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8 hours ago, Wainy316 said:

I always had Skeletor as the goodie.  What program were you watching?

Skeletor was a working class hero, He-Man was a member of the oppressive aristocracy.

10 hours ago, HanoiVillan said:

Since nobody in the Labour party actually believes that they can win, or even gain seats, in this election, the purpose of the manifesto is not to lay out a programme for government but to shift the Overton window to the left a bit and see if any of the policies 'take off' at all. The purpose is much the same as those free comedy nights where stand-ups test new material (feel free to make the obvious joke here). 

I can't emphasize enough how this is clearly the case. 

47 minutes ago, bickster said:

The Nasty Party of the Well Heeled

The Omnishambles Party and the

Can't Believe a Word they Say Party

 

What a choice... back to the bunker

 

I'm not sure who these are, the first could be Tories or UKIP. And the other two could basically be any of them. 

14 minutes ago, Villan_of_oz said:

Let's sack Bruce and get in Marco Silva I heard once (at least) cos he is the progressive manager who will do wonders with Hull's squad. Rel-e-gated 

 I know you're being facetious, and I've no call for Marco Silva. But that's less times than Bruce has got a team relegated. 

I wonder who voted in numbers for this insipid boring dirge. And then I remembered that Coldplay have had number one albums.

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“The type of character he is, having been brought up at United, he has the right mentality.

The right mentality because you were bought up at Manchester United.

Lol.

The Ravel Morrison, Kieron Richardson, Man United youth mentality? Doesn't mean anything. 

I thought the NHS used a SAP computer system? I'm surprised that didn't cripple the NHS without any cyber warfare being involved.

8 minutes ago, meregreen said:

It would appear most people support Labours policies above those of the Conservatives. What they don't want, sadly is the man most responsible for those policies, go figure. Occurs to me though, that those pundits and posters predicting the permanent demise of Labour as a political force, are pretty wide of the mark. Corbyn is temporary, keep the policies with a more palatable leader, and we're in a very different scenario. It's just a pity that the British electorate are so bloody shallow that they allow personalities to override policies. It's the policies that will mould our country. The Tories with a large majority could inflict terrible suffering . Been there before, bad times.

I'm not entirely sure if the Labour poll so well against the Tories, just because the Tory policy is so bad.

I completely agree if Corbyn's own vanity would allow him to step aside (even to another cabinet role) keep the policies and have a better leader, and probably more importantly a better shadow cabinet. Then I think they would start picking up a lot of votes. 

Voters don't like Corbyn (personally I find him quite obnoxious and inflexible) But people really don't like John McDonnell or Diane Abbott, and I certainly don't have much confidence in those two to actually govern.

Conversely however, I cannot understand what people seem to like about Theresa May, she was a horrendous Home Secretary, with repulsive policy and supreme idiocy. Yet I talk to a lot of people who say they "quite like" her.

Same goes for why anyone could like, Gove, or Hunt, or Rudd?

On 2017-5-9 at 21:55, Zatman said:

I didnt like the original Blade Runner 

I'm totally with you. I think it gets remembered more fondly by a lot of people because it has a fantastic last 10/15 minutes. But much of the film before that, I could live without. 

Well Lib Dems new "free the weed"  policy announcement could win them the election. As long as they put all voting booths in a 24hr Spar and only between 2am and 3am. 

I can't begin to imagine the car crash that Trump is going to be at the G7 come the end of May. 

There is nothing more satisfying in gaming than boosting a stat in a Persona game without having time pass. Expect maybe boosting more than one stat at once.

On 2017-5-10 at 17:28, Designer1 said:

It's a world absolutely rich with storyline possibilities - so many classics that they could go with. I'd imagine budget restrictions will mean some won't happen, but ssssssssurely the Dark Judges will make an appearance?

If it is hamstrung by budget they'll probably do a version of the cursed earth storyline. You'd have to leave out Satanus, because without a decent budget it'd look crap. 

30 minutes ago, hippo said:

Where I work we have a contracts team that handle larger contracts - and I would have thought NHS england would handle large drugs contracts. Sure if what you say it true it is abuse of the system and abuse of power - is it unique to the NHS though ?  - Ive seen similar deals \ stories in the private sector.

 

My information is a couple of years old because he's retired now, but I wouldn't thought things have changed much.

 I don't think it is exclusive to the NHS, and I don't blame people within the NHS, I blame successive governments (of both colours) for putting in place a system that favors the profit of private companies and not cost savings and standards for the NHS. 

12 minutes ago, VillaChris said:

Think Jedinak will play much more in defence next season. More logical for most of the home games we'll be playing.

I thought we played Kodja and then everyone else in defence, anyway.

17 minutes ago, hippo said:

Seeking profit from peoples ill health is obscene. But that's private drug companies looking to make a profit (which is what private companies do) That is, and always will be an NHS overhead - I wouldn't lay that as a flaw in the NHS.

 

From what i've been told.  If a doctor writes on a prescription, to simplify it, say Nurofen, this is what must be given. But Nurofen costs say £4 a pack, but it is Ibuprofen. Unbranded Ibuprofen costs 26p a pack. Drugs companies at my dad's practice for example used to take all the Doctors once a month to a swanky restaurant all expense paid to encourage them to do this sort of thing. 

Then there are similar deals with contracts, where the NHS pays say £80 to a contracted supplier for the flu vaccine, where you can get it from other companies for say £10. 

It needs to be changed. Otherwise we're never going to be able to afford to run our health care system. 

Just now, hippo said:

I can see that. But surley thats not unique to the NHS. 

My Brother works in insurance and has similar complaints. 

Yes, I'm just saying there is money spent very badly in the NHS. It's a licence to print money for drugs companies at the moment. You should see the money their reps spend wooing doctors, to prescribe their drugs. It's obscene. 

These root issues need to be sorted, because investment in the NHS without careful overhaul, is just going to go straight to private companies. Without improving much at all for ordinary people.

1 hour ago, hippo said:

not so sure - I work in the NHS - staff retention is real problem. For example where I work we literally can not hang onto decent project managers. 

My dad was 40 years a manager in the NHS and from what I could tell he could make loads of decisions that would save money all over the place. Particularly not getting drugs which are exactly the same from specified suppliers for hugely over inflated prices, and being cheaper and less waiting time, to fly someone to Scotland to have certain operation (including paying for flights and hotels) than using the local hospital. 

But these choices he was not allowed to make, because they didn't give the management enough power to do so. He left because he was more fed up with this sort of thing, than the money.

Every time you raise the minimum wage, companies don't raise any one else's wage. People on a low wage, but not minimum get screwed.

And raising the NHS wages, won't improve the NHS. It'll make things better for NHS workers, yes. But only investing in more staff, and the infrastructure will actually improve the service.   

2 hours ago, AshVilla said:

Hope Karl Urban will play Dredd again he had a great chin for it

If they don't get Urban back they can drokk off.

I know it's petty, but can you be more equal? Surely something is either equal or not. 

Labour could campaign to make us an equal society? Or as fairer society? But more equal?

And on that Sun article, there is no way 42% of people trust the Tories on the NHS. And 62% on Brexit? I'd be surprised if any leave voters trust them (you know NHS bus, and all), so that's at least 49% right there. 

That we improving because we got more points than the few previous years, is a bit of a fallacy. It doesn't take into account how awful the majority of championship teams are. For example, Boro will come down and perform next season and they too were poor in the premier league. Newcastle were rubbish their last year in the prem and they breezed it. 

If you put aside Bruce arguments, giving the players a clean slate every year is how we've ended up in the mess we are now. 

39 minutes ago, a m ole said:

And when you're asked "is it wrong that nurses are using food banks", you just say "yes."

Totally, and Hunt is getting slated for that today too. 

But the problem there isn't public sector pay. The minimum nurse wage of £22k is more than I earn. (And a lot of people)

The outrage on public sector pay is always a false issue,  as public sector pay is relatively good.

The problem is the ridiculous cost of living in London and some major cities. 

Getting a handle on rent control and property prices, is the issue driving people to food banks.