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So it's mainly PIP? Which, tbh, is riddled with abuse from what I've seen. Shaking up the #NHS and now scrutinising the benefits system. At this rate, I might have to start voting #Labour ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿคฏ
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyd2pโ€ฆ


Does anyone fancy paying ยฃ50 for missing an #NHS appointment?
Admittedly, these are Tory think tank suggestions, but it's got to happen. Getting rid of tiers of management isn't the ultimate answer.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/1โ€ฆ
#nhs


How the mighty have fallen.
#politics
telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/1โ€ฆ

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You can't make this stuff up!

#Labour has spent the last fourteen years telling you that the #NHS is underfunded and understaffed. Screaming that there are not enough doctors and nurses, what do they plan to do now that they are in power? Take a scalpel to the NHS. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ
theguardian.com/society/2025/mโ€ฆ

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in reply to dick_turpin

itโ€™s focussed on the HQ, not the frontline. 15,000 administrators to be reduced to 7,500


Taking a leaf out of Elon Musk's DOGE book, I see?
"๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ-๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด."
#Politics #Labour
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2l6โ€ฆ


So much for the Tories cutting benefits.
Remember children, you voted for em'.
#politics #Labour
news.sky.com/story/minister-paโ€ฆ
in reply to dick_turpin

It is good! It shifts the norm from the socialist idea that people don't have to care about anything, to the capitalist idea that people need to take responsibility for their own lives.

If this norm can become dominant, entrepreneurs will flourish in a generation and the UK will become an innovation center!

in reply to h4890

"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
in reply to dick_turpin

- said the slave.

Jokes aside... that is complete nonsense. Governments and states exist for the needs of their inhabitants. If they fulfill no need, they should be abolished.

Therefore any services or initiatives is entirely upon the maffia gang called "the state" and no shadow rests on the individual.

Personally, I moved from sweden, due to the revolting and highly unethical society it is (when it comes to taxation).

Now I pay about 9%-14% tax total. I am much hapier and

in reply to h4890

wealthier! I believe more people should vote with their feet.

That would lead to less polarized societies, more homogeneous societies and happier individuals.

High tax societies would attract people who enjoy paying high taxes, and low tax societies would attract people who do not want government services, and who enjoy paying low taxes.

Everyone happy in the end and no conflict! =)

in reply to dick_turpin

The problem with the UK is that nobody wants to pay taxes. They all believe there is this enormous body of '๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ' who can supposedly be squeezed to pay these taxes for them, but more importantly, that it's the government's place to provide everything for the population free of charge.


๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—œ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ?

TBH, I could kick myself because I was already thinking yesterday morning, "I bet Trump stops sending weapons." If I had posted that thought on social media, I'd have beaten all the journalists to the scoop.

"๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ'๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ!"

telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202โ€ฆ



"๐˜Œ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง......"

๐Ÿค” So, if it can defend itself, why does it need America's help?

Europe is fooling only the gullible if people think they stand a chance without US help. I wonder how brave Starmer would be if Trump announced a withdrawal from Europe.

British Army: Approximately 83,010 personnel
Royal Navy and Royal Marines: Approximately 32,610 personnel
Royal Air Force (RAF): Approximately 32,610 personnel

Just under 150,000 in total. Russia has just under 3 million personnel on active duty.

France has 290 Nukes, while the UK has 225, with a plan to reduce that to 180 by 2030

Russia has 5,580

france24.com/en/europe/2025030โ€ฆ

in reply to dick_turpin

Ok. That's clear. now Zelensky dared to express anti-Russian views so he almost invited Russia to invade. Got it.
in reply to andyc

Ahaha

Given that Ukraine has only been independent of Russia for 34 years, I'm reasonably confident that most Russians feel it is still part of their country. I didn't say that Putin was right to invade what I am saying is if you poke a dog with a stick, you should expect to be bitten.

The EU is just as guilty as Zelenskyy IMO. They should have known the shitstorm they were causing. It's incredible how:
Albania: Applied in 2009
Montenegro: Applied in 2008
North Macedonia: Applied in 2004
Serbia: Applied in 2009
Turkey: Applied in 1987

And the EU has dragged its feet, and yet when Ukraine applied, it was almost fast-tracked.

I don't really care if people hate Putin, or think he's a dictator or evil incarnate. Folk need to take a moment and look at it from the Russian point of view. This is an expansion towards Moscow as far as they are concerned.



๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ #Labour ๐— ๐—ฃ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ!
Where did I put my surprised face?

news.sky.com/story/mike-amesbuโ€ฆ



This proves that leaders are indeed a bunch of feckless kids.
European politicians, including Friedrich Merz of Germany, said that Europe needs to work towards independence from America politico.eu/article/friedrich-โ€ฆ and then next thing the UK's Kier Starmer says that Donald Trump, i.e. America needs to play a firm role in Europe. bbc.co.uk/news/live/c625ex282zโ€ฆ

What a bunch of headless chickens! ๐Ÿ” ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ

in reply to dick_turpin

Surely that's why we "took back control", so we didn't have an EU army and centralised decision making?
This is literally Brexit delivering on its promises :-/ At least, it's Keir delivering on Brexiter's promises.
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in reply to dick_turpin

The problem with the UK, and I don't think it is 'Party' specific, is that we still think we have the standing and the strength to influence other countries like the Americans can, which means we are shocked when Europeans don't take any notice of what we say or do for that matter hence the reason we are bending over backwards for Ukraine in the vein hope someone in Europe says "Good old Briton, you can always rely on them." It's also amazing that we have been running our military into the ground for the last ninety years. Starmer's announcement has probably been the first increase in funding for decades.

Of course, nobody is saying: "Hang on a minute. I thought we had a ยฃ22 Billion black hole?
They're all a bunch of liars."



@Lacoste is offering me a "FREE" ๐Ÿ™„ gift. But I have to spend ยฃ150.00 to get it. ๐Ÿ˜ž
in reply to ghostdancer

Trouble is, I'm such a sucker for Lacoste, I really want it.
(Bottom lip quiver)


It's incredible how people can change their minds when you threaten to turn off the gravy train.

"When you've got'em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow."

aljazeera.com/economy/2025/2/2โ€ฆ



This happens under #Labour, and nobody says a word. If it had happened under a #Conservative government, the press and TV news would be screaming, "Tories attack the NHS!" remember, children, it's not about what you like but who you like.

independent.co.uk/news/health/โ€ฆ



๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: My graphics card has stopped working.
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: We'll reinstall the driver.
๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: That didn't work.
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: Hang on, how are you getting a desktop?
๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: The one screen works but not the other.
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: So the card is working?
๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: I kicked the cable, and now the one screen doesn't work.
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: So reinstalling the driver was pointless, you may have damaged the port.
๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: I'll buy another card from Amazon.
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: Umm? OK.

๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: I fitted the new card, and that doesn't work either!
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: What?
๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: Only one screen works!
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜: I'm coming to you tomorrow, I'll need to physically see it.

๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: It's working now.

I bet he'd pulled the cable out of the monitor, or he hadn't pushed the cable in enough. ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿ™ˆ

in reply to dick_turpin

i was called to fix exactly this "computer problem". loose vga


Now thats a #Labour policy I do agree with. It should have been done years ago!
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/freโ€ฆ


People really need to understand what's going on. Zelenskyy's offer of resignation is worthless! The whole reason for Russia's invasion of #Ukraine is to stop Ukraine from joining the EU! Zelenskyy, to Putin, is probably irrelevant. His reason for invading is to ensure a buffer zone between Russia and the European allies.

Putin is the aggressor and possibly a dictator, but Zelenskyy is a trouble maker imo.
theguardian.com/world/2025/febโ€ฆ

in reply to dick_turpin

So was Churchill but he was an inspiring wartime leader who gave his country hope when 'rationally' it should have surrendered. Zelensky is demonstrating that he's fighting for a noble cause; that political power isn't important to him, in stark contrast to The Donald.
in reply to Andy Wootton

That's not a very good example. Churchill came to power eight months after the war was declared and was given the push the moment the war was won. He spent most of his time begging other countries, especially America, to join in. "Come on in, the wars lovely."

Churchill was lucky that Roosevelt agreed to defeat Germany first rather than the country that had attacked them.

There's no nobility in death, just death.

in reply to dick_turpin

Churchill warned about Hitler for years but the Tories listened to those who said Mr. Hitler was 'a sound fellow' we could trust. He came to power when events proved he'd been right all along.

Winston made very dodgy decisions before WW2. He set the British Army on striking miners, the example Maggie followed with the police, right after giving them a big pay rise.

in reply to Andy Wootton

You mean the NUM that took money from Gadaffi? Miners who terrorised their own community, some of whom were simply trying to survive. Bussing in 5000 men at Orgreave is not a strike; it's a declaration of war.

Anyway
You and I grew up in a world where we were indoctrinated with the view that the Communists, aka the Russians, were evil and wanted to destroy us all. We were told that while the UK and France could lob a couple of ICBMs at Smolensk, it was the Americans who truly kept us safe in our beds. I'd far rather have the US and Russia friends than at each other's throats.

in reply to dick_turpin

You know when I said I hated bullies? There were no conditions on that. Scargill led a thug-army but when you are hungry and your only weapon is solidarity, I can understand the temptation to turn to violence. My parents were One Nation Conservatives, my maternal uncles were miners and NUM members. They were not Stalinists. They wanted the NHS, widows' pensions and changing rooms with showers.
in reply to dick_turpin

The Russians did want worldwide Communism and America wanted Capitalist democracy. It's hard to understand how both arrived at authoritarian dictatorships while the environment goes to hell in a handbasket. Their leaders may be friends but they are both at Europe's throat now and the EU isn't sure we can be trusted either. I don't want to be on Putin and Trump's side.
in reply to dick_turpin

I think Starmer needs to work towards Europe not having 'sides'. We could co-operate on what we agree on and ignore what we don't. That was what I wanted, for Europe, the British Isles, Great Britain and Scotland, instead of Indie-Yes/No or the Leave/Remain binary choices. That was childish. Those Eton lads aren't always as clever as they seem. You don't start a fight when you're outnumbered, even if you are Head Boy.
in reply to dick_turpin

I'm not convinced Europe will ever treat us as equals or treat us fairly, for that matter. I'm gobsmacked that people are willing to hand over their country to Brussels so that they can glide through customs for two weeks in Ibiza.

I asked many people at the time of the vote why they believed so firmly that the European Union was good for Britain. None of them gave me very good reasons; they all seemed to have pretty unimportant personal benefits, such as the ability to take Benji the dog with them or work abroad while retaining British citizenship. Until, of course, Brussels does away with that, and we all become EU citizens.

I did vote to remain, mainly because I hoped the referendum may have given the EU a wake-up call to the extent they changed their disrespectful attitude. I never imagined that we would actually leave. It'll be at least twenty years before they allow us back, and even if they did, I guarantee they would punish us because France, for example, is very vindictive.



The way to fight the far-right is to either show that their claims are inaccurate or to actually do something about the claims that are or have an element of truth. Simply calling them Fascists and threats of violence has the opposite effect and only serves to make them stronger.
theguardian.com/world/2025/febโ€ฆ



I've been reading a book!

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ
Processes how the brain distinguishes between "us" and "them" in social contexts. A key brain region involved in this is the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), which plays a role in social cognition, including distinguishing between in-groups and out-groups.

๐—”๐—บ๐˜†๐—ด๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ: Involved in emotional reactions and threat detection, often more active when perceiving out-group members.

๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜… (๐—”๐—–๐—–): Helps regulate conflict and bias between in-groups and out-groups.

๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—ง๐—ฃ๐—): Important for perspective-taking and understanding social differences.

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Are we really going to send British troops to shoot Russians? I mean, it's a nice sabre-rattling gesture, but do we really want to risk starting a full-blown war? I wonder what Russian mothers or the Russian people will think when their sons are shot by 3 Para or whichever regiments we send?

theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/fโ€ฆ

in reply to Andy Wootton

I have no qualms about legitimate, legal entry immigration. The more taxpayers, the merrier, in my book. I have no time or patience for illegals.

I'm not sure if I can draw my line in the sand any firmer.

in reply to dick_turpin

The problem, when I last looked, was that the UK Government was treating both in the same way. If there's no legal route then the only way to apply for asylum was via the illegal routes. If this has been fixed, I'm sorry but the communication of that fact hasn't reached me.


Amazing! Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, three years on, and suddenly, Europe can get off its arse and look like they're doing something. This has nothing to do with peace, defeating the Russians or potentially brokering a deal and everything to do with "Whose in charge!"

Europe, including the UK, is an utter joke! They all want American money, troops and support, yet when America decides it's time to stop the squabbling, everyone starts throwing a tantrum.
#ukraine #PresidentTrump

itv.com/news/2025-02-17/starmeโ€ฆ



๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ?
Zelensky will sabotage any negotiations that doesn't involve joining the EU.


There is only one enemy a European Army would fight: Russia.
Anyone in favour of this idea is a moron because Europe might just as well declare war now. Happy WW III. Never mind global warming; there'll be no Western Hemisphere to worry about once the nukes start flying.
theguardian.com/world/live/202โ€ฆ



"Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't." โ€“ Margaret Thatcher


It's nice to see #Labour getting their spuds kicked for a change.
#politics

theguardian.com/politics/2025/โ€ฆ



Looks like the press is gunning for #PeterKay. I wonder if Netflix has bought the show or if he's planning to sell his own DVD, and that's why he threw people out for spoiling it?
telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/the-otherโ€ฆ


There are going to be a fair few people pissed off if Trump achieves this, mainly because he'll crow about it for the next few years.
#Trump #Ukrain
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04n62โ€ฆ


"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it." โ€“ Margaret Thatcher


"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction." โ€“ Margaret Thatcher


Guilty by association or just as bad?
Sadly, at the moment, the Guardian doesn't say what he's supposed to have said.

Quote: "A government source told PA News: โ€œOliver Ryanโ€™s remarks were unacceptable and deeply disappointing.""

So much for #Labour cleaning up the sleaze in politics.

theguardian.com/politics/2025/โ€ฆ



@realDonaldTrump needs to threaten to pull US troops out of Europe. That'll shit'em up. ๐Ÿคฃ

politico.eu/article/eu-slams-dโ€ฆ



When someone posts a picture or footage of a so-called ghost wandering around ASDA at 11 am, I might consider believing. I mean, ask yourself, why is it always dark or foggy, and in the middle of the night, they appear?


Before I say anything, let me make one thing clear: ๐—œ โค๏ธ ๐Ÿฌ.๐—”.๐——.

This is yet another reason why Opensource and Linux are not more mainstream. I've been playing ALPHA 27 for a few days now. The only thing is, I'm playing on a Windows machine! According to the attached post, if you want it (On Linux), compile it yourself. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ



One thing that annoys me about the Internet is the volume of keyboard warriors who proclaim themselves to be the champions of morals and "Doing the right thing" Yet when Labour announces a third runway, a deafening silence descends regarding Climate Change.

๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†:
๐Ÿ›ซ If Heathrow's total airport emissions (Scope 3 included) are around 20 million tonnes COโ‚‚e per year, and the two runways handle all flight activity, A single runway could account for roughly 10 million tonnes COโ‚‚e per year (very rough estimate). Thus increasing the total to 30 Million tonnes.๐Ÿ›ฌ

If the Conservatives had announced this, the web would have gone into meltdown!

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpql1wโ€ฆ

in reply to dick_turpin

Dunno where you're getting the idea the left is silent about it, I've seen constant mockery disgust and alarm. The very post above yours in my timeline is linking to the Guardian [ theguardian.com/commentisfree/โ€ฆ ]. Even the Guardian!

I agree it'll probably just waste billions and then get cancelled before completion.

in reply to Adam Dalliance

I've not seen much wailing and gnashing of teeth on ๐• or Bluesky or my Mastodon timeline, for that matter (This instance is not Mastodon). It would seem if you want alternative allegiances, you need to run your own instance like this one. ๐Ÿ™‚


And I have discovered a new level of stupidity for IT Support.

A guy calls saying he cannot receive emails from a contact in India, and the emails are going to spam.

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: "It's not in spam; it's the other one."

๐— ๐—ฒ: "Junk folder?"

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: "That's the one, but it's not in there."

๐— ๐—ฒ: "Wait, do you mean our quarantine?"

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: "Yes."

๐— ๐—ฒ: "OK, send us the email address, and we will have a look."

He promptly sends a phone screenshot of the IM conversation with the guy in India who has attached a photo of his desktop with his rejection message (and his email address). The phone screenshot is too small to read, let alone the picture from the IM conversation.

JUST GIVE US THE BLOODY EMAIL ADDRESS!

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I had someone lose their company accounts file - stored on a floppy disk with no backup. I told him to send me a copy of the disk and I'd try to recover it. He sent me 2 A4 pages, with a photocopy of each side of the floppy disk.
in reply to Andrew Lewis Workshop

There's the story I've told a few times before.
We used to use another program for remote support, I forget its name now but it began with A and had a red icon.

So one of the lads got this woman to download it and run the executable.

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: "Right, can you see that red icon on your desktop? Click on that, please."

๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป: "There's no red icon."

๐˜ˆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง "๐˜–๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต. ๐˜–๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด."

๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: "OK, What DO you have on your desktop?"

๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป: "I've got a mouse, a keyboard, my coffee mug....."

I shit you not.

in reply to dick_turpin

my other favourite was a regular call from someone in an office saying the fax machine was broken. Every time we went there it was working. After about 6 weeks of call outs, I said "OK, I'm going to stand over you while you send a fax and see where the problem is." - she puts the page in the machine, dials the number, presses send, the fax goes through. I say "see, it's working" and she responds by huffing, waving the page at me and saying "it HASN'T sent, look, it's here."
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๐—•๐—˜๐—–๐—”๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜'๐—ฆ ๐—ก๐—ข ๐—•๐—˜๐——๐—ฆ
There's staff, just no beds!
#nhs #Capacity #NoBeds
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgly9zโ€ฆ


Watched 24 Hours in Police Custody this morning, which showed the dumbest cop in the UK conducting a search. They find bags of what turns out to be crystal meth, and PC dumbarse opens the bag and sniffs it! Luckily, it wasn't Fentanyl. What a moron.
peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/cโ€ฆ


๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐˜!
#greggs
expressandstar.com/news/2025/0โ€ฆ
in reply to dick_turpin

I'm trying to work out if the "It's disgusting" headline is referring to the ongoing effects of inflation or a comment on the greasy mess they get in the paper bag for their extra 5p.
in reply to Jon Knight

ASDA hot sausage rolls are tastier (I can't remember how much they are) plus they actually have meat in them rather than Greggs offal paste.
in reply to dick_turpin

I bet they made them smaller as well as more expensive. DISGUSTANG!

in reply to dick_turpin

I was going to share something on Facebook earlier but it offered X as an option, so I didn't. It reminds me of when Zuck agreed to share messages with Google using an open protocol and got totally shafted.
He's so keen to be liked by the big kids but they're bullies and they just humiliate him. You'd think he'd learn.
in reply to Andy Wootton

For a platform/solution that's so well established, you'd have thought he would have been able to take advantage of the ๐• wobble(s) when it was announced Musk was taking over and when he eventually did. I wonder just how relevant FB is these days? We all know it's there, but not that many can be arsed to use it.
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