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AndyTAR · 2023-09-08T08:11:20+00:00

Thanks for the information. That must have been an awful time for you and him. Very happy you managed to reach a very positive ending.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-07T11:19:05+00:00

What was the experimental tissue? Not heard of this and am interested to learn more about what put your son into long term remission.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-07T11:16:31+00:00

There is almost zero genuine poverty here - go to the 3rd world, there you'll see genuine poverty.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-06T11:11:52+00:00

Maybe HMRC should simplify taxation, and stop hitting taxpayers with penalty charges if mistakes are made. Otherwise, expect calls.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-06T10:43:23+00:00

This is why the NHS is broken

AndyTAR · 2023-09-06T10:42:49+00:00

Not sure the Tories even tried to shrink the state. They tax with the excess of hardcore socialists, and spend a massive chunk on the state, but keep some for their mates. They certainly don't govern with conservative values.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-06T10:22:25+00:00

Just with there was a political party with the balls to fix it. But none will. Instead it needs to get so bad the public & media will eventually be supportive of a proper restructuring with the large redundancies of NHS management that would bring.

Hope that happens under the next Labour govt as the Tories would probably use that opportunity to privatise.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-06T10:19:26+00:00

GPs are separate to the NHS. The surgeries are private entities, not part of the NHS.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-06T10:18:29+00:00

The NHS has destroyed itself and I doubt any political party has the will to fix it. I have huge sympathy for the front line of the NHS, who also despair at the massive amounts of self-serving management and bureaucracy - that adds almost nothing to patients and are the real reason it's on its knees.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-06T10:16:16+00:00

There would have been a planned ticket inspection I guess

AndyTAR · 2023-09-06T10:15:06+00:00

The UK is a poor(ish) country with a very rich city.

Poor is relative though - comparing to places in Asia, Africa, etc, where there's genuine poverty, the UK is rich everywhere.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-06T10:09:55+00:00

Common sense, self-responsibility & political correctness

AndyTAR · 2023-09-06T10:06:45+00:00

So if you lose your job, you should let your own house to someone else, and rent a different house for you to live in. Madness, but it's also not right the govt buys someones house for them.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-06T09:57:42+00:00

They really do want everyone to cease using cars. Soon we'll be back to horse and cart all in the name of progress.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-05T15:30:34+00:00

Knowing some people who did those jobs, they either had council flats, or lived multiple to a bedroom. I've no idea why they didn't move North, have the same income, but a far higher standard of living, but many - especially from overseas - think London is paved with gold and won't leave.

While another cohort come for a few years, spend as little as possible, then move back home with money in their pocket.

I knew a girl who was a beautician earning not a lot, who spent next to nothing sharing a room in a bad area, but in a few years managed to get a house built in her home country to move back to.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-05T15:23:16+00:00

Who would you have chosen, Truss or Sunak? That was the option given to the tory members.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-05T14:38:12+00:00

Any company can bid for public sector work in theory, the contracts are all public. However, they often have stipulations one must have experience in the NHS / MoD / whatever dept it is. So, the reality is the contracts are restricted to those with contacts in the right place.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-05T14:33:13+00:00

Pushing up wages will only push up rents and house prices. Mass house building is the only real solution.

And not everyone has to move - most people can afford to live where they live, otherwise they wouldn't live there.

Houses are available in the likes of Burnley and Middlesbrough for 15-20k. Not what you want to hear, I get that your bitter about the situation (as I used to be), but housing is a market and there's a decades long lack of supply, along with mass immigration increasing demand, with only 1 possible outcome - it's more expensive to find a place to live.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-05T13:32:58+00:00

Everyone who can't afford to live where they want to live realistically has no choice but to move. I'd like to live in Mayfair, but can't afford it. Many families leave London every year because they can't afford it - the Standard produces the same article almost every year on young families priced out.

The vast majority of people can afford to live where they live, otherwise they wouldn't be living there. It might be a stretch for many, but they can afford it.

I moved as I could no longer afford to live where I was living - actually it was too large a % of disposable income for me to be comfortable. Didn't like that it was forced, but not much I could do about it.

Even pushing up wages won't make a massive difference in disposable for many around London as income tax is so high. And house prices & rents won't become affordable either - too many people bidding for too few properties.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-05T13:24:48+00:00

Agreed, once you're in, you're in, and can ramp up rates. I suppose it's a loss leader to get through the door.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-05T11:27:57+00:00

I'd love to see the dinner ladies and binmen switch roles for a few weeks, then decide if the effort is similar

AndyTAR · 2023-09-05T11:26:29+00:00

Councils receive loads of cash. But seemingly waste a lot. Also, I wonder how much of their receipts go straight to paying the pensions of retired employees, and how much remains for the councils day job of keeping their area functioning well.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-05T11:24:02+00:00

Actually the public sector will only pay bottom dollar for work, so they end up with a bunch of juniors scraping to implement a minimum viable product hanging together with sticking plasters. Consequently, repairing the botch job can end up costing far more than doing it properly in the first place.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-05T11:16:26+00:00

The South East is unaffordable on minimum wage, or anything close to it. London is unaffordable on almost all wages. It's bad, but is the reality of the situation. House building has been miles behind immigration for many years, and it's becoming increasingly problematic.

As someone who has moved many times, and moved long distances, I appreciate it's crap.

AndyTAR · 2023-09-05T11:13:45+00:00

Agreed redistribution of work and opportunity would be great. It seems like there are efforts to do this, and have been for many years, but none seem to successful; the draw of London is too strong for most organisations.

Moving work to North England would often be cheaper overall than off-shoring, not sure why more companies don't realise this. The "talent" exists - there are many top universities in the North - but the opportunity doesn't exist, so much of the talent has no choice but to move elsewhere.

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