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Is there any problem with a mandatory £50 (or whatever) fine for missing appointments without extenuating circumstances?
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Yeah so gently caress the Spectator and James Delingpole
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May 7, 2014 14:39
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KKKlean Energy posted:My favourite bit is the bit at the bottom The astonishing thing is that it manages to be arguably only the second most offensive thing on the page
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Seaside Loafer posted:Im pretty much just quoting you just so anyone who missed it would read it becasue its so spot on. The most I ever made was 32k, and I was an engineer making and doing things. This moaning tosser is a financial arsehole flipping money and producing nothing. I dont know him but I hate him. Well, he's a compliance officer which means he's versed in the law (although not necessarily a qualified lawyer), has probably worked in the FSA/FCA and knows what financial companies are and aren't allowed to do. His job is to prevent the people who actually 'flip money' from breaking the rules, taking on too much risk, etc.
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May 7, 2014 21:55
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Trickjaw posted:Voted green. Place was dead. This, in London.
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May 22, 2014 10:21
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Prism Mirror Lens posted:Well yeah it's a weekday morning, most people are at/going to work surely... (surprised that capitalist ubermensch tentish klown wasn't tbh) My girlfriend and I woke up early to vote before work.
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May 22, 2014 10:42
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I hate myself for voting Labour for the locals, but they've done quite a good job so far...
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May 22, 2014 14:01
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Umiapik posted:(Note also the usual rather amusing Telegraph ideas about what "middle-class" actually means...) I'm curious - what do you think "middle-class" means?
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May 30, 2014 10:32
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big scary monsters posted:Middle class means anyone who earns the same as me +/- 30% regardless of my current income. That's pretty much the issue I'm pointing out - the definition of middle class has changed so much (possibly due to aspiration, social mobility, and those drat poors not knowing their place) that it ranges from 'I can afford houmous' to 'I'm worth loving millions but no one in my near family has a title'. The Telegraphs definition of middle class is not right or wrong, it's just different from Umiapiks. Zephro posted:There's another problem, of course, which is London's general dominance of the UK. There are many industries where if you have any ambition to succeed London is the only place you can go. It's all very well when people say that house prices in Cumbria have barely moved and that £60,000 will buy you a perfectly decent two-bed terraced house. The problem is no-one wants to live in Cumbria because there's nothing to do. You would be more accurate comparing America with Europe, given the relative populations and landmass covered, and the freedom of movement. In which case, we do indeed have several legitimately big cities - London, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Rome etc.
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El Scotch posted:I can't be the only one who feels something sinister about referring to living areas by 'zones'. Not really, they're just a vague measure of distance to the center of London. Saying zone 1, 2, 3, etc is a much more efficient shorthand than 'it's like 20 miles outside London and takes about an hour to get there'
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