Thread 7 Starmer : Cats and Conferences

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That's the thing with serial name changers, they know you and tell you as much but you can't know them back (if that makes sense)

We must have joined at around the same time @CassieMaddox it was definitely trial by fire back then on here, but the vibe is definitely different now.

I agree, I am also having to word things very carefully. Which is sad.

I think its people reporting based on the words of the policy, not the spirit.

The words say "use the same courtesy when posting messages on Talk as you would use when speaking to someone face to face."

Thats actually quite hard to moderate. I'm quite robust irl as well 😂

Bletchley East (Milton Keynes) Council By-Election Result:

🌹 LAB: 49.7% (-5.4)
🌳 CON: 24.7% (+4.0)
🙋 IND: 8.4% (New)
🌍 GRN: 8.2% (+0.4)
🔶 LDM: 7.3% (+1.6)
🏰 HER: 1.7% (New)

No IND (-10.8) as previous.

Labour HOLD.
Changes w/ 2024.

Totally agree but 19 years here. The old place ain't the same....

You forgot to include Reform 😀 Where's their seismic shift in British politics ?

I have definitely been targeted by certain posters in the past and been suspended because of them. I choose my words carefully now too and haven't been deleted very often since doing so.

I was so fed up with the last ban I nearly didn't come back, but I missed this thread too much. I don't get to geek out about politics as much IRL and also I get a lot of info from here ❤

Flipping heck.

"The Government spent more than £79m fighting legal challenges against the Home Office in 2023 — more than in the previous three years combined."

www.politicshome.com/news/article/government-spent-eighty-million-fighting-legal-cases-home-office-last-year

The Home Office spent well over half a billion pounds on temporary staff in the last two years as it tried to tackle a backlog in asylum applications.
The department spent £269.9m in agency fees last year, according to its latest annual accounts. The figure is a slight rise on the £254.2m recorded the year before, meaning well over half a billion pounds have been spent in the last two years.

www.politicshome.com/news/article/home-office-spends-half-billion-temporary-staff-two-years

Extraordinary given they stopped processing asylum applications after the Illegal Migration Act.

I think I've only been deleted for referring to (IMO) corrupt charlatans. Have had to close my laptop and walk away quite a bit though 😁

I have gone back to lurking quite a bit and offer some support via the thanks function

That is a lot of money wasted on an empty slogan

I do exactly that too. I'm very wary

Fartage not putting down any roots just yet.

from this week's Private Eye

I don’t imagine anyone is surprised.

Hello!

I'm here! Never been deleted !

I've had a lot on my plate and feel generally stressed so trying not to additionally process politics but follow along.

I am in for an operation next week to have my gallbladder removed. Not looking forward to this but do have two weeks afterwards to hopefully read, watch Downton Abbey right from the start (never watched it!) and admire people's cats.

Happy to report the NHS have been very efficient and helpful with me. They sped up my care by Wes Streeting me to a private consultant. I feel conflicted about this as I don't believe really that it cuts queues. But if it stops me presenting at A and E approximately once a month that will ease pressure elsewhere in the system.

Goodu luck piggy.
If it's any consolation, my friend's daughter had her gallbladder removed and it was fairly effortless so I hope the same for you

I was originally permanently banned, it was just after Brexit time but MN accepted my plea of temporary insanity brought about by extreme external circumstance.

Learnt how to word stuff differently and not react, if things get personal, i just remove the thread now.

Hopefully your gallbladder excision will be as easy as mine was @Piggywaspushed. And I had two BIG stones. This is one of them.

Lordy!

I apparently have one, which is 3cm.

Cat pics are nicer!!

I've had a couple of warnings - I must admit even I'm surprised it's that few😀. However my ban came from what was a moment of madness when I reminded people in a thread it was the school holidays. I guess it was deserved, and I usually use "report" silently, rather than in thread.

Otherwise Thumper applies. (Although I did think it was Eleanor Roosevelt - and checking that out was certainly not wasted time )

They certainly are!

Good luck Piggy