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Accessability to defraud the public purse.
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I'll tell you one thing that should have during this stint, but hasn't
The Labour Party
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Maybe the wrong thread for this, but I suppose it is relevant to the cost of living crisis...
I have seen two of the most brazen shoplifters in the last couple of weeks - a dodgy looking guy was 'browsing' the packs of meat in my local shop. As I was being served at the counter, this guy simply walked out with a stack of packs of meat - no bag, no coat, no attempt to hide - the alarm even went off and both members of staff in the shop (including the guy serving me) did nothing.
A couple of weeks ago, another dodgy looking guy picked up a 12 pack of beer cans and casually 'hid' it under his (open) jacket, and just walked out of the shop.
I don't think the staff are even bothering any more. Granted, confronting some of these people could be risky, and short of having security on the door 24/7, there's little they can do to stop people literally just taking whatever they want.
I have seen two of the most brazen shoplifters in the last couple of weeks - a dodgy looking guy was 'browsing' the packs of meat in my local shop. As I was being served at the counter, this guy simply walked out with a stack of packs of meat - no bag, no coat, no attempt to hide - the alarm even went off and both members of staff in the shop (including the guy serving me) did nothing.
A couple of weeks ago, another dodgy looking guy picked up a 12 pack of beer cans and casually 'hid' it under his (open) jacket, and just walked out of the shop.
I don't think the staff are even bothering any more. Granted, confronting some of these people could be risky, and short of having security on the door 24/7, there's little they can do to stop people literally just taking whatever they want.
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We get quite a bit of thievery in our local co-op. They’re the same there because they know the police will do nothing apart from take them to the station and then they’ll be out in no time and back at it, so the police don’t want to bother either.
The staff have been told not to engage with them as it’s not worth getting hurt over and possibly wrangled into potential lawsuits if they do serious harm.
They have a security guard, but the chap has no real power and isn’t much use either. It’s a shame really because we all know everyone is suffering at the moment but they just go that one step beyond.
Personally if someone is stealing food for their kids etc. to eat a meal then I see that in a better light than stealing to sell on and then buy alcohol or drugs.
I was in specsavers buying some new sunglasses and they had to bring them out from the back because people were just walking in and taking them.
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Banning ultra-processed food is not a nanny-state issue. It’s common sense | Simon Jenkins
Britain’s health is a national scandal, not just because of the state of the NHS, but because the government refuses to take action on our diets, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Alarming reading.
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Dame Priti and Sir ‘party Marty’: the allies and aides in Johnson’s honours list
Ex-PM also awards knighthood to Jacob Rees-Mogg and OBE to head of parliament’s hair salon
The gift that keeps on giving. Can these be revoked by a subsequent government?
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Boris Johnson ally becomes third Tory MP to resign within 24 hours – as it happened
Nigel Adams joins Boris Johnson and Nadine Dorries in stepping down with immediate effect
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Boris Johnson ally becomes third Tory MP to resign within 24 hours – as it happened
Nigel Adams joins Boris Johnson and Nadine Dorries in stepping down with immediate effectwww.theguardian.com
Senior Tories tell Boris Johnson and allies to ‘shut up and go away’
Privileges committee is preparing to sign off what is expected to be damning report into former PM’s conduct
'Shut Up and Go Away', or FOAD for short.
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The UK has a new life peer, Baroness Owen...
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I wouldn't care about resignation honours because it's a load of old, backslapping tripe except for the fact that these people are elevated to unelected lawmakers. Stuffing the Lords with cronies and sycophants is as British as defrauding the public purse.
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BAFTA award winning documentary about the current crisis in UK government...
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Not sure I follow the Boris gang reasoning that this committee has forced him out. The procedure:
Committee with Tory majority makes a recommendation of suspension.
HoC with Tory majority would have to approve it.
1/10 of his constituents would have to sign a recall petition.
By-election (which he could stand in) - last time he got 52% of the vote/
Instead he just quit.
Committee with Tory majority makes a recommendation of suspension.
HoC with Tory majority would have to approve it.
1/10 of his constituents would have to sign a recall petition.
By-election (which he could stand in) - last time he got 52% of the vote/
Instead he just quit.
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but he didn't ask the appointments committee first, didn't follow the proper procedures?
i thought for the Mail that was a hanging offence, a la Sue Grey?
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The problem with these novelty candidates, clearly a joke, and incapable of properly holding any office, it - as we see in Uxbridge & South Ruislip, is that sometimes they become PM.
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King's Fund report out and....well we weren't expecting anything different were we
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Second to last in hospital beds, last in CT/MRI scanners, and a serious lack of doctors and nurses.
Britons’ earlier deaths linked to NHS underinvestment – study
Major King’s Fund report finds Britons more likely to die of biggest killer diseases than in many other richer countries
Second to last in hospital beds, last in CT/MRI scanners, and a serious lack of doctors and nurses.
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Suella Braverman U-turns on new rules targeting trafficking victims | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian
Home secretary withdraws rules that made it harder for victims to have their cases accepted
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Orkexit... can't say I blame them:
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Orkney council to look at proposals to become territory of Norway - BBC News
The islands' councillors will consider a motion to investigate alternative forms of governance.
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There has been a hatchet job about George Osborne the day before his wedding. The strong rumour is that it is a deadly assassination of explosive magnitude. I'd love to know what it is but doubt the Tory-loving press will do much. Anyone else heard anything?
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Robert Jenrick has cartoon murals painted over at children’s asylum centre
Paintings were considered too welcoming at Kent centre for lone children arriving in UK
Sometimes I wonder who on earth would be willing to admit to voting Conservative.
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