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4 minutes ago, ianmac said:
I am not suggesting that some incompetent politician runs them, but someone who knows what the are doing. Presumably the people who are running EDF know the energy market.
It was doing well early in the year…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64647854
…and EDF runs ALL 8 of the UK’ nuclear plants.
But it’s currently having major problems (IIRC) in building new ones with what they thought were a really good model…
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One of those nice platitudes that might (just) have relevance…
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Just now, antrin said:
I expected you to post that, unexpectedly.
(as I typed “unexpectedly” it began to take the shape of “not a real word”. Spooky.)
eta I’ve always felt the same way about the word, “sleep”.
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18 minutes ago, Slarti said:
Well, we unexpectedly lost our early season form, so I don't see why not.
In fact, I expect us to unexpectedly return to our early season form.
I expected you to post that, unexpectedly.
(as I typed “unexpectedly” it began to take the shape of “not a real word”. Spooky.)
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7 minutes ago, W6er said:
I tend not to take god and religion very seriously. I think it's all a load of bollocks, actually. It doesn't mean I cannot question those that do.
I see what you did, there! 🤓👍
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11 hours ago, W6er said:
Why would you assume anything? That's rather presumptuous.
I thought it was common knowledge that public sector workers are more likely to strike than private sector workers:
1. It's not presumptuous - it’s a rational deduction from your posts.
2. And you post about “common knowledge that public sector workers are more likely to strike than private sector workers”, without addressing the reasons why that sector is striking!
They’re striking due to the government choosing to refuse to provide sufficient wages, staff, training and other resources for the experts to do their jobs.
For me, it has always been common knowledge that Tory Governments will squeeze the public sector as it’s the easiest way to balance their budgets, which helps them say they are the party of low taxation. (despite this current lot having the nippiest taxes since WW2!)
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5 hours ago, W6er said:
When people attribute a motive to another person or organisation without proof, it is speculation. I understood Thatcher's motivation to de-nationalise was that private firms were more efficient (i.e. more ruthless) and that workers at British Leyland wouldn't be able to turn up with sleeping bags. I'm sure corrupt dealings occurred, indeed I would be surprised if they didn't, given the very low opinion I have of politicians.
Personally, I'm in favour of re-nationalising key industries and approve of the Scot Gov's acquisition of ScotRail. I wasn't about in the '70s, though, but I understood folk had to buy candles because of strike action and of course there was the Winter of Discontent, with rubbish not getting collected.
So you distrust other people’s speculation, then…. Despite you not being around in the 70s, you expect us to accept your “understanding” of Thatcher’s motivation?
fuxake - that’s crackers! 😳
Just so you understand… (I was around in the 70s) people bought candles, read books by that light and did all they needed to do while power workers and refuse collectors exercised their right to withdraw labour in order to get a reasonable wage for that labour.
Despite what the Mail and Express tell you, mostly it’s the employers and government who create carnage on the Industrial Relations front, not the workers. The workers need to be VERY f**ked up by those in power, to choose to lose days of wages.
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11 hours ago, ALBIONSAINT said:
Really? The NHS has a productivity problem, more doctors and more nurses than in 2019. It’s a money pit that consumes money at an alarming rate but has worst productivity figures than most comparative European health systems.
I am mindful that this is not the politics section and this thread should probably be moved.
Again… more selectively right wing posts.
There is no examination in your presentations of the relationship between numbers of nurses and doctors in proportion to huge increase in the number of population that requires help.
more people need more staff and resources supplied. Labour when it came in, in 1997, pumped a massive amount into NHS merely to try to fill the chasm the Tories had created THAT time by underfunding.
It’s going to need the same sort of help this time around, to… £36 billion vanished into covid aid via Tory ( non) suppliers, in the main.
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1 minute ago, beyond our ken said:
No, it was all about Keith Joseph's and Thatcher's vision that if you make the rich richer then they would trickle their wealth down to the rest of us.
In the end, they trickled something else down on us.
To be fair, they now just shovel it straight into our rivers.
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28 minutes ago, W6er said:
Was it not to also prevent strike action, due to the blackouts in the 1970s?
How could flogging off National Assets make any impact on people’s right to strike/work or not?
You may not have noticed, but there are widespread industrial actions being taken STILL throughout the UK. Thatcher has impoverished UK in many ways but not made a jot of difference on the strike front.
(I’m assuming you approve of the constant running down of NHS in order to make it easier to flog off the most lucrative sectors to US companies? Not for greed, of course, but to stop nurses, doctors, consultants, support staff from withdrawing their labour?)
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8 minutes ago, Albanian Buddy said:
There are so many utility and non utility companies that operate under a UK brand name but are foreign owned that most of the public have no idea (or likely care) about.
No doubt there is a good image representing such “deals”.Is it the French that own majority of our whisky distilleries?
This group are trying to make change, but I fear that it’s too late in many ways.
Dunno about a majority, but Glen Morange is Luis Vuitton and Moët Chandon, while Scapa proudly displays its Pernod heritage…
Diageo (a “British multinational” if that makes any sense) runs a lot of “scotch” production, from Brora to Fife etc..
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38 minutes ago, W6er said:
So presumably it will not have shareholders then and will not pay dividends.
No…. The French government simply uses the profit taken from its foreign investments to subsidise the costs for its citizens. As any civilised government of the people, by the people should do.
This is just a further reminder (if it was needed) that Thatcher was an evil bastard. She hated Nationally owned and utilised natural resources when someone could exploit them for profit.
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A very excellent wee fillum about a very excellent player and his family.
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7 hours ago, Slarti said:11 hours ago, ALBIONSAINT said:So honest
What isn't honest about what he said? He says he has no recollection of the guy, even after being told he had met him. Have you never forgotten that you've met someone? Would it make you dishonest if you claimed you didn't know them?
Difficult to engage with someone who drops in vague, reliably incorrect chunks of text from unverified sources.
I’ve chosen to disengage…
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7 hours ago, Slarti said:9 hours ago, Cookie Monster said:Why wouldn't it be legal? The CEO ensured that the best person got the job, so no one can accuse the company of a breach of equality act.
But if she's only checking "non-diverse" appointees, it's discrimination.
Anything that the original poster sticks up should be questioned for veracity.
Here’s a similarly “taken out of all context” quote to balance his bollox and give you a better understanding of the CEO’s actions.
Aviva’s own 2022 latest gender pay gap report reveals that 278 senior leaders at the insurance company are female, and senior male employees account for more than double this, at 560.
Meanwhile, just 78 of Aviva’s senior leaders are ethnically diverse, versus 670 who are white.
The figures hardly scream that Aviva is anti-white or anti-male.
What Blanc appears to be saying (if clumsily) here is that the organisation is looking to clamp down on ‘jobs for mates’ and make sure that historically discriminated against people get the same opportunities as others. This is not about refusing white men, a diverse group of people within itself, a place at the table unless they do not deserve it.
There is far more to diversity and discrimination than gender or race, and this is something that insurance companies do need to get to grips with.
Nevertheless, Blanc and her top team are not wrong to scrutinise hiring processes.
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5 minutes ago, elvis said:
I was right there is no led signs.
Harumph…!
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23 minutes ago, elvis said:
What the f**k is all this pish got to do with LED Signs.
Someone with really good eyesight (er… you) posted that there were no LED Signs.
The poor thread might have petered out at that point but W6er gladly helped breathe new life into it.
He deserves your gratitude, I think…
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It was functional.
His troops used it as a stable.
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It was, though. In various - thankfully evanescent - guises.
It makes for an interesting visit on a few levels.. The history, the architecture, the workmanship, the beauty… and it sits above a great, wee glen: quite deep but good for a daunder.
ETA
if you did fancy a visit, I just recalled the excellent Landmark Trust place next door, perched over (and down by 2 floors) the gorge/glen that I mentioned.
https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/collegehill-house-5974/#Overview
ooops initially pasted the one below, when I really meant Collegehill
https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/rosslyn-castle-13940/#Overview
I note Collegehill still has some vacant times, whereas Rosslyn Castle already booked out!
https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/rosslyn-castle-13940/#Overview
pricey…
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1 hour ago, W6er said:
That makes sense. Stonemasons took their jobs very seriously. If you have ever visited Rosslyn Chapel, you might be familiar with the story behind the Apprentice Pillar. 😲
I may have visited RC…
…with umpteen tourist-filled buses.
The Sinclairs had an interesting practice of hiring every outstanding stonemason that hove into sight, (working anywhere in Scotland/northern England) through various generations, and employing them specifically to add something superb, intricate and overwrought to the building.
It’s good parking, with a very comfy tearoom and a wacky edifice attached.
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2 hours ago, Brilliant Disguise said:
FFS i did not realise that VAR now extended to Safety Managers.
Everyone is an expert from viewing a photo
Not “everyone”…. but I believe that beyond our ken is….
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The club Elvis played for in Iceland is on an island off the SW coast - Heimaey, part of the wee flotilla of islands called Vestmannaeyjar.
It has a population half that of Foxbar or Glenburn, so…. quiet. As a lad from London via seaside Soufend he’s probably attracted to Paisley’ s comparitively bright lights.Vestmannaeyjar Is also on the constantly opening mid-Atlantic ridge (and the islands created from that), with Heimaey having its last big eruptions in 1973. It is a literal hot spot.
With the recent November excitement from the eruptions and earthquakes around Reykjanes maybe it was just time for him to move on.
Welcome to Paisley, Elvis: cooler - in a few ways - than Iceland.
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43 minutes ago, The Original 59er said:
Sadly, concrete becomes harder and more durable as time passes, as opposed to cut sandstone which erodes with the weather.
I don’t believe the “squinty door” is squinting due to erosion, more to subsidence - possibly due to supporting massive weight for centuries. Perhaps it was “reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete” deployed in the foundations by the 12C monks.
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Sorry, 59er…. wasn’t suggesting your “eroding sandstone” was the squinty door - just that it’s the most “dubious” part of the building currently, but that wisnae due to erosion. It’s one of the oldest parts still standing, I believe.
Sandstone erosion husnae been its main problem. Human activity such as retreating English troops trashing it, fires, being used as slum housing, the central tower collapsing (mibbe due to earlier fire damage….?)
The Paisley air has cleaned up massively, I’m told.
Since I left…