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EIS teaching union backs pay deal to end long-running strikes
The EIS confirmed 90% who took part in the ballot backed a 7% rise backdated to last April, a further 5% next month and 2% in January....The total current package will amount to a 14.6% increase in pay for most teachers by January 2024.
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12 minutes ago, ChrisSussex said:
How do you know this? If you read it in a UK news paper I would assume it might not be the case. What is a fact is Russia has a large military industry - one of the reasons India is being careful about getting too involved in this conflict besides the oil they are receiving from Russia is a lot of their weapons are made in Russia. The fact that Russia can provides a lot of the hardware to one of the worlds largest armies suggest they have a lot of military manufacturing capacity. You add to this the fact their economy is on a war footing I would assume they are producing a lot of weapons. I would imagine that China would prefer for Russia to win the war in Ukraine so if it does get the the stage they are running out of arms I would assume China will probably start to manufacture weapons for Russia.
Personally I am neutral on this conflict and think the UK should stay out of it, but I do feel very sorry for the Ukrainian and Russian-Ukrainian people caught in this terrible conflict which probably did not need to happen.
That isn't neutral mate....
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Just now, TheCountOfNowhere said:
I spoke to an agent last week who tried to convince me to offer more money on a house me and my wife tried to buy last year, she didnt seem to accept that we were just not interested any more at any price, never mind paying more than last yearThey told me other people were interested and we'd miss out, they phoned me.
Remind you of the delusions of some folk here....
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Tell the EA you won't make a bid until they make a best-and-final
hahahahahaha
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5 minutes ago, BaldED said:
I cant wait for the new narrative from the snake oil propery conglomerate.
'House prices weren't crashing until media were doom mongering and we were unlucky with a bank crash'
and the same ToryFanBoyz who cheer B****t as nothing but a roaring success will lap it up
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11 minutes ago, scottbeard said:
It's the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013, so it was enacted under the Coalition; I don't know how much of it comes from Labour ideas pre-2010.
But in general, I do agree Labour handled the crisis pretty well. (My complaint is that they didn't give the BoE the right targets, helping to create the crisis in the first place).
Fair points
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36 minutes ago, scottbeard said:
However, the main thing that gives me comfort is the separation of the investment and retail banks. The casino can no longer take down Captain Mainwaring.
Almost as if Labour's regulation, post GFC, worked
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City friends are panicking. Lots have been dragged into office or have been online since last night.
Lovely!
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41 minutes ago, Cocha said:
Indeed, something which should be remembered when people think poll results are a genuine, accurate representation of how people feel.
52% is the VoiCe Of ThE pEoPlE eh?
or is it only when it agrees with your narrative.
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25 minutes ago, Trampa501 said:
Have to admit that (like Harry and Meghan) he's made the most of his circumstances ie getting sacked as leader by his party. Most of us get the sack and we are in danger of earning zilch for the next few months or years. Bojo is clearing £8 or £9 million. Nice work if you can get it. And he still gets paid for being a MP!
...and he is still cheered on by the drooling ToryFanBoyz. He could be on CCTV on Epstein Island high-fiving prince Andrew and they'd still go BeTtEr ThE dEvIl yOu KnoW cOs YoU cAnT tRuSt LaBoUR
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47 minutes ago, AThirdWay said:
How did that work out for the Channel Islands? Just a little thought please?
Why break the habit of a lifetime
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12 hours ago, zugzwang said:
Without Adequate Planning.
They could use that as the title of the next election manifesto.
Post of the Day!
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Hopes of end to rail strike row as workers vote on pay offer
The new offer equates to a pay rise of up to 14.4% for the lowest paid workers and 9.2% for the highest paid, the union said on Wednesday.
While the government has not put more money on the table, under these proposals Network Rail rail employees would get this year's pay increase backdated by three months, ending up with a bigger lump sum.
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31 minutes ago, MrMonkey said:
People want socialism. They just don't want it to carry the label of 'socialism'.
8 minutes ago, scottbeard said:Note I said they don’t want TRUE socialism where not just the utilities and natural monopolies you list but EVERY company is state owned or state regulated
Extend that poll to see how many want, for example, farms supermarkets and cinemas to be nationalised
Difference between Socialism (of whatever hue) and a Social Contract. Even the most right wing 'libertarian' hasn't advocated private armies and companies with Nuclear arsenals
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37 minutes ago, TerryBoi said:
For most of your sides its mainly: "Where's my free-shit".
And for you it's
What is socialism?
Salt Equals Bleach?
Keep trying, buddy you'll get there one day
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48 minutes ago, Sackboii said:
Touched a nerve ?
Go on - define 'true socialism'. You've asked it plenty of times of others, and you've continued to ask when you didn't get a response. Just returning the favour.
You fail to understand. I call you out because you use socialism as a label to shut up opponents that can break down your points and you clap back without thinking.
QuoteI don't have a definition, because as I stated in my post above, it can mean different things to different people at different times.
That destroys the English Language and any commonality of terms. By the same argument you are a M*ron because it means a different thing eh?
QuoteThe fact you have failed to define it when challenged illustrates you don't have a definition either, so suggesting your definition (which you have thus far failed to provide) is moot is simply avoiding answering it. And you call me a loon ?
Loony Left is a phrase often used and it evidently applies to you.
Do you know the meaning of moot? Go cry fanboi. You've been found out.
I'll let you have the last comment as your type love to do
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1 minute ago, Sackboii said:
I don't have one. Neither do you, evidently. I conclude you are a socialist, but either cannot or dare not define it for fear of exposure. This is what I repeatedly refer to as a Plastic Socialist.
Quod Erat Demonstrandum.
As you were..
So you talk about something you cannot define. So my defintion becomes moot.
Drooling loon indeed.
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29 minutes ago, debtlessmanc said:
Starmer is a lawyer, do you think his colleagues are keen on reducing the number of asylum claims they get legal aid for- serious question?
Do you think 2nd rate academics are keen on reducing the number of 'students' that come over. Serious question?
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Just now, Bruce Banner said:
Of course it is, but the opposition can't make that accusation, the Speaker would go apeshit.
True. Seems like only the Tories and their Fanboyz are allowed to put inflammatory accusations these days. Just look at their crying when they get called out
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1 hour ago, scottbeard said:
Thanks :) Of course in reality it's a sliding scale isn't it, from what I had in mind which is almost communism, to a total free-for-all capitalism.
Most Brits these days are somewhere in the middle, which is why figures like Corbyn and Thatcher (if she were running today) cannot muster enough support win, and centrists like Blair, Cameron and indeed Starmer can.
It feels like the old totemic struggle of socialsm vs capitalism, and lurching from nationalising everything to privitasing it every 10 years, has kind of been replaced by fiddling around in the compromise middle ground. A kind of narrowing of the overton window if you like.
You get it. The regular shift is part of the political discourse. What I rail against are the hidden forces pushing the overton window for their own purposes and the jeering fanboyz that don't see this.
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1 hour ago, Sackboii said:
Yes. Plastic Socialists.
Enlighten us by your definition.
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58 minutes ago, Sackboii said:
I see you ask that a lot. Not many (if any) answer your call because I’m sure it means different things to different people, at different times. It’s like you’re baiting them and expect them to fall foul of whatever your definition of ‘true socialism’ is so that you can berate them for being so foolish.
Help us out here - what is true socialism ? Define ‘true socialism’. Enlighten us.
I have no intention of splitting hairs about definitions. What I call out is how the loudest wailers seem to cry against something they cannot define making it, at best, a default boogeyman and, at worst, a label to shut up any dissenting viewpoint that threaten them.
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3 minutes ago, Nick Cash said:
I think if the Labour Party had 2 or 3 other prospective MPs with similar qualities to Keir then they would be a decent contender for a decent government. They don’t unfortunately. The Telegraph is just beginning it’s attacks on Keir. They are clearly worried.
Chris Bryant seems a pretty straightforward guy (apart from claiming £20K pa in 'expenses')
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2 minutes ago, TheCountOfNowhere said:
How stupid do they think everyone is.
We'll you've seen the loons and fake 'personas' here....
11 minutes ago, scottbeard said:Isn't it just.
People will look back at that image in 50 years time and absolutely curl up with embarrassment, the way that we now curl up with embarrassment seeing apartheid / segregation signs like "Entrance for whites only"
Well those with a brain do. Plenty here call that FrEeDoM oF aSsOcIaTiOn
The Collapse of Russia. What happens next?
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Autocratic regimes rely on the illusion they are all-powerful-all-knowing to break civilian will. Every man, woman, and child will hold a grudge and not forget nor forgive. Even if Russia wins, they will end up in an Israel/Palestine situation for decades, if not generations.
No one in Europe wants that game plan on their door step