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That's an expression I haven't heard before. Please explain what it means? Thanks

Made me smile: "A newly published report has revealed that nearly 8,000 people are currently employed full-time within the Island’s public service. "It shows that government has grown by 427 full-time equivalent jobs over the last four years. "The majority of those roles - 408 in total - are located within Manx Care." Not admin by chance...

Israel security cabinet to meet on ceasefire deal as strikes on Gaza continue Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says security cabinet will convene on Friday amid concerns the delay could push back the start of the ceasefire https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/17/israel-hamas-ceasefire-deal-gaza-war-netanyahu-updates

Mail on Sunday issues correction over opinion piece by home secretary claiming ‘almost all’ child grooming gangs were British-Pakistani Suella Braverman falsely claimed child grooming gangs in the UK were “almost all British-Pakistani”, according to a ruling by the press regulator, Ipso. The home secretary made the claim in a Mail on Sunday article published in April, where she singled out British-Pakistani men as being involved in child sexual abuse gangs due to “cultural attitudes completely incompatible with British values” that “have been left mostly unchallenged both within their communities and by wider society”. The regulator said Braverman’s decision to link “the identified ethnic group and a particular form of offending was significantly misleading” because the Home Office’s own research had concluded offenders were mainly from white backgrounds. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/28/braverman-ethnicity-child-grooming-gangs-false-mail-on-sunday

The Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, has joined calls for a “limited” national inquiry into grooming gangs, saying the scope of the local inquiry he had commissioned in Oldham did not have the same legal powers. On Wednesday, MPs rejected a Conservative amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill, calling for a new, national inquiry into grooming gangs. Had it passed, the bill, which includes measures aimed to protect children, and tighter rules around home schooling, would have been blocked. The vote followed vocal attacks online by the tech billionaire Elon Musk against Keir Starmer and the safeguarding minister, Jess Phillips, after it was revealed she turned down a request for a public inquiry into exploitation in Oldham, made by the local council. Burnham also said MPs were right to reject the “opportunism” of the Tory-led Commons vote. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/10/andy-burnham-calls-limited-national-inquiry-sexual-abuse-gangs

Dear me but Badenoch has a very poor memory. It seems she has already forgotten that she was part of the administration that allowed record numbers of foreigners into the UK. On trade she signed the much vaunted (by the usual MSM suspects) trade deal with the nine CPTPP countries and completely forgot to mention that the UK already had trade deals with seven of them. The remaining two countries might add 0.08% to UK gdp over 10 years. No wonder at PMQ's tory MP's look like their hearts just aren't in it...

Unfortunately Hamas don't care. It's also very obvious that Tehran is prepared to fight to the last Gazan. And as it's their duty to protect Israeli citizens so is the IDF. Of course, if Hamas claim recruitment has replaced their losses then Washington will be duty bound to continue to provide armaments to Israel. Smart move that...

It's not pointless if you are Israeli. It's actually very simple. The more Hamas they eliminate the further out they push the next deliberately brutal assault with associated hostage taking...

Now you're just being silly. I have frequently condemned the ultranationalist parties that encourage the land-grabbers in the West Bank and will continue to do so. However it may be legal under war reparations. Which will muddy the waters somewhat...

A ceasefire will come into effect on Sunday. However the Zealots on both sides might have different ideas. I guess we'll find out...

They are there to give a totally false impression of a "statehood" with "good governance" which we all know couldn't be further from the reality if you tried...

Which is why it's important to compare the UK performance against others. Rachel Reeves has had the usual MSM suspects slagging her off which as they have learned will fool their hard of thinking readership. But she is right that after the totally unnecessary and completely stupid brexit growth is the only way to get the flat-lining UK economy out of the bind it's in without being totally unrealistic a la Truss with her mercifully short tenure. The 131,680 tory membership sure has an awful lot to answer for... The UK has potentially lost over £44 billion in public investment since 2017, assuming that the UK would have continued to receive similar levels of financing from the EIB to France. The new government has been clear that its priority is first and foremost growth so investment will be a large factor in turning an otherwise stagnant economy into a growth economy. https://ukandeu.ac.uk/the-uk-has-potentially-lost-44-billion-in-public-investment-due-to-brexit/

Sure £75k is pretty decent but if you were to work out the hourly rate it would be excessive to obscene!

The more noise Trump makes the more he comes across to me as a permanently petulant child...

Be fair. They did make the disabled pay for theirs. You know, for balance...