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I'm presuming that you always check which team they support before starting....I’ve always wondered how I’d feel doing CPR on somebody I know
Mate it seems we both had similar experiences. I never thought I’d leave BA and saw it as a job for life, and I’d retire after 60 years with a nice certificate and a handshake from the CEO (Yeah right).
I like many saw that the writing was on the wall for us ‘mature’ workers and that the time was right for a new challenge, all be it pretty late in life. Personally I, and many others, see that this crisis has been a perfect opportunity for BA to get rid of staff and to bring them back on lower wages and worse conditions....just what they wanted.
Meanwhile taking over other airlines for a billion euros (Air Europa), having 8 billion in cash reserves and paying their outgoing chairman a golden handshake of 3 million.
Actually the second time that I've been made redundant. The first time I was handed my notice on my birthday
Funnily enough I do use that line with a few of the aggressive drunks I counter......football always seems to make a talking point and I even take the piss out of the Brentford/Chelsea/Fulham lads I see.
Actually the second time that I've been made redundant. The first time I was handed my notice on my birthday
I liked your post but didn’t.......that’s poor from the company
To be fair I did find it funny at the time - I'd just taken my boss up some birthday cake and got made redundant in return!
How convenient. Bottom line is the refurbishment was a Council contract, they draw up the spec and their Building Control and Clerks of the Works are duty bound to ensure it is carried out as per spec. Contractors often ask for a variation notice if they want to change a product in the spec for one of 'similar quality', these are generally cost related. Draw your own conclusions on this but the 'disappearance of files' should never happen...
Seems Johnson has caved in to the rebels and has agreed to an amendment to the UK Internal Market Bill, whereby the government would have to ask Parliament to support a motion proposing to use its law-breaking powers. Which it wouldn't.
Two thirds of young Americans don't know six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, survey finds
One in 10 respondents of the US-wide poll thinks the atrocity is a myth.
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More than two thirds of young Americans do not know that six million Jewish people were killed in the Holocaust, according to a survey.
The US-wide study found one in 10 adults under the age of 40 does not believe the atrocity happened.
It also showed 11% of respondents believe Jewish people caused the Holocaust.
Greg Schneider, executive vice president of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which commissioned the study, described the findings as "shocking and saddening".
He said: "The most important lesson is that we can't lose any more time.
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"If we let these trends continue for another generation, the crucial lessons from this terrible part of history could be lost."
The survey saw 1,000 people between the ages of 18 and 39 interviewed - 200 from each US state - over the phone and online.
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New York, which has the highest Jewish population in the country, was the most likely to believe the Holocaust was a myth, along with the states of Indiana and California.
By contrast, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Massachusetts ranked the highest for Holocaust knowledge.
Some states make knowledge of the genocide mandatory, but there was no correlations between states that do and those respondents who knew more about it, Mr Schneider said.
Other key findings include more than half of those polled not being able to name a single Nazi concentration camp - despite there being 17.
The survey also revealed around 50% of under-40s have seen Holocaust denial or distortion posts online.
In Germany, Poland and France, it is a criminal offence to deny the Holocaust happened.
Records show that around 17 million people - six million of them Jewish - were murdered by the Nazis as part of a state-sponsored genocide.
Mr Schneider called for increased education in response to the findings.
He said: "We've seen it time and time again. Education is the best way to prevent ignorance and to prevent hate."