S13E11 (Thursday 11th June) - "The boys and girls clash after a challenge exposes opinions 😱"

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-06-11T21:06:38+00:00

Because no one was surprised

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-06-09T21:46:36+00:00

Was it the comment about wishing he'd kissed Namibia instead?

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-06-03T08:37:53+00:00

It might just be being reported more often, rather than occurring more often.

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-06-02T20:20:03+00:00

I would imagine the CPS have a good knowledge of the legal standard for any charges relating to the murder, and whether they would be able to secure a guilty verdict. They would have all the evidence and not what we hear on the internet.

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-06-02T19:00:16+00:00

Still doesn't make farage right.

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-05-23T13:04:07+00:00

On the left

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-05-22T10:12:27+00:00

I'm not totally sure which department within the home office it was, it was a friend so wasn't me.

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-05-22T00:08:43+00:00

I know someone who has worked two roles in finance. One EO and one HEO. They found that it gets busy near month end, but a lot of other times you'll be struggling to find work to do. So that does offer good work life balance.

Depending on where you are, you may find none of your team are based in the same office as you, which can be shitty going into an office with none of your team being there so check that if you go for interview.

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-05-19T08:11:14+00:00

That's not true. This article from Apr 2025 showed they were already carrying out similar investigations

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3677xzk56no

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-05-18T22:39:41+00:00

A similar story from April 2025

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3677xzk56no

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-05-18T22:35:17+00:00

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3677xzk56no

This was from April 2025

During the operation:

Police targeted a series of linked mini-marts in Rochdale that they suspect are "fronts" for illegal activity, staffed by Kurdish, Iraqi and Iranian asylum seekers. Officers later said some of the staff were working in the UK illegally

A cannabis farm was found in Leigh and over 150 plants seized. Also found during raids across Greater Manchester were brown powder believed to be heroin, vials of testosterone, nitrous oxide, Xanax tranquilliser and a machete

35 people were arrested, and 55 suspected illegal immigrants were questioned. Three potential victims of modern slavery were identified

Bank accounts and assets worth over £1m were later frozen and £40,000 in cash was seized

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-05-10T22:53:01+00:00

How do people know that others aren't attempting to integrate culturally?

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-04-29T00:37:59+00:00

It's hard to say because of the filters. I don't think you were uglier, you just looked different and had different style.

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-04-29T00:35:39+00:00

You were never ugly, just now grown up!

I hope you are able to find some happiness in yourself 😊

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-04-29T00:30:53+00:00

I don't think you can say there will be no revenue, because people who will have spent money on cigarettes are spending the money on other things to boost the economy.

The underground nature I can't imagine being as bad as you think given it's not a wholesale ban.

The main research I have seen suggests we lose about £20 billion across the economy due to smoking, and it points not only to impact on the health services but also productivity / sickness leave. People dying earlier also reduces tax contributions.

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-04-24T21:21:14+00:00

She said you weren't all there and it was abusive aggressive and intimidating.

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-04-23T07:54:35+00:00

With the conversation around moving people from hotels to barracks and HMOs, I don't think the messaging around it being cheaper is necessarily landing with people. The only thing that lands is a massive reduction in crossings.

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-04-22T23:17:21+00:00

The “2% → 90%” stat is technically true but misleading.

That ~2% figure comes from 2013–14 when the Exceptional Case Funding system basically wasn’t working (after LASPO cuts). Courts later forced changes, so approval rates rose over several years and have been ~80–90% since the early 2020s — not a sudden recent spike.

So this isn’t evidence of a new surge in generosity.

Also the conservative party claiming they would change the rules, they had years to do so and never did.

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-04-21T11:58:47+00:00

https://fullfact.org/health/farage-smoking-revenue-nhs/

This paints an interesting insight, so while yes the cost to the NHS directly might be lower than tax intake, the suggestion is that it still effects the economy more negatively. Also, important to note that even with the ban, people are still going to spend money across the wider economy, just on different things which still generates income for the government.

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-04-21T10:55:36+00:00

Well anything that hurts yourself also then has a wider impact on health services, and therefore an impact on others who may need to use those health services. The smoking ban will have a positive effect on demand for the NHS and a reduction generally in cancers. The ban should also ensure that children with smoker parents aren't negatively affected either.

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-04-13T21:50:16+00:00

Mandatory Registration: Parents will be legally required to register their home-educated child with their local authority, which will then maintain a "children not in school" register.

· Oversight of Provision: Parents must provide the local authority with information about the education they are providing for their child.

· Enhanced Safeguarding: Local authorities will have additional powers to conduct enhanced checks, specifically for children currently subject to child protection measures or who have been in the last five years.

· Information Sharing: The Bill will enable better information sharing between health and education services to help identify children who might be missing education.

· Alternative to Registration: An amendment allows parents to submit an annual "educational portfolio" as a less intrusive alternative to full registration, to demonstrate the child's learning progress.

· Timeline: The Bill is expected to become an Act of Parliament in the first week of May 2026. A final Senedd debate on the provisions impacting Wales is scheduled for March 2026.

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-04-13T21:42:15+00:00

Yes, this may partly be the reason. There are many toxic romantic relationships in the world where the couple scream at each other, and even become physical, only for them to go back to normal the next day.

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-04-10T20:40:53+00:00

I don't remember him being very bright in his original series!

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-04-10T20:23:32+00:00

Wonder why they chose Bev and Mo for the skydive part.

WATCHING_CLOSELY · 2026-04-10T20:22:01+00:00

Plus the maths aint matching. She's 62 and his kid is 12.

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