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Post by bigmartin on Sept 17, 2024 12:02:17 GMT
Not as anti trump as many on here May I ask: why not? It does beggar belief. But it's down to the fact that most people here only see about 1% of the stuff he comes out with. It almost all goes unreported. Such as posting "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT". Yes, Donald Trump, former President and potential future President posted this on his Truth Social account. There's lots more. I see it because I take an interest in US politics. But almost all of it is unreported upon. He's an absolute mental case. And I'm not talking differences of opinions on his politics I'm referencing him. The way he behaves. The things he says. If it was anyone's loved one on here they'd be getting them sectioned. I could provide many many examples but I won't because it's boring. But it's all out there.
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Post by herbiedumplings on Sept 17, 2024 12:52:02 GMT
It does beggar belief. But it's down to the fact that most people here only see about 1% of the stuff he comes out with. It almost all goes unreported. Such as posting "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT". Yes, Donald Trump, former President and potential future President posted this on his Truth Social account. There's lots more. I see it because I take an interest in US politics. But almost all of it is unreported upon. He's an absolute mental case. And I'm not talking differences of opinions on his politics I'm referencing him. The way he behaves. The things he says. If it was anyone's loved one on here they'd be getting them sectioned. I could provide many many examples but I won't because it's boring. But it's all out there.
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Post by desmond on Sept 17, 2024 13:39:30 GMT
I wouldn’t get hung up on their job title, that’s pretty much only an internal NHS description, I’ve never heard a patient tell me “they’re going to see their junior doctor”. For me the interesting thing about this agreement is the wording from the BMA about “expecting an inflation beating increase next year or face the consequences” doesn’t sound like the most stable of relationships with their employer. That's probably because their pay has fallen 20.8% behind where it was in 2008, even after this 22% pay rise over two years. Or significantly less from 2010 according to the much vaunted IFS. www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-how-much-has-junior-doctors-pay-fallen-and-what-pay-rise-do-they-wantEdit. Also just read that the term “junior doctor” will be replaced by “resident doctor” from tomorrow.
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Post by The Real Exile on Sept 17, 2024 14:56:33 GMT
Back in High Peak our newly elected Labour MP Jon Pearce replied finally to my concerns around him voting to cut the winter fuel payments for a number of Pensioners close to the bread line.
Generic cut and paste reply and no answer to any of the points made such as when will we see him in High Peak🙄
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Post by herbiedumplings on Sept 17, 2024 16:06:01 GMT
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Post by vicar on Sept 17, 2024 16:14:12 GMT
Even using those figures it's not a huge rise, I'm glad they're dropping the term "junior doctors" though, it gives a totally false impression.
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Post by kayem1 on Sept 17, 2024 17:17:07 GMT
Back in High Peak our newly elected Labour MP Jon Pearce replied finally to my concerns around him voting to cut the winter fuel payments for a number of Pensioners close to the bread line. Generic cut and paste reply and no answer to any of the points made such as when will we see him in High Peak🙄 Not sure what you expect. They're running to the hills, they know a ball has been dropped. The cutting of the WFA, will come back to haunt them. And Labour can't just say'Well they're getting Triple Lock'. They would have got that anyway! There will be more pensioners than ever dying if we have a bad winter.
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Post by scfc73 on Sept 17, 2024 17:32:35 GMT
I was more surprised that pagers were still a thing!
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Post by herbiedumplings on Sept 17, 2024 17:33:34 GMT
I was more surprised that pagers were still a thing! Secure comms, innit?
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Post by badgersc on Sept 17, 2024 19:00:40 GMT
Back in High Peak our newly elected Labour MP Jon Pearce replied finally to my concerns around him voting to cut the winter fuel payments for a number of Pensioners close to the bread line. Generic cut and paste reply and no answer to any of the points made such as when will we see him in High Peak🙄 ChatGPT more likely. This year’s staff reviews have been a doddle.
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Post by The Real Exile on Sept 17, 2024 20:06:41 GMT
Back in High Peak our newly elected Labour MP Jon Pearce replied finally to my concerns around him voting to cut the winter fuel payments for a number of Pensioners close to the bread line. Generic cut and paste reply and no answer to any of the points made such as when will we see him in High Peak🙄 ChatGPT more likely. This year’s staff reviews have been a doddle. Ughhh, we had marketing ask for profiles and some of the team used that to do most of the work whilst the old timer here did mine properly, they probably had a better result 🙄
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Sept 17, 2024 20:12:13 GMT
Replacing “Junior” with “Resident” is a rare instance of adopting an Americanism being a positive. Could we change the pronunciation of Lieutenant while we’re at it please?
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Sept 17, 2024 20:13:30 GMT
Back in High Peak our newly elected Labour MP Jon Pearce replied finally to my concerns around him voting to cut the winter fuel payments for a number of Pensioners close to the bread line. Generic cut and paste reply and no answer to any of the points made such as when will we see him in High Peak🙄 I get really frustrated by the whole “they’re all the same” line. This new crop of Labour MPs seems to be trying to verify it though.
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Post by The Real Exile on Sept 17, 2024 20:50:16 GMT
Back in High Peak our newly elected Labour MP Jon Pearce replied finally to my concerns around him voting to cut the winter fuel payments for a number of Pensioners close to the bread line. Generic cut and paste reply and no answer to any of the points made such as when will we see him in High Peak🙄 I get really frustrated by the whole “they’re all the same” line. This new crop of Labour MPs seems to be trying to verify it though. Agreed, I was hoping for better. The sad thing is that the Tory at least lived here and showed his face. Poor so far but I'm sure come next election he will be highly visible 🙄 I'm leaning more to the Lib dems despite their leader, I'd say can't see them winning here but why not?
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Post by Fez on Sept 17, 2024 21:23:15 GMT
It does beggar belief. But it's down to the fact that most people here only see about 1% of the stuff he comes out with. It almost all goes unreported. Such as posting "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT". Yes, Donald Trump, former President and potential future President posted this on his Truth Social account. There's lots more. I see it because I take an interest in US politics. But almost all of it is unreported upon. He's an absolute mental case. And I'm not talking differences of opinions on his politics I'm referencing him. The way he behaves. The things he says. If it was anyone's loved one on here they'd be getting them sectioned. I could provide many many examples but I won't because it's boring. But it's all out there. You’re lucky that in the UK you are not subject to the full gamut of his insane ramblings. Every day the news and commentary here are awash with his lunacy. But it’s been going on for so long that it’s been normalized and the bar set so low that it’s buried underground, so it’s rarely questioned in the media - just reported. Which is a huge bias in his favour. Journalists in the mainstream are not doing their job or have exhaustedly given up the ghost. The “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT” comment is a great example. It’s mad that a candidate for one of the world’s most powerful roles is acting up like a 12 year old scrawling on their school desk. Another example is a recent speech in which he veered alarmingly between sharks, batteries, windmills, bacon and Hannibal Lecter (who he seems to believe is real). It’s too easy to say “well that’s what we expect from Donald Trump”. But it’s absolutely not what we should have from a goddam *presidential candidate and former president*, where we should structurally have stringent expectations. If any of that came out of the mouth of Kamala Harris (or any other candidate ever) she’d be carted out in a strait jacket, even by her own party. And because she’s so much more capable, smart and rational she’s held to a way higher standard, and minutely examined on policy. There’s an excellent podcast you might like, one recent episode of which had a section that examined this phenomenon. It’s called “The Bulwark”. Hosted by an anti-MAGA Republican (or ex-Republican), Tim Miller (in this instance alongside a writer from The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg).
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