Stephen Kinsella

Stephen Kinsella

Well done. I wrote about this a while ago for Byline.

bylinetimes.com/author/steph...

Could it be something to do with just how few contact hours they get these days with experienced teaching staff?

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@davidpbmaddox.bsky.social @rsteinholz.bsky.social

Unusual pattern.

You bastard.
That’s years of therapy thrown away.

I was there. And the food….

A burger meant a Wimpy.
Pub food was stringy chicken in a basket that was never properly cleaned.
A “posh” meal out was a Berni steak and Black Forest Gateau.

It’s astonishing that so many of us survived.

Ha, thanks Sean. I could reply in kind with your Billable Hour etc.

You do wonder in which sphere of influence UKIP/Reform see themselves.

Very pleased to be sponsoring this exciting initiative which I hope will be taken up and rolled out more widely.

Agreed. I tend to think the worst discrimination etc comes before hiring decisions, so the need for statutory protections during a probationary period would be more limited and hopefully the reduction from 24 to 6 won’t be the limit of the ambition for employment improvements.

When Reform buys ads in the Telegraph, Mail etc, that's not really "spending", any more than when as a child I used to buy presents for my parents with their own money. There's a narrow circular right wing economy fueled by some opaque foreign sources.

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The European Union brought in a “right to repair” law to help consumers insist on products lasting longer.
Just one of many reasons behind covert funding of attacks on the EU.

Perhaps someone should explain to the rich that the great thing about tax is - it’s tax deductible.

Has anyone passed the news back to his cell that what he thinks is a private journal is regularly being published?

I never understood the ambition for Day 1. Most people would expect a no-fault probationary period for any serious job. Meanwhile even the worst employers would struggle with having constant 6 month turnarounds. And experience of benign impact should allow them then to reduce the 6 to 3.

I don’t understand why the reduction of the qualifying period from 24 to 6 months isn’t seen as a significant achievement.

Was good that Zack pointed him to the research done by @patmillsuk.bsky.social

I could imagine Andrew and Fergie living there.

I always thought it poetic when at Byline in Dartington, that some of our events, with a focus on genuine free speech rather than confected outrage, were in a room named after the father of that nepo-baby.

Though, we never have seen you both in the same room.

Rather throwing down the gauntlet there, isn’t he?
I’m not convinced he has an endgame here.

Possibly, though rather disappointing/surprising that Evan seemed to think billionaires pay much tax anywhere or that their ownership or not of large properties here contributes a great deal to our economy.

High on your own supply?
And why not.

Just ask Waitrose for their customer delivery lists.

BUT, once again the way they handled it?
Why not say to the speaker: "look we are fine with you recounting facts but does your unevidenced opinion really add anything, or just make it look like we are pursuing some vendetta"?
Surely that could have been resolved before broadcast with a little wit?

FWIW, I'm not too exercised about BBC deleting those "corrupt Trump" comments.
If they were suppressing hard evidence of wrongdoing that would be concerning. But merely editing out an expression of pure opinion, less so.
I get why having just resisted litigation they might not want to fan flames.

This might be the best article I have read via Bluesky this year.

I am wiping my search history.

Maybe.

Or maybe the court realises this will be a judgment which requires a “strong bench”.

Courts can be like the first dance at Jack Rabbit Slim: you never can tell.

Yes I saw some brief posts but did I maybe miss something lengthier?