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We stopped an eviction this morning, family have 7 month old baby, neighbours were coming and signing up to the union on the spot
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
We stopped an eviction this morning, family have 7 month old baby, neighbours were coming and signing up to the union on the spot
City & Guilds Level 2 Plumbing
£1,556
£1,556
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
City & Guilds Level 2 Plumbing
£1,556
£1,556
Certificate in Community Interpreting: Level 3
Duration: 16 weeks
Full fee: £1265
Duration: 16 weeks
Full fee: £1265
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Certificate in Community Interpreting: Level 3
Duration: 16 weeks
Full fee: £1265
Duration: 16 weeks
Full fee: £1265
I had an appointment for an interview for a course, and just a few days before they emailed me to say they had advertised it as available online but they were not going to be able to do that now, and I had to withdraw from the course
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I had an appointment for an interview for a course, and just a few days before they emailed me to say they had advertised it as available online but they were not going to be able to do that now, and I had to withdraw from the course
You told the person 'you can upskill' like it was so easy
Upskilling is not actually so easy, and one of the reasons is loans do actually have to be paid back, and another is that a lot of vocational education does have fees upfront.
Upskilling is not actually so easy, and one of the reasons is loans do actually have to be paid back, and another is that a lot of vocational education does have fees upfront.
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
You told the person 'you can upskill' like it was so easy
Upskilling is not actually so easy, and one of the reasons is loans do actually have to be paid back, and another is that a lot of vocational education does have fees upfront.
Upskilling is not actually so easy, and one of the reasons is loans do actually have to be paid back, and another is that a lot of vocational education does have fees upfront.
Community Interpreter Level 3
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Community Interpreter Level 3
1 you still have to pay back loans
2 Lots of vocational education is not in HE
2 Lots of vocational education is not in HE
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
1 you still have to pay back loans
2 Lots of vocational education is not in HE
2 Lots of vocational education is not in HE
The government has also just recently cut back the Access to Work programme which was supposed to help disabled people be able to work
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The government has also just recently cut back the Access to Work programme which was supposed to help disabled people be able to work
I'm a disabled person in the UK who is trying to upskill due to not being able to do my previous job due to disability, no it's not free and not well supported by employers either
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'm a disabled person in the UK who is trying to upskill due to not being able to do my previous job due to disability, no it's not free and not well supported by employers either
So not free then
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
So not free then
I'm doing some adult ed right now and it's costing me £700 so far and I haven't started the main course yet
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I'm doing some adult ed right now and it's costing me £700 so far and I haven't started the main course yet
FE has fees??
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
FE has fees??
I'm in the UK and education is not free, what are you on about
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I'm in the UK and education is not free, what are you on about
I got a list online of walk in clinics and pharmacies doing the vaccine and went round till one gave me the shot, but a) I think this inky works in a big city b) people really should not have to do this
November 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I got a list online of walk in clinics and pharmacies doing the vaccine and went round till one gave me the shot, but a) I think this inky works in a big city b) people really should not have to do this
I remember him doing his 'I expect children to be back in school' number. I have mates with kids with long covid now.
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I remember him doing his 'I expect children to be back in school' number. I have mates with kids with long covid now.
Me getting texts from my friends in Spain 'your government is crazy. Mental.'
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Me getting texts from my friends in Spain 'your government is crazy. Mental.'
When I see people saying 'this is really too much sickness' and pointing at graphs with the line doing this clearly visible upturn in 2020 I feel like I am going completely mental
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
When I see people saying 'this is really too much sickness' and pointing at graphs with the line doing this clearly visible upturn in 2020 I feel like I am going completely mental
Lost my job due to long covid, now can't work and have to watch the govt go on TV and complain about how too many people are sick and it is bad for the economy
November 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Lost my job due to long covid, now can't work and have to watch the govt go on TV and complain about how too many people are sick and it is bad for the economy
My workplace March 2020, the union reps were calling to close the site, management sticking to 'govt advice is we can stay open', mass meeting in the yard demanding to close the site as so many sick, I was told about the mass meeting in text messages as I had got covid, nearly died of pneumonia
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My workplace March 2020, the union reps were calling to close the site, management sticking to 'govt advice is we can stay open', mass meeting in the yard demanding to close the site as so many sick, I was told about the mass meeting in text messages as I had got covid, nearly died of pneumonia
I have been the victim of sexual violence and unrelatedly actually yeah I have been caught shoplifting a bottle of whiskey from a supermarket, errrr don't know if this makes me an authority as such but, well yeah, I agree
November 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I have been the victim of sexual violence and unrelatedly actually yeah I have been caught shoplifting a bottle of whiskey from a supermarket, errrr don't know if this makes me an authority as such but, well yeah, I agree
tbf the transphobes are not usually eating chip butties kind of people, there is a nickname Prosecco Stormfront
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
tbf the transphobes are not usually eating chip butties kind of people, there is a nickname Prosecco Stormfront
Hey Tal B. Lavin I love your work and I bought one of your books but a chip butty is a really great thing
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Hey Tal B. Lavin I love your work and I bought one of your books but a chip butty is a really great thing
First gay people I met was when I was a kid in Tower Hamlets, we had neighbours who bought us hamsters and took me to the cinema to see Beat Street (very big deal for a teenager)
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
First gay people I met was when I was a kid in Tower Hamlets, we had neighbours who bought us hamsters and took me to the cinema to see Beat Street (very big deal for a teenager)
OK but the people who clean my local hospital are definitely contributing already, by making sure I don't die of sepsis in the hospital, they don't need to pay more tax
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
OK but the people who clean my local hospital are definitely contributing already, by making sure I don't die of sepsis in the hospital, they don't need to pay more tax