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- Sun May 19, 2024 8:42 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-69031180 Unpaid carers must repay more than £250 million after many were unknowingly overpaid their allowance, new figures show. The government is seeking to recover money from more than 134,000 carers. So instead of scrapping to just over the £151 a week threshold by ...
- Sun May 19, 2024 8:36 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official NPR Golf Thread
- Replies: 778
- Views: 28104
Re: The Official NPR Golf Thread
Wee Boab fae Oban is doing well! Hope he has a decent final round and gets the confidence he needs to go with his huge skills set!
- Sat May 18, 2024 10:14 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18162
- Views: 980697
Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Nah, they had to go for the win. We didn't get the rub of the decisions and that decided the result. That extra point would have put them 6 ahead of both Lions and Benetton. It could have meant going into the final game week mathematically assured of the playoffs. It was stupid. That assumes it wou...
- Sat May 18, 2024 9:52 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722292
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Doesn’t really matter if they are still pumping shit into the rivers and sea That's not a Gotcha. I've been away for a long time so I don't know the detail on Scottish Water and Sepa, but a publicly owned body failing does not mean that the ideal of public ownership is failing any more than Blackbe...
- Fri May 17, 2024 4:26 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722292
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Water supply and sewage management is and always will be a pubic health issue that should never be placed in the hands of the private sector! Ever since John Snow in the 1850's and his work on cholera outbreaks in London it has been crystal clear that water and sewage are essential to public health ...
- Fri May 17, 2024 9:16 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Heart of darkness: Lucy Letby
- Replies: 120
- Views: 4168
Re: Heart of darkness: Lucy Letby
I have talked about whistleblowing with a few of my colleagues and friends who work in the NHS recently. A number being Consultants and medical directors. No one would be really happy to whistleblow. One had even been bullied and harassed after he reported issues to a Trusts "confidential"...
- Fri May 17, 2024 8:56 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Heart of darkness: Lucy Letby
- Replies: 120
- Views: 4168
Re: Heart of darkness: Lucy Letby
I can only speak for a small part of it , but when my wife was a nurse shift lead she had to pay utterly preposterous rates to agencies to cover for illnesses and absences. At times it was more than 10x a staff nurse rate - to get a nurse who was sometimes one of your own staff moonlighting (althou...
- Thu May 16, 2024 6:54 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Heart of darkness: Lucy Letby
- Replies: 120
- Views: 4168
Re: Heart of darkness: Lucy Letby
Sorry didnt read article so it may have been covered there. My comments aren't about whether she is guilty or not but more about wider systemic failures. Having had some experience in neonatal care I cannot believe that the pattern of deaths wasn't picked up earlier. I know that in Scotland there is...
- Wed May 15, 2024 6:13 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722292
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I do agree with you wholeheartedly, I think the values of parties as a whole and individual politicians should matter. Clearly the Labour leadership have decided political expediency and spectacle is a bit more important Yesterday the Unions met with Labour over the New Deal for workers and seem to...
- Wed May 15, 2024 10:01 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official NPR Golf Thread
- Replies: 778
- Views: 28104
Re: The Official NPR Golf Thread
I will have to give Turkey a look! What's the reason for the hit they've had? Price rises. 2019 we paid £1200 All inclusive, 6 rounds of golf. This year they wanted £2150, 5 rounds of golf. I've also said before about the issues with the resorts being full of Russians from May onwards which was a c...
- Wed May 15, 2024 9:46 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722292
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Personally I'd be asking any potential defectors where they've been for the last fourteen years through all they've done to the UK, (I started listing the failures and the deceit and the corruption, but decided it would be too long a post) By all means desert the sinking ship, but sit as an indepen...
- Tue May 14, 2024 5:58 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722292
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Why are you all still answering this fuckwit? It's okay to chuck a ball for him to run after once or twice, but come on. He's only looking for a reaction, no one can seriously believe the shite he is purporting to believe, it's an attempt at trolling the bored, it couldn't fit the definition any mo...
- Tue May 14, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official NPR Golf Thread
- Replies: 778
- Views: 28104
Re: The Official NPR Golf Thread
Just back from our trip to Spain. The courses were a refreshing change from what we are used to in Turkey. Torrequebrada, Santana and Rio Real being the highlights. It was interesting that we appeared to have got a grip with the Turkish courses and regularly played too or better than our handicaps....
- Tue May 14, 2024 5:38 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18162
- Views: 980697
Re: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
Thing is, Glasgow are clearly a much better team than us but all that ripping apart of the opposition has earned them is an extra 4.75 points per game . Everitt was probably set a target of making the team more resilient and installing some game management - a year ago everybody was jumping up and ...
- Tue May 14, 2024 10:56 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official NPR Golf Thread
- Replies: 778
- Views: 28104
Re: The Official NPR Golf Thread
Just back from our trip to Spain. The courses were a refreshing change from what we are used to in Turkey. Torrequebrada, Santana and Rio Real being the highlights. It was interesting that we appeared to have got a grip with the Turkish courses and regularly played too or better than our handicaps....
- Tue May 14, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18279
- Views: 552007
Re: The Official English Rugby Thread
I can imagine the league sponsors, game sponsors and TV company are a bit pissed off at having to sponsor/show a second rate game. It is this that will drive the money away from the game, why sponsor or show a Mickey Mouse game, who is going to be interested in watching a mismatch? I think they sho...
- Tue May 14, 2024 10:45 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722292
- Tue May 14, 2024 10:42 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Heart conditions that deserve a thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 1280
Re: Heart conditions that deserve a thread
I have to say that ever since moving back to Scotland 8 years ago the NHS has been absolutely brilliant, genuinely not one complaint. On that, having pushed for an MOT after my fairly recent significant birthday... I had a call from the GP this morning about my blood tests. Cholesterol is a little ...
- Tue May 14, 2024 10:30 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722292
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This'll piss off Jenrick and Braverman no end. Standby for op-eds in the Mail and Telegraph. There is no evidence of widespread abuse of the UK’s graduate visa route, the government’s immigration advisers have concluded, despite repeated claims from senior Conservatives that it is being exploited t...
- Mon May 13, 2024 4:14 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722292
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"Every Aspect Of Your Lives Will Change By 2030" - Sunak. I suppose most people on here will be cool with a digital currency? I listened to some of his speech, I couldn't listen to it all and turned off, and it was an incoherent pile of steaming shite unsubstantiated and without any reaso...
- Mon May 13, 2024 4:03 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Heart conditions that deserve a thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 1280
Re: Heart conditions that deserve a thread
A short story. Got call from GP practice a couple of weeks ago to go to give blood as I am on blood thinners following blood clot in lungs a few years ago probably caused by covid and they need to monitor my blood. Made appointment for early morning last Thursday with phlebotomist and got follow up...
- Mon May 13, 2024 3:57 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Heart conditions that deserve a thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 1280
Re: Heart conditions that deserve a thread
Progress report I went to the hospital for a check on my progress and the results of the blood test were across-the-board positive -- the values that needed to decline have declined significantly (the bad cholesterol one the main one) and those that needed to improve had improved. My weight too has...
- Sun May 12, 2024 10:06 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722292
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The "it's outrageous people with such abhorrent views are accepted into the Labour party!" attack line, was a bold one for the loony to run with. :crazy: https://twitter.com/BestForBritain/status/1788930583571079425 The Tories aren't even doing a particularly good job of burying Labour fo...
- Sun May 12, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18279
- Views: 552007
Re: The Official English Rugby Thread
Providing in a comp you use players registered for said comp I don't know how you'd police it beyond that. I can imagine the league sponsors, game sponsors and TV company are a bit pissed off at having to sponsor/show a second rate game. It is this that will drive the money away from the game, why ...
- Sat May 11, 2024 11:17 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: SupeRugby 2024...
- Replies: 465
- Views: 5571
Re: SupeRugby 2024...
Loving the Tahs v Brumbies game! Being played in a swamp, both teams wearing the same strips, rain pissing down, everyone covered in mud, knock ons, players sliding 20 yards on the ground, spray being kicked up everywhere, tapped free kick not moving in the mud ... just brilliant! TBF skill levels a...
- Sat May 11, 2024 9:38 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722292
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More decent news on the economy today, that's what they are waiting for. 0.6% growth lol And you could argue that's inflation driven rather than growth driven Compared with same quarter last year this is just a 0.2% increase in GDP so we have barely caught up with where we were a year ago. Worry is...
- Sat May 11, 2024 9:22 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18162
- Views: 980697
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Paterson's is a new injury, it was his foot before, he was playing the Super 6 last week I think. Boff had a recurrence of his back spasm, or so I read, but yeah, we could really have done with everyone being fit for the run in. I think there might be an element of not risking them against Zebre so...
- Fri May 10, 2024 11:11 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: 737 Max to fly again
- Replies: 191
- Views: 10642
Re: 737 Max to fly again
I did some work in an oil company years ago where production was king, keep the oil flowing whatever, etc. The amount of pressure on employees was huge and it was well known that significant risks were taken to make sure the oil kept flowing ... then we had Piper Alpha! Lots of work and research int...
- Fri May 10, 2024 11:00 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18162
- Views: 980697
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Boffelli plays one match and is injured again? Also, I thought Harry Paterson was going to be back a few weeks ago, is he injured again? With Henry out too lots of players missing golden opportunities to stake a claim for a back three shirt towards the businnes end of the season. Paterson's is a ne...
- Thu May 09, 2024 8:29 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722292
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And predictably it's proving divisive Natalie Elphicke: Keir Starmer faces Labour anger after Tory MP's defection Sir Keir Starmer's decision to admit Tory MP Natalie Elphicke into Labour has been met with bewilderment by some of his MPs. The Dover MP's surprise defection from the Conservatives has...
- Mon May 06, 2024 10:00 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18162
- Views: 980697
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Fuck me, he’s not quite a childhood hero of mine (that’d be big Gav) given he’s a decade younger than me but Hoggy was a formative part of my rugby psyche. To learn he’s (allegedly) a proper wrong un is tough. An old teacher of mine was at Heriot’s with Andy Irvine and told me he was an absolute ar...
- Sun May 05, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722292
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An obliteration at the GE is now a lock in. But their problems are larger. Brexit and the 2019 GE has cooked their brains. They've purged a lot of the people who could change direction. Many (most?) of those left think UK elections are won from the far right rather than from the centre. Even if a p...
- Sun May 05, 2024 10:14 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
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- Views: 722292
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I see the Tory loons are out in force this morning demanding that Sunak 'change course', move even further to the right and emulate the party that secured a grand total of 2 councillors across the UK, rather than consider why it is that the election saw large swathes of former Tory voters switch to...
- Fri May 03, 2024 4:04 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Scottish Rugby Thread
- Replies: 18162
- Views: 980697
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Ramos covers 10 and 15 so is an ideal bench option ... a bit ironic really?I like neeps wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 12:26 pm Blair Kinghorn starts for Toulouse in the semi final over one Tomas Ramos. That's impressive!
- Fri May 03, 2024 10:15 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722292
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I really don't understand any claim that "he has something about him" - he is a con man, a liar and a cheat, they always have "something" about them, that's how they get away with it. It's gullible in the extreme to like this man. The fucking Guardian printed a picture of him jo...
- Fri May 03, 2024 10:05 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Kicking off in Israel
- Replies: 3137
- Views: 145652
Re: Kicking off in Israel
It's interesting that the BBC have admitting fluffing their figures for deaths during the conflict. The figures supplied by Hamas included their soldiers, the true civilian death toll is around 20,000 - 24,000. Whilst a lot of innocent people have lost their lives at the hands of puppets in Iran, L...
- Fri May 03, 2024 9:22 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Climate Change - Why don't we care?
- Replies: 133
- Views: 2667
Re: Climate Change - Why don't we care?
It's not even that, one of my wife's mates who has a place in Spain went there on a day trip with 4 mates last year because there were flights available at £4.99 return. That's seriously mental. I was reminded of this post just now. Two friends, one living in Newcastle, one in Birmingham, apparentl...
- Fri May 03, 2024 8:25 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
- Replies: 2648
- Views: 141254
Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Get in there Jade! Those misogynists could even put their ski boots on because their fat beer bellies would get in the way! Massive achievement.
- Fri May 03, 2024 8:22 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722292
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Reminder, here's the twat announcing his new voter ID rules https://x.com/AdamBienkov/status/1786125618293178779 I really don't understand any claim that "he has something about him" - he is a con man, a liar and a cheat, they always have "something" about them, that's how they ...
- Thu May 02, 2024 8:50 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722292
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he doesn't come across as very knowledgeable, wants to withdraw from NATO to stop illegal immigration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qqB7ys5Quo Monty Panesar’s strength has always been limited to left arm spin, with his weaknesses encompassing everything else. Bloody good bowler mind still a bett...