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Ghost Leviathan posted:Bercow sounds like what the labour right deserves. A charismatic, respected and popular figure they can rally around? 68: Almost nice.
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Jun 21, 2021 08:27
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thebardyspoon posted:This might be a super dumb question, do the machines that check your tickets care about the time and whether a ticket is for off peak or not or is that the sole domain of actual human inspectors? Asking cause my work wants people to start coming into the office 3 days a week next month, they have flexitime but I don't want to start work at 10 and finish at 6:30 every day. I'd read that flexible season tickets (for people like me who'd be working from home half the time) were going to be introduced at some point this year when I took the job so thought I'd be alright but they seem to not be happening now. If get off peak tickets daily for the days I need to go in, it's around £128 per month, if I get peak time ones then it'd go up £180-190 and a monthly ticket is £294 so would definitely prefer to just buy an off peak one each day even if queueing is a hassle. Just saw this - apparently these flexi season tickets are available now: (England only) https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/flexi-season-ticket-rail-passengers-b1869419.html
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Jun 21, 2021 08:29
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TheRat posted:A charismatic, respected and popular figure they can rally around? More being a horrible bully behind the scenes, but fair
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Jun 21, 2021 08:32
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Cefte posted:The Ge'ez in the background would suggest so - I've had injera served rolled at Addis on Caledonian road, but the less said of that the better. try Kokeb next time, 5 minutes from the cally road tube station. Caledonian Road is cool and great and all the good-looking Intelligent people live there (me)
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Jun 21, 2021 08:50
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Ghost Leviathan posted:More being a horrible bully behind the scenes, but fair As long as he was bullying other Tories I'm not particularly bothered tbh.
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Jun 21, 2021 08:52
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Necrothatcher posted:As long as he was bullying other Tories I'm not particularly bothered tbh. I don't think you can be an effective Speaker without being something of a bully. The job is literally to tell the people who run the country (or think they do) to shut up.
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Jun 21, 2021 09:14
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when people here say “bullying allegations” do they mean like hard verbal abuse because to an american ear bullying is like what you do in school.
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Jun 21, 2021 09:15
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Just saw this - apparently these flexi season tickets are available now: (England only) Oh hey, perfect timing. Cheers for linking it. Guess there just wasn’t many info about when I googled it as it wasn’t rolled out yet, also google seems to have gotten a lot worse at actually finding relevant stuff these days.
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Jun 21, 2021 09:16
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Jedit posted:I don't think you can be an effective Speaker without being something of a bully. The job is literally to tell the people who run the country (or think they do) to shut up. The accusations were about bullying his staff (secretary, etc.), not other tories or Powerful Heads of State.
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Jun 21, 2021 09:16
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Couple of those were bullying pricks or homophobes themselves, and the ones that were not may have been told to put in reports by the nasty ones - this was right at the height of the Brexit debate. Remember, it was the Tories pushing these allegations and never trust a Tory.
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Jun 21, 2021 09:19
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https://twitter.com/SebCorbyn/status/1406765382858330114?s=20 I like this. "Yeah, gently caress subtext, my brother's tweet was too subtle, going to tag Rayner in this" is fun. Anyway, just back from my 2nd covid jab. home less than 3 minutes after my appointment was due is not bad going. They have obviously gotten very slick, it's really just "hi, any side effects from the first one? How long ago did you get it? *jab* right you need to go to this website written on this piece of paper for verification you've got it, are you driving home off you pop" Extremely impressed.
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Jun 21, 2021 09:43
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Leader of the Opposition Bercow - while not going to progress left goals - would give Labour someone with a chance of winning - and prime minister question time would be amazing every week. If we need to have a hell world, can it be that one please? even if its just for a few years before the election!
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Jun 21, 2021 09:47
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dont forget the tory press already loathes bercow
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Jun 21, 2021 09:49
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kingturnip posted:The Health and Care Professions Council are pretty strict on which countries they'll recognise as training professionals to the same standard as the UK, so there are a lot of countries where you can train as a Physio and not be able to work in the UK. I would in all honesty trust a foreign-trained "uncredentialed" nurse more than a doctor in a similar situation. You can find some truly dire cases about unscreened doctors from Eastern Europe which were exempt from competency testing (EU) who have made statements like "that scar means the patient has no brain". I have been told there's a glass ceiling for foreign trained nurses from entering management roles?
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Jun 21, 2021 09:50
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I don't want a non-socialist Labour to win though. I want a non-socialist Labour to be entirely unviable, in fact to wither away & die. Things are too bad to accept this slow managed decline of what's left of the welfare state as "the least worst option".
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Jun 21, 2021 09:51
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bump_fn posted:dont forget the tory press already loathes bercow Okay, a better chance that Starmer. Sometimes being hated can build support. Really I just want PMQT, which is small and petty of me...
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Jun 21, 2021 09:52
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forkboy84 posted:I don't want a non-socialist Labour to win though. I want a non-socialist Labour to be entirely unviable, in fact to wither away & die. Things are too bad to accept this slow managed decline of what's left of the welfare state as "the least worst option". Accelerationism isn't going to help as long as the Tories have the press on side.
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Jun 21, 2021 09:56
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forkboy84 posted:https://twitter.com/SebCorbyn/status/1406765382858330114?s=20 The fact that Corbyn (and his family) are still apparently just living their lives well really is the best vengeance though. Just think of all the loving terrible people who still every once in a while remember Corbyn exists and have their days absolutely ruined.
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Jun 21, 2021 09:56
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Z the IVth posted:I would in all honesty trust a foreign-trained "uncredentialed" nurse more than a doctor in a similar situation. You can find some truly dire cases about unscreened doctors from Eastern Europe which were exempt from competency testing (EU) who have made statements like "that scar means the patient has no brain". Well, depends on what the scar is.
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Jun 21, 2021 09:57
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Jedit posted:Accelerationism isn't going to help as long as the Tories have the press on side. I can't agree, at all. I don't particularly want to be an accelerationist but there's no alternative. Labour are firmly the US Democrats at this point, we gently caress you but slightly less than the other guys as a guiding ideology. It's not tolerable. In the short, medium or long term. (It's also not a particularly viable electoral strategy because if I want to be hosed over by cunts why wouldn't I just vote for the oval office Party instead of Cunts-Lite? And if I want an alternative, well, why would I vote for the party who desperately want to be the Cunts but went to the wrong school?)
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Jun 21, 2021 10:01
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Question(s) about student loans that I thought you guys might be helpful with I've been living outside of the UK for around two and a half years, and I'm also not (and have never been) earning enough to be repaying my loan. Now and then I get a letter/email saying I need to tell them what's going on and update my employment details on the gov website. I just went to look at that and now I remember why I've never done it - it's a right old hassle and I can't be bothered obviously if this is negatively affecting me in some way then I will do it, but I'm not sure if it is or not?
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Jun 21, 2021 10:22
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Scotlands Billy Gilmour has tested positive for Coronavirus and will need to self isolate for 10 days. Is there anywhere I can get odds on the full squad being quarantined?
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Jun 21, 2021 11:03
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Smh at the libs itt who want a tory speaker to be leader of labour because he wore a funny tie and was rude on telly Major 2012 Olympics energy imo
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Jun 21, 2021 11:04
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If he continues his trajectory from the lolbertarian Tory right towards Momentum and brings his oratory skills then I'll take him over Starmer, half of the best socialists seem to have been that way at some point, in the same way that half the "Gary Glitter did nothing wrong" crew seem to have been former revolutionary communists. Then again if he literally transforms into a wet egg and rolls around on the floor going ugguggugg I'll also take him over Starmer.
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Jun 21, 2021 11:11
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Communist Thoughts posted:Smh at the libs itt who want a tory speaker to be leader of labour because he wore a funny tie and was rude on telly Having a tory as the new labour leader is the next logical step after Starmer though.
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Jun 21, 2021 11:11
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bump_fn posted:when people here say “bullying allegations” do they mean like hard verbal abuse because to an american ear bullying is like what you do in school. I find it weird hearing adults use the word 'bullying' though, people just don't seem to give it the same weight when it's referring to adults. It just doesn't work as a gotcha descriptor because the kind of people who are abusive like that as an adult aren't bothered by it. They seem to see it as a positive. Like when Guardian columnists call Bercow a bully he's probably mildly irritated, BoJo seems to take it as a badge of honor that he's tough, uncompromising, driven etc. Also I think most people would have sympathy for a kid who's being bullied, less so for an adult. I say this as someone who has been bullied at knofepoint, and my Dad had to take anti anxiety meds for a while because of an abusive manager who was targetting him (thank God he still knew a bunch of old school union guys who hadn't retired yet and were able to sort it out). Just the word 'bullying' feels like it minimises the seriousness of it, almost infantilises both parties in the situation instead of framing it as exploiter and exploited. I don't know if I'm making sense or not, but it's not that I don't think bullying is serious - I very much do. I just don't think the word 'bully' carries the same weight as an adult and in most people's minds minimises the serious of what's happening.
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Jun 21, 2021 11:11
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Necrothatcher posted:Having a tory as the new labour leader is the next logical step after Starmer though. It's the current logical step during starmer We may as well just select JK Rowling as leader if all we want is a murky British version of star power who might win Bercow wouldn't even win but she might
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Jun 21, 2021 11:17
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I thought he promised his wife and family he'd never put them through another election. Can't imagine he'd line up to have everyone he cares about gatling gunned by the press by jumping into the labour leadership. Though I could see him doing it as a tremendous gently caress you. He seems the sort.
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Jun 21, 2021 11:19
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Bobby Deluxe posted:I don't know if I'm making sense or not, but it's not that I don't think bullying is serious - I very much do. I just don't think the word 'bully' carries the same weight as an adult and in most people's minds minimises the serious of what's happening. yeah tbh i personally prefer the word "abuse" - i think it describes both the poo poo that goes on in the workplace and in schools much better than "bullying". "bullying" as a word, in my opinion, works to minimise the effects of, well, bullying - it almost carries the "boys will be boys" connotations; like its all just childs play and nothing *really* serious - whereas in reality it's anything but. it doesn't matter if it's a dickhead boss, dickhead colleagues, a dickhead teacher or a bunch of dickhead schoolmates commiting the abuse - it's all abuse and all has the potential to be very harmful
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Jun 21, 2021 11:21
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Communist Thoughts posted:It's the current logical step during starmer I'd rather have a thousand Bercow's than one Rowling
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Jun 21, 2021 11:21
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Paperhouse posted:Question(s) about student loans that I thought you guys might be helpful with just filling in the online form and declaring you're earning below the threshold should stop them from hassling you fake edit: now I've gone down the rabbit hole and know why you're putting it off - Depending on where you are now living it depends on if where you live and work has a lower repayment threshold than the UK (which is why SLC want to know about it) Non-dom stuff gets messy in the clearest of situations so I won't offer any *advice* per say other than it's probably better to let them know now to save yourself massive headaches in the long run https://www.litrg.org.uk/tax-guides/students/student-loans/what-happens-my-student-loan-if-i-go-abroad
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Jun 21, 2021 11:22
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Would you rather fight one Bercow-sized Rowling or one thousand Rowling-sized Bercattle
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Jun 21, 2021 11:24
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Failed Imagineer posted:Would you rather fight one Bercow-sized Rowling or one thousand Rowling-sized Bercattle Which of them would whisper sweet "order!!"''s into my ear as I go to sleep?
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Jun 21, 2021 11:26
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keep punching joe posted:Scotlands Billy Gilmour has tested positive for Coronavirus and will need to self isolate for 10 days. Fortunately the England team are safe because none of them were in close contact with him during the match. Anyway the rules are already clear on this, the rest of the team will be PCR tested but not be required to isolate unless they test positive. Now the more important question is where did he pick it up, if they're all supposed to be in covid-secure bubbles?
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Jun 21, 2021 11:27
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TheRat posted:Which of them would whisper sweet "order!!"''s into my ear as I go to sleep? The gentle lowing of the Bercattle as they graze - a soft chorus of "Orderrrrrr" floating across the paddock
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Jun 21, 2021 11:33
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Bercow would need to win a seat before he could run for Labour leader. It's vanishingly unlikely.
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Jun 21, 2021 11:44
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Can't you technically be a leader if you're a lord too?
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Jun 21, 2021 11:48
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TheRat posted:Can't you technically be a leader if you're a lord too? A PM can be a Lord, but you need to be an MP to be leader of the Labour Party,
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Jun 21, 2021 11:56
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nurmie posted:yeah tbh i personally prefer the word "abuse" - i think it describes both the poo poo that goes on in the workplace and in schools much better than "bullying". "bullying" as a word, in my opinion, works to minimise the effects of, well, bullying - it almost carries the "boys will be boys" connotations; like its all just childs play and nothing *really* serious - whereas in reality it's anything but. it doesn't matter if it's a dickhead boss, dickhead colleagues, a dickhead teacher or a bunch of dickhead schoolmates commiting the abuse - it's all abuse and all has the potential to be very harmful I agree, but I wish that this country took bullying in schools seriously enough that "bullying" didn't automatically come with baggage minimising it's seriousness. It's hosed up that we as a society just accept that some people will be subjected to cruelty by their peers for most of their formative years.
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Jun 21, 2021 12:02
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https://twitter.com/itvnews/status/1406887601647370240?s=19 Just destroying poo poo to make room for the new poo poo you'll have to buy because it's cheaper to destroy these things than sell them cheaper make it make sense.
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