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Everything posted by Brew
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I seriously doubt it. From a recent and an ongoing situation I simply hold a different view. You seem to have entirely missed my point and moved the focus to finance and funding. The LSE report has a fair synopsis of childcare from 1918 onward and acknowledges that until 1996 the local authorities had power but no duty and thus it was very much a laissez-faire arrangement. It's focus is on funding, not the control and regulation of or how it radically changed childcare in the late 90s which is the point I was making. I agree your point that Early Years or Nursery'
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Rubbish, obviously you have a selective memory. The press will go for the throat regardless. It doesn't take much to find stories of cock-ups, corruption and wrong doing in general by our blessed leaders. Why should Starmers foul mouth deputy be different.
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You what sometimes Oz you can be really cruel....
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Years ago on a tour of the Williams F1 facility they had a Ferrari given to them under a deal to release Alesi from his contract. The engineering they said was superb, but the electrics were so amateurish they looked like it came from a FIAT500
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We woke to the staggering sight of bright sunshine... on a bank holiday! Fearing the the world was about to end and we were to see the end of days, we decide to venture out. But all was well and the world righted it self when after lunch we had a heavy rain downpour mixed with hail.
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Not originally, it was an investigative piece of journalism by the Guardian with The Independent. They carried the story and the rest of the media picked it up and ran it until the CPC had little choice but to take action
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Yeahbutnobut? What you say is true but it's not, so far. illegal. GB News is as we know little more than a right wing mouth piece but unless they break the rules then the right to freedom of speech must prevail and they be allowed their say whether we like it or not.
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And the Johnson partygate investigation was the result of pressure by whom?
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Except he's not breaking any laws Col and your prejudice has led to a wild exaggeration. Ofcom has, with provisos, given a green light to serving politicians presenting TV programs..
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Seem to answer your own question Oz There are unicameral systems operating in the UK. The Scottish Parliament, Welsh Senedd, The Northern Ireland Assembly and the London Assembly are all unicameral. Having said that the main protection against extremism for them is the overarching powers residing in Westminster. I don't know how that works un the federal system in Australia. The main criticism of the unicameral system is its perceived lack of checks and balances, the risk of a concentration of power and limited scrutiny. One considered advantage is the speed legi
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Same here Oz. The personal allowance before tax is due is £12,750, the basic state pension is £10,600.
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Yesterday Starmer launched Labours campaign...... and oh dear... I've said many times he has no ideas - at lease none of his own! Starmer and his slightly dodgy looking deputy acknowledged Johnson for his 'levelling up' program and that his "analysis was good" He now proposes the Starmer version with legislation called the 'Take Back Control Act' which will mandate councils to make a local growth plan, quite what he thinks they do now is anybody's guess. Taking, or giving, back control sounds an awful lot like Thatcher who said similar, that and giving people
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I've had lots of those and and never bothered to read further than the mobility qualifier. Next one that arrives I'll look a little closer...
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Without a profit incentive there is no business and in my mind 'essential' is a bit of a stretch. I would hazard a guess the vast majority of nurseries are for pre-schoolers. Your description of childminding is of what amounts to an ad hoc school run arrangement with a friendly neighbour. For many it starts way before school age and he kids were looked after in someone's home for most of the working day. When political correctness burst on the scene and every officious know-all had something to say it became an industry and regulated to the point it was virtu
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No, shareholders cannot take over the assets they must be sold to clear debts. When a company fails, whatever cash is in the business following the sale of assets goes to pay any liabilities. What's left (often nothing), will be divided amongst the shareholders on a pro-rata basis (number of shares held). In most instances investors lose all their money. I very much doubt they will be declared bankrupt as they would have to cease trading and obviously that can't happen. If they nationalise water there will be a similar scheme to previous nationalisations in the
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I would treat shareholders for exactly what they are - shareholders in a bankrupt company and the value of their shares is zero.
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How can anyone say they are a confirmed atheist? Atheists can no more prove god doesn't exist than believers prove he does. The fact some believes in something doesn't mean it's real, just as not believing doesn't mean it's not... Happy Easter...
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By whom?
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Apart from the oxymoron I quite agree...
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Is a warning of a problem that has no specific warning light of it's own like seat belts, brakes etc. It's not critical but does need attention...
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But is it? To my mind 20% seems a fairly normal profit margin. I can't really see why they're trying to make out it's some sort of outrageous profiteering. They are after all a business like any other. The GMB and that mysterious invisible group 'campaigners' wants more regulation, I say it's too much regulations that's caused the problem. Since child minding became regulated and forced into a politically correct regime of quasi schools for babies, many have simply given up. The visits from the education department, the demand for record keeping, a curriculum plus
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The headlight for that car is one piece and over £1300 which is outrageous considering it's injection moulded plastic
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On an Audi S8 the lights, like Mercedes, do need to be 'told' it has a new light. My new headlight unit refused to point where it was supposed to until it the car recognised it. Having said that it wasn't a main dealer who did it, many independents have the necessary diagnostic facility nowadays. My brother has a Service/Bodyshop garage and has just such a machine. Lizzie needs a new taillight, not sure they are the same as a headlight in this respect.
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Sounds like a bit of a run around Col, I hope after all that the results are good when you finally get them...