go his way. He should be getting a hell of a lot more flack for all this than he is currently getting.
I couldn't agree more. In particular, the "Cameron was so much better than May" schtick doesn't really go anywhere, because May is Cameron's legacy. The worse she sucks, the worse he looks.
Also, giving Work & Pensions to IDS is looking to have been a major unforced error.
I'm undecided whether we're just being softened up for the inevitable failure, or cliff-edge Brexit was the secret plan all along. I'm hoping the former, as the latter would indicate the most egregious example of political cynicism I've ever encountered.
I'm undecided whether we're just being softened up for the inevitable failure, or cliff-edge Brexit was the secret plan all along. I'm hoping the former, as the latter would indicate the most egregious example of political cynicism I've ever encountered.
The referendum campaign all makes sense if you think Boris et al weren't expecting to win, but solely focused on the next Tory leadership contest.
It's reasonably obvious, from replies downthread, who the allegations are about... only a matter of time before names are named.
I think it’s safe to say we should not speculate, I think OGH enjoys having money.
That is the real story of Weinstein.
Sexual harrassment in the workplace is very common in many workplaces, particularly in areas relying on patronage and networking. Jounalism, Media and politics all come into this basket, as we Lib Dems know.
The point that she's missing with Weinstein is that his relationships with young starlets were for the most part transactional. He pays them in kind with parts in his movies.
It's in no way reasonable but little different from Mrs Trump who clearly wasn't seduced by Donald's good looks or any number of middle aged men who travel to Thailand and have sex with young Thai girls with the promise of a fee.
I'm undecided whether we're just being softened up for the inevitable failure, or cliff-edge Brexit was the secret plan all along. I'm hoping the former, as the latter would indicate the most egregious example of political cynicism I've ever encountered.
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" is an exceptionally sound principle.
Mr. Z, indeed, the Battle of Arausio springs to mind.
The Romans were facing a tribe, the Cimbri, to whom they'd lost a number of major battles in recent history. They were also massively outnumbered. Yet, despite that, the two co-leaders of the army loathed one another so much they didn't co-ordinate tactics at all.
The loss of the Roman army was pretty much total.
As an aside, one of the chaps, Quintus Servilis Caepio, is also reputed to have made the largest theft in history. The billions of pounds worth of gold he nicked has never been found.
I'm undecided whether we're just being softened up for the inevitable failure, or cliff-edge Brexit was the secret plan all along. I'm hoping the former, as the latter would indicate the most egregious example of political cynicism I've ever encountered.
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" is an exceptionally sound principle.
Quite so. Most people are not vindictive, they are just inadequate.
It's reasonably obvious, from replies downthread, who the allegations are about... only a matter of time before names are named.
I think it’s safe to say we should not speculate, I think OGH enjoys having money.
That is the real story of Weinstein.
Sexual harrassment in the workplace is very common in many workplaces, particularly in areas relying on patronage and networking. Jounalism, Media and politics all come into this basket, as we Lib Dems know.
That was in America, but as I said careers where patronage and networking make a difference are very vulnerable to this. I suspect Britain is not far different.
I cannot say that I have been aware of sexual harrassment during my working life in Leicester Hospitals. It may just be that as a middle aged white bloke, I am not likely to be harrassed!
It's reasonably obvious, from replies downthread, who the allegations are about... only a matter of time before names are named.
I think it’s safe to say we should not speculate, I think OGH enjoys having money.
That is the real story of Weinstein.
Sexual harrassment in the workplace is very common in many workplaces, particularly in areas relying on patronage and networking. Jounalism, Media and politics all come into this basket, as we Lib Dems know.
That was in America, but as I said careers where patronage and networking make a difference are very vulnerable to this. I suspect Britain is not far different.
I cannot say that I have been aware of sexual harrassment during my working life in Leicester Hospitals. It may just be that as a middle aged white bloke, I am not likely to be harrassed!
I think the question for us middle-aged white blokes (assuming we're not guilty of harassment ourselves) is whether we've witnessed it, and if so, whether we've done anything about it.
I have a 2010 diesel Corsa and suspect it's probably better than most modern diesels.
That was a truly fascinating and informative article. Thank you.
It gives me another reason to run my old faithful with 150,000 exactly on the clock for another couple of years too!
It was a deeply annoying article; one where the author wanted a certain conclusion and was (shock, horror) surprised when he didn't get the one he wanted. A lot of waffle for very few facts.
It's reasonably obvious, from replies downthread, who the allegations are about... only a matter of time before names are named.
I think it’s safe to say we should not speculate, I think OGH enjoys having money.
That is the real story of Weinstein.
Sexual harrassment in the workplace is very common in many workplaces, particularly in areas relying on patronage and networking. Jounalism, Media and politics all come into this basket, as we Lib Dems know.
That was in America, but as I said careers where patronage and networking make a difference are very vulnerable to this. I suspect Britain is not far different.
I cannot say that I have been aware of sexual harrassment during my working life in Leicester Hospitals. It may just be that as a middle aged white bloke, I am not likely to be harrassed!
I think the question for us middle-aged white blokes (assuming we're not guilty of harassment ourselves) is whether we've witnessed it, and if so, whether we've done anything about it.
I haven't witnessed it, and have mentored a number of female junior doctors through a number of personal and professional difficulties, none of whom have raised it.
I ha ve my office arranged so that whoever I am meeting is closer to the door, and try to keep such meetings within work hours, so that there are others in the office suite.
Nothing wrong with public ownership or any of the policies associated with old mainsream Labour -the Labour of Attlee, Wilson and Callaghan. But there is something very very very wrong with Corbyn and mcDonnell who are hard left Marxists trying to re-invent themselves into the mainstream.
It's reasonably obvious, from replies downthread, who the allegations are about... only a matter of time before names are named.
I think it’s safe to say we should not speculate, I think OGH enjoys having money.
That is the real story of Weinstein.
Sexual harrassment in the workplace is very common in many workplaces, particularly in areas relying on patronage and networking. Jounalism, Media and politics all come into this basket, as we Lib Dems know.
That was in America, but as I said careers where patronage and networking make a difference are very vulnerable to this. I suspect Britain is not far different.
I cannot say that I have been aware of sexual harrassment during my working life in Leicester Hospitals. It may just be that as a middle aged white bloke, I am not likely to be harrassed!
I think the question for us middle-aged white blokes (assuming we're not guilty of harassment ourselves) is whether we've witnessed it, and if so, whether we've done anything about it.
I haven't witnessed it, and have mentored a number of female junior doctors through a number of personal and professional difficulties, none of whom have raised it.
I ha ve my office arranged so that whoever I am meeting is closer to the door, and try to keep such meetings within work hours, so that there are others in the office suite.
You are very wise to organise your meetings in such a manner. But if you have not noticed abuses, perhaps it is time to ask whether your eyes have been fully open. Because in organisations as big as a hospital, it *will* happen.
Workplace romances are a difficult area to navigate, and the maps should be annotated with 'there be dragons', in every sense. Then there are those few sick doctors and nurses who prey on patients ...
If you have any authority over another person, you need to be really careful about how you start a personal relationship with that person.
I have a problem in that i believe companies that work well, deliver and dont rip off customers, shareholders and workers should be the norm. Also a good employer doent need a union because they put their employies first. Whay has capitalism lost the sense of the common good so everyone benifits?
Mr. Z, indeed, the Battle of Arausio springs to mind.
The Romans were facing a tribe, the Cimbri, to whom they'd lost a number of major battles in recent history. They were also massively outnumbered. Yet, despite that, the two co-leaders of the army loathed one another so much they didn't co-ordinate tactics at all.
The loss of the Roman army was pretty much total.
As an aside, one of the chaps, Quintus Servilis Caepio, is also reputed to have made the largest theft in history. The billions of pounds worth of gold he nicked has never been found.
And with that, I must be off.
Did he take the gold to what is now Nigeria? I wonder!
I have a 2010 diesel Corsa and suspect it's probably better than most modern diesels.
That was a truly fascinating and informative article. Thank you.
It gives me another reason to run my old faithful with 150,000 exactly on the clock for another couple of years too!
It was a deeply annoying article; one where the author wanted a certain conclusion and was (shock, horror) surprised when he didn't get the one he wanted. A lot of waffle for very few facts.
(A bit like my posts, then ... )
That's probably fair, I should have said read the intro and then skip to the end. But I find the stuff about the tests being completely disconnected from reality very depressing.
One stat I did like was the fuel efficiency of the 23 year-old Golf. I guess it compares well with modern petrol cars on the basis that cars have probably become heavier over the years.
It's reasonably obvious, from replies downthread, who the allegations are about... only a matter of time before names are named.
I think it’s safe to say we should not speculate, I think OGH enjoys having money.
That is the real story of Weinstein.
Sexual harrassment in the workplace is very common in many workplaces, particularly in areas relying on patronage and networking. Jounalism, Media and politics all come into this basket, as we Lib Dems know.
That was in America, but as I said careers where patronage and networking make a difference are very vulnerable to this. I suspect Britain is not far different.
I cannot say that I have been aware of sexual harrassment during my working life in Leicester Hospitals. It may just be that as a middle aged white bloke, I am not likely to be harrassed!
I think the question for us middle-aged white blokes (assuming we're not guilty of harassment ourselves) is whether we've witnessed it, and if so, whether we've done anything about it.
I haven't witnessed it, and have mentored a number of female junior doctors through a number of personal and professional difficulties, none of whom have raised it.
I ha ve my office arranged so that whoever I am meeting is closer to the door, and try to keep such meetings within work hours, so that there are others in the office suite.
You are very wise to organise your meetings in such a manner. But if you have not noticed abuses, perhaps it is time to ask whether your eyes have been fully open. Because in organisations as big as a hospital, it *will* happen.
Workplace romances are a difficult area to navigate, and the maps should be annotated with 'there be dragons', in every sense. Then there are those few sick doctors and nurses who prey on patients ...
If you have any authority over another person, you need to be really careful about how you start a personal relationship with that person.
It's reasonably obvious, from replies downthread, who the allegations are about... only a matter of time before names are named.
I think it’s safe to say we should not speculate, I think OGH enjoys having money.
That is the real story of Weinstein.
Sexual harrassment in the workplace is very common in many workplaces, particularly in areas relying on patronage and networking. Jounalism, Media and politics all come into this basket, as we Lib Dems know.
That was in America, but as I said careers where patronage and networking make a difference are very vulnerable to this. I suspect Britain is not far different.
I cannot say that I have been aware of sexual harrassment during my working life in Leicester Hospitals. It may just be that as a middle aged white bloke, I am not likely to be harrassed!
I think the question for us middle-aged white blokes (assuming we're not guilty of harassment ourselves) is whether we've witnessed it, and if so, whether we've done anything about it.
I haven't witnessed it, and have mentored a number of female junior doctors through a number of personal and professional difficulties, none of whom have raised it.
I ha ve my office arranged so that whoever I am meeting is closer to the door, and try to keep such meetings within work hours, so that there are others in the office suite.
I suspect, indeed I'm reasonably sure that, as an elderly white bloke, I've been guilty, ever so many years ago, of what in today's terms would be called harassment. However, when I was working the NHS, I followed Dr Fox's rule. Although I knew people who didn't. And I knew people who set out to be paternalistic.
I have a problem in that i believe companies that work well, deliver and dont rip off customers, shareholders and workers should be the norm. Also a good employer doent need a union because they put their employies first. Whay has capitalism lost the sense of the common good so everyone benifits?
I think you are confusing capitalism with something else. Check out the Chimney Sweep Acts, and why there are Plimsoll lines on ships.
When is someone going to put this failing government out of its misery?
4.5 years from now.
It will need the DUP or a few by elections!
The DUP will be the key - Tory by-elections seem fairly rare, and while the Tories might hope to ditch May and get a new leader in who leads to a polling bump they can try to take advantage of, with Brexit at best being messy, that seems unlikely to me.
It's reasonably obvious, from replies downthread, who the allegations are about... only a matter of time before names are named.
I think it’s safe to say we should not speculate, I think OGH enjoys having money.
That is the real story of Weinstein.
Sexual harrassment in the workplace is very common in many workplaces, particularly in areas relying on patronage and networking. Jounalism, Media and politics all come into this basket, as we Lib Dems know.
That was in America, but as I said careers where patronage and networking make a difference are very vulnerable to this. I suspect Britain is not far different.
I cannot say that I have been aware of sexual harrassment during my working life in Leicester Hospitals. It may just be that as a middle aged white bloke, I am not likely to be harrassed!
I think the question for us middle-aged white blokes (assuming we're not guilty of harassment ourselves) is whether we've witnessed it, and if so, whether we've done anything about it.
I haven't witnessed it, and have mentored a number of female junior doctors through a number of personal and professional difficulties, none of whom have raised it.
I ha ve my office arranged so that whoever I am meeting is closer to the door, and try to keep such meetings within work hours, so that there are others in the office suite.
You are very wise to organise your meetings in such a manner. But if you have not noticed abuses, perhaps it is time to ask whether your eyes have been fully open. Because in organisations as big as a hospital, it *will* happen.
Workplace romances are a difficult area to navigate, and the maps should be annotated with 'there be dragons', in every sense. Then there are those few sick doctors and nurses who prey on patients ...
If you have any authority over another person, you need to be really careful about how you start a personal relationship with that person.
I have a problem in that i believe companies that work well, deliver and dont rip off customers, shareholders and workers should be the norm. Also a good employer doent need a union because they put their employies first. Whay has capitalism lost the sense of the common good so everyone benifits?
I think you are confusing capitalism with something else. Check out the Chimney Sweep Acts, and why there are Plimsoll lines on ships.
Understand the chimney sweep reference but not the plimsol line, is it related to slavery
I have a problem in that i believe companies that work well, deliver and dont rip off customers, shareholders and workers should be the norm. Also a good employer doent need a union because they put their employies first. Whay has capitalism lost the sense of the common good so everyone benifits?
I think you are confusing capitalism with something else. Check out the Chimney Sweep Acts, and why there are Plimsoll lines on ships.
Understand the chimney sweep reference but not the plimsol line, is it related to slavery
Plimsoll lines wee introduced after a Parliamentary campaign by Samuel Plimsoll because overloaded ships were sinking, consequently drowning sailors. The cargos were, of course, insured.
When I started dating Mrs J, there was a certain 'dance' that we both went through. I was her project manager (not line manager), and we both were rather careful. The first thing we did after we got personal (ahem) was tell our respective bosses, even if no-one else in the company got to know about it for a year. My boss had a chat with Mrs J, and Mrs J's boss with me, to check that there was no dodgeiness. Since her boss was a strict Catholic, the conversation was rather hilarious. "Are your intentions honourable?"
We need to allow people to form relationships at work (within reason - teachers and over-16 pupils being a case otherwise), whilst ensuring that abuse does not occur. That can be a very fine line.
I have a problem in that i believe companies that work well, deliver and dont rip off customers, shareholders and workers should be the norm. Also a good employer doent need a union because they put their employies first. Whay has capitalism lost the sense of the common good so everyone benifits?
I think you are confusing capitalism with something else. Check out the Chimney Sweep Acts, and why there are Plimsoll lines on ships.
Understand the chimney sweep reference but not the plimsol line, is it related to slavery
Plimsoll lines wee introduced after a Parliamentary campaign by Samuel Plimsoll because overloaded ships were sinking, consequently drowning sailors. The cargos were, of course, insured.
The point being that unscrpulous employers put profit before safey
I have a problem in that i believe companies that work well, deliver and dont rip off customers, shareholders and workers should be the norm. Also a good employer doent need a union because they put their employies first. Whay has capitalism lost the sense of the common good so everyone benifits?
I think you are confusing capitalism with something else. Check out the Chimney Sweep Acts, and why there are Plimsoll lines on ships.
Understand the chimney sweep reference but not the plimsol line, is it related to slavery
Plimsoll lines wee introduced after a Parliamentary campaign by Samuel Plimsoll because overloaded ships were sinking, consequently drowning sailors. The cargos were, of course, insured.
The point being that unscrpulous employers put profit before safey
When I started dating Mrs J, there was a certain 'dance' that we both went through. I was her project manager (not line manager), and we both were rather careful. The first thing we did after we got personal (ahem) was tell our respective bosses, even if no-one else in the company got to know about it for a year. My boss had a chat with Mrs J, and Mrs J's boss with me, to check that there was no dodgeiness. Since her boss was a strict Catholic, the conversation was rather hilarious. "Are your intentions honourable?"
We need to allow people to form relationships at work (within reason - teachers and over-16 pupils being a case otherwise), whilst ensuring that abuse does not occur. That can be a very fine line.
At times at the ONS it felt like you were weird if you weren't seeing/married to another member of staff!
I have a problem in that i believe companies that work well, deliver and dont rip off customers, shareholders and workers should be the norm. Also a good employer doent need a union because they put their employies first. Whay has capitalism lost the sense of the common good so everyone benifits?
I think you are confusing capitalism with something else. Check out the Chimney Sweep Acts, and why there are Plimsoll lines on ships.
Understand the chimney sweep reference but not the plimsol line, is it related to slavery
Plimsoll lines wee introduced after a Parliamentary campaign by Samuel Plimsoll because overloaded ships were sinking, consequently drowning sailors. The cargos were, of course, insured.
The point being that unscrpulous employers put profit before safey
Indeed.
My view is unrealistic in the real world but the companies that grow prgressively balance staff, shareholders and profit. It is good business but there are greedy people in the world
When I started dating Mrs J, there was a certain 'dance' that we both went through. I was her project manager (not line manager), and we both were rather careful. The first thing we did after we got personal (ahem) was tell our respective bosses, even if no-one else in the company got to know about it for a year. My boss had a chat with Mrs J, and Mrs J's boss with me, to check that there was no dodgeiness. Since her boss was a strict Catholic, the conversation was rather hilarious. "Are your intentions honourable?"
We need to allow people to form relationships at work (within reason - teachers and over-16 pupils being a case otherwise), whilst ensuring that abuse does not occur. That can be a very fine line.
This seems to be catching. My wife was a trainee geologist on my rig and I was her first supervisor. We married 3 years to the day after we met. As with JJ we told our bosses as soon as we became involved and after that were no longer allowed to work on the same rigs together which was fair enough. Though the company did try to make sure that , if we were willing to put in the extra time involved, they would try and keep our offshore rotations synchronised.
At the same time I met my wife, another female geologist working for Shell had just married her long time partner. Even though their boss had known about their relationship, Shell's official policy was a complete ban on workplace relationships and so they tried to transfer then both to different parts of the world. Needless to say they both quit immediately and went to work for a more understanding company.
When I started dating Mrs J, there was a certain 'dance' that we both went through. I was her project manager (not line manager), and we both were rather careful. The first thing we did after we got personal (ahem) was tell our respective bosses, even if no-one else in the company got to know about it for a year. My boss had a chat with Mrs J, and Mrs J's boss with me, to check that there was no dodgeiness. Since her boss was a strict Catholic, the conversation was rather hilarious. "Are your intentions honourable?"
We need to allow people to form relationships at work (within reason - teachers and over-16 pupils being a case otherwise), whilst ensuring that abuse does not occur. That can be a very fine line.
At times at the ONS it felt like you were weird if you weren't seeing/married to another member of staff!
No interstaff relationships at my work (So far as I know !), though there is alot of carry on (Yes it is both ways before anyone asks) between my subordinates and the workshop. I stay out of the 50 shades of mild steel
When I started dating Mrs J, there was a certain 'dance' that we both went through. I was her project manager (not line manager), and we both were rather careful. The first thing we did after we got personal (ahem) was tell our respective bosses, even if no-one else in the company got to know about it for a year. My boss had a chat with Mrs J, and Mrs J's boss with me, to check that there was no dodgeiness. Since her boss was a strict Catholic, the conversation was rather hilarious. "Are your intentions honourable?"
We need to allow people to form relationships at work (within reason - teachers and over-16 pupils being a case otherwise), whilst ensuring that abuse does not occur. That can be a very fine line.
At times at the ONS it felt like you were weird if you weren't seeing/married to another member of staff!
I always think being married to someone at the same organisation is dangerous - I have known husband-and-wife combinations get redundancies on the same day from the same org. For this reason, soon after Mrs J started living with me, we moved to different companies. (or at least one of us did).
I have a problem in that i believe companies that work well, deliver and dont rip off customers, shareholders and workers should be the norm. Also a good employer doent need a union because they put their employies first. Whay has capitalism lost the sense of the common good so everyone benifits?
I think you are confusing capitalism with something else. Check out the Chimney Sweep Acts, and why there are Plimsoll lines on ships.
Understand the chimney sweep reference but not the plimsol line, is it related to slavery
Plimsoll lines wee introduced after a Parliamentary campaign by Samuel Plimsoll because overloaded ships were sinking, consequently drowning sailors. The cargos were, of course, insured.
The point being that unscrpulous employers put profit before safey
Indeed.
My view is unrealistic in the real world but the companies that grow prgressively balance staff, shareholders and profit. It is good business but there are greedy people in the world
I think you are absolutely right. I am not sure I would legislate overly to force them to do so beyond what we have now but I do think educating companies as to the advantages of having a happy balance is a good way forward.
I have a problem in that i believe companies that work well, deliver and dont rip off customers, shareholders and workers should be the norm. Also a good employer doent need a union because they put their employies first. Whay has capitalism lost the sense of the common good so everyone benifits?
I think you are confusing capitalism with something else. Check out the Chimney Sweep Acts, and why there are Plimsoll lines on ships.
Understand the chimney sweep reference but not the plimsol line, is it related to slavery
Plimsoll lines wee introduced after a Parliamentary campaign by Samuel Plimsoll because overloaded ships were sinking, consequently drowning sailors. The cargos were, of course, insured.
The point being that unscrpulous employers put profit before safey
Indeed.
My view is unrealistic in the real world but the companies that grow prgressively balance staff, shareholders and profit. It is good business but there are greedy people in the world
I think you are absolutely right. I am not sure I would legislate overly to force them to do so beyond what we have now but I do think educating companies as to the advantages of having a happy balance is a good way forward.
Recruitment and training is an absolute ballache. I try and make clear how much I value my team at the annual appraisal. But he sets the pay awards !
I have a problem in that i believe companies that work well, deliver and dont rip off customers, shareholders and workers should be the norm. Also a good employer doent need a union because they put their employies first. Whay has capitalism lost the sense of the common good so everyone benifits?
I think you are confusing capitalism with something else. Check out the Chimney Sweep Acts, and why there are Plimsoll lines on ships.
Understand the chimney sweep reference but not the plimsol line, is it related to slavery
Plimsoll lines wee introduced after a Parliamentary campaign by Samuel Plimsoll because overloaded ships were sinking, consequently drowning sailors. The cargos were, of course, insured.
Samuel Plimsoll was a classic case of how MPs should not just tackle issues their constituents are concerned with. As MP for Derby, he was about as far from the sea as you can get (*), but he did his best work for advancing the cause of seamen.
When I started dating Mrs J, there was a certain 'dance' that we both went through. I was her project manager (not line manager), and we both were rather careful. The first thing we did after we got personal (ahem) was tell our respective bosses, even if no-one else in the company got to know about it for a year. My boss had a chat with Mrs J, and Mrs J's boss with me, to check that there was no dodgeiness. Since her boss was a strict Catholic, the conversation was rather hilarious. "Are your intentions honourable?"
We need to allow people to form relationships at work (within reason - teachers and over-16 pupils being a case otherwise), whilst ensuring that abuse does not occur. That can be a very fine line.
At times at the ONS it felt like you were weird if you weren't seeing/married to another member of staff!
I always think being married to someone at the same organisation is dangerous - I have known husband-and-wife combinations get redundancies on the same day from the same org. For this reason, soon after Mrs J started living with me, we moved to different companies. (or at least one of us did).
Yes, that's true. A friend of mine married his boss (she interviewed and gave him the job in the first place which I find amusing), and she left soon after they started seeing each other to go to another company.
I have a problem in that i believe companies that work well, deliver and dont rip off customers, shareholders and workers should be the norm. Also a good employer doent need a union because they put their employies first. Whay has capitalism lost the sense of the common good so everyone benifits?
I think you are confusing capitalism with something else. Check out the Chimney Sweep Acts, and why there are Plimsoll lines on ships.
Understand the chimney sweep reference but not the plimsol line, is it related to slavery
Plimsoll lines wee introduced after a Parliamentary campaign by Samuel Plimsoll because overloaded ships were sinking, consequently drowning sailors. The cargos were, of course, insured.
The point being that unscrpulous employers put profit before safey
Indeed.
My view is unrealistic in the real world but the companies that grow prgressively balance staff, shareholders and profit. It is good business but there are greedy people in the world
I think you are absolutely right. I am not sure I would legislate overly to force them to do so beyond what we have now but I do think educating companies as to the advantages of having a happy balance is a good way forward.
I thought the whole point of the telly tax was that bbc was to make programmes for the public good and not for ratings?
Ain't really going to help catch criminals anymore, if no-one's watching it.
It was up against Cold Feet and Broadchurch: good programs, but I'm unsure that they're for the 'public good'. When the BBC chase ratings, the public loses.
I thought the whole point of the telly tax was that bbc was to make programmes for the public good and not for ratings?
Ain't really going to help catch criminals anymore, if no-one's watching it.
It rarely made a difference in solving crimes even at its peak - I remember reading that only about 15 cases out of the hundreds they featured were solved from evidence obtained from people phoning into crimewatch. Mostly it was about the fear factor from showing the crime re-enactments, which were always good for ratings.
An interesting (though technical) article about how the Cold War in space has never really ended, and how a small Yorkshire spot called Menwith Hill might be of global importance:
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If they could stop all the money going to the head of the household, then we're cooking on gas.
I also wonder where Brexit would come in the priorities of a Labour government taking office under the terms of the FTPA. They wouldn't be looking at the usual 5 year term.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41652416
Is that the same OECD that said joining the ERM was a good idea?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Wednesday
https://twitter.com/youngvulgarian/status/920322079878275072
It's reasonably obvious, from replies downthread, who the allegations are about... only a matter of time before names are named.
https://twitter.com/DavidDavisMP/status/735770073822961664
Sexual harrassment in the workplace is very common in many workplaces, particularly in areas relying on patronage and networking. Jounalism, Media and politics all come into this basket, as we Lib Dems know.
As we Doctors say: There is a lot of it about!
https://twitter.com/kezdugdale/status/920228805310107648
I hope OGH's turn at Westminster went well.
I would have liked to comment on the previous so I will.
My experience of betting (on horses not politics) is there is often a herd instinct. I once attended Lingfield for a routine Polytrack meeting and didn't look at the form or buy a racecard. I simply followed the money all afternoon - if a horse was backed in a race at whatever the price, I backed it.
I made money - not a lot and less than if I had taken the best prices about the supported horses but money was made. So much then for form analysis, paddock inspection and the like - simply follow what the shrewdies are doing and clean up.
Information is king and knowing it before everyone else makes you top dog. We all gasp at tweets showing "fascinating" or "surprising" poll numbers in advance (expectations not always delivered) but to close out that position or go in further is based on instinct or if you're really lucky, prior knowledge.
https://twitter.com/dannyctkemp/status/920297918850007040
30 = 30%, and the text makes clear this is harassment by male colleagues, not patients.
As we laymen say: Physician, heal thyself.
The fact he's a hypocrite as well too.
Going to European courts to stop the government, introducing a de facto ID cards for EU citizens post Brexit, and opposing same sex marriage isn't the sign of a civil libertarian, the opposite in fact.
https://twitter.com/MrHarryCole/status/920335444235169792
We haven't invaded a foreign country under it. Beats Blair's term by a mile because of that.
Remember when Dr Fox said getting a deal with the EU would be the easiest thing in the world.
She put Boris, DD, and Liam Fox in key Brexit roles and let the fuck up.
That's great karma.
Also, giving Work & Pensions to IDS is looking to have been a major unforced error.
It's in no way reasonable but little different from Mrs Trump who clearly wasn't seduced by Donald's good looks or any number of middle aged men who travel to Thailand and have sex with young Thai girls with the promise of a fee.
Clement Attlee should be regarded as a national disgrace for his role in the partition of India.
But he set up the NHS so people love him.
https://tinyurl.com/y8cj3jzw
I have a 2010 diesel Corsa and suspect it's probably better than most modern diesels.
The Romans were facing a tribe, the Cimbri, to whom they'd lost a number of major battles in recent history. They were also massively outnumbered. Yet, despite that, the two co-leaders of the army loathed one another so much they didn't co-ordinate tactics at all.
The loss of the Roman army was pretty much total.
As an aside, one of the chaps, Quintus Servilis Caepio, is also reputed to have made the largest theft in history. The billions of pounds worth of gold he nicked has never been found.
And with that, I must be off.
I cannot say that I have been aware of sexual harrassment during my working life in Leicester Hospitals. It may just be that as a middle aged white bloke, I am not likely to be harrassed!
It gives me another reason to run my old faithful with 150,000 exactly on the clock for another couple of years too!
My coat's on the hook by the door if anyone wants to pass it!
(A bit like my posts, then ... )
I ha ve my office arranged so that whoever I am meeting is closer to the door, and try to keep such meetings within work hours, so that there are others in the office suite.
But there is something very very very wrong with Corbyn and mcDonnell who are hard left Marxists trying to re-invent themselves into the mainstream.
Workplace romances are a difficult area to navigate, and the maps should be annotated with 'there be dragons', in every sense.
If you have any authority over another person, you need to be really careful about how you start a personal relationship with that person.
One stat I did like was the fuel efficiency of the 23 year-old Golf. I guess it compares well with modern petrol cars on the basis that cars have probably become heavier over the years.
And I knew people who set out to be paternalistic.
When I started dating Mrs J, there was a certain 'dance' that we both went through. I was her project manager (not line manager), and we both were rather careful. The first thing we did after we got personal (ahem) was tell our respective bosses, even if no-one else in the company got to know about it for a year. My boss had a chat with Mrs J, and Mrs J's boss with me, to check that there was no dodgeiness. Since her boss was a strict Catholic, the conversation was rather hilarious. "Are your intentions honourable?"
We need to allow people to form relationships at work (within reason - teachers and over-16 pupils being a case otherwise), whilst ensuring that abuse does not occur. That can be a very fine line.
At the same time I met my wife, another female geologist working for Shell had just married her long time partner. Even though their boss had known about their relationship, Shell's official policy was a complete ban on workplace relationships and so they tried to transfer then both to different parts of the world. Needless to say they both quit immediately and went to work for a more understanding company.
I stay out of the 50 shades of mild steel
But he sets the pay awards !
(*) Though the Vikings got as far as Repton ...
https://arstechnica.co.uk/cars/2017/10/tesla-fires-hundreds-of-workers/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41648972
I thought the whole point of the telly tax was that bbc was to make programmes for the public good and not for ratings?
An interesting (though technical) article about how the Cold War in space has never really ended, and how a small Yorkshire spot called Menwith Hill might be of global importance:
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3095/1