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Yeah, but how many of those 32,000 stayed here, added to our research base etc. The universities viewed Erasmus as a recruitment tool to help the UK university infrastructure remain ahead of Europeans by recruiting their brightest and best. It worked. Does this not mean in that case that the unis w...

Sorry, I took this as an endorsement. Which is not an endorsement or otherwise of their business methods. Plenty to admire with the yanks, no mention of their business methods, not that a bright spark like you would see it. I was under the impression that this thread was about Brexit. If you post e...

The US hasn’t been and isn’t a free market, that maybe what is “sold” but it isn’t as anyone who has dealt with the US knows. The market is the tool for private enterprise or provision versus the state. Some things are better left to private enterprise whilst other areas are better left to the stat...

https://twitter.com/joncstone/status/1342443447924486146 "talking through the back of his neck" :roll: Erasmus was a great scheme for European students, but the numbers of UK students that took advantage of it was very small. Only 15,000 UK students took part, at a cost of £200 MILLION a ...

I was a little surprised to see NL's endorsement of American business methods. When I worked in Aberdeen, we had multiple joint projects with American Companies and I found them pretty cavalier about HR issues and more than willing to flout safety regulations in the interests of profit. Which, in a...

And that's basically USA and China. Both of whom would rip us a new arsehole in trade talks. US not China. We will be pulled closer to the yank orbit along with others, that is not a bad thing as much as plenty will protest otherwise I know that those who push the free market as a fundamental good ...

There are no benefits to Brexit until the UK starts to negotiate bilateral trade deals with countries that the EU hasn't got a FTA with and/or likely never will. When that starts to happen then people might start to view leaving the EU differently but until then we are always going to be in the deb...

Glad their fine BM. Went through our work as it was rife in the community for a wee bit and I was dealing with the local IMT who in no uncertain terms told me the pcr tests were shite as I was all geared up for testing everyone and was basically talked out of it. Fortunately no one was properly ill ...

What's she done? Took her mask off at a funeral and was blethering with some folk, it’s on beeb I'd be a bit hypocritical to say anything as much as I dislike her. Did the same at my mother's wake. Aye but i dont see you preaching to the rest of us. It's the holier than thou attitude that pisses me...

1 in 25 is hardly a strike rate to be proud of. He’s just a contrarian who lies and shifts the goalposts every 5th post. As I said, I can cope. One doesn’t have to engage with his more creative opinions if one prefers not to. It's not a Permaban. Just 2 weeks He really needs a break as he is obsess...

Jock42 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 10:52 pm
Northern Lights wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 10:35 pm I see even Sturgeon isn’t following the COVID rules.

I’m sure the apologists will be along shortly, it’s probably Thatchers fault.
What's she done?

Took her mask off at a funeral and was blethering with some folk, it’s on beeb

tc27 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 10:37 pm Im not her biggest fan but seems more like a careless mistake than simply ignoring the rules as Cummings or Ferrier did.

I’m sure it was but can you imagine the spittle-flecked rage from Blackford and the condescension from Sturgeon if it was Ruth Davidson or Douglas Ross.

I see even Sturgeon isn’t following the COVID rules.

I’m sure the apologists will be along shortly, it’s probably Thatchers fault.

Don't know what his response will be, but I can tell you that at community level they're massively screwed. Caseload is currently twice the norm for this time of year and it's getting worse - at the same time that PPE restrictions mean that every patient visit requires 15-20 minutes longer than the...

What strategy would you take? No lockdown in Sweden and the US is going predictably terribly as well. Both options are absolutely sh*te. I don't want to be locked down. But equally I don't blame the government's for doing so looking at the number of deaths. Wouldn't want that over my head either. H...

Admissions to the paeds ward in ninewells are down significantly for respiratory conditions compared to this time last year. OJ, Do you reckon you have more capacity this year than last or is it the same sort of shitshow as every year or are we actually worse? You at least are front and centre with...

Yeh, the return of panic buying stories in the MSM For good reason this time. There are going to be significant gaps on shelves in 48 hours if they don’t get freight moving, Boris has totally fucked up this time. I’m not getting into how bad this new variant is as there seems to be a mixed view on ...

You can't seriously be suggesting facemasks are the cause of the spikes across Europe LN? We've been wearing masks since May/June and there wasn't a huge spike then. The spikes were when people started meeting indoors again and got kind of bored of the rules. Not causing the spikes but are a comple...

Not causing the spikes but are a complete waste of time. Kids in schools across Scotland can now look forward to wearing them all day in class. People meeting indoors is lockdown fatigue and completely understandable and was the reason they were reticent to lockdown in the first place, now they hav...

Hong Kong wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:25 pm

Oh here we go the sainted fucking nhs, like no other cunt works in this country. If you work in the public sector you’re a bloody saint, give it a bloody rest.

I’m sick of this shite too.

He wasn’t really up for the lie tonight was he. A timely reminder. https://twitter.com/lyne_ian/status/1328961434030575619 Oh no we will get them doing the pissing their pants analogy again. Amazingly 6 months on from mask wearing we are in a pretty shit situation - back to full lockdown, looks the...

My goodness, BoJo is having a shocker tonight He wasn’t really up for the lie tonight was he. A timely reminder. https://twitter.com/lyne_ian/status/1328961434030575619 Oh no we will get them doing the pissing their pants analogy again. Amazingly 6 months on from mask wearing we are in a pretty shi...

Yeh, the return of panic buying stories in the MSM For good reason this time. There are going to be significant gaps on shelves in 48 hours if they don’t get freight moving, Boris has totally fucked up this time. I’m not getting into how bad this new variant is as there seems to be a mixed view on ...

why do you think they are easily led imbeciles?? Most of my mates and social circle are captains of Industry etc. they are not tin foil hat wearing twitter debaters... Social distancing as much as possible is the way forward, its certainly worked for my family for the last 9 months. I just feel its...

House of Lords have written a scathing letter to George Eustice basically saying we aren’t ready for 1st Jan in the agri/food sphere. It’s a total shitshow and government have to get an extension or can expect exports to ground to a halt. This is after them getting expert evidence from the industry.

Wow, really have to spell it out, yes voluntary as in guidance. Like I said, never going to work. You can ask them not to, but if they want to, they will. Any perceived punishment, constraint or even 'voluntary guidance' can be used to control individuals and their role they play as independent exp...

Hang on, they shouldn't be on them but they shouldn't be banned from them? Can you explain what that means? I wouldn't outlaw as in make it illegal, I just think they if they elect to serve on these committees they should refrain from commenting on overtly political matters. Is this the way thinkin...

No i dont want them banned and never said that they should be, quite why you are making that leap is beyond me. I said they shouldnt be on twitter or other forms of media not that they should be banned from being on them. Hang on, they shouldn't be on them but they shouldn't be banned from them? Ca...

PH is a devolved issue, what is more important and core to a Gov than protecting the health of its people! This is not a grey area, although I agree some of the levers to ensure PH are less clear, such as controlling borders. The SG have set up their own group to provide them with expert advice, th...

Never going to happen. Being on a committee advising the Scottish government carries little kudos compared to editing journals with high impact ratings. Or chairing conferences in their field. These people are all highly paid already and wouldn’t compromise the academic reputation by limiting what ...

Yeah, but NL at first said they shouldn’t be airing their political opinions on social or traditional media. Then he said they shouldn’t spout forth on social media. Just want him to clarify what he actually wants to ban them from doing, when he’s not paying them for their years of experience, know...

Anyway, it won’t happen but if we do end up in No Deal or Australia deal as Boris calls it I think this is exactly why there should have been a confirmatory referendum. This isn’t remotely close to the shite they were spouting during the campaign, it’s a shambles. Now we know here is what out of th...

Anyway, it won’t happen but if we do end up in No Deal or Australia deal as Boris calls it I think this is exactly why there should have been a confirmatory referendum. This isn’t remotely close to the shite they were spouting during the campaign, it’s a shambles. Now we know here is what out of the...

Crikey, it almost sounds as though WTO membership results in a loss of sovereignty. No it doesn’t. It is up to the country if they want to not apply a tariff on any good at any time. Oh ok. What about the bit where it says "You can't turn round and say Oz is at 15% just because you want to&quo...

Oh, so you just don’t want them to do it on social media? So conferences, interviews, journalists, documentary programmes etc are all ok then? Senior academics will fight like hell against any restraint on their ‘academic freedom’, even if it’s not in their interests. It doesn’t matter how you reph...

She is allowed to say what she wants, within reason. She is an unpaid member of a SG advisory group and has an opinion. She is not a representative of the SG nor of the SNP. There have been multiple advisors on SAGE and other UK Gov groups appearing on tv and writing articles, tweets, etc and givin...

Gets more complicated then. Does it depend on which standards we are not complying with? I can see the argument of not accepting goods or products, like cheese, for food standards, its the same issue we have with an FTA with the US and accepting their chlorinated chicken and wider poor standards in...

I dont doubt her professional ability but where she let herself down was a few overtly political posts which imo people in those positions shouldn't be engaging in that sort of thing. I would go as far as to say they shouldnt even be on twitter and other platforms. On the point of the article it is...

But that is my question - does the UK have an option - either adopt the EU standards as per the 'dynamic ratchet' or else just accept there will be tariffs imposed on the goods/services in question? The UK doesn't have an option. We have to follow changing EU standards if we want to sell food/produ...

Except we know that practically no front rows can and that alone would force a rethink as to the trade off between bulk and the ability to defend later on. That then leads to the thought that more space later on in an encouragement to pick more mobile players elsewhere. Mobility and strength are no...

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