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Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Ciaran, Apr 20, 2020.

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  1. DMD

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    Who gets to define 'harmful'?
     
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    Those nasty politicians!
     
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    Tony Hancock.
     
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    They should be made to sit through 10 minutes of Michael McIncunt.
     
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    I know this will sound uncaring, but people in care should really have an advantage, as they're pretty much the only ones that have been raised by professional parents, who get remunerated for their work and supported in other ways that normal 'amateur' parents don't.

    To claim other wise is an admission that the care system is not fit for purpose, which would suggest a more sustainable initiative would involve using those funds to investigate and redress that.
     
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    Andy knows that the plaintive just wants her day in court to see him squirm plus some money. She does not even live in the US anymore but she can file a civil case there to get money. Andy is not going to the US because the second he arrives a dozen other harpies would lodge allegations with the authorities and he would be arrested and not allowed to leave. If Ms Giuffre were making her allegations against an ordinary member of the public she would not have been bringing a civil case using the most expensive legal team available as she would win next to nothing and there would be no publicity. The lawyers have made 25/30 per cent for filing a few papers.

    According to reporting various requests for access to case evidence had been rebuffed, suggesting that the evidence itself may not exist or may be proved to be bogus if subjected to forensic examination. So much of the case would be hearsay and conjecture about events that allegedly took place over 20 years ago.

    ‘Keith’ Starmer would definitely not prosecute this one but do not tell Boris or he will bring it up at PMQs.
     
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    Women should just stop complaining. They've had female privilege for long enough. It's not that long ago that just like Rosa Parks, men on a bus had to give up their seats to females. It's all progress. <ok>
     
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    My interview is tomorrow. Wish me luck!
     
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    My local hospital is always hiring Neo Nazis to burn tyres in the car park .
     
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    There should be a separate ‘trans’ event in sports . Men , for all intents and purposes , participating in female events is cheating.

    Sportsmen in general are faster and stronger than sportswomen (just compare world records etc).

    A man competing against all women competitors - trained at a similar level - will almost always win .

    It’s an unfair advantage .
     
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    Exactly , if the NHS trusts diverted funds away from top and middle management roles that have no impact on patient care and invested in front line services such as cleaning, porters , auxiliaries and then of course more nurses and Doctors on a permanent basis then it would be in a much healthier state.

    There is an over reliance on agency staff (better for p&l accounts I believe ) but these come at a premium when compared to annual salaried staff . An agency nurse is paid up to two times the per hour rate when compared with a permanent nurse. This is because the agency gets a sizeable fee .

    Also , they could divert this money to build extensions to the hospitals for ICU beds .

    If every winter there is a crisis due to 4 or 5 beds being occupied then it’s a capacity issue not a political issue . They need to concentrate treating the the source of the issue and not managing non health related problems.
     
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