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We appear to have different perspectives. It has come to the point where big and little lies have passed by the general public. It just feels to me to be useful to be continually aware of them and at some point a little one may be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

A bit like with Boris losing his position, it was the drip drip drip that finally did him in. He did so much wrong that would have caused anyone with an ounce of shame to resign, and it took forever for his party to finally decide it was unacceptable.

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Is it because 70% of the population are morons?

When he stepped down (finally) they were asking people on the radio if they’d vote for him again and alarmingly people were saying yes

seems like he's getting booed while on holiday, so not all bad

it was the drip drip drip that finally did him in

I'm not sure that's the case, though. The lie that did him in was in relation to serious allegations against Pincher, as I recall, which I would put firmly in the "big lie" category. And of course, it wasn't his own sense of shame in being found out that led him to go, it required a number of senior party members to turn on him.

Ill-informed Cabinet members contradicting each other around exactly what Johnson is doing on holiday doesn't approach that, in my mind.

Isn't calling someone a ponce libellous . Or is it only applicable to the countries laws that you are in ?

Ponce or nonce?

I think a man who got somebody else to buy his wallpaper could be described quite fairly as a ponce.

unless he has crippling Anxiety due to his weight.

lets not offend anyone now :P

Ah I see...by not mentioning that part of the insult I was condoning it.

Good job it wasn't me calling him a f.. lazy f… then . That dead walrus didn't have skin as thick.

Exactly this. I worry the general public have been frog-boiled into accepting post-truth populism. Any rational politician with sensible, actionable ideas just gets lost in the noise or called boring.

On the plus side, he’s completely wrecked the Tory party and they’re kind of tearing themselves apart with culture war bullshit now.

I worry the general public have been frog-boiled into accepting post-truth populism

This is a better way of expressing what I was trying to say. I think the media bears a little responsibility for this by constantly taking the bait / mini-scandal dangled in each news cycle, which distracts from more serious issues.

On the plus side, he’s completely wrecked the Tory party and they’re kind of tearing themselves apart with culture war bullshit now.

Which would be much better viewing if they weren't meant to be running the place

glittery poo an advantage

Sounds like most of my work life

Career goals. You can't polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter.

Polished dinosaur turds were all the rage in Victorian times.

Isn’t RS Archer the make-believe account with the amusing but totally made up story about the Brexiteers in France?

Shameful
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/15/ministers-planning-to-cut-civil-servant-redundancy-pay-at-same-time-as-91k-jobs

Think that account is a spoof isn't it?

Energy companies coming up with solutions to rising energy bills in the absence of any solutions from government
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/aug/15/centrica-and-octopus-back-plan-to-freeze-uk-energy-bills-for-two-years

I’m wondering if we’ll regret what we wished for…

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The proposal is for departing staff to get three weeks of pay for every year of service, down from the current month of pay. There would be a cap of 18 months of salary for voluntary redundancy and nine months for compulsory, down from the current 21 months and 12 months.

Statutory is something like a week a year capped at 20 weeks / £18k, so to describe the proposal as "shameful" feels like a bit of a stretch.

Just because something more crap exists doesn't make doing a crap thing less crap. Changing peoples T&C's to reduce redundancy costs knowing you are going to make mass redundancies heading in to a recession and with high inflation is a pretty bad thing you do

unless he has crippling Anxiety due to his weight.

lets not offend anyone now :P

Not going to engage in another fat debate, but it’s really a shame that people’s empathy stops at someone being fat. I know a forum goer who self harms because of their body issues, but they can gtf because fat jokes are more important.

That's not really a solution, it's profits for the boys.
The banks will make a return on investment based on customer bills and the energy companies can rub their hands at the price cap increase making them mucho money, on customer bills and a tidy loan (paid back with customers money)

Government refusing to increase the cap and nationalise failures is the way to go. If the energy companies want banks to finance them then take a fucking private loan you bastards not a state funded one.