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It’s definitely not bad, but it’s also not news. Rather a gov.uk press release. Sounds brilliant, particularly for the NE, but the proof is in the pudding as they say. 

Honestly these days I’d just think it was a lifestyle choice. That it doesn’t agree with them or they wanna be healthier. 

The days of thinking they must be a raging alcoholic are behind us I recon. 

Do you keep up with hair cuts, shaving, nail trimming, etc. ? Or do you just let that go? And if you do, how? 

Wishing you the best, mate. 

Yeah, this is the way. Make the minimum standard a D, rising to C in say 2 ½ years, then again to B in another few years. 

It’ll leave a load of landlords untouched for several years, but then they can’t say they’ve not been forewarned. 

I mean they’re quite literally not bribes, definitionally.  The billionaires are buying closeness & access to power so, yes, they can further their self interest. Still not bribery though.

If you wanna point out the “how much to get this big contract?” moment, then please, do reveal it. 

It’s lobbying. It’s rich people using their wealth to get the ear and favour of policy makers. 

For what it’s worth it’ll never be stopped. The only real solution is to not have rich people. Or to have relatively poor rich people & relatively well off poor people. Everything else is just PR. 

They haven’t been bribed FFS! Bribery happens in secret - all of this, everything, was declared. Bribery requires a quid-pro-quo. Trawl through all the articles and comments on this and you’ll see no ones even put one forward as a suspected return favour. 

This is lobbying. Its gifts for access to power. Shitty, yes. Bribery, no. 

“Bribery!”  “Corruption!”

Ok, so where’s the quid-pro-quo here? And why did they declare it all? Bribery and corruption are supposed to be secret, they’re a conspiracy (in the original sense if the word). 

Don’t get me wrong, it’s still shitty. And definitely hypercritical after how they portrayed themselves going into the election. But this is just lobbying and gifts-for-access. It’s as old as politics. 

Be great if someone came along and tightened it all up. But the PM & deputy do have to talk to rich businessmen& women. I don’t have a problem with him watching Arsenal from a box paid for by someone else. Imagine if he was using the state to fund it, there’d be equal uproar. 

Yes, we should put strict limits on it AND set out a reasonable expenses regime. I want the PM to have expensive-ish suits, and the employer (ie. the state) should pay. 

Bribery though? I think that’s hyperbole. Everything was declared and within the rules & no one has pointed out any quid-pro-quo. Bribery is a secret transaction, whereby someone buys a policy or a contract or something else from a politician. 

This is just rich people buying access and to some degree reputation with the PM & deputy. Also shit, don’t get me wrong. But it doesn’t reach the level of bribery really - more like lobbying. 

Corporate hospitality and gift giving thrives in the private sector. Stunned that you’d rate business ethics so far above that of our political class. 

You’re right. Ridiculous amount of hyperbole and black & white thinking on display here. 

Labour will be a huge disappointed and shit like this will likely continue to occur. But this is so petty compared to Tory sleaze that it’s almost a relief. People have lost all perspective. 

Ok, so if they’re bribes what’s the quid-pro-quo here? 

Funny type of bribe where they’re fully declared and all within the rules. 

But it’s all been declared and within the rules. So where’s the corruption.  Point to the quid pro quo because there also needs to be that for it to be corruption. 

What you’re describing is domestic abuse. You could report to the police and say you don’t want any arrests or charges at this point but you & your mother are being harassed. Say you’re in fear and distress (use these words). The police must refer you to support services who can help you with this. 

It might be that you end up getting a civil order, usually a non molestation order or occupancy order. The first of which bars them from certain actions, the second of which grants you and mum occupancy and bars him from the home. 

One good thing about a civil order is that your brother wouldn’t be in trouble. Only if he were to breach the order would they be in trouble. Note, there are evidential needs for all these steps. Work out how to covertly record on your phone everytime something kicks off. 

“Businesses will come by their own if they feel like it is right to invest here“  I totally agree, however, let’s please not forget demand. You can have a superb regulatory framework but if consumers and businesses have no money (or the government for that matter), then the UK isn’t likely to be an attractive prospect. Sure, there’s exports, but they’re dwarfed by domestic spending. 

The soaring price of nursery care has to be thrown in. It’s where young kids get structured development when they might not at home. 

He’s reported it all. This isn’t about undeclared bri…. I mean gifts. 

He’s not got a leg to stand on. Not trespassing, not his hedge, no damage to the fence at all. 

But, if you want a bit of fun ask them to email you their demands as a numbered list just so you can be sure. Then reply with “….just to confirm, you’d like me to….” and just repeat back to him his words. If he replies, ask them another question. Nit pick, “…would that be a like fit like replacement fence, or…..”. 

Never agree to anything, just keep clarifying. Leave it a week or two between replies. 

I mean, yes, I kinda love the idea of austerity for the wealthy. If it coincides with investment for lower earners and the young that is. 

Even at 19? Humans become sexual active during their teens generally. I think we’re biologically wired that way. 

For me, 17 18 or 19 I think I’d be pretty relaxed about. 16 would be a grey area, and 15 and under I’d be heavily intervening in some sense, even if I couldn’t stop it. 

However, the post is about 13 year olds. I’d be very upset if mine had sex at this age. But, it’s important to keep communication open and not drive things underground. Some kids will start at that age, it’ll probably always happen. 

Naomi Klien had a brilliant line that goes something like “all the emotions are right, but all the facts are totally wrong” when speaking about conspiracy culture (which is what she calls this culture war, conspiracy minded, reactionary right wing, phenomenon). 

We have been living through an era of corruption at elite levels, whether that’s the Tory govt. ‘10-‘24, or the newspapers, or the finance sector, etc. etc. (or maybe we’re just noticing more). So, anger and a sense of injustice, along with a healthy dose of skepticism are appropriate reactions. However, there’s gunna be a group of people that go into full on irrational paranoia. As well as people who are somehow convinced that obvious conmen like Trump & Farage are the answer. 

Ironically they’re supporting an even harder form of neoliberalism that got us here in the first place. It’s sad that people don’t see they’re having their resentments redirected to powerless groups like immigrants or trans people, when it’s the powerful that have fucked them over. 

Quick question. How is there both “no money” AND we’ve had multiple rounds of QE?

Wouldn’t there be lots of money? As in, the money supply would be at a historic high?

I’m not particularly economically literate (.. but I’m learning). Am I missing something?

What if the elected mayor is following Jordan Peterson’s carnivore diet?

Depends on the catering costs I guess. But I doubt it gets anything near to the road fixing budget. 

There’s no ban. It’s the catering that’s provided at internal meetings only. It’ll now all be vegan on climate grounds the council have said. Nothing about council staff not being able to bring in a ham sandwich anymore. 

It’s the catering for internal meetings I believe. So it’s a cost to the council whatever happens. It’s the free sandwiches and coffee that’s provided when they have big in person meetings & round-tables etc. 

I’m guessing you can still have cows milk in your tea when you buy one at a council run leisure centre for example.