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Yes. Obviously small sample size but we all know the hairdressers/barbers with a Saturday kid who doesn’t really do much other than sweep up and maybe make tea and coffee. Are you really going to employ that person at the increased rates for youngsters.
December 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Yes. Obviously small sample size but we all know the hairdressers/barbers with a Saturday kid who doesn’t really do much other than sweep up and maybe make tea and coffee. Are you really going to employ that person at the increased rates for youngsters.
It’s all just a bit naff though.
December 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
It’s all just a bit naff though.
Unlikely because for a huge chunk of people it’s not economics at all. It’s societal to the core. Look at the response to a reform organiser being a student from Pakistan.
December 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Unlikely because for a huge chunk of people it’s not economics at all. It’s societal to the core. Look at the response to a reform organiser being a student from Pakistan.
I mean that does depend. I often can’t read my own writing and I’ve lost more A5 notepads than I care to admit. One module in 2nd year I had to write my essay on just about the only topic I had anything to reference.
December 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I mean that does depend. I often can’t read my own writing and I’ve lost more A5 notepads than I care to admit. One module in 2nd year I had to write my essay on just about the only topic I had anything to reference.
We had this discussion in a tutor group circa 2011 who asked that nobody use laptops. I’m a notepad person, but I was thinking I’m going to be paying for this until I’m 50 I might as well have adequate notes and if that’s on a laptop then so be it. Got into customer/supplier dynamics etc
December 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
We had this discussion in a tutor group circa 2011 who asked that nobody use laptops. I’m a notepad person, but I was thinking I’m going to be paying for this until I’m 50 I might as well have adequate notes and if that’s on a laptop then so be it. Got into customer/supplier dynamics etc
Still on Twitter (hard to give up on a platform I've been on for over 15 years) but only engage with a handful of people on there now. Just no point reaching outside that. Debate was always limited - now its impossible. Nobody retracts even the most obvious misinformation because they are paid by it
December 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Still on Twitter (hard to give up on a platform I've been on for over 15 years) but only engage with a handful of people on there now. Just no point reaching outside that. Debate was always limited - now its impossible. Nobody retracts even the most obvious misinformation because they are paid by it
I suspect oligarch in this instance is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
December 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I suspect oligarch in this instance is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
Yes but you’ve said create regulations so they can’t fire workers.
December 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Yes but you’ve said create regulations so they can’t fire workers.
But presumably in the world where there are punishing tax regimes on oligarch owned businesses and they can’t get any government contracts or access credit at competitive rates they would have to fire workers because they would go bust.
December 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
But presumably in the world where there are punishing tax regimes on oligarch owned businesses and they can’t get any government contracts or access credit at competitive rates they would have to fire workers because they would go bust.
You can’t honestly be advocating for the Barcelona model of running a football club.
December 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
You can’t honestly be advocating for the Barcelona model of running a football club.
The setup for “Billy Guilts” was not worth the punchline.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The setup for “Billy Guilts” was not worth the punchline.
Good on them. The only forum I was ever active on (15 years or so back). Recently pulled the plug. Didn’t think it would matter. I was less than happy when I went to do my annual “check in”.
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Good on them. The only forum I was ever active on (15 years or so back). Recently pulled the plug. Didn’t think it would matter. I was less than happy when I went to do my annual “check in”.
Not to mention that there is an acute shortage of housing and PBSA takes pressure off all other housing types. It also tends to be quite reactive to demand in a way you don’t always see in the wider rental market.
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Not to mention that there is an acute shortage of housing and PBSA takes pressure off all other housing types. It also tends to be quite reactive to demand in a way you don’t always see in the wider rental market.
From a real estate perspective PBSA has some of the lowest vacancy rates of any asset class. It’s got huge benefits in respect to tenure type and management (you can basically give yourself 6 -8 weeks a year to do all the stuff that’s hard in normal resi) and you can often charge higher rents.
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
From a real estate perspective PBSA has some of the lowest vacancy rates of any asset class. It’s got huge benefits in respect to tenure type and management (you can basically give yourself 6 -8 weeks a year to do all the stuff that’s hard in normal resi) and you can often charge higher rents.
Exactly the same as “Australian style points based system” that everyone banged on about a few years back. Australia has a third of people born overseas and 50% of people have at least one parent born overseas.
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Exactly the same as “Australian style points based system” that everyone banged on about a few years back. Australia has a third of people born overseas and 50% of people have at least one parent born overseas.
You saw it in Australia really starkly as well. People had to engage with Centrelink ‘automated’ systems and pittance that it pays and very quickly the liberal government upped the entitlement.
October 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
You saw it in Australia really starkly as well. People had to engage with Centrelink ‘automated’ systems and pittance that it pays and very quickly the liberal government upped the entitlement.
At work I rotinely have more than 30 open in multiple windows and sometimes across multiple browsers.
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
At work I rotinely have more than 30 open in multiple windows and sometimes across multiple browsers.
Probably because they factor in the 10 years it’s going to take to even break ground on this. Gordon Brown first approved Heathrow 3rd runway and we still haven’t started it.
September 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Probably because they factor in the 10 years it’s going to take to even break ground on this. Gordon Brown first approved Heathrow 3rd runway and we still haven’t started it.
Not doubting any of those tings. But Tesla stock price has very rarely been directly linked to revenue in recent years. I’m not arguing the valuation is correct or there aren’t some issues just that headline car sales numbers haven’t been the best indicator of its “value”
September 15, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Not doubting any of those tings. But Tesla stock price has very rarely been directly linked to revenue in recent years. I’m not arguing the valuation is correct or there aren’t some issues just that headline car sales numbers haven’t been the best indicator of its “value”
Its valuation isn’t really linked to unit sales. It’s a software and battery company more than it’s a car company.
September 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Its valuation isn’t really linked to unit sales. It’s a software and battery company more than it’s a car company.
I recall the fact that David Cameron himself wrote (leaked letter) to Oxfordshire council with complaints about reducing library services. It definitely was an issue in many places.
September 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I recall the fact that David Cameron himself wrote (leaked letter) to Oxfordshire council with complaints about reducing library services. It definitely was an issue in many places.
Yes minus things that were an annoyance not a deal breaker (local libraries, noticeable increase in extra paid services for waste and other collections). Some miffed about the rise in tuition fees for their children. It was generally fine.
September 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Yes minus things that were an annoyance not a deal breaker (local libraries, noticeable increase in extra paid services for waste and other collections). Some miffed about the rise in tuition fees for their children. It was generally fine.