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Just to jump on this, my most hard-working years were in coffee shops. Though on the flipside, I remember how nice it was to leave the premises and be able to completely drop any thoughts of work as I left. Whereas now it occupies a decent chunk of my brain at all times.

I've certainly had an inverse relationship between effort and pay since (sure, there's been some experience along the way to "increase my value" but still, my current job is a cakewalk compared to working in gyms or coffee shops)

@LondonFire

Sadly more examples of people walking on frozen ponds in #London. In
the strongest way possible please do not do this! Help us spread this
message

https://twitter.com/LondonFire/status/1604194585919586309

Wimbledon common, going to be smug middle class tossers.

haven't they seen The Omen 2?

There's a difference between job pressure and life pressure from the job you're in.

There's a difference between job pressure and life pressure from the job you're in.

True, but way too many people are dealing with both at the same time right now.

Instead of whining on the internet, why does no-one just break the ice.

Obviously LFB are too busy chugging steroids and being bigots, but what about the rest of the finger waggers?

Health and Safety gone mad etc. etc.

Back in my day, you could walk on a frozen pond and fall through into the icy depths before succumbing to life threatening hypothermia within minutes, and no-one said anything. But these days, you're not allowed to in case you offend a woke snowflake.

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It might be quite thick. Highgate Pond was shut for swimming because the ice was too thick to break for example.

Some analysis and commentary on nurses pay
https://twitter.com/tomhcalver/status/1604198230236880896

A colleague of mine knows nurses in one of the Belfast hospitals

The more senior ones / junior ones living with a partner are ok, but junior ones living by themselves are struggling.

Clarkson seems to have misread the room again.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/dec/18/jeremy-clarkson-condemned-meghan-column-the-sun

Fave quote is this nugget..

The author Philip Pullman wrote: “That Jeremy Clarkson can write things like that, and publish them unashamed, tells us all we need to know about the way Rupert Murdoch has poisoned and rotted our public life.”

The establishment angst around the dirty digger is always an amusing trope.

a happy childhood

Where can I buy one of these?

Forum group buy?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/19/asylum-seekers-rwanda-uk-plan-legal-high-court?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Egh the government is going to be insufferable now.

I don't understand this ruling, as being LGBTQ in Rwanda isn't great.

But perhaps details show that while sending actual people with feelings and dreams to Rwanda cannot be applied across the board and some exceptions apply.

I don't understand this ruling, as being LGBTQ in Rwanda isn't great.

TBH you pretty much can't make a view on any judgement from reading articles in papers.

Best best is to wait for the judgement to be released and then read that. It may simply be that they think it's too controversial so they're kicking it up to the next court knowing the judgement will be appealed.

Or tweet at the secret barrister for a layman's version.

Thanks. I agree, best to wait for the details.

Do you think the S*n and Reform/Braverman/Farage wait for the fine details...I think not ;)

No, but you're the one who said they didn't understand the the ruling, not them. ;)

I mean TBH I don't think the Guardian is any better. Look at their coverage of the Ched Evans case.

Do you think the S*n and Reform/Braverman/Farage wait for the fine details...I think not ;)

They will need to find a way to square the circle of celebrating this result while still complaining about "woke lefty lawyers", "enemies of the people" etc etc

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Any newspaper needs to be double-checked, just the way it is. Especially when it comes to more technical things like law, trade, the economy etc.. the Grauniad did state "waiting on more details".

Sorry it is a Monday, which "them" did I refer to? :)

The chair of the press complaints body that will rule on Clarkson's vileness was due to have dinner with Rupert Murdoch in Murdoch's Mayfair flat tonight. Only cancelled when the Guardian asked about it.

That’s fucking horrible.
Worse is the fact that multiple people approved it along the line between Jeremy and it being printed.

Instead of whining on the internet, why does no-one just break the ice.

There seem to be people on it, would be bad form.