badgerx16

Heaven forbid !

When England play Slovenia I shall be wearing my Slovenia shirt.

Probably don't make that much difference unless it is a very tight race. Could be worse, it takes the Yanks a year to make a binary choice.

But they never let Australia win.

Only independent countries can enter, Wales stopped being independent in 1282.

Plaid Cymru say that Wales should get £4Bn from the HS2 funds. Why, it was going through Birmingham to Manchester.

Mostly it is the working conditions, both in the classroom and out. The urban myth of 'long holidays' is readily debunked by the paperwork and preparation for the folowing term, let alone the first several days of trying to de-stress, and the other one about working hours is shattered by the reality of time needed before and after the pupils are in attendance plus losing much of Sunday to marking and planning.

Then find a way to keep them in the position for longer than 3 years. Retention is as big a problem as recruitment.

Laugh along with the common people Laugh along, even though they're, they're laughing at you And the stupid things that you do Because you think that poor is cool

Quite often not without parental contribution, so kids still miss out.

Can we ask why (1) you are surprised, and (2) why are you so obsessed with it ? Most people understand the situation perfectly well, but couldn't give as toss as they view Reform as a fringe nuisance that will do a public service by diluting the Tory vote. They have a perfect right to stand, and for most of us we will exercise our right to ignore them. Were you this bad last time around, obsessing over Labour's links to the far left ?

Is it pre-18 education or social bias in higher education and recruitment post-graduation ? Old school ties and family connections.

Would have been funny if the reply was 'I did, until the financial crash you helped engineer'.

On most sites it is only for age verification or advertising, so lie.

The UK economy showed zero growth in April. Have the green shoots of recovery withered away ?

He also apologised to ITV for being late for the interview because the D-Day commemorations overran.

A great British invention;

BBC interviewer Jo Coburn asking Tory MP Kevin Hollinrake questions at the manifesto launch; "You have already announced policies on National Service, on closing Mickey Mouse degrees, on the pensioner triple-lock plus, and now this 2 pence cut in National Insurance, but all of these policies I have just announced haven't changed the polls. So what's going to change ?" "Well, this isn't about the polls for us, it's about doing the right thing..." "So how are you going to win then if you don't change the polls ?"

When they stop having politically aligned and appointed judges and prosecutors.

https://news.paddypower.com/football-news/2024/06/11/luke-shaw-out-of-england-squad-as-hes-refused-travel-insurance/ ''Reports have emerged from the England camp appearing to suggest Luke Shaw has been cut from the Euro 2024 squad after being refused travel insurance by his provider. Having made Southgate’s final 26 for Germany, it appears there will now be a reshuffle after the left-back, known only as “sicknote” to staff at insurers Touring Lions, was described as “the most obvious risk since a somebody handed a drunk Jack Grealish a microphone”. The provider has since officially confirmed they are unwilling to offer coverage to a player who could injure himself in a pillow factory.''

I see that the corrupt and politically motivated legal system in the US has found Hunter Biden guilty.

£5Bn gained by closing down tax loopholes, ( as if ), and up to '£16Bn saved by welfare reform, mainly removing the mentally ill from PIP. The only problem is most of that is double counted as it has already been announced and factored into forecasts.

Chances are Russia's don't either.

The above post is courtesy of the Daily Telegraph. ( Far too many words and coherent sentences for it to be a GM original . )

1) Do you honestly think that the West should have used nuclear weapons to stop Putin ? However, there is a reason he hasn't used them in Ukraine. 2) If a terrorist organisation carried out a dirty bomb attack, who would we nuke in response ? They are not intended as counter-terrorism tools. 3) Deterrence is NOT about who fires first, it is the promise of massive retaliation. Teacher didn't cane you in anticipation of your being naughty.