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Yes it was a bit of an eye opener when I, quite recently, found out about it! I was laughing to myself when I saw your post as I have exactly the same problem with TV shows and films, someone will pop up in a scene and I have to ask my wife who they are and its sometimes a main character but I...

Does anyone have an issue with knowing people through social media but not well enough to feel comfortable speaking to them in person? My wife is a bit of a super recogniser and was telling me about some of the people she has on social media as friends, who message her, react to all of her...

Must be a nightmare recognising people all the time, you presumably wouldn't know whether to talk to them or not, I think I prefer to be oblivious!

Did you know that there is a neurological condition called prosopagnosia (face blindness) which affects a persons ability to recognise faces? I am pretty sure I have this as have exactly the same problem you are describing with recognising people! https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/face-blindness/...

There was more information on this particular arrangement in the times. At the time the Duchy put out a press release saying it had “granted” the hospital trust a red-brick 1980s warehouse close to Tower Bridge. “We are delighted to be able to help and support the trust’s ambition to upgrade to...

Neither my parents or grandparents were in to football but it was my next door neighbour who was a regular at the Goldstone and started taking me to matches with his son who was a couple of years older than me when I must have been 7/8 years old. My Mum used to make us a flask of soup for half...

Many countries have an elected head of state that is not involved in making political decisions or running the government, so there would be no need for Britain to adopt a US style presidential system and for us to end up with President Truss!

I left the NHS in 2011, so its a long time since I worked there and I was on relatively low value contracts of less than a million, but my perception of NHS property services and estates based on the trusts I worked for was that it was a complete disaster! The procedures followed under EU rules...

I used to be a contracts manager for the NHS and one of the principles of public sector procurement is transparency and fairness as well as value for money, I don't see how you can ensure the process encourages free and open competition when an organisation is involved that has the power and...

I watched the documentary last night and there are a number of, I think pretty valid, issues that were raised. Firstly influence and conflict of interests, the fact that the duchy's can sign commercial agreements with public organisations that they have involvement with in their capacity of...

I had £5 each way on a 50-1 shot which won at Goodwood years ago, the horse was named after a star wars character which is the only reason I backed it! I also won £350 out of a fruit machine at the casino down the marina, I had decided to sit out while my friends were on the tables but stuck £5...

The conservative leadership is still unfortunately being bankrolled by the same Tufton street lunatics responsible for the Liz Truss mini budget! https://bylinetimes.com/2024/10/22/neil-record-kemi-badeoch-donor-climate-change-sceptic-tufton-street-think-tank/

Britain is the worlds biggest enabler of tax evasion and avoidance. We have ‘single-handedly’ done more to undermine world’s tax system than any other nation, of course we could do something about it, we just choose not to...

Yes and it was too expensive for me to send my child with SEN to a specialist school. I suspect the use of SEN is cleverly being used to politicise this issue and keep it on the agenda, because most of the general public have little sympathy for the sob stories from people who lets face it are...

EHCP are awarded when a childs additional needs are holding them back in school and the educational setting is unable to provide enough support to meet those needs. If it is deemed that the state education provision is enough to support a childs needs, then there is no need for that child to be...

My son has SEN and attends a state school, If a child doesn't meet the criteria for EHCP then I am not sure you can make the case for them needing to attend a expensive specialist independent school.

As I understand it a lot of SEND children that attend specialist independent schools, have a Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP) and their places are funded by the local authority.

I am crossing my fingers that it won't be at the upper end of that estimate as I am (genuinely) not sure what I will do!

Yes and add also the effect of the 3% employer pension contributions for those that haven't opted out of the scheme! I think you made the right move bailing when you did as small business owners are the only people in this economy that are getting an effective wage decrease! We are in this...

It's interesting to hear people attack the Labour party for being anti-small business but this isn't a Labour thing, we've had decades of successive governments bringing in measures that stifle entrepreneurship. As a small business owner I have to be an expert in a whole raft of regulations such...