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Post by partickpotter on Aug 31, 2022 10:58:52 GMT
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Aug 31, 2022 11:30:57 GMT
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Post by hamsta2 on Aug 31, 2022 11:30:57 GMT
.Gathering pace here with university staff in certain areas going out. Ballots in local govt ref pay offer, teachers , doctors, higher education etc. It is building.
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Aug 31, 2022 12:19:16 GMT
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Post by oggyoggy on Aug 31, 2022 12:19:16 GMT
What’s the solution? Tough one.
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Aug 31, 2022 12:37:24 GMT
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Post by wagsastokie on Aug 31, 2022 12:37:24 GMT
What’s the solution? Tough one. Well in the case of wee Jimmy krankie Cut the independence bullshit and let the English tax payer to bail her out
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Post by lawrieleslie on Aug 31, 2022 12:48:02 GMT
What’s the solution? Tough one. I think many people, quite understandably, are looking to the immediate future and the horrendous effect to their livelihoods that current inflation is bringing. Inflation is being mainly driven by cost of energy and fuel along with food shortages due to Ukraine war. Personally I think the solution has largely been missed by the government and that is to freeze the cap on energy prices and let the energy suppliers sort out their own crisis. This may mean smaller energy suppliers going bust but balance that against the misery being caused then for me it’s a no brainer. Plus of course the government, by giving hand outs to pay for energy is playing right into the energy companies hands in terms of continually hiking the prices. This is going to further increase massively the national debt already reeling from cost of the pandemic. Most people in uk have always been conscious of massive government borrowing and its effect on future generations but the eyewatering money that has been spent/wasted over 2.5 years has possibly made us think that the money is there when it’s needed. A good example will be when the government is forced to increase state and public service pensions plus other benefits by the rate of inflation which will be at 10% at least in September. As you say it’s a tough one.
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Post by partickpotter on Aug 31, 2022 13:23:38 GMT
What’s the solution? Tough one. I don’t know. I hope all sides approach the situation in a spirit of compromise and collaboration not confrontation. I also hope Stoke get promoted this season. That England win the Ashes. And that the weather holds out for my upcoming trip to Torridon. I might be hoping for too much.
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Aug 31, 2022 13:43:17 GMT
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Post by followyoudown on Aug 31, 2022 13:43:17 GMT
What’s the solution? Tough one. I think many people, quite understandably, are looking to the immediate future and the horrendous effect to their livelihoods that current inflation is bringing. Inflation is being mainly driven by cost of energy and fuel along with food shortages due to Ukraine war. Personally I think the solution has largely been missed by the government and that is to freeze the cap on energy prices and let the energy suppliers sort out their own crisis. This may mean smaller energy suppliers going bust but balance that against the misery being caused then for me it’s a no brainer. Plus of course the government, by giving hand outs to pay for energy is playing right into the energy companies hands in terms of continually hiking the prices. This is going to further increase massively the national debt already reeling from cost of the pandemic. Most people in uk have always been conscious of massive government borrowing and its effect on future generations but the eyewatering money that has been spent/wasted over 2.5 years has possibly made us think that the money is there when it’s needed. A good example will be when the government is forced to increase state and public service pensions plus other benefits by the rate of inflation which will be at 10% at least in September. As you say it’s a tough one. The profits are made by the companies extracting not those selling into homes, not allowing the cap to rise would mean those suppliers would just exit the market, many immediately as they would effectively be trading while insolvent. There is no easy solution that will not incur massive costs to the taxpayer, capacity, storage all have to be ramped up so we are never in this position again.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Aug 31, 2022 14:01:13 GMT
I think many people, quite understandably, are looking to the immediate future and the horrendous effect to their livelihoods that current inflation is bringing. Inflation is being mainly driven by cost of energy and fuel along with food shortages due to Ukraine war. Personally I think the solution has largely been missed by the government and that is to freeze the cap on energy prices and let the energy suppliers sort out their own crisis. This may mean smaller energy suppliers going bust but balance that against the misery being caused then for me it’s a no brainer. Plus of course the government, by giving hand outs to pay for energy is playing right into the energy companies hands in terms of continually hiking the prices. This is going to further increase massively the national debt already reeling from cost of the pandemic. Most people in uk have always been conscious of massive government borrowing and its effect on future generations but the eyewatering money that has been spent/wasted over 2.5 years has possibly made us think that the money is there when it’s needed. A good example will be when the government is forced to increase state and public service pensions plus other benefits by the rate of inflation which will be at 10% at least in September. As you say it’s a tough one. The profits are made by the companies extracting not those selling into homes, not allowing the cap to rise would mean those suppliers would just exit the market, many immediately as they would effectively be trading while insolvent. There is no easy solution that will not incur massive costs to the taxpayer, capacity, storage all have to be ramped up so we are never in this position again. Centrica, who are wholesale gas producers, also own British Gas.
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Aug 31, 2022 14:09:43 GMT
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Post by followyoudown on Aug 31, 2022 14:09:43 GMT
The profits are made by the companies extracting not those selling into homes, not allowing the cap to rise would mean those suppliers would just exit the market, many immediately as they would effectively be trading while insolvent. There is no easy solution that will not incur massive costs to the taxpayer, capacity, storage all have to be ramped up so we are never in this position again. Centrica, who are wholesale gas producers, also own British Gas. Yes and the market for gas is international and there is excess demand over supply so unless you are going to change the law to ban exports (with the unintended consequences that would entail) they will just sell to markets not price capped and the uk has a supply problem then, maybe they will continue to supply british gas customers at a loss but any other supplier they just cut off.
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Aug 31, 2022 14:18:13 GMT
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Post by Hereward the Wake ᛊᛏᛟᚲᛖ on Aug 31, 2022 14:18:13 GMT
I'm waiting for my lateral flow thingy to come so we can go Majorca on Friday but with the Royal Mail striking today we're cutting it very fine .
If it doesn't come tomorrow we're fucked . If that happens I hope they all get sacked.
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Post by Paul Spencer on Aug 31, 2022 14:34:35 GMT
I'm waiting for my lateral flow thingy to come so we can go Majorca on Friday but with the Royal Mail striking today we're cutting it very fine . If it doesn't come tomorrow we're fucked . If that happens I hope they all get sacked.
Why not buy one from the chemist?
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Post by dutchstokie on Aug 31, 2022 14:38:29 GMT
What are they all whingin' about now? Fuckin workshy moaners.....
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Post by Hereward the Wake ᛊᛏᛟᚲᛖ on Aug 31, 2022 14:43:56 GMT
I'm waiting for my lateral flow thingy to come so we can go Majorca on Friday but with the Royal Mail striking today we're cutting it very fine . If it doesn't come tomorrow we're fucked . If that happens I hope they all get sacked.
Why not buy one from the chemist?
Mrs is a nurse so can get them for free but need ones from the company because you have to scan a barcode and send a photo then they apply it to your passport or sumit . Load of bollocks but it's what Spain wants from Brits for entry 🙄
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Aug 31, 2022 15:31:27 GMT
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Post by questionable on Aug 31, 2022 15:31:27 GMT
Why not buy one from the chemist?
Mrs is a nurse so can get them for free but need ones from the company because you have to scan a barcode and send a photo then they apply it to your passport or sumit . Load of bollocks but it's what Spain wants from Brits for entry 🙄 Ask your neighbour if they’ve had your mail, the new Postie in Audlem is forever posting my mail next door 😡😡
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Aug 31, 2022 15:34:26 GMT
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Post by Hereward the Wake ᛊᛏᛟᚲᛖ on Aug 31, 2022 15:34:26 GMT
Mrs is a nurse so can get them for free but need ones from the company because you have to scan a barcode and send a photo then they apply it to your passport or sumit . Load of bollocks but it's what Spain wants from Brits for entry 🙄 Ask your neighbour if they’ve had your mail, the new Postie in Audlem is forever posting my mail next door 😡😡 Where in Audlem are ya ? On strike aren't they. Rang them earlier to see if I could pick it up from the depot but they said no because they have to 'attempt' to deliver it first . Just more bollocks. They've said it 'should' arrive tomorrow though
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Aug 31, 2022 15:41:36 GMT
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Post by thewonderstuff on Aug 31, 2022 15:41:36 GMT
If that happens I hope they all get sacked. The despicable Royal Mail management? Agreed.
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Post by cerebralstokie on Aug 31, 2022 15:43:48 GMT
What’s the solution? Tough one. I don’t know. I hope all sides approach the situation in a spirit of compromise and collaboration not confrontation. I also hope Stoke get promoted this season. That England win the Ashes. And that the weather holds out for my upcoming trip to Torridon. I might be hoping for too much. I hope you manage the Torridons. They are magnificent. Stoke promoted? hmmmm.
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Aug 31, 2022 15:50:10 GMT
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Post by Hereward the Wake ᛊᛏᛟᚲᛖ on Aug 31, 2022 15:50:10 GMT
If that happens I hope they all get sacked. The despicable Royal Mail management? Agreed. Yes I don't blame the individual postie, just doing their job and doing as they're told aren't they.
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Post by felonious on Aug 31, 2022 17:08:59 GMT
What’s the solution? Tough one. I don’t know. I hope all sides approach the situation in a spirit of compromise and collaboration not confrontation. I also hope Stoke get promoted this season. That England win the Ashes. And that the weather holds out for my upcoming trip to Torridon. I might be hoping for too much. Have you given up hoping that Scotland stays in the Union
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Post by thewonderstuff on Sept 5, 2022 15:46:13 GMT
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Post by thewonderstuff on Sept 8, 2022 9:20:27 GMT
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Post by raythesailor on Sept 9, 2022 8:30:22 GMT
Is the bin strike still going on in Scotland?
The queens coffin will be lying in state in Edinburgh next week and no doubt the worlds media will be there. Not a good advert for the city, for Scotland or the Nation.
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Post by partickpotter on Sept 9, 2022 9:04:09 GMT
Is the bin strike still going on in Scotland? The queens coffin will be lying in state in Edinburgh next week and no doubt the worlds media will be there. Not a good advert for the city, for Scotland or the Nation. No… it’s over. Nicola Sturgeon got involved and made an offer the unions could accept. This does leave a few problems. The Scottish Government doesn’t have the cash to fund the pay rise so cuts are now being investigated across the whole of government spending (a pretty brutal process). There are lots of other public sector workers who now see a benchmark. And are expecting the same offer from SG, which will add massively to the above cost problem. Putting that to one side, the agreement is a well structured one in that the less you earn, the better the deal meaning they’ve not gone for a straight percentage rise. Higher earners basically get a capped sum which is a low percentage of their salary whereas lower paid workers get a high percentage increase. I was quite impressed with the way the Union approached the negotiation.
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Oct 24, 2022 23:21:15 GMT
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Post by salopstick on Oct 24, 2022 23:21:15 GMT
A mate of mine has stopped going on strike at open reach.
He says what’s the point. Too many of his colleagues are doing overtime on the Saturday to make up the lost day
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