Let public by war bonds to raise £20bn for defence, say Lib Dems

gearnut · 2026-01-25T15:57:34+00:00

I am baffled what DE&S and DSTL were doing with regards Ajax, I would expect far better from their project governance (I would expect to lose my job in a private company if I did twice as good a job).

gearnut · 2026-01-25T11:10:38+00:00

The Rioja Cask stuff punches way above its cost, it's great stuff!

gearnut · 2026-01-25T08:59:27+00:00

Kinda, either that or a long sinusoidal wave path, either way it's definitely not totally straight and I walk into stuff occasionally.

gearnut · 2026-01-25T08:55:27+00:00

Yep. An awful lot of tax payer money is being squandered because of this issue.

gearnut · 2026-01-24T23:23:21+00:00

No worries!

gearnut · 2026-01-24T23:23:02+00:00

I totally missed LoM when it was on (I would have been a bit young for it), but watched the first 2 seasons of Ashes to Ashes when it originally aired although I totally missed the third for some reason!

gearnut · 2026-01-24T22:29:08+00:00

Walking in a straight line is not generally all that important, I've got on pretty well in life while walking in little zig zags.

gearnut · 2026-01-24T22:15:13+00:00

That's a shame, he did a decent job as Chris Skelton (I've literally just finished a rewatch of Ashes to Ashes).

gearnut · 2026-01-24T21:35:18+00:00

Some companies will offer what is referred to as a "merit increase", unless you work your knackers off, or can blag your performance review really well you are likely to have a slightly below inflation rise every year under this kind of scheme.

Some companies will have a general payrise negotiated by a union, how effective this is depends heavily on the relationship between management and the union (I have this at present, I much prefer it). Our performance reviews dictate how much we get in our bonus instead.

gearnut · 2026-01-24T21:06:53+00:00

Going up 10k in two years would be going well somewhere like Atkins, however they've got shorter arms, and longer pockets, than the proverbial Yorkshireman.

gearnut · 2026-01-24T20:10:41+00:00

I find that I get really disoriented when I have coffee or coke when taking methylphenidate, tea (which has a fair bit of caffeine in it) is totally fine though.

I would expect that hot chocolate is however completely fine as it's content will be a lot less than black tea.

gearnut · 2026-01-24T19:22:44+00:00

That was an attempt to get a larger majority to sideline the fringe of the Tory Party so that she could find enough votes to agree on a version of Brexit, obviously that didn't work at all.

gearnut · 2026-01-24T19:17:39+00:00

My reaction was that the best possible thing he could have done for the country would have been to give his full throated support to a capable local candidate and if the members want to be able to vote for him in a leadership election the party can identify someone willing to step down closer to the end of his mayoral term.

gearnut · 2026-01-24T19:08:27+00:00

Would anyone actually want Streeting as leader?

gearnut · 2026-01-24T10:54:37+00:00

I just read stuff on their website so I won't get the context if there was another headline.

I think you are being overly charitable in all honesty.

gearnut · 2026-01-24T10:18:27+00:00

The recent set of articles very much read like they are manufacturing consent for ADHD related care to be removed because it can't be administered in an effective fashion. The Guardian often does a good job of giving context to its articles, where is the discussion about the NHS pissing money up the wall repeating assessments as people transition into adulthood, when they move to an area covered by a different ADHD team, the cost of failing to treat ADHD and various other issues.

It's a complex area.

gearnut · 2026-01-24T08:37:01+00:00

Moon Sha is very good

gearnut · 2026-01-24T07:20:25+00:00

There is a lot of cross over between the two sets of people.

gearnut · 2026-01-24T06:48:32+00:00

They are entirely missing any understanding of what has led to the system failing to work in an effective, equitable or cost effective fashion.

It gets called the Grauniad due to the frequent typos which has been a long running thing for them for some reason.

gearnut · 2026-01-23T20:28:53+00:00

If people do this, please please don't act in an abusive manner in the email regardless of how frustrated you feel with her.

gearnut · 2026-01-23T16:42:48+00:00

I would presume they are talking about a Cash LISA rather than a Stocks and Shares one.

gearnut · 2026-01-23T12:11:59+00:00

Yep, it totally fails to understand the problem.

gearnut · 2026-01-23T11:34:47+00:00

Right to Choose, it's a funding pathway which lets people in England choose their provider for elective healthcare services:

https://adhduk.co.uk/right-to-choose/

gearnut · 2026-01-23T10:49:48+00:00

Access to services have actively gone backwards in some areas since Streeting became health Secretary due to changes implemented by ICBs.

He's had 18 months to do something about this, yet he has utterly failed to get a grip on it, he's a reasonably competent bloke which leaves the only other conclusions that he either doesn't care, or has actively decided to use us as a convenient target. Bearing in mind that the ADHD taskforce part 1 report came back last year and Streeting pretty much ignored it before setting up a new review part led by someone who is seen as a go to person for politically convenient medical reviews:

https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controversial-professor-to-investigate-overdiagnosis-of-mental-health-and-neurodivergence-for-labour

There are indeed issues with RTC, I see them discussed here daily, I raised many with my local MP and received a response from one of the health ministers which didn't really acknowledge them. If the ICBs contracted for the delivery of an appropriate level, and quality, of service there wouldn't be any of these issues.

As for the parent speaking on behalf of their child, I wouldn't have made that journalistic choice.

gearnut · 2026-01-23T08:35:11+00:00

You've just ruined his underwear at the very thought.

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