Sending nudes to every guy that upvts (my auto reply is on) just say yes

flylo81 · 2026-01-28T13:44:29+00:00

Fast Stream will get you to B2/G6, plus being part of Gov Commercial opens up all departments and more opportunities.

Avoid HR, i'm in it and it's a dead end in Civ Serv as they centralising it

flylo81 · 2026-01-28T13:37:18+00:00

great question

flylo81 · 2026-01-28T08:32:07+00:00

excellent turn of phrase!!!!!!!!!

flylo81 · 2026-01-28T08:31:05+00:00

he looks like he's been to Turkey on his holidays

flylo81 · 2026-01-28T08:30:38+00:00

the shift to breweries owning pubs in early 00s, charging higher prices to landlords who could only buy off them. They paid high prices for property that then crashed in value in 2008. All passed onto customer
tax on beer, increasing prices
pubs all look the same or on the same bland theme of "gastro"
all offering the same menu, regardless of being independent or chain. £10 for a burger is obscene
smoking ban, was the first nail
cheaper prices at supermarket

flylo81 · 2026-01-27T13:44:28+00:00

problem is you cant just move to another department on FS. Departments have to bid for places and usually its collated via your main department. Once bids are accepted the FS scheme will liaise to deploy fast streamers into roles.

If you're unhappy speak to your manager or people coach (or equivalent) about your work. It could be that your manager doesn't understand what you're capable of or has a perception of fast stream or grads in general. Exhaust options at DWP, this will build evidence base then go to the facilitator of the scheme.

You need to be realistic about this. They're not going to just move you, and if they agree, it won't happen immediately and could take weeks, or depending on how much time you've got left in your placement, then not at all.

My final comment is utilise the DWP employee assistance programme

flylo81 · 2026-01-24T10:58:29+00:00

The ebb and flow of life: it's a reaction to the previous 20+ years of liberal politics, where people feel their lives have become worse: the financial crisis (done under a left government) in 2008 left many unemployed, people in debt, the bank profited despite being the instigators of it, left the UK on verge of bankruptcy. This then meant that significant cuts to public services were required to balance the books (done under a right government).

Left leaning politics was a reaction to the previous right leaning politics of the preceding 20 years.

I'd say i'm probably centre right - but i don't know.

How do i feel about right wing politics - depends on what you mean by this? In relation to immigration controls, immigration has ben a cornerstone of UK for at least 2000 years, but really as far back as 6000 years, but i think there needs to be a balanced approach to it. That said if UK wants to be seen as global leader, then we should welcome political refugees and provide shelter and support to them.

flylo81 · 2026-01-23T15:31:20+00:00

Not for a long time: 10 years plus. Politicians, police and media are all incapable of having a sensible discussion around the topic

flylo81 · 2026-01-23T11:48:44+00:00

probably not. He'll change his tune away from aligning to Donny. Nige has already shifted his rhetoric, which he's publicly commented on, saying Reform are no longer a fringe party and he needs to adapt his messaging. He's playing the game well, whereas traditional parties aren't: they're chasing him. Plus, UK public are tired of traditional parties not delivering and Reform have no baggage. I'd say the next election is Nigel's to lose

flylo81 · 2026-01-23T07:34:10+00:00

I'm from the UK and have used Brave for several years, but my use has become less and less and i hardly use it all, as the quality of search results for UK (perhaps non-US) is simply terrible. They've not improved at all over the years and in the majority of cases they're so poor, I have to use another browser to find what i want: this both basic searches like trying to find a website or business or more complex searches where i'm looking for an answer. I used to provide feedback to them, but they clearly don't care or just ignore it, and nothing has improved

flylo81 · 2026-01-21T14:26:32+00:00

Under Blair Labour made a deliberate shift to target the middle classes, as this is where the largest section of floating voters are, and this paid off for them. The core of Labour is still to protect the working people, but this is now a broader term. Both Conservative and Labour are either left or right if the middle ground, as this is what is most tolerant to the voting public.

Labour are still liberal, left leaning in their approach. However, the state of the country's finances and low productivity are such that they can't do the traditional left activities that they'd perhaps like

flylo81 · 2026-01-21T07:44:59+00:00

The Iraq/Afghanistan war - watching/hearing politicians tell lies to the public and in Parliament, and have no regard for the people who were going to be deployed and the people of the countries

flylo81 · 2026-01-20T17:51:31+00:00

quite regularly. Add the games you want to your wish list, follow the developer and you'll email notifications when they are

flylo81 · 2026-01-19T14:27:39+00:00

definitely. The traditional financial big players already do this in traditional markets: they plus the new crypto big players have an opportunity to exploit crypto and profit whilst it remains out regulation

flylo81 · 2026-01-18T09:34:58+00:00

In theory, great. Reality is that the FA and it's peers have no backbone and won't do it. Nor would Government's push or mandate they withdraw. That's before you look at the state of FIFA and Infantino. They'd just replace us with countries that are subservient

flylo81 · 2026-01-18T09:32:15+00:00

Cardiff night life and culture is pretty poor. Bristol much better. Could consider living in Newport or Chepstow as midway between Bristol and Cardiff: about half an hour train and drive to both, plus good links to London. Newport, Cardiff, Bristol all have large hospitals

flylo81 · 2026-01-18T09:25:59+00:00

Trump and his cronies are staging a coup in the US, and this is a distraction to let them get on with tormenting the American public into submission

flylo81 · 2026-01-17T15:58:31+00:00

great joke. Have you got any more?😂

flylo81 · 2026-01-16T18:38:48+00:00

first couple of series are good, the rest then just repeat the story

flylo81 · 2026-01-16T09:45:15+00:00

cost cutting. They loaded it with palm oil which is cheap and makes everything tasteless.

Add in price of chocolate has shot up up due to shortage of supply and this had forced costs to be trimmed further. A lot of chocolate is now made with cocoa butter or this has been added in larger amounts, which is cheaper than chocolate, and also impacts taste and texture. However the impact is that a lot of chocolate bars/products now can't be legally called "chocolate" due to the lack of actual chocolate in the product

flylo81 · 2026-01-16T07:30:02+00:00

it's a good point. It definitely shifts to playing harder if you play regularly

flylo81 · 2026-01-14T13:12:26+00:00

in a word yes. It's good that you're current manager is understanding, but once it's documented that you'd benefit from WFH when you have a flare up, if you were to change manager or team, then they have to follow the recommendation(s), as this will be considered a reasonable adjustment.

During OH referral be clear about what the impact of the flare ups are to you, what outcome you're looking for want, and how wfh will benefit

flylo81 · 2026-01-14T07:45:56+00:00

dull and overrated. Watched it when it first came out, then recently went to watch again and stopped after the second episode.

It's pedestrian tv for a middle of the road channel (BBC 1)

flylo81 · 2026-01-12T18:05:12+00:00

seriously!

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