FlyTheNest

Morning all.

Didn't even realise it was Easter,just another day in avoiding workland.,Bank holidays don't exist.

FWIW busier than Christmas.

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Blame the poor, praise the rich
Make the connections, put them in print
Keep 'em boxed in, keep 'em kettled in

I ask you again, "What is to be done?"

Morning all.

Wedding anniversary today - 33 years! - so we're celebrating by 'er indoors doing a long shift and me sorting out piles of CDs and then going off to a gig before she comes home.

The secret of a happy marriage...not actually seeing each other...

@RogerOThornhill

Happy Anniversary!

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Yet another of UKIP's MEPs has jumped ship to the Brexit Party - leaving just 3 of the 24 originally elected in 2004; Batten and his close pals Agnew and Hookem.

An attrition rate of 87.5% in the end - that's pretty "impressive".

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FFS if she can appeal obviously not vulnerable.

@RogerOThornhill
Happy Anniversary!

Such a lovely day innit, not surprised that posting is light today.

AnatolyKasparov wrote:Such a lovely day innit, not surprised that posting is light today.

yep

AnatolyKasparov wrote:Such a lovely day innit, not surprised that posting is light today.

In the second of several pubs.

AnatolyKasparov wrote:Such a lovely day innit, not surprised that posting is light today.

Football today - 2-0 win so still top of the league.

A bit tense though but next week will be far worse...

There may be some people who don't want to talk about football.

Leeds fans will be used to it tbf

gilsey wrote:There may be some people who don't want to talk about football.

I've never been good at competitive sport

AnatolyKasparov wrote:Leeds fans will be used to it tbf

HindleA's comment about goal difference looking more prescient by the day!

Well, I suppose picking Adonis to stand for Labour in the Euro elections always had a risk element didn't it??

Been visiting my brother for the last few days and his elderly racist neighbours have their Union Jack at half mast. Apparently it shall only be raised again once Brexit happens. I did try asking them about it but they didn't seem keen on talking to me. Might have had something to do with my EU flag t-shirt.

Also I just found a woman's purse on the way home, it's full of cards and a driving license and she's evidently a young doctor. I've tried looking on Facebook but can't find her and I don't have an account anyway. I guess the easiest thing would just be to hand it in to the Police but any other tracking down advice would be appreciated.

On the plus side I now have some credit card numbers for the forthcoming porn checks.

Precedent says that if there's a serious case of obstruction of justice then there should be impeachment proceeedings - if it was good enough for Bill Clinton, it's good enough for Trump.

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Did I mention the bastards tried to implement penalisation contrary to a previous agreement,they mysteriously forgot for maintenance of essential equipment?Just a few times.Indicative of their cynical petty vindictiveness.

Imprisoned without isn't "vulnerable "apparently.

Welfare rights renamed and only a means to excuse their charging,sorry.co-funding.

IE not a right,the entitlement converted to be subject to patronisation,sufficiently pathetic ascriptive control.

If you are invisible or no longer existent you can't be vulnerable

The left are far from exempt in their "poor" versus not and diversive pernicious consequences,extra costs are extra costs.An injury to the relative well off is of equal import.

So I decided on £60 Mont Blanc wood and tobacco ink which may seem excessive but given the last purchase lasted 28 years,not really.

Pen delivered by Securicor by the way,still have receipt,some mark up.(crossword prize)

You can't be vulnerable if you have a Mont Blanc pen totally unfair to those with biros who in turn are being unfair to pencil owners who in turn are unfair to those without ....

Point is you shouldn't feel the need to play the martyr/sufficiently pathetic or the competitive I'm more oppressed than you game.

We saved the State countless amounts in order to do that you invest regardless of income according to situation.

If it is wrong/a false economy I don't care much as to how "deserving" the individualised case is,it ain't worse purely on the "poor"thing.

Not immune from the illustrative for effect,myself but aware of adding to the diversive narrative and presentation.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... ack-victim

The victim of an acid attack who suffered 50% burns to her face and body has overturned an attempt to strip her of a disability benefit after being told she was fit for work.

The woman, who finds it difficult to sit or stand for long without pain and is bed-bound for weeks after reconstructive operations, appealed after officials awarded her zero points at an assessment to test her eligibility for disability employment benefit.

A tribunal hearing on Thursday took less than 20 minutes to uphold her appeal, awarding her 24 points, and restoring her employment and support allowance (ESA). The appeal panel, consisting of a judge and a medical doctor, paid tribute to the woman’s courage.

I mean honest to god how the fuck does a 'health care professional' live with themselves knowing that for a small bonus for hitting their target they've increased the suffering of someone in obvious physical and psychological pain?

Wasn't this shit supposed to stop happening after Sue Marsh took the Devil's shilling?

It would be better to influence them from within she said.

Maximus aren't Atos she said.

And yet here we are, still with the sick, the disabled and the mentally ill being denied benefits the law says they are entitled to.

Under ATOS the overturning by tribunal rate was around 65%, under Maximus it's 77%.

So things have quite undeniably got worse.

And as somebody reliant on this fucked up system there's nothing you can do.

I can endeavour to collect as much medical evidence as I like from various sources but all that matters until the tribunal stage is the idiot tick box exercise of the WCA, where you're left at the mercy of a 'health care professional' who is already working for a for profit company, asking misleading questions while pretending to care about anything other than the money they so obviously crave.

Medical evidence counts for nothing until it meets genuine doctors and lawyers after the DWP have fucked you about for 6 months.

How is such a situation sane?

It's only a few percent of the total is the stock reply.Of course that still is a hell of a lot of people and clearly the alacrity of overturns when reaching that stage is indisputable evidence of systematic "failure".

We thankfully didn't have a WCA or previous PCA,paper only,the 'phone calls from the DWP or more likely agents of and the criminalised if you don't further information when requested to do so,purely on amount of savings was bad enough.

Forgot you supported Leeds Hindle,

I believe I may be the only one here who actually lives in Leeds, a curious city where you never see anyone wearing a Leeds United top.

It might have something to do with Leeds supporters behaving like dicks for a considerable number of years.

They get extraordinary amounts for paper only,which is virtually doing fuck all,kerching.

11th May,Thai meal,staying at the Ibis,wear your best aftershave.

We wouldn't have needed if the extra costs allowance covered the extra costs,ramp up PIP IMHO.

According to situation,being not in work,housing etc.

Not the best but given the shredding of accounting for contributions,except as a means of denial.

The ESA form was a farce,having outlined physicalities now imagine they don't exist and repeat according to mentalities.

I am attempting to make sense of your pronouncements here Hindle, but I'm no Jodie Foster in Contact.

Sorry,talking at people,a terrible habit.See you at the Ibis on 11th May,if still amenable,I will attempt to behave.

Wait a minute...once I see past the prime numbers and Hitler it all makes sense.

11'th of May it is then, Hindle and Sky will have another epic adventure.