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Innocent until proven guilty?

Not sure how someone qualifies to be a ‘national treasure’ but Lineker is not even close. Ridiculous comment (IMHO of course)

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I will never forget being in a packed bar in Amsterdam with the whole place going Bananas to this song after The Albion BEAT Ajax. For that reason I will accept community service as suitable for punishment going forward

Obviously an extreme figure but you are right in that there would be a queue on day one but nobody back on day two. Honestly, this is the reality in practice and why fruit and veg farmers are planting less and the country is importing more. If the solution was as simple as paying more, I can...

“They're a non-profit organisation (ie. all their income is ultimately spent on their core activity”: Tell that to the parishioners of every church in the land that are told to cough up to pay for their vicar and church repairs or their church will be sold off. Tell that to the vicars that...

A little harsh, no?

Another is the Church of England. They are regularly evicting their tenant farmers in order to sell land for housing for £millions on which they pay zero tax. They have assets of somewhere between £8 and 10 billion on which they also pay no tax. They also pay no tax on their multiple income...

An interesting aspect of this part of the thread is the apparent acceptance that modern ‘journalists’ are no longer to be expected to report facts. Speculation and bu**sht is acceptable to some or even a requirement. If Naylor’s only fault is that he reports what is true and factual then I’m a fan.

I appreciate your logic but pay is not the issue for manual field work, it is actually pretty good. But it is very hard work and Brits aren’t up for that anymore.

We imported fruit pickers because domestic labour found it too hard work. Nothing to do with pay. Now we grow less fruit and veg and import more as a consequence. The cost of food has risen as a result and has thus fuelled inflation.

In fairness, it’s been quite a topic of conversation over beers recentlyin my experience. A common thread is why train drivers not nurses, nhs porters etc, police officers, care workers, farmers/farm workers, paramedics etc - all of whom are truly essential to our society. No trains causes huge...

No idea but they do appear somewhat work shy

Man of the people though….

About 5 years ago I received a letter demanding a payment from Parking Eye. I disputed it but they just continued to send more and more letters threatening legal action. I started writing similar ones back! After c. 2 years they gave up and I never heard from them again. I guess you need to be...

“over management bullying….” Management: ‘Ok gentlemen, would you mind terribly and if we ask very nicely, considering doing your jobs and think about driving the odd train every now and then” Drivers “😱”

An insult to people with genuine learning difficulties who tend to be amazing people, whilst Truss……

True but I suspect far more never make that jump

“I won’t stand for it”…. So exactly what is she going to do?!