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Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by Stroller, Jun 25, 2015.

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Should the UK remain a part of the EU or leave?

Poll closed Jun 24, 2016.
  1. Stay in

    56 vote(s)
    47.9%
  2. Get out

    61 vote(s)
    52.1%
  1. Steelmonkey

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    You need to get a decent team in to do your contract negotiations - I can recommend some quality people.in Whitehall if you're not worried about small print....
     
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    Appalling behaviour from British Airways.
    Been speaking today to a load of my mates who have had to make the decision today to either leave the job they’ve worked in for 25* years with redundancy OR to apply for a new job in the company with less pay and worse conditions.
    I really can see the airline going the way of RyanAir with their service
     
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    The thing is, they are not really B.A. anymore, They are part of IAG and include Iberia and Aer Lingus. No government is going to bail out the national airline of three different countries unlike Lufthansa/Air France & KLM etc who have all been bailed out by the German, French and Dutch governments. I read recently that Aer Lingus have put some brand new planes into long term storage in Ciudad Real in Spain as they don't envisage using them until next year at the earliest.

    The airline industry like a few other industries is in a dire place at the moment with no prospect things will get any better until a vaccine is found and readily available. My industry, taxis, is ****ed too. If I was your mates, I would take the redundancy on offer if it was any way decent as there could easily be further compulsory redundancies down the road if we don't find a vaccine soon. They might end up getting only statutory redundancy which is half a week's pay per year of service.
     
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    Totally mate. A few are taking it, but some ain’t. For people who have spent most of their working lives in the job and have given everything for the company....just now to be **** on from a great height.
    Mate I honestly sympathise with what you are going through.....must be horrible.
     
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    They'll only get a maximum of 20 years redundancy payment, I found that out in 2012 when I was made redundant after 30 years. At the end of the day you're just a number on the payroll, doesn't matter how loyal an employee you were...
     
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    Teshan Daniel was just an innocent kid on his way to a football match when some **** who had already done time for knife crime decided Teshan looked at him the wrong way and stabbed him to death at Hillingdon station. Teshan was a good kid and my wife is mates with his mum.

    Today justice has been served and the scumbag was found guilty of murder. Hope him and his mate rot in hell.
    RIP Teshan
     
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    Doesnt it make you proud to be british when there are families and children living in extreme poverty while our superb government hand out multi million pound contracts to their chums for unusable equipment. Even Dianne Abbott could have wasted less with her ****ed up maths!!!
     
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    Vote Conservative X
     
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    Probably not Francois though.
     
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    presenting my new paper
    signaling spaces through a critical lens
     
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    seems a bit erm racist
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    The Labour Party
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    Amazon made £10.9 billion in revenue in 2018.
    It paid a mere £220 million in taxes that year.
    The Government’s Digital Services Tax was meant to ensure big tech companies pay their fair share.
    Instead, Amazon is forcing its sellers to pick up the bill.
     
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    What "taxes" are being referred to?? Employment, VAT, Corporation Tax?? Typical hysterical post that doesn't understand that tax doesn't relate solely to turnover....
     
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    Good news is there’s nothing important to report if the front pages of the right wing rags are wheeling out cut and paste Dover migrant stories.
     
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    Presumably it refers to Corporation Tax. If they're only paying £220m on £10.2bn turnover because they hide their profits elsewhere, there's something wrong, wouldn't you say? If the figure includes the other taxes you mention, the situation's even worse.
     
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