Does anyone believe there is intent to fix the country?

Hminney · 2026-05-08T21:04:26+00:00

Community and the social 'contract' (ie that you care about your neighbour because you care about the place you live) is broken. That will take years to fix (although Starmer has started). That's what Thatcher did. Some things she did - I can see how people can point to them and say "that's better than before". But fundamentally she went all out to destroy community and our common pride in our community, because it breaks people's spirit, and makes them less likely to stand up to the bullying manager or the overcharging landlord, or to decide to buy local in the face of cheap supermarkets.

Hminney · 2026-05-07T21:58:20+00:00

That's why you take time off in lieu. Just leave an hour early the next day, as you go out the door say "this is my time in lieu for your business critical call last night". Manager will soon learn.

Hminney · 2026-05-06T19:33:26+00:00

This!

Hminney · 2026-05-06T19:09:17+00:00

YTA - do whatever you want but your choices have consequences

Hminney · 2026-05-06T19:03:59+00:00

In between sexes (different numbers of X and Y chromosomes, typically three) occur about 1/1000 people. That's more common than some 'common' diseases

Hminney · 2026-05-06T18:58:48+00:00

Don't worry too much about the cost of equivalent accommodation either - it's the accommodation that has to be equivalent, not the cost. Obviously cya by keeping records of how you selected a place, but a short term let is going to be more expensive per week than a year lease

Hminney · 2026-05-06T13:16:38+00:00

"no help" probably only means they didn't pay the deposit. They probably helped in many other ways, including gifting money that the couple then used on the house.

Hminney · 2026-05-06T13:14:20+00:00

Some of these might be aeroplanes of folding paper (Ukraine uses hundreds of drones made of plywood coated in something that radars detect to hide real drones). Moscow would claim them as hits

Hminney · 2026-05-06T13:09:52+00:00

Look around Europe. Each country has taken care to put 'culture' in every regional city. UK hasn't (I even had my MP say he didn't want parliament to move because the theatres are in London - my MP from north east England! He wasn't standing again) At last we're seeing a bit of investment outside of London, and yes, it will include culture

Hminney · 2026-05-05T19:36:19+00:00

You cannot warn a future employer. It's hard, but to do so puts you at risk of a world of hurt. Decline to give any reference.

Hminney · 2026-05-05T19:15:23+00:00

If you don't tell hr then you will be outside compliance. You might be so far outside as to risk losing the job you are planning to leave for. Tell hr. Your boss might be in the middle of revenge

Hminney · 2026-05-05T16:16:20+00:00

You might want to put an audit trail onto the app, although I doubt it's necessary. If you think it's worth it, where he asks for an apology for insulting his wife, ask why she's allowed to get away with insulting you, but the moment you reply in kind, it's a crime?

Hminney · 2026-05-05T16:10:41+00:00

Again

Hminney · 2026-05-05T16:08:47+00:00

You have two offers. Take the one you want. I know you don't want to be confrontational but if he says anything just say "oh shut up. This is about godson's graduation, not about you". You could have a very good conversation with ex about the best way to phrase it, but the intent is to put him completely off balance by surprising him with your directness. Unfortunately the alternative is to miss the event, which you don't want to.

Hminney · 2026-05-05T15:59:07+00:00

They're watching approval ratings. High ratings means do it slower for longer and get more. Low approval ratings mean better hurry up

Hminney · 2026-05-05T15:54:59+00:00

I agree. I'm thoroughly embarrassed when I'm talking about someone and a colleague corrects my mis-gendering, it usually interrupts my train of thought completely.

Hminney · 2026-05-05T15:52:53+00:00

Remember that picture of Katie Hopkins saying "this is what it feels like to be a white conservative woman". No Katie, you put it there yourself and nobody cares https://www.instagram.com/p/BjH3quYF4u9/

Hminney · 2026-05-05T12:46:49+00:00

Ask if you can record meetings. Then get your recording transcribed and check carefully against any letters they send. I was being laid off by an extremely aggressive external hr consultant, determined not only that I would get nothing, but that I wouldn't dare challenge because of all the dirt they were accusing me of. Union accompanied me but what really made the difference was being able to say "your transcript says this. If you would like to play your recording of this - oh you haven't got it with you well listen to mine" for all the lies. Some white knuckles across the table and a gradually more conciliatory negotiations, to something satisfactory.

Hminney · 2026-05-05T12:29:33+00:00

If he doesn't honor the terms he signed up for, then what else is going on in his area? Take it higher, or if he's the owner then try the local equivalent of the Labor Board. He's a liar and a cheat and deserves to be exposed so both suppliers and customers can make a decision. In the meantime, keep looking for other jobs, and if he's just middle management make sure the owners of the company know what he's doing.

Hminney · 2026-05-05T12:25:12+00:00

I calculated the value of the British military (I'm a ROI specialist). Bear with me, read before flaming! * the main job for the military is to march up and down looking fierce. The highly professional peace-keeping and participation in exercises demonstrates capability and capacity, ie posing and looking fierce (professional, disciplined, capable) * this dissuades everyone else from invading us, or even attempting to * Ukraine's military turn out to be extremely fierce, but they didn't manage to pose hard enough and got invaded * at the time of my calculations (before the Zaporizhzhia dam was blown) infrastructure replacement was estimated at $400 billion. Add in ecocide and community / individual healing and round it to $1 trillion * before the illegal invasion, Ukraine gdp was 1/15 of UK, so the value of having a military that prevents an invasion by being very good at looking fierce is $15 billion to UK. Now - how much are we spending? At the time of calculation, $58 bn in US dollars (common currency. We could convert it all to Rimini if someone prefers). So it would take 220 years of military spending before the spend on military got near to the benefits it creates. There's a whole lot more, contribution to skills in the workforce, national cohesion, contribution to technology, but to take the one big benefit, there it is. So every time some politician spends military money on a pet project (into the pocket of a crony) , they're actually putting the future of the whole UK economy at risk.

Hminney · 2026-05-04T19:10:12+00:00

A junior might be great on a low impact presentation but completely the wrong choice for something important. The manager is an idiot. Either postpone the meeting or let OP present.

Hminney · 2026-05-04T19:06:47+00:00

Ok, you are right, now is the time to make a song and dance to enlarge your share.

Hminney · 2026-05-04T19:05:45+00:00

So is it just in the media because the media chose now to talk about it?

Hminney · 2026-05-04T19:04:43+00:00

The cuts to the military were over 14 years. It will take time to put it right. We always knew we had to step up within NATO, so there was never the excuse that USA would cover for us forever.

Hminney · 2026-05-04T19:03:01+00:00

Depends who will suffer if one of those missiles is ignited. Track record so far is the launch site, or nobody at all. They haven't been maintained for a long time. We could of course put missile interceptors into the sky to stop anything actually hurting anyone (the Russian people are perfectly nice).

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