Thread 28 Starmer - Weodmonath

[DuncinToffee]

The month of Agustus we call the weed month in our language, for these grow most in this month.”

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Flower tax.

Nice. I love a begonia.

Evening all. Thanks for the new thread @DuncinToffee . No cat as I am on holiday but an inquisitive visitor at our window.

I assume he’s hoping he will be charged and bailed in time for his September rally/fund raiser. If he left it much longer he might have missed it.
He probably also needed a week in the sun to get legal advice.

He shouldn't be bailed. He's already proved he's a flight risk.

And it's good news that Tommy ten names has been arrested. He's an absolute thug.

Not enough of one. He keeps coming back. If only he’d fuck off and stay away.

Or maybe they should give him a proper jail sentence, given that he does this over and over again.

Good point. I guess they’re constrained by sentencing guidelines.

I can't see her lasting in the sack of cats she's jumped into.

Marking place with Mr Darcy as dog is under the table.

LTB 😂

The racism is still raging, so I started a fred on site stuff. Let's see what MNHQ comes back with:

www.mumsnet.com/talk/site_stuff/5386208-concerns-about-racism?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=share

MNs namechange feature (unique in general forums) would make it interesting, but it would be a useful feature to see figure for a posters total number of posts against their username in a post. I suspect that would mark out a lot of the less sincere posters.

And/or a "date registered" against a username. Again, I suspect that would show a lot of recent entrants to the fray.

However, I am well aware that site design and IT aren't my forte, so leave that to the experts.

I A/S many of the most obvious culprits. Clear patterns. Post once or twice on 2 innocuous threads. Start thread with Telegraph (style or actual) headline. And then sit back.

MN seems to have embraced the business model.

I went on each of these three threads when I saw them but have avoided them now because they are hate filled cesspits.

I don't know how MN can let this happen. It reflects really badly on Mumsnet that this kind of hate is freely allowed to stand on their board.

I’ve just pointed that out on the Site Stuff thread. Thank you so much for starting that Pandora. What a shame it’s become necessary.

Meant to post this over there! I did wonder why I couldn't see my post!

If I were of a suspicious nature, I'd say this is a more sophisticated continuation of the incidents previously that caused a stir and the need to vet images.

Continuing this trajectory and eventually the noise will overwhelm the signal and genuine posters seeking parenting advice will simply stay away. Which will in turn magnify the noise into a downward spiral of having to squeeze more revenue from less customers. In a parallel to the ongoing restaurant thread ....

This has often been suggested, but rejected by MNHQ as, apparently, it encourages posters to ‘pick on’ newbies.

What's the restaurant thread @SerendipityJane ?

People complaining about ludicrous restaurant prices. Despite subtle pointers that the labour costs are almost incidental to running a business on the high street, there is a peculiar fascination with NI and NMW rises. Taken as a whole it looks a like a more subtle attempt to push a narrative that moves away from rapacious landlords, overpriced utilities and eye watering business rates.

Or they can't do it.

E2A: My suggestion is a "First posting date" against a username. That means you can't differentiate between a name change and a new user.

One of my favourite restaurant s closed because the lease was up and the landlord was asking for an extortionate amount to renew.

If you look at most shops accounts, and remove the labour (as many small businesspeople do), you are still on thin ice.

The UK isn't really setup to encourage small businesses. It never has been. The worst thing about winning WW2 is that it gave the state a taste for Big Projects that the war had shown the UK was (surprisingly) capable of. This led to the establishment of monolithic industries with very little room for freedom. This is the "socialism" that the US despaired of.

Inevitably having such single sources of income meant the sharks realised they could gobble up the taxpayers their money much more efficiently. So we moved seamlessly from nationalised to privatised where the sharks could rip open the meaty beasts and break them into a myriad of upward-feeding companies. All of which "needed" ex MPs on their boards as a sort of ideological St, Christopher on their journey to the bank.

The overall effect of this was to make sure that if there is a profit to be made, it's not for the little person. Whose role in all this is to continue electing governments that ensure the wonga goes one way.

I am still waiting to hear about my BBC4 3-part history series.