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stavros said:
To be fair they put it as a quote, and no doubt Raab, as well as Shapps, Patel, Sunak, Hancock and Sharma, are glad to have Johnson doing the daily Q&A.
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That would be a boost for the cabinet, not the country.

It's just a weird thing to decide for a headline, even in quotes. Of course people suck up to their bosses. Why put it in a headline?
 
I am utterly nauseated about how much the "Big Night In" fundraiser was comprised of essentially advertising for HSBC and supermarkets. They should just have been honest and said "now we are going to a commercial break"

I'm feeling a little out of step for even mentioning it, is seems as if it was ok with everyone else unless I missed a thread - but the entire thing was like one great big advert with some desperate attempts at humour inserted in between ad breaks (I did quite like the Catherine Tate/David Tenant bit)
 
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Epona said:
I am utterly nauseated about how much the "Big Night In" fundraiser was comprised of essentially advertising for HSBC and supermarkets. They should just have been honest and said "now we are going to a commercial break"

I'm feeling a little out of step for even mentioning it, is seems as if it was ok with everyone else unless I missed a thread - but the entire thing was like one great big advert with some desperate attempts at humour inserted in between ad breaks (I did quite the Catherine Tate/David Tenant bit)
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Companies have been all over it. Even some of the "we want to help by producing X" is really about diverting their resources to something they can actually sell. Didn't watch the program as I hate anything like that.
 
You can understand, to some extent anyway, why the BBC isn't in a hurry to outright call people racists. But if the next best thing is 'anti-racism critics', a phrase so ambiguous that it must fail some major test, perhaps it's time to give up writing the article at all.
 
www.bbc.co.uk

Coronavirus: 'I hated my flat during lockdown'

Estate agents have seen a surge in interest in moving to the country from people living in cities.
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When the coronavirus lockdown began, asset manager Joanna Coghlan knew she just had to get out of London and move to the countryside.

She had bought a flat in a new development at Battersea Power Station only last year. The complex included restaurants, spas and bars.

But when all those closed down because of the pandemic, the reality of her environment dawned on her.

"I spent seven weeks isolated there and realised that I absolutely hated it," she told the BBC.

"When you take away all the amenities that these developments advertise, then you realise you're just living in a glass box.

"It was a ghost town. It was just very soul-destroying living in this enormous development with no life going on."

Joanna took swift action to remedy her plight. She moved to the village of Datchworth Green in Hertfordshire, where she now has a five-bedroom house with a garden and a view overlooking a cricket pitch.

"I've got lots of space and it's fantastic," she says.

Although she and her boyfriend are currently working from home, she is still close enough to be able to go back to the office.

"I can still commute to London, so it makes it more viable if I had to go back to the daily commute, which I don't think I will any time soon," she says.
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Because that is so normal and easy to do for most people :mad:


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After graduating from the University of Exeter in 2010, I worked for an independent estate agents in Battersea. The work was varied, teaching me skills in negotiating and client care in order to build lasting relationships with new and existing clients. It also helped me develop my communication and organisational skills. This foundation was fundamental to my decision to pursue a career in surveying. After completing my MSc [in Real Estate!] I began a graduate training programme at BNP Paribas Real Estate in 2016. I gained extensive experience from three rotations across a number of commercial disciplines. I have excellent communication skills, the ability to build strong rapport with clients and colleagues alike and I am driven by my ambition to progress in my career [as an asset manager with the City of London Corporation]...
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DaveCinzano I read that article and thought that she must have a lot of money to a) buy s flat in Battersea and b) sell it and move to s five bedroom house overlooking a cricket pitch in commutable distance of London. Not for the likes of me.
 
equationgirl said:
DaveCinzano I read that article and thought that she must have a lot of money to a) buy s flat in Battersea and b) sell it and move to s five bedroom house overlooking a cricket pitch in commutable distance of London. Not for the likes of me.
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Exactly - and the whole article just unfolds without any placing of her situation into any kind of economic context. It's just ‘flush person decides their life isn't to their liking so immediately makes changes with the magic of money’.
 
This is some grossly stupid shit.



I mean, all of the broader issues and basic morality aside, who the fuck signed off on this? If this boat - being bailed out - sinks, then what? At absolute best the BBC finds itself having to bring migrants to shore and hand them to the state. WTF.
 
Yes, or attempt to. It's not clear what capacity they would have to actually do that. The actual outcome - this video in which they look immensely stupid and attract criticism from everyone - is by far the best possible outcome from this venture, which could easily have gone much worse.
 
The BBC uncritically regurgitating this garbage:



Absolute fucking shit. What fucking moron thinks that wearing masks and going doggy-style will do anything useful? Of course it's also attracted a bunch of comments from headbangers on Twitter who think this is a plot by THEM, even though this is a just a recommendation from some charity that really should know better, and not anything with legal force behind it.
 
Today:

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How the fuck was labour's reponse to the exam grades fiasco BREAKING NEWS at 4 fucking AM?

Did they make an announcement at 3:55 in the morning? :confused:
 
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