bannedfromHandV Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Has there ever been anyone more unfit to be in government than Nadine bloody Dorries? I know we’ve had the full range of sexual deviants, corrupts and unethicals but she’s just something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 8 hours ago, chrisp65 said: Ladies und Gentlemen. Before we open the arc of the covenant, a brief maniacal monologue… I’m shocked his lawn is not fluorescent green from being watered 8 hours a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 27 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: Has there ever been anyone more unfit to be in government than Nadine bloody Dorries? I know we’ve had the full range of sexual deviants, corrupts and unethicals but she’s just something else. No, but I've said it several times over the years and they keep finding someone worse. They've scraped the bottom of the barrel so firmly they're just coming up with mess from the basement floor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Just now, Davkaus said: No, but I've said it several times over the years and they keep finding someone worse. They've scraped the bottom of the barrel so firmly they're just coming up with mess from the basement floor She’s not only incompetent, she genuinely seems to be intoxicated whenever she’s on live TV. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 4 minutes ago, Genie said: She’s not only incompetent, she genuinely seems to be intoxicated whenever she’s on live TV. Indeed. She often seems like she's put Bailey's on her Weetabix, and had a dozen bowls. Must be her dyslexia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 I can't remember where I saw it over the weekend, something about fining people for not turning up to NHS / Dentist appointments ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 1, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 1, 2022 25 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: I can't remember where I saw it over the weekend, something about fining people for not turning up to NHS / Dentist appointments ? Sunak's latest idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Is she the thickest person to ever be a minister? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted August 1, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, chrisp65 said: Ladies und Gentlemen. Before we open the arc of the covenant, a brief maniacal monologue… This **** word removed boils my piss. Parading around his outdated victorian/religious views and persona like he's the cat's pyjamas and that's the right way people should be. Imagine how (even more) **** up the country would be if we were that antiquated?! Get in the **** sea you prick Edited August 1, 2022 by Stevo985 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62373675 Quote Rishi Sunak vows to take 4p off income tax Rishi Sunak has said he will cut the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 16% by the end of the next parliament if he becomes prime minister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 This is what 12 years of conservative government gets you. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/st-john-charity-volunteers-will-drive-999-ambulances-c09fwsfxx Quote Volunteer ambulance crews will respond to 999 calls from today under an NHS plan to tackle a deterioration in response times. The NHS has signed a £30 million contract with St John Ambulance for the charity to act as an official “ambulance auxiliary service” in England. A fleet of 250 St John Ambulances will be staffed by a mixture of paid employees and volunteers who have had rigorous first aid training. St John Ambulance was founded in 1877 and provides first aid cover at 22,000 events each year — from football matches to village fêtes. Its new contract with the NHS, the first of its kind in history, means its staff and vehicles will be integrated into the ten NHS ambulance trusts across England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meregreen Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Davkaus said: This is what 12 years of conservative government gets you. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/st-john-charity-volunteers-will-drive-999-ambulances-c09fwsfxx So the next time there is a mass pile up on the M6, let’s hope it’s not 16 year old Jimmy who’s last gig was at the local schools sports day who turns up. What a **** state this country is in Edited August 1, 2022 by meregreen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 17 minutes ago, ender4 said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62373675 That’s something to look forward to in about 7 years time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted August 1, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 1, 2022 49 minutes ago, Davkaus said: This is what 12 years of conservative government gets you. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/st-john-charity-volunteers-will-drive-999-ambulances-c09fwsfxx Forgive me if I’m wrong but isn’t the issue with hospital capacity to deal with incoming ambulances rather than a lack of the life saving ice cream vans? Surely more ambulances just means more of them queued up at A&E? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 1 minute ago, choffer said: Forgive me if I’m wrong but isn’t the issue with hospital capacity to deal with incoming ambulances rather than a lack of the life saving ice cream vans? Surely more ambulances just means more of them queued up at A&E? At least you’ll be getting treatment outside A&E rather lying on a sports field for 5 hours. Its a sticking plaster over a giant crack though. The problems start with GP’s. They are fundamentally broken which leads people to need to go to A&E to see a doctor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 St John’s have been doing this for a while in Wales already, it’s a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 1, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, Jareth said: St John’s have been doing this for a while in Wales already, it’s a good idea. I think people underestimate the level of professionalism the St Johns Ambulance have these days. We have a contract to take them to and from Aintree Racecourse for the big meetings Long gone are the days when they turned up in a glorified van and parked two young kids in the first aid room. They run everything on the first aid side, including Ambulances and the Comms, in fact the race meetings can't even open the gates until StJA have given the green light, they have a lot of control over the entire event. Their Ambulances these days are fully kitted out 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 (edited) I don't intend to disrespect SJA, but people turning up to deal with medical emergencies should be getting paid for it. It's also going to be used to paper over the cracks of slow response times. They're not paramedics, they don't have all the same training as paramedics, and while they're obviously great to have if the alternative is nothing until paramedics turn up, getting volunteers to turn up to pull the waiting time back down is a classic example of a metric only being useful until people realise they can game it to make themselves look better. I've got nothing but respect for people who are willing to spend their spare time trying to save lives, but I think it's a joke that our healthcare system is in the state that this is needed as an integrated part of our first responder service because the system is on its arse. Edited August 1, 2022 by Davkaus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 1, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 1, 2022 Just now, Davkaus said: I don't intend to disrespect STA, but people turning up to deal with medical emergencies should be getting paid for it. It's also going to be used to paper over the cracks of slow response times. They're not paramedics, they don't have all the same training as paramedics, and while they're obviously great to have if the alternative is nothing until paramedics turn up, getting volunteers to turn up to pull the waiting time back down is a classic example of a metric only being useful until people realise they can game it to make themselves look better. I've got nothing but respect for people who are willing to spend their spare time trying to save lives, but I think it's a joke that our healthcare system is in the state that this is needed as an integrated part of our first responder service because the system is on its arse. Yeah this. I have no issue with SJA. I'd even argue they'd do a perfectly fine job. That's not the issue. The issue is the emergency services having to rely on a volunteer ambulance service because the NHS are **** 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 37 minutes ago, bickster said: Sunak's latest idea The idea of not turning up to appointments in NL is just not a thing. It is not as far as I know ever a problem really. I missed a Dentist appointment once when I first got here in 2000. €40 fine, invoiced to me same day, it is more than that now I think. I suspect the Doctors and Hospitals are even higher fines. To not go to an appointment is pretty bad and it messes everything up. I am sure I saw 10 pound fine or something proposed in the UK. I would make it 100 pound and no more appointments until its paid. If you call the appointment + 24 in advance then no charge , no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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