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The solution is easy. If the first six months after passing the test are the most dangerous, then people should be banned from driving for that period of time. Problem solved.1
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Rick - you should know - this is similar to how licences are awarded in NL0
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"Only we have the solution."
Well, we didn't find the unicorns where we expected to find them, so let's look somewhere else, incanting "NationalSocialismConservatism" over and over.
I can't think of two chancers less qualified to dig us out of the hole we're in than these two.2 -
Well, who'd have predicted that? I mean, it's not like anything like that has happened for, well, days.
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Sure, that wasn't really the point I was making, but go ahead.shirley_basso said:Rick - you should know - this is similar to how licences are awarded in NL
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They test the sirens every first Monday of the month at 12:00 (iirc), but not the phone message (unless they're happy to let the immigrants die, couldn't blame them...)rick_chasey said:FWIW I think the Dutch do this alert once a month or certainly fairly regularly.
We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Got the mobile alerts a few times in the US when living there. Unfortunately either 3 or the government has seem to have decided that anyone on three doesn't need saving from nuclear war!0
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It really would be useful if we again suffered the hair-threatening 2011 tsunami in Devon & Cornwall.A "mild tsunami" along the South West coast was probably caused by an underwater landslide, a coastal expert has said.
The unusual tidal surge struck the Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Hampshire coastline on Monday morning.
There were reports of rivers changing direction, fish leaping out of water and hair standing on end due to static.
Dr Mark Davidson, from the University of Plymouth, said the surge was quite a "rare" occurrence.
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Be honest, this country does not need it short of a nuclear disaster.
Our weather is fairly benign relatively speaking. Earthquakes highly unlikely.
Tin foil hat time. Is an asteroid heading this way? 😉The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
They seemed to be used a lot in the States for child abductions.pblakeney said:Be honest, this country does not need it short of a nuclear disaster.
Our weather is fairly benign relatively speaking. Earthquakes highly unlikely.
Tin foil hat time. Is an asteroid heading this way? 😉
Given the possibility of vigilante actions I'm not sure it's a great use though.0 -
I didn't know that R plates were only an Northern Ireland thing.rick_chasey said:Tories gunning hard for the zoomer vote.
https://news.sky.com/story/new-drivers-under-25-could-face-young-passenger-ban-under-graduated-driving-licence-scheme-12864069New drivers under 25 could face a ban from carrying young passengers in their vehicles as part of a proposed "graduated driving licence" scheme.
A revival is on the cards.
For the first year after passing the driving test you must display an R plate and are 'restricted' to 45mph maximum speed
I've no idea how effective this is in promoting road safety - judging by the number of accidents in my son's peer group, not very.“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
The story about Sunak's wife having an undeclared investment is really annoying me.
Granted, it is clearly an error to have not declared the interest, but his wife is so rich she will be invested in pretty much every part of the economy in some way or other.
I mean, the gains she could make from the alleged corruption are so marginal compared to her existing wealth it's broadly irrelevant.
Same goes for the story that the royals have had some equity in Shell. No sh!t Sherlock, they have a d!cktonne of money and Shell is an A list FTSE 100 stock.
If any of you have a bog standard FTSE tracker you'll have invested in Shell.0 -
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The story about Sunak's wife having an undeclared investment is really annoying me.
Granted, it is clearly an error to have not declared the interest, but his wife is so rich she will be invested in pretty much every part of the economy in some way or other.
I mean, the gains she could make from the alleged corruption are so marginal compared to her existing wealth it's broadly irrelevant.
Same goes for the story that the royals have had some equity in Shell. No sh!t Sherlock, they have a d!cktonne of money and Shell is an A list FTSE 100 stock.
If any of you have a bog standard FTSE tracker you'll have invested in Shell.
Mea culpa - it's not true anyway.
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Right - I was referring to the care home thing, but yes.
If you have a lot of money and you diversify it well you'll be in most things.0 -
A former colleague's wife got in trouble for failing to declare his trades when she was on maternity leave. It was not clear how she could declare them or even how failing to declare them could affect anything given she was on leave, but nonetheless it caused a lot of problems.rick_chasey said:The story about Sunak's wife having an undeclared investment is really annoying me.
Granted, it is clearly an error to have not declared the interest, but his wife is so rich she will be invested in pretty much every part of the economy in some way or other.
I mean, the gains she could make from the alleged corruption are so marginal compared to her existing wealth it's broadly irrelevant.
Same goes for the story that the royals have had some equity in Shell. No sh!t Sherlock, they have a d!cktonne of money and Shell is an A list FTSE 100 stock.
If any of you have a bog standard FTSE tracker you'll have invested in Shell.
I take two views on this. Firstly, it's quite hard to keep on top of what your spouse is up to when they have loads of money and investments, so things like this will happen. Conversely, you know the rules and you know the consequences, so you need to put the systems in place to comply.
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Given the profile of a PM or minister, exactly this, and especially when giving evidence on policy for a particular sector.TheBigBean said:
I take two views on this. Firstly, it's quite hard to keep on top of what your spouse is up to when they have loads of money and investments, so things like this will happen. Conversely, you know the rules and you know the consequences, so you need to put the systems in place to comply.0 -
No he should get a slap on the wrist for failing to report it properly.TheBigBean said:
A former colleague's wife got in trouble for failing to declare his trades when she was on maternity leave. It was not clear how she could declare them or even how failing to declare them could affect anything given she was on leave, but nonetheless it caused a lot of problems.rick_chasey said:The story about Sunak's wife having an undeclared investment is really annoying me.
Granted, it is clearly an error to have not declared the interest, but his wife is so rich she will be invested in pretty much every part of the economy in some way or other.
I mean, the gains she could make from the alleged corruption are so marginal compared to her existing wealth it's broadly irrelevant.
Same goes for the story that the royals have had some equity in Shell. No sh!t Sherlock, they have a d!cktonne of money and Shell is an A list FTSE 100 stock.
If any of you have a bog standard FTSE tracker you'll have invested in Shell.
I take two views on this. Firstly, it's quite hard to keep on top of what your spouse is up to when they have loads of money and investments, so things like this will happen. Conversely, you know the rules and you know the consequences, so you need to put the systems in place to comply.
But this idea that it's deeply corrupt and it's clearly a scam, like they're suggesting on HIGNFY or the guardian is just stupid.0 -
"We're too rich for us to be concerned with making any more money" is not a thing.0
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Do you know all the companies your pension money is invested in?kingstongraham said:"We're too rich for us to be concerned with making any more money" is not a thing.
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I know all the companies I am directly invested in.rick_chasey said:
Do you know all the companies your pension money is invested in?kingstongraham said:"We're too rich for us to be concerned with making any more money" is not a thing.
Also, I'm not responsible for any policies that could benefit those companies.0 -
Ah that's a cop out. I would be flabbergasted if you knew what your pension money was invested in.kingstongraham said:
I know all the companies I am directly invested in.rick_chasey said:
Do you know all the companies your pension money is invested in?kingstongraham said:"We're too rich for us to be concerned with making any more money" is not a thing.
Also, I'm not responsible for any policies that could benefit those companies.
So, imagine it's like that but 1000 fold, right?
So yes, he should have reported it, but the idea that it is a conspiracy to enrich themselves is nonsense.0 -
She is directly invested in the child care company.rick_chasey said:
Ah that's a cop out. I would be flabbergasted if you knew what your pension money was invested in.kingstongraham said:
I know all the companies I am directly invested in.rick_chasey said:
Do you know all the companies your pension money is invested in?kingstongraham said:"We're too rich for us to be concerned with making any more money" is not a thing.
Also, I'm not responsible for any policies that could benefit those companies.
So, imagine it's like that but 1000 fold, right?
So yes, he should have reported it, but the idea that it is a conspiracy to enrich themselves is nonsense.
I can believe that the idea of giving extra money to childcare agencies over individual providers could easily have been connected to that, even if only because that is what makes sense to someone with that investment.0 -
At that wealth level nothing is “direct” and is managed by your private bankerkingstongraham said:
She is directly invested in the child care company.rick_chasey said:
Ah that's a cop out. I would be flabbergasted if you knew what your pension money was invested in.kingstongraham said:
I know all the companies I am directly invested in.rick_chasey said:
Do you know all the companies your pension money is invested in?kingstongraham said:"We're too rich for us to be concerned with making any more money" is not a thing.
Also, I'm not responsible for any policies that could benefit those companies.
So, imagine it's like that but 1000 fold, right?
So yes, he should have reported it, but the idea that it is a conspiracy to enrich themselves is nonsense.
I can believe that the idea of giving extra money to childcare agencies over individual providers could easily have been connected to that, even if only because that is what makes sense to someone with that investment.0 -
She owns the shares, not through her investment company. I would say it's likely she has more involvement and interest in some than others.0
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can you explain how the UK can bloack two American companies from merging? in practical terms what does that look like?rick_chasey said:0 -
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Hmm, is this a milion miles away from Enoch Powell's "Rivers of blood" sentiment? The difference being, Powell wasn't a government minister. Have we got a Britain First government now?
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