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Seaside Loafer posted:Mature student information request. After ive done my exams at the end of the month can I sign on for the summer break? I'll be looking for some temp job obviously but if I cant get one am I allowed or am I still officially employed sort of.  ) OTOH they might make an exception if you are going to be looking for full time work.
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Kegluneq posted:You're a student until you've graduated, I believe, so you probably can't sign on. (I'm currently royally hosed by a similar situation.
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Seaside Loafer posted:Mature student information request. After ive done my exams at the end of the month can I sign on for the summer break? I'll be looking for some temp job obviously but if I cant get one am I allowed or am I still officially employed sort of. You will most likely not qualify. If you are a lone parent or receiving payment for a disability then you might qualify. You would be best to check with your local citizen's advice for information on how to sort things out. Your university and the govt may also award funding depending on your student circumstances and you should talk to the student support office on campus for guidance.
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Yep, ta, will do. e: The bugger of it is that there are plently of temp shelf stacking things round here which would do me fine but ive got a criminal record which causes problems with shops etc. Never bothered the software jobs (15 years worth), they didnt even check but with shops they always do. Got a caution for a weapon and a few tickets for shoplifting, this was all a bloody long time ago, im a good boy now but they show up on the CRB check and it kinda rules you out of anything that runs a check. Might have to resort to call center, ah well it will only be for a couple of months. Seaside Loafer fucked around with this message at 13:24 on May 5, 2014 |
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Another day, another arrest for things said on Twitter: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-27282910 quote:A man has admitted posting abusive Twitter messages about the murder of school teacher Ann Maguire. This is the second arrest for offensive messages posted to the #annmaguire hashtag. I worry about how prosecution for "just" causing offence is now becoming the norm. Obviously when you get into racist/sexist/etc abuse, or direct threats and harassment, then I think yes, the Plod should be involved (and yet they almost never do, possibly because they'd never be able to get anything else done ever). However in this case while what he (is alleged to have) posted, while offensive, is not in any way menacing. Simply being offensive shouldn't result in possible imprisonment - that's a precedent that every single poster here should worry about, particularly people who celebrate the death of elderly women on national television...
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What's he supposed to have posted? I wasn't sure whether it was something along the lines of "ha ha she got what she deserved" or if he was posting the kid's name online.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:
Yes, but if you read past the Ann Maguire hook, you will see Sandra White, prosecuting posted:
And he has some community order already, so it's not quite as simple as "arresting him for saying nasty things about that poor dead teacher".
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Umiapik posted:What's he supposed to have posted? I wasn't sure whether it was something along the lines of "ha ha she got what she deserved" or if he was posting the kid's name online. Googling his name will get what he (is alleged to have) posted - I'm leery enough of contempt of court not to repost it directly. schadenfraud posted:Yes, but if you read past the Ann Maguire hook, you will see Yeah, but he was arrested by South Yorkshire Police specifically for the Maguire tweet.
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They got Al Capone for tax evasion. Just saying.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Another day, another arrest for things said on Twitter: Wait wait... what was that last bit again? To be honest I was lucky the reporter didn't ask for my name or I'd have probably been splashed across the Mail front page like that Scottish primary school teacher was.
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Ddraig posted:They got Al Capone for tax evasion. Just saying. Tax evasion is money laundering though. That's still a big thing on the list of crimes.
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The day I make the list of History's Greatest Monsters is the day I know I've made it.
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Brovine posted:Just in case you thought Jamie Oliver was in any way a decent person: I know the article's old but I do love how he thinks UKIP of all people will support his healthy eating crusade. They'll turn around and tell him to jog on because we don't need any nanny state interference.
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He probably thinks they're 'mixing it up a bit' and 'keeping it fresh' - like when you throw pasta into the air from behind your back instead of just putting it in the pot, except 9 times out of 10 you end up making a mess of the kitchen  He probably enjoys their approach to tax though, and they'll probably let him keep his immigrant workers since they're Doing A Job No Brit Is Willing To Do, so he'd be quids in.
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My big problem with UKIP and all their supporters I've come into contact with is their constant relation of themselves with the phantom 'other guy' who is oppressing their views by 'slinging mud' at them. For some reason the specific phrase 'mud slinging' comes up a lot, like they were all told the right words to use in a meeting or something. I want you to tell me what you believe and back it up with good facts or reasoning. I don't particularly care that you aren't racist or that just as many people in other parties have racist views. Stop talking about political elitism! What do you stand for?!
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In my experience the more someone feels the need to assure others that they aren't bigoted, the more they generally are.
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murphyslaw posted:In my experience the more someone feels the need to assure others that they aren't bigoted, the more they generally are. the old "I'm not racist, but..." formula.
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Yeah as a general rule if you have to say you're not racist, you probably are. I think my favourite instance of racist weaseling was Nick Griffin on question time when he said he was strictly only involved with 'an almost entirely nonviolent chapter of the KKK'
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Ddraig posted:Yeah as a general rule if you have to say you're not racist, you probably are. Farage is on QT this week, apparently. :/ Couple of days of more of their prospects showing themselves up in public, with any luck.
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Manic_Misanthrope posted:the old "I'm not racist, but..." formula. Even better is farage doing the whole "but but but we can't be racist, I have black
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UKIP's "small & medium business spokesperson" is Pakistani, his website is an absolute delight http://www.amjadbashir.co.uk
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tdrules posted:UKIP's "small & medium business spokesperson" is Pakistani, his website is an absolute delight quote:As the son of immigrants, I was able to form my own business in the days when there were plenty of jobs. But things have changed, we now have to seriously restrict immigration to all but those that add value to our country. a.k.a, FYGM.
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That was a view echoed on Nick Robinson's 'tour of people who are anti-EU for some reason'. Magically everyone he interviewed was anti-immigration, even immigrants themselves who said that exact same line. It was ok when we did it, Britain needed us to work (there was no unemployment then y'see), but now there's just no room!
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tdrules posted:UKIP's "small & medium business spokesperson" is Pakistani, his website is an absolute delight I like the part where he says "The EU are unelected" while running to be an MEP.
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Pulling up the ladder. Not really a surprise, unpleasant people come from all over.
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tdrules posted:UKIP's "small & medium business spokesperson" is Pakistani, his website is an absolute delight Yes, the number one worst thing about the EU is the Working Time Directive: which limits the working hours of an employee to 48 hours a week unless they opt out.
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Hbomberguy posted:My big problem with UKIP and all their supporters I've come into contact with is their constant relation of themselves with the phantom 'other guy' who is oppressing their views by 'slinging mud' at them. For some reason the specific phrase 'mud slinging' comes up a lot, like they were all told the right words to use in a meeting or something. Given what they've been getting in the mail lately, mud-slinging is probably a mild euphemism! I wouldn't call it an elitist conspiracy but nonetheless I don't think it's controversial to say that there's an organised crowd who are dedicated to harassing UKIP over and above other parties. kapparomeo fucked around with this message at 22:10 on May 5, 2014 |
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kapparomeo posted:Given what they've been getting in the mail lately, mud-slinging is probably a mild euphemism! I wouldn't call it an elitist conspiracy but nonetheless I don't think it's controversial to say that there's an organised crowd who are dedicated to harassing UKIP over and above other parties. That's not what mud-slinging means though
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I honestly would not be at all surprised if they repealed the minimum wage in the name of 'being competitive' or some shite.
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kapparomeo posted:Given what they've been getting in the mail lately, mud-slinging is probably a mild euphemism! I wouldn't call it an elitist conspiracy but nonetheless I don't think it's controversial to say that there's an organised crowd who are dedicated to harassing UKIP over and above other parties. poor ukip, if only people could stop exposing their councillors/prospective elected ministers when they said racist/homophobic/ablist/xenophobic poo poo! drat, its almost like some people have a problem with a hugely bigoted party with strong links to the BNP and other fringe nazi scum, including the literal blackshirts of "britain first"! HOW DARE THEY
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Trickjaw posted:I honestly would not be at all surprised if they repealed the minimum wage in the name of 'being competitive' or some shite. They can't repeal the minimum wage officially, so instead I imagine they'll pull some other poo poo like extending apprenticeships to people up to the age of 35.
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DesperateDan posted:poor ukip, if only people could stop exposing their councillors/prospective elected ministers when they said racist/homophobic/ablist/xenophobic poo poo! Apparently, the candidate who was ditched for making those comments about Lenny Henry is - in addition to being racist - a misogynist and all-round 'vile person' according to someone who's had the misfortune of knowing him a while.
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kingturnip posted:Apparently, the candidate who was ditched for making those comments about Lenny Henry is - in addition to being racist - a misogynist and all-round 'vile person' according to someone who's had the misfortune of knowing him a while. Wow, look up "surprised" on the dulux colour chart, and douse me in it You can borrow one from a ukip member, everything past magnolia is crossed out though
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Chocolate Teapot posted:They can't repeal the minimum wage officially, so instead I imagine they'll pull some other poo poo like extending apprenticeships to people up to the age of 35. Is there something (Euro directive?) that actually blocks government from doing this? Or do you mean can't as in it would be political suicide?
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Party Boat posted:Is there something (Euro directive?) that actually blocks government from doing this? Or do you mean can't as in it would be political suicide? I'm probably remembering incorrectly truth be told. Once upon a time I'd have said political suicide, but we're in an age where they could legalise mass executions of the poor for no reason and the LashLightnings of the country would be in there like a flash.
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I was just going off the principle that a parliament cannot bind its successors - so if the government really wanted to get rid of the minimum wage, and had a majority of MPs, they absolutely could. Of course as you've said, why would they when there are so many ways around it?
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Didn't they already rabble rouse about dropping the minimum wage in the tabloids (standard water testing device) a few times before quietly dropping it? **edit fucks sake that was bad english DesperateDan fucked around with this message at 00:01 on May 6, 2014 |
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HortonNash posted:I guess I'm personally lucky in that because I have a condition that qualifies I have a medical exemption from prescription charges, otherwise it would probably cost a lot. My main prescription is a controlled substance though, so no online pharmacy for me if I didn't have the exemption. The other stuff, dressings and catheters are actually insanely expensive privately. I'm not entirely sure how the manufacturers justify the silly price of catheters. The price of pharmaceuticals and drugs continues to amaze me. Take for example paracetamol. Cheapest are tablets you swallow, next most expensive is intravenous paracetamol ( in a large glass vial with a handy doo-dad you can use to hang it from a drip stand ) and the most expensive form of paracetamol is suppositories. I cannot see how this works. Surely making a tablet and suppository should be a similar price- the inert base used for both must be a similar price. Unless glycerol is amazingly expensive. Surely manufacturing IV drugs with the glass involved and the more stringent needs for sterility would result in a higher price than something you could literally shove up your arse. But it does not.
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