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[steviewevie]

 

[Rufus Gwertigan]

16 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

Just for interest the list is here 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-shortage-occupations/skilled-worker-visa-shortage-occupations

[steviewevie]

 

[Crazyfool01]

Meanwhile Boris stuff seems to be implicating camilla at the downing street Abba party , and JRM playing cricket at chequers 

[squirrelarmy]

13 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Boris stuff seems to be implicating camilla at the downing street Abba party

 Has anyone told him that she's the Queen now? She might not take too lightly to those accusations, hopefully.

[Crazyfool01]

2 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

 Has anyone told him that she's the Queen now? She might not take too lightly to those accusations, hopefully.

sorry worded that wrongly .... but its thought she might have been there , maybe Cressida Dick  too ? 

[steviewevie]

RIP Tina Turner. 

[Neil]

38 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

RIP Tina Turner. 

what's dead got to do got to do with it?

[steviewevie]

The DeSantis/Musk campaign launch was a laughable shitshow.

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

Migration numbers released today...yay!

[steviewevie]

...and when immigration numbers from non EU countries stay high under labour that can be something Tory opposition can attack them with...lovely.

[lost]

3 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

...and when immigration numbers from non EU countries stay high under labour that can be something Tory opposition can attack them with...lovely.

Labour have said they are going to get the long term sick / unemployed back to work rather than rely on immigration. There was a massive increase in people with mental health issues after lockdown about half a million I think. If they can achieve it though is a different matter.

[steviewevie]

606k...barely a trickle let alone a swamp. Open the flood gates I reckon. Maybe there's been some expectation management going on...

[steviewevie]

At least they're not from the EU... that's the main thing 

[steviewevie]

.. apparently on way down too..fewer Ukrainians/HongKongians...less work etc.

[Ryan1984]

2 hours ago, steviewevie said:

606k...barely a trickle let alone a swamp. Open the flood gates I reckon. Maybe there's been some expectation management going on...

All Labour’s fault anyway.

[Crazyfool01]

2 hours ago, steviewevie said:

.. apparently on way down too..fewer Ukrainians/HongKongians...less work etc.

the Ukrainians have to make choices now wether to return or not .... no long term plans for them .... they need to find new hosts or somehow manage to find housing with very high rents and high mortgage rates .... or back to a war zone , my parents ones leave on June 10th back to an area with no fighting or bombing currently but with fairly regular air raid sirens going off 

[fred quimby]

On 5/24/2023 at 1:02 PM, lost said:

Can we appoint Argentina's central bank?

 

Holy crap

[Neil]

6 hours ago, lost said:

Labour have said they are going to get the long term sick / unemployed back to work rather than rely on immigration. There was a massive increase in people with mental health issues after lockdown about half a million I think. If they can achieve it though is a different matter.

A lot of those long term sick are mental health issues and I'm not sure labour are tough enough to do what would be necessary.

[steviewevie]

 

[Neil]

as a bad advert for electric vehicles, i needed new batteries for my granny chariot today and they were £350. ouch! ....

worth it as i'm saving £100+ most weeks by using that scooter instead of taxis.

 

[steviewevie]

what a week

😄

 

[steviewevie]

middle english civil war

 

[steviewevie]

all the corbynites desperately defending Roger Waters on twitter.