Rayvin

we have joined an activity only being carried out by Russia and China. That should say it all. Inevitable though, Theresa has always wanted to put this through. Wonder if it'll actually be useful...

:lol: That's actually heroic if true.

That's actually quite awesome.

Ah, so practical considerations? Fair enough. I thought it was a style thing. No one looks cool in Christmas clothing, hat, jumper or otherwise.

Class.

FFS HF. Why aren't you an investigative journalist or something?

Why is a hat acceptable, but the jumper is too far? I don't have any of this stuff at my office, we just hand out Christmas cards.

Yep, it's not a joke. Wow.

This is a little reminiscent of that Spurs lad who came on before our last game last season, except that guy was just incredibly bitter for some reason, and this guy, if he genuinely holds the views he just put across, must be borderline psychotic.

This has to be insincere... surely?

You're a very consistent person, aren't you?

Interesting research. The language he uses does seem to be much more the focus here though. By following through on Trump's rhetoric, not only do we get a possible infringement of civil liberties, but it also increases Islamophobic sentiments. Obama's approach arguably achieves something similar while at the same time preventing widespread Islamophobia.

What kind of birthday greeting is 'Yep sorry, all the best'?

True, it's certainly looks that way. Corbyn is making workers rights central to the Labour platform though. Obviously no one is reporting on it, but it is happening.

That's certainly true for some people mind. My partner is self employed and runs it more or less exactly as he has set out. It works for her because she has enough work to be choosey, but obviously it would fall flat if that ran out. I wonder how many people make a success of it vis-a-vis those who struggle.

Yes, that's not an encouraging sign. Did you see the Guardian's bit about University lecturers effectively being hit with the same stuff? Working on part time temping contracts and having to do extra work around the side? It's a depressing sentiment. We seem to be oversubscribed with our workforce on multiple fronts.

Aye sorry, I know he's been lurking. I have the sense that he's waiting to see the place grind to a halt without him. The US election period probably wasn't the time to test that theory.

Odd. If it's not an underhand reason it has to be commercial I guess? Maybe they cost too much and we've found someone cheaper?

He's been gone for 6 weeks now. Is this his longest stretched flounce ever?

Happy Birthday mate Enjoy!

On the basis that we're getting hard Brexit or no Brexit, Labour should make a case for upsetting the applecart but also staying in the EU. They can't just take an oppositional stance, they need to combine it with rhetoric surrounding sweeping changes and rebalancing of economic divides. Thing is though, they'd need it to be credible.