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Post by happyhammerhead on Feb 17, 2024 13:38:03 GMT
I have improved. Calling you a wanker relates to something previously said, which was calling you a wanker.
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 17, 2024 13:49:19 GMT
The good news is that you're looking really cool.
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Post by mids on Feb 17, 2024 16:03:51 GMT
I have improved. Calling you a wanker relates to something previously said, which was calling you a wanker. I look forward to your humorous and intelligent ripostes.
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Post by voice on Feb 17, 2024 16:32:33 GMT
Hoping to see how it's done eh?
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Post by mids on Feb 17, 2024 16:45:59 GMT
Your etc. (that's how it's done. Witty, original and innovative).
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Post by voice on Feb 17, 2024 21:19:38 GMT
Still much work to be done before it reaches any of those milestones
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Post by mids on Feb 24, 2024 20:42:19 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 25, 2024 8:54:54 GMT
"Staff at a private company working with the Home Office have been suspended after a birth certificate was returned with the word "Israel" scribbled out. The baby's birth certificate was sent off as part of a passport application. The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) posted an image of the certificate, which was also torn, and said the family were "very concerned". Home Secretary James Cleverley confirmed the suspensions on X but the number of staff is not clear. The Home Office launched an urgent review of the claims on Tuesday. The CAA said the certificate was sent off two weeks ago and was returned on Monday with the father's place of birth crossed out. The mother's place of birth, which is also Israel, is untouched. Mr Cleverly said on X: "We apologise to the family for the offence caused and I have ordered an urgent review of a birth certificate being defaced. "While we establish the facts, our commercial partner has suspended some staff." www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68367366It struck me that this was a tale of modern Britain. Petty, childish and unprofessional behaviour from unaccountable subcontractors. It's disgusting behaviour and should have resulted in instant sackings.
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Post by mids on Feb 25, 2024 9:41:39 GMT
I bet they've got a diverse workforce though.
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 25, 2024 9:43:33 GMT
I bet you it isn't. It's almost certainly wall-to-wall mates of the Mayor. That's why they thought they'd get away with it and, so far, have.
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Post by Repat Van on Feb 25, 2024 21:24:11 GMT
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Post by mids on Feb 25, 2024 21:29:24 GMT
Dem yoot.
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 26, 2024 9:42:06 GMT
"An angry mob in Pakistan accused a woman who wore a dress adorned with Arabic calligraphy of blasphemy, after mistaking them for Quran verses. She was saved by police who escorted her to safety after hundreds gathered. She later gave a public apology. The dress has the word "Halwa" printed in Arabic letters on it, meaning sweet in Arabic. Blasphemy is punishable by death in Pakistan. Some people have been lynched even before their cases go on trial. Police told the BBC they first received a call at around 13:10 local (08:10 GMT) on Sunday that a crowd had gathered around a woman at a restaurant in Lahore, the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab. Around 300 people had crowded outside the restaurant by the time they arrived, said Assistant Superintendent Syeda Shehrbano. Videos of the scene circulated on social media, with one showing a woman, visibly scared, sitting in the far corner of the restaurant, shielding her face with her hand. In another, she is surrounded by officers, who had formed the only barrier between her and a growing crowd who were shouting for her to remove the shirt. In some videos, people can be heard chanting that those who blaspheme must be beheaded." www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68399822What's sad about this everyday tale of ignorant savagery, is that the kerfuffle could have been avoided if the complainants had not been illiterate morons. Still, coming to a borough near you ....
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Post by moggyonspeed on Feb 26, 2024 10:07:21 GMT
Rural Oxfordshire? Can't say I'd noticed, and I suspect that few others in this rather well educated county have either.
To help out (again) with your evident problem with numbers, slightly less than 6% of the UK population are Muslim and yet, of the 20,000+ councillors in the UK, slightly over 500 (or ca. 2.5%) are Muslims. One could argue therefore that, if anything, the Muslim community is under-represented at local-government level.
Still, as someone once said, "Never let the complete absence of the facts stop you from having an opinion".
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Post by perrykneeham on Feb 26, 2024 10:20:16 GMT
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Post by Repat Van on Feb 26, 2024 11:21:29 GMT
Rural Oxfordshire? Can't say I'd noticed, and I suspect that few others in this rather well educated county have either. To help out (again) with your evident problem with numbers, slightly less than 6% of the UK population are Muslim and yet, of the 20,000+ councillors in the UK, slightly over 500 (or ca. 2.5%) are Muslims. One could argue therefore that, if anything, the Muslim community is under-represented at local-government level. Still, as someone once said, "Never let the complete absence of the facts stop you from having an opinion". This is like when they complain that a show where 20% of the cast are women means women are “overrepresented.” It’s a take on the expression - “when you are used to privilege, equality feels like oppression.” So to the likes of the Bear, Muslims can be overrepresented as councillors despite the maths showing they are technically underrepresented.
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Post by Repat Van on Feb 26, 2024 11:22:08 GMT
People have children. And? How does this change what Moggy said?
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Post by mids on Feb 26, 2024 11:23:58 GMT
Rural Oxfordshire? Can't say I'd noticed, and I suspect that few others in this rather well educated county have either. To help out (again) with your evident problem with numbers, slightly less than 6% of the UK population are Muslim and yet, of the 20,000+ councillors in the UK, slightly over 500 (or ca. 2.5%) are Muslims. One could argue therefore that, if anything, the Muslim community is under-represented at local-government level. Still, as someone once said, "Never let the complete absence of the facts stop you from having an opinion". The cohort effect. Why is it that the extreme far left can never seem to understand the cohort effect? One. More. Time. For. The. Afflicted. When you're going for top or influential positions, you're "competing" with those born around the age that you are. Since the average age of councillors is almost 60, as an approximation, you're "competing" with those about the same age, i.e., those in your birth cohort so really, you'd want to be using the census closest to the average birth year of councillors. That's still an approximation but it's much more accurate than using the latest census and going, "wah". www.local.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Councillors%27%20Census%202022%20-%20report%20FINAL-210622.pdf
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Post by moggyonspeed on Feb 26, 2024 11:25:18 GMT
So? And? For me, one key takeaway from that graph is that the descendants of immigrants have a lower birthrate than their parents - and that's across all immigrant nationalities. My additional take from that is that once families from the sub-continent in particular see that there is less of a need/motive to have a larger family, then it is likely that they won't. If you couple up that research with other recent work concerning young females from a south-Asian background, which shows that they are increasingly pushing back at their religious upbringing, then I think the 'direction of travel' is actually quite encouraging.
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Post by Repat Van on Feb 26, 2024 11:25:42 GMT
"An angry mob in Pakistan accused a woman who wore a dress adorned with Arabic calligraphy of blasphemy, after mistaking them for Quran verses. She was saved by police who escorted her to safety after hundreds gathered. She later gave a public apology. The dress has the word "Halwa" printed in Arabic letters on it, meaning sweet in Arabic. Blasphemy is punishable by death in Pakistan. Some people have been lynched even before their cases go on trial. Police told the BBC they first received a call at around 13:10 local (08:10 GMT) on Sunday that a crowd had gathered around a woman at a restaurant in Lahore, the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab. Around 300 people had crowded outside the restaurant by the time they arrived, said Assistant Superintendent Syeda Shehrbano. Videos of the scene circulated on social media, with one showing a woman, visibly scared, sitting in the far corner of the restaurant, shielding her face with her hand. In another, she is surrounded by officers, who had formed the only barrier between her and a growing crowd who were shouting for her to remove the shirt. In some videos, people can be heard chanting that those who blaspheme must be beheaded." www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68399822What's sad about this everyday tale of ignorant savagery, is that the kerfuffle could have been avoided if the complainants had not been illiterate morons. Still, coming to a borough near you .... It’s not coming to a borough near me. This is Pakistan. We’re in the UK.
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