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having crushed those rebellious scots, the uk plc brand is now the fourth strongest in the world, apparently http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11284281/Brand-Britain-cant-rival-Germany...even-after-the-Scots-voted-to-stay.html isn't that nice? unfortunately, everyone's living on borrowed http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11285507/Britons-are-living-beyond-their-means-says-OBR.html quote:Robert Chote, the chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), said real consumer spending over the past year had accelerated ahead of inflation-adjusted pay growth at its second fastest rate since the 1990s.
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TinTower posted:Just remembered something about the whole Andy Burnham controversy: as Health Secretary, Burnham brought in a rule that the NHS would always be the preferred bidder in tenders. In February 2010, NHS trade unions actually asked Burnham to restart the tender after the last NHS bidder dropped out, and he refused. Clegg got the situation entirely wrong though, it was the coalition that approved the private sector bid in 2011. You could argue if Labour were still in power they might have done the same but I don't recognise known unknown nonsense. Timeline: 
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tdrules posted:Clegg got the situation entirely wrong though, it was the coalition that approved the private sector bid in 2011. You could argue if Labour were still in power they might have done the same but I don't recognise known unknown nonsense. Labour would have absolutely done the same because there were no NHS bidders left by February 2010. The shortlist was nevertheless decided just before the election, instead of the tender being restarted. e: From the exact same document you've posted a page from:  TinTower fucked around with this message at 02:02 on Dec 11, 2014 |
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Are you the same guy likes to gently caress small children? No kinkshaming in this thread, please.
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Re: foodchat, some of the excuses being thrown into the ring are a bit of a stretch. The Internet is widely available and has almost too much information on cooking. I'm not trying to be unsympathetic but if you can't do the following assuming you aren't hypothetical wheelchair snowdonia man, then gently caress me get a grip: 1 onion 1 pepper 500g mince 500g pasta Pasta sauce (garlic) (herbs) 2x tablespoon oil Total cost (Asda/Lidl) : about £4-5 including the oil and poo poo. Boil water in pot. Put pasta in. Maybe put salt in. Chop pepper, chop onion. Fry mince in oil. Put in garlic and poo poo in if you want. Put veg into fry too. When it's all done, drain pasta, put meat and veg into pasta pot with pasta, put sauce on. Stir and heat for a min or two. Total time including set up and clean up: 20 mins assuming you have a kettle pre boil the water unlike the bloke who took 20 mins to get a loving pan of water boiling. I'm not going all Jamie Oliver on you here suggesting sicilian fried tomatoes from your local hipster market. This meal is not hard or expensive and lasts an individual approximately 4-5 servings. I work ten hour catering shifts as a student and can still make this. I struggle to comprehend how people cannot cook at least basic basic meals for themselves. Not to descend I to anecdotes, but my two friends who were on jobseekers still managed.
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Lord Twisted posted:Re: foodchat, some of the excuses being thrown into the ring are a bit of a stretch. The Internet is widely available and has almost too much information on cooking. Check your privilege, some people don't have electricity Or hands
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Lord Twisted posted:1 onion
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My oven is broken what healthy stuff can I cook with a food processor and a microwave?
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Kegluneq posted:I read this, and vomited explosively whilst making GBS threads my pants in outrage. I showed this to my wife and she did the same. Not making your own sauce with chopped tomatoes, how revolting. Zhe's not your wife you posessive patriarchal cis scum. And gj on assuming zhe identifies as female too.
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Kegluneq posted:I read this, and vomited explosively whilst making GBS threads my pants in outrage. I showed this to my wife and she did the same. Not making your own sauce with chopped tomatoes, how revolting. Chopped tomatoes and not a tomato/red pepper passata reduction? *shakes head sadly* Bet people are leaving out the generous teaspoon of bovril too
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Phoon posted:My oven is broken what healthy stuff can I cook with a food processor and a microwave? If you have a spare £30ish get a slow cooker, they are awesome. You can make soups in it as well as roasting lumps of meat or making casseroles.
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Zero Gravitas posted:Could be just about anybody. It's an accurate title, although maybe the Blair pic was a bit mean
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Phoon posted:My oven is broken what healthy stuff can I cook with a food processor and a microwave? if you wrap a chicken breast in foil, you can gradually cook it by carefully moving it back and forth over a candle flame.
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Are people seriously buying into the "The Poor are going hungry because they can't cook" bullshit? UKMT always gets weird over food. Let's lighten the mood and check out the latest Christmas Miracle for our favorite Christmas Card sender. Christmas is a time where we should forgive past sins after all! Or just pretend they never happened.
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What was that weird word used for kidnapping people with the tacit consent of the country the kidnapping was taking place in so they could be taken off for torture, its on the tip of my tounge, something like inducted or redacted but not those
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_renditionquote:Rendition, in law, is a transfer of persons from one jurisdiction to another, and the act of handing over, both after legal proceedings and according to law. "Extraordinary rendition," however, is a rendition which is extralegal, i.e. outside the law (see: kidnapping).
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quote:The Guardian reported on 5 December 2005, that the British government is "guilty of breaking international law if it knowingly allowed secret CIA "rendition" flights of terror suspects to land at UK airports, according to a report by American legal scholars." Tony blair wins 3rd election in 2005. quote:Word Origin and History for rendition Big toothed alien grinning bastard
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Fans posted:Are people seriously buying into the "The Poor are going hungry because they can't cook" bullshit? UKMT always gets weird over food. I'm filled with confidence.
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hookerbot 5000 posted:If you have a spare £30ish get a slow cooker, they are awesome. You can make soups in it as well as roasting lumps of meat or making casseroles. Plus it's christmas so these things are always on sale - there's a 3.5 litre one for £14 at Argos. Slow cookers are good people
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Don't buy that slow cooker from argos. My missus got one and it cracked the first time she used it and spilt everything on the counter.
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KKKlean Energy posted:Check your privilege, some people don't have electricity This, but unironically. Anyone remember this delightful story from last winter? Grauniad posted:Food banks have started to issue specially prepared "kettle boxes" to clients who cannot afford to switch on their cooker to boil pasta or rice, in the latest sign of the cost of living crisis facing Britain's poorest.
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baka kaba posted:Plus it's christmas so these things are always on sale - there's a 3.5 litre one for £14 at Argos. Slow cookers are good people Slow cookers are people? 
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Several people from this thread participated in my news discussion sentiment study a few threads back. It was anonymous so I don't know who exactly, but thank you if you did. If you're interested in how your data is being used there's some very naive early results at http://research.jscott.me/ I'm running a second study now looking at the credibility of online news systems at http://research2.jscott.me/ - it's similarly easy to do, will take 15 minutes, would help out on work working towards more representative news, and something awful is mentioned. If anyone is interested please go to http://research2.jscott.me/ and give it a go 
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I'll get that done after my beard trim, interested in your work too! Is anyone going to protest restrictions of free speech outside parliament tomorrow by getting their face sat on? That's a thing.
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Oberleutnant posted:Zhe's not your wife you posessive patriarchal cis scum. And gj on assuming zhe identifies as female too. Our female minister refused on principle to do the 'obey' bit, which we didn't want anyway  DesperateDan posted:Chopped tomatoes and not a tomato/red pepper passata reduction? She's also vegetarian so no bovril. At least quorn mince is actually pretty good. Any time I try cooking proper mince it comes out tasting like rubber.
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^^^ Whole tinned tomatoes taste way better, just mash em up in the pot. You can get a cheap hand blender if you really want a smoother consistency, but you don't need toserious gaylord posted:Don't buy that slow cooker from argos. My missus got one and it cracked the first time she used it and spilt everything on the counter. Is this a nice way of saying she dropped it? You can be honest, we're all friends here! baka kaba fucked around with this message at 11:42 on Dec 11, 2014 |
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baka kaba posted:Is this a nice way of saying she dropped it? You can be honest, we're all friends here! No it literally cracked. When she took the pot out of the cooking bit it just spilled everywhere out the bottom.
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Lord Twisted posted:I work ten hour catering shifts as a student and can still make this. I struggle to comprehend how people cannot cook at least basic basic meals for themselves. You are young and fit; a lot of people aren't, and those people are more likely to be obese. But let's say everyone can cook basic meals for themselves. Perhaps not everyone should? People can have better things to do than grocery shopping and cooking. And the older they get, the less time and energy they have, the fewer priority tasks they can do - I don't really see why feeding themselves healthily should be one of them.
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My girlfriend does all our cooking so I don't need to worry
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serious gaylord posted:No it literally cracked. When she took the pot out of the cooking bit it just spilled everywhere out the bottom. Holy poo poo does she have hands made of asbestos or something? Serve straight from the cooker, man. baka kaba posted:^^^ Whole tinned tomatoes taste way better, just mash em up in the pot. You can get a cheap hand blender if you really want a smoother consistency, but you don't need to
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Kegluneq posted:Holy poo poo does she have hands made of asbestos or something? Serve straight from the cooker, man. She took it out because there was smoke pouring from it after not being on that long, from the crack in the pot.
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serious gaylord posted:No it literally cracked. When she took the pot out of the cooking bit it just spilled everywhere out the bottom. That's weird, it's a thick ceramic cooking vessel that doesn't even get very hot. Maybe it was broken? I mean I got a Crock Pot one cheap in a sale for under £20, but I wouldn't really worry about getting a basic one from a cheaper brand. It's a low power heating element with a temperature knob and a heavy ceramic dish, there's not a lot that can go wrong. Maybe avoiding Argos is a good tip though
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baka kaba posted:Maybe avoiding Argos is a good tip though
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Pissflaps posted:What's wrong with argos?
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Zephro posted:Most of the stuff it sells you can find cheaper online, and you don't have to carry it home with you. Perfect for those obese poors with no time to do anything. edit: oh wait no they might not have electricity. Can these services be accessed by shouting loudly from a sofa? Microplastics fucked around with this message at 12:02 on Dec 11, 2014 |
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Oh dear me posted:You are young and fit; a lot of people aren't, and those people are more likely to be obese. Plus poor people might be going hungry because their expected income was slashed because they were sanctioned for not attending a meeting they weren't told about. Or because the zero hours contract or self employment the Job Centre pushed them onto simply doesn't provide enough to feed their children. Individualism is so pernicious because it encourages people without empathy or experience to game out in their head how they'd definitely survive hardship because they're smart.
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KKKlean Energy posted:Perfect for those obese poors with no time to do anything.
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Zephro posted:Most of the stuff it sells you can find cheaper online, and you don't have to carry it home with you. That goes for any bricks and mortar retailer, surely? I like the way you can guarantee availability of something when you need it.
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