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Post by stuart1974 on May 3, 2024 10:03:33 GMT
Boris turned away as he forgot his ID. 🤭
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Post by stuart1974 on May 3, 2024 10:01:39 GMT
Are Labour a bit over the top about winning Blackpool South? Historic? Seismic? Not sure that it's any of those things given they won it in 1997, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2017... Big swing, though.
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Post by stuart1974 on May 1, 2024 17:49:00 GMT
It's not all bad, well, sort of. "British students are flocking to Spanish universities after Madrid changed its rules post-Brexit to allow non-EU candidates to work as well as study. Spain wanted to attract more students from outside the European Union, so in 2022 it approved a reform allowing non-EU students to work up to 30 hours per week. Since 2020, there has been an 11 per cent rise in UK students in Spain, with 1,645 studying in the country last year, more than half – 58 per cent – of them women. Spain saw a sharp rise in students from outside Europe, from about 40,000 in 2020 to 122,460 last year, according to data from the Spanish government. Most are women, with the highest number heading to Madrid, Catalonia and Valencia. While EU citizens can work in any EU country without any permit, even full-time, it has become more complicated for British students after Brexit. Non-EU students often have to jump through hoops to obtain a permit and face restrictions on the hours they can work. Meanwhile, the number of EU students at British universities fell by more than half in 2021-22 after Brexit, according to figures released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency last year. The main deterrent is that EU students are no longer eligible for lower, home fees or student finance support, unless they already live in the UK with settled or pre-settled status. Before Brexit, EU students paid fees of just over £9,000, now they have to pay international fees of £22,000 on average and up to £38,000." inews.co.uk/news/world/uk-students-spain-brexit-eu-rule-change-3031778
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Post by stuart1974 on May 1, 2024 17:39:58 GMT
Maybe our plumbers can go to Poland and undercut the locals. Oh!
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Post by stuart1974 on May 1, 2024 14:33:27 GMT
Wages are limited to 60% of turnover? Our turnover in the last set of accounts was £7.3m.
So that would be £4.3m, with a typical L1 player earning c.£4,000 pw, that suggests a squad of only 21 players.
Just goes to show that a few higher earners can skew the figures.
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Post by stuart1974 on May 1, 2024 14:19:18 GMT
No, Starmer isn't a minister. Was his flight paid by the British tax payer? Also used for transportation of VIPs. Well your right that would count Starmer out then. 😂😂😂 That's a cheap jibe, France, unlike Cameron's hired jet. 😘
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Post by stuart1974 on May 1, 2024 12:24:15 GMT
The short answer is yes, other Voyagers or purpose built aircraft within 32 Squadron whose role is to transport ministers. Just wondering if this was the same Squadron that ferried Starmer from Qatar to Dubai during Cop28. No, Starmer isn't a minister. Was his flight paid by the British tax payer?
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Post by stuart1974 on May 1, 2024 11:32:45 GMT
I'm Captain Sensible. Erm..... Happy Talk. 👍 Damned you! Sorry Bags, is it now an ear worm? 😇
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Post by stuart1974 on May 1, 2024 11:11:07 GMT
2023/24 Retained List Under Contract
James Connolly James Wilson Grant Ward Luke Thomas Connor Taylor Jevani Brown Antony Evans Kamil Conteh Luke McCormick Jed Ward Matthew Hall Jack Hunt Kofi Shaw
Out of contract, one year options triggered
Chris Martin Jerry Lawrence
Out of contract, new deals offered
Scott Sinclair Jordan Rossiter Luca Hoole
Out of contract and departing Bristol Rovers
Sam Finley John Marquis Josh Grant Lewis Gordon James Gibbons Harvey Greenslade Ryan Jones
Loan players returning to parent clubs
Harvey Vale (Chelsea) Tristan Crama (Brentford) Matt Cox (Brentford) Elkan Baggott (Ipswich Town) Harry Vaughan (Hull City) Brandon Aguilera (Nottingham Forest)
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Post by stuart1974 on May 1, 2024 10:52:16 GMT
List out soon. 4 offered deals the rest are goners. Any contracted players told to look elsewhere?
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Post by stuart1974 on May 1, 2024 10:47:48 GMT
Plenty of other aircraft in the fleet to choose from and could also have used other commercial aircraft. As for the visits, no complaints from me on that, very important. ...are there other aircraft in the RAF fleet with enough sleeping accommodation and working space/secure comms for multiple users? This sounds like one of those scenarios where the opposition are in uproar over the cost despite there not being any better options that were cheaper, as efficient and as secure... The short answer is yes, other Voyagers or purpose built aircraft within 32 Squadron whose role is to transport ministers.
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Post by stuart1974 on May 1, 2024 10:34:09 GMT
Is it possible to stop being so disrespectful to other people?
By all means discuss the pros and cons of certain appointments or whatever, but the level of personal insult is off putting.
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Post by stuart1974 on May 1, 2024 9:07:13 GMT
Are they still charging the £145 or whatever anyway when the paperwork is submitted? Is this a pre election ministerial directive to avoid embarrassment? Have we taken back control? Now Stuart no being sensible🤣🤣 I'm Captain Sensible. Erm..... Happy Talk. 👍
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Post by stuart1974 on May 1, 2024 7:39:33 GMT
That's ok,aren't you happy as it's the same process as the EU 🤔🤔 Are they still charging the £145 or whatever anyway when the paperwork is submitted? Is this a pre election ministerial directive to avoid embarrassment? Have we taken back control?
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Post by stuart1974 on Apr 30, 2024 15:39:13 GMT
Pretty sure Taylor said it would be released midday *or* at the end of the day . We’re an inpatient bunch aren’t we? 😂 Or even impatient. Although yours is apt for many of the squad this season. 😁
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Post by stuart1974 on Apr 30, 2024 15:31:41 GMT
Didn't Boris hide in a fridge? 😁 There's no fridge big enough 🤣🤣 Are you referring to his physical size or his ego?
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Post by stuart1974 on Apr 30, 2024 12:57:11 GMT
Totally agree they're all hypocrits, how did Gordon Brown become PM. He was told he could be PM after being locked in the toilet or was that Blair🤔 Didn't Boris hide in a fridge? 😁
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Post by stuart1974 on Apr 30, 2024 12:34:16 GMT
Did anyone see this yesterday? If true, there is no value in doing this other than to kill for the sake of it.
"Detonation of submunitions of the cluster warhead of the 9M723K Iskander-M ballistic missile over Odesa yesterday.
This is the embankment. There are sports grounds nearby, people walk with children and dogs. ZERO any military or infrastructure targets.
Cluster munitions are used against manpower. Did they want to kill a lot of civilians?
4 people and a dog was killed. 32 people injured including 2 kids."
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Post by stuart1974 on Apr 30, 2024 10:09:54 GMT
John Swinney seems favourite and probably means any Vote of Confidence is likely to fail as the Greens would back him.
Kate Forbes may run too, she just missed out last time.
Didn't Nicola Sturgeon say that the PM lacked a democratic mandate as it was done effectively behind closed doors and should go to the polls?
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