Yeah they use to be so cheap. I remember putting 50p in the machine for 20 and getting change stuck to the pack. 50p ffs lol. They must be like £15 now.
At least here unlike the yanks, we've not allowed Diacetyl to be used in our vapes, a big cause of popcorn lung. Still think there must be some **** put in them though.
When I was a kid, the local corner shop would sell cigarettes individually. The old girl behind the jump couldn’t care less how old you were!
Yeah,we had one and it was a *** with a free match, if required. Those were the days when you could strike a match on a wall, rather than the poor excuse we have for them now.
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Well the commons passed the "assisted dying " bill which looks like a really poor bit of legislation .
Yeah I was hoping it didn't pass, but seeing it had it's no big deal to me. Personally I didn't want it to pass because I believe in one rule always leads to another, then you will start see lots of amendments and challenges, that then destroys the whole integrity of it over time. I'm of the mind if I no longer want to be a burden, I'll go lob myself in the Thames during a strong current, but that's just me, but suppose you got to be well enough to get there first. I'm not particularly a fan of that Ester woman, so that sort of clouds my judgement as well, being it's her that pushed all this along, I'd go as far as to say I hate her for it. Although I appreciate people will see it completely differently to me and I respect that.
Leaving aside whether we should have such a law this looks unworkable in practical terms due the the "expert" panel requirements and as you say with the way it is drafted lots of groups who were pushing for this may find themselves excluded due to the 6 month timescale and they will push to get it lengthened etc
Oh and the faith in the medical profession integrity is impressive not seen any reference to the DWP stats re Attendance Allwance for Terminally Ill which is automatically payable if a Dr says you have an expected lefespan of less than 12 months as would be nice to see what percentage exceed it
I've mentioned it before, but I hear about Goodmayes hospital again, and although I feel for the families, why is anyone surprised by this - Mental Heath services have been failing for decades not just years. Records not kept or recorded properly, again nothing new. Inadequate records and link ups between GP and hospitals has always been poor if even non existent. I could have told you half this **** years ago if anyone could be arsed to listen. The failings have been displayed in some extreme ways since covid, people causing some horrendous crimes. Until you get every aspect of this linking up and recorded properly, and kept and not destroyed (because another suspicion of mine is thhis goes on as well) you will forever see these concerns. We;ve gone from not treating MH in asylums correctly (horrendously) to creating bedlam on the street, resulting in the loss of lives for patients and sometimes even their victims.
I should also add to this, I also don't expect the NHS to save the lives of those determined to kill themselves, because you can't, but at least try and get the basics right.
"care in the community" sounded good till it became clear it was used purely to cut costs and other govt funded depts ended picking up the mess
Well yeah; but the community didn't care, that was always the case. That's why the Victorians built asylums, as an escape from the big wide world, for people who couldn't survive in it.
