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Post by dudleyhatter on May 8, 2022 9:57:27 GMT
Today it's Royal Mail, but tomorrow it could be YOUR employer. This needs to be stopped. Of course it does but we've had over 40 years of neo-liberal economics and for many, they know nothing else. The changes in education, employment law, assaults on trades unionism, the attempts at distinguishing the deserving from the undeserving poor, the promotion of the idea that if you have nowt it's your own fault, the use of social division as political policy with the continuation and extending of the so-called culture wars have all been designed to promote the same idea which is that you are nothing other than a unit of production to be exploited by unscrupulous employers whose sole motivation is profit. There is some potential light at the end of the tunnel. I read this morning that there is emerging evidence to suggest that the more highly educated an individual, the less likely they are to vote Tory. It seems that we can add stupid to the list of personality traits which already include greed and selfishness as those required to vote for this venal, corrupt and dishonest shower of sh*t currently passing itself off as the Government of this country. As an aside, I heard some Government mouthpiece belly-aching the other day about the so-called "great resignation" as it's now being referred to and how too many people are leaving work leaving their employers short of the skills they need. I've just left manufacturing for reasons I suspect the f***ing clown could never understand if he thought about it for two lifetimes. I left because work no longer offered any satisfaction, because the motivation was drained out of me by managers promoted way beyond their limited abilities who had no regard for the experience, skills and knowledge accumulated from 30 years in aerospace manufacturing gained both as a design engineer and in various quality related functions. I now work 15-16 hours a week stacking shelves at the local Co-op and love it or rather, I love the freedom and time to pursue other interests, including getting a small business off the ground. Not something tossers like Rees-Mogg or Johnson could ever comprehend because hey! Get this, I've got enough, and don't need and more than that. What I do need is quality of life. So f*** them and f*** their "vision" for this country. This sounds so much like my life choices too. I know what I need in my life and I have it. My salary here (with thirty years of experience) is less than an NQT earns in the U.K. However what price do you put on living within your means? I spent yesterday exercising on the beach with friends and then walking back home. Later we picked up a takeaway pizza and went to the beach for sunset. Today I am heading back there around two fifteen local time because whatever happens in Wrexham I know I have a great life here. In fact, I put a holding deposit on a flat here this week. My new life was a dream of mine for many years. Now it is a dream come true. If you can, like North Yorks and myself, escape the rat race hamster wheel and find a way to live on your terms. ¡Hacerlo! (DO IT!)
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Post by woznorthyorksexile on May 8, 2022 14:46:09 GMT
Well said, that man. Best of luck with your business venture, Yorks. It will only ever be part-time but thanks old chap and the best to you and yours. One of the undoubted benefits of leaving a shite job behind is when County look as determined to balls it up as they have done in recent weeks it's definitely not the disaster it may once have been because there's other stuff to look forward to. Rather than watching/listening to the game, I spent today at Carlisle Castle giving American visitors tours round the place and chatting history with them in my capacity as an English Heritage volunteer, an immensely satisfying thing to do. Hoping one day I may get the opportunity to get paid for it by working for EH.
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Post by gazz on Aug 5, 2022 6:58:36 GMT
I was tempted to post this in the 'wtf' thread, but here you go... the.organise.network/campaigns/stop-boris-johnson-plans-to-appoint-50-conservative-lordsIf I resigned from my job and decided to go back into work the next day, my swipe card would be deactivated so I would be denied entry. If, for some reason, it hadn't been and I was able to get back in the building and jump back on a fork truck or start operating the machinery, I'd be escorted off site by security and steps would be taken to ensure that it didn't happen again - maybe even arrested and taken to court for trespassing. Resignation must mean something completely different in Tory politics. 
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Post by gazz on Aug 18, 2022 18:09:54 GMT
Even the most hardened Tory must surely be concerned with this: www.change.org/p/renationalise-the-water-industry?signed=trueCan we please get back to the real 2022, where Gordon Brown won the 2010 election, Cameron didn't grease his way into power with the help of those shitbag lib-dems, the referendum never took place and Boris f***ing Johnson never got anywhere near running the country. Why does this reality feel like Biff Tannen robbed the DeLorean, took the Almanac and then proceeded to f*** everything up?
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Post by gazz on Nov 26, 2022 17:35:36 GMT
FIFA, not fit for purpose. The moment they turned up to threaten us with yellow cards and other sanctions if we wore the One Love armband, England should have either ignored them and carried on or pulled out of the tournament altogether. Human rights are far more important than some lump of Gold and Malachite, and every nation in the world needs to boycott this corrupt organisation once and for all. A mate sent me this petition, so please sign if you've had enough of them. chng.it/LbsSgHb24J
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Nov 26, 2022 18:52:17 GMT
Signed !!!
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Post by gazz on Feb 20, 2023 19:16:25 GMT
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Post by dudleyhatter on Feb 20, 2023 21:07:58 GMT
Signed
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Post by gazz on Mar 25, 2023 10:57:31 GMT
This one has to be a priority: Stop deforestation: get tough on palm oil imports. Why is this important? We demand that the UK set the toughest environmental standards possible for palm oil imports, so we don’t get left behind while other countries continue to uphold tough standards. Britain is finalising entry terms to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), an 11-member regional trade agreement, after two years of negotiations. According to reports, Malaysia has successfully demanded Britain cut its palm oil tariffs immediately on entering the pact. This would be a green light to deforestation and destruction of habitats for endangered animals like orangutans. It would be a disaster for the natural world, and set a terrible precedent for future trade deals. The EU already bans palm oil imports unless they can be proven to be sustainable. We - the public - do not want to be left behind, forced to use products without any environmental safeguards. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/environment-palm-oil-action-march-2023?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blast2023-03-25
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Post by ceefer on Mar 27, 2023 17:28:23 GMT
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Post by gazz on Mar 31, 2023 14:52:57 GMT
Block all bonuses for water companies until they clean up their act and stop releasing sewage into our waterways. Water companies released raw sewage into rivers OVER 800 TIMES A DAY last year. Our rivers and seas were polluted time and time again, because water companies, the Government, Ofwat and the Environment Agency are dragging their heels. This is unacceptable. It's time for water company bosses to do their jobs and clean up their act. Bonuses paid to water company executives have surged, despite most failing to meet sewage pollution targets. The average bonus was £100,000 for a period when foul water was pumped for nearly 3 million hours into England’s rivers and seas. Until these sewage spills stop, not a single penny in bonuses should be paid to the CEOs of these companies. Right now Ofwat are consulting on plans to do just that. You can bet lobbyists for big water companies will be feeding into that consultation, trying to get them to weaken their plans. We can't stand by and let that happen - we need to come together and drown them out. So will you help protect our waterways from pollution, and sign the petition today calling on Ofwat to make sure their plans are as tough as possible? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/sewage-bonus-petition
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Post by gazz on Apr 18, 2023 12:08:33 GMT
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Post by gazz on Apr 19, 2023 15:39:37 GMT
PLEASE sign this one: Stop letting GB News drag down the standards of impartial news in the UK. Make sure your rules are able to hold ALL news channels to account - and properly enforce them on GB News . Why is this important? Ofcom has strict rules for news programmes in the UK. But GB News is currently able to bypass these rules as they claim to be a talkshow channel rather than a news outlet. This means despite calling itself GB News, it can get around the impartiality rules that the BBC, ITV and others are expected to follow. We don't have to agree with everything GB News does or says, but we should expect them to be held to the same high standards that other UK news outlets have to follow. Instead we're seeing a slippery slope where GB News could become the Fox News of the UK. A huge petition signed by thousands of us calling on Ofcom to make sure their rules are strong enough to hold ALL news stations to account and make sure that GB News doesn't drag down the standards of news in the UK would show Ofcom that we expect them to do their job properly and stop UK news sliding down to the sorry state it is in the USA. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ofcom-hold-gb-news-to-account?source=rawlink&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=rawlink&share=da961eef-f95c-4cc9-b953-612e43525971
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Post by woznorthyorksexile on Apr 20, 2023 19:25:12 GMT
PLEASE sign this one: Stop letting GB News drag down the standards of impartial news in the UK. Make sure your rules are able to hold ALL news channels to account - and properly enforce them on GB News . Why is this important? Ofcom has strict rules for news programmes in the UK. But GB News is currently able to bypass these rules as they claim to be a talkshow channel rather than a news outlet. This means despite calling itself GB News, it can get around the impartiality rules that the BBC, ITV and others are expected to follow. We don't have to agree with everything GB News does or says, but we should expect them to be held to the same high standards that other UK news outlets have to follow. Instead we're seeing a slippery slope where GB News could become the Fox News of the UK. A huge petition signed by thousands of us calling on Ofcom to make sure their rules are strong enough to hold ALL news stations to account and make sure that GB News doesn't drag down the standards of news in the UK would show Ofcom that we expect them to do their job properly and stop UK news sliding down to the sorry state it is in the USA. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ofcom-hold-gb-news-to-account?source=rawlink&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=rawlink&share=da961eef-f95c-4cc9-b953-612e43525971Duly signed however, for an alternative view of the media's "impartiality", including this country, take a look at the attached www.medialens.org/2023/it-may-be-in-no-ones-interest-to-reveal-more-cancelling-facts-that-challenge-establishment-power/
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Post by gazz on May 4, 2023 11:43:39 GMT
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