JohnL

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The EU is in a tricky spot regarding Madrid v > Barcelona. If it steps in, it looks like an > "interferer" but if it doesn't it risks letting > other restive separatist/nationalist movements > getting ideas. Could Northern Italy secede? What > about Scotland, Corsica and parts of Belgium? As the referendum wasn't legal the "remain Spanish" supporters didn't vote so I can't see any international body recognising it. Maybe the constitution of Spain needs to be changed and an official referendum set-up (otherwise we might see a re-run of nationalist versus republican. International order seems to be getting fragile

Grant Shapps :)

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think an important question here is how the > Picturehouse remuneration/package compares to > competitors > > It seems some of the coverage of cinema pay > suggests that picturehouse are as good if not > better than the competition > > any truth in this edphstaff? > > as I say i'm supportive of you getting LLW but > just interested in this point. I can only guess that these jobs are seen as student jobs/young persons jobs or a gateway in to a further role as I suppose you have to be living with parents to survive on these rates (or be in a large house share). I feel guilty I'm spending more in the pub per hour than they earn in that hour. :(

Some talk today has moved on from the P45 etc. to Theresa Mays bracelet featuring Frida Kahlo (feminist, communist, sometime girlfriend of Trotsky) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/theresa-may-frida-kahlo-bracelet-communist-cough-conservative-conference-a7982931.html

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mick Mac Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > JohnL Wrote: > > > ok good - but I doubt that this justifies "we > are > > really delighted with this positive outcome" > > on reading it again, I suspect now that the > comment was tongue in cheek - as in not sacked for > not breaking the law.... I hope they get some kind of offer from the company - they're mostly young and have put so much effort into this.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > until we end up with a handful of > trinket shops open 2 hours a week. > > Louisa. That's the traditional endgame of gentrification. Maybe it won't happen everywhere though.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > edphstaff Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > KalamityKel, the kids films aren't the most > > profitable for the company and we'd rather not > > disappoint kids so young that they don't choose > > where they go to watch a film so we try to > avoid > > them > > we also have to work to pay rent etc so we > can't > > strike all day etc > > > > fishbiscuits, thanks for your reply and yeah i > > guess we just have different approaches to the > > issue > > > > as of yet no one has been sacked for not > breaking > > the law! we are really delighted with this > > positive outcome > > > > > > What positive outcome - did I miss some conclusion > on this? Not on the living wage - just the threat to sack anyone who strikes hasn't materialised I think.

I still half imagine someone poisoning her water, bribing Lee Nelson, and loosening the F and E, that's not true however as she seems to have tweeted a picture of loads of cough medicine in her case. Alastair Campbell claims Doctors should have sorted that (and did for TB). "TB got through 2 big speeches with flu, and most of an entire election campaign with a slipped disc (see volumes 1-6, can?t remember which)" "There will be a lot of sympathy re her cough but it is also shocking preparation. Doctors can sort for an hour"

It's as if someone was trying to sabotage her speech I'm actually impressed she came through - that was a nightmare.

Theresa Mays speech "Here's your P45 Mrs May" (she takes it) "Boris Boris tell her that you told me to do it" as prankster gets thrown out Theresa May then launches into long coughing fit Actually the content was OK http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-41466961

Boris, Do you want to get sacked ... yes I suppose. All the Tories pretending nothing happened :)

Leftfootforward reporting 9 days of strikes (during the film festival) http://leftfootforward.org/2017/10/picture-house-strikers-set-for-nine-day-walkout-despite-bosses-sack-threat/ I like that pic of Owen Jones and the Shadow Chancellor with them though.

She said that before - but she definitely dodged today - maybe somethings up Daily Politics just now some person pointed to the biggest negative part of the migration graph and said 'that's for remainers' slightly higher 'that's for criminals' and at the immigrant part 'that's for people we want in the country' The presenter said 'that's a well thought out comment' - did she even listen

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JohnL Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Maybe we should have formal in Issues/Gossip > and > > informal in Lounge. > > That was tried with the Drawing Room, a room for > 'serious debates about serious issues'. It didn't > last long...:) I remember the Drawing Room :) Not the place to go after 5 pints.

Helen Hayes supports the staff campaign anyway

Sky News were asking Theresa May about Las Vegas this morning so they decided to ask about Boris too - and she expected it. His speech has been seen by No10. She didn't really answer about whether he's sackable or unsackable. It's an almost impossible question and she did well to dodge it.

The above wasn't serious of course ... unless I got a call out from India at 6:00 so I was thinking how many tech guys in our company speak English as a second language yet must use it as it's the corporate language and how different they are when speaking - the Indians use Sir a lot and can be very formal, the Germans prefer Mr xxxx rather then firstnames. Edit: and the US people are relentlessly positive :) We do have some Customer Service Managers with excellent English skills - eloquent and lovely to hear in a meeting - but as a techy that's never going to be me - I'm more likely to learn more IT skills.

Maybe we should have formal in Issues/Gossip and informal in Lounge.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Poste's Child Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > JohnL Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > > > > Oh and sorry UG but punctuation is bunk :) > > > > UG was picking up on the spelling, not the > > punctuation, and (no offence, UG) his own > > punctuation in that post disappeared halfway > > trough! > > As many wise people have noted, punctuation and > spelling are the difference between knowing your > s**t and knowing you're s**t. I agree, in it's proper place, personally I don't count online with predictive text as a proper place. It isn't something I care about - rather like talking proper in the pub, formal versus non formal. but each to his/her own :)

Serving in order at the bar - gawd this annoys people. I waved my hands above my head at another pub once shouting "me, me, me" .. they took it all in jest :)

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Re the Queen's English, I bet if you stopped > anyone in the royal family and asked, they > wouldn't be able to tell you the correct use of a > semi-colon. Maybe the Queen herself. I'm guessing > apostrophes aren't a big concern for Harry, for > example. I'm warming to Harry these days. Seems much happier.

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JohnL Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > Oh and sorry UG but punctuation is bunk :) > > UG was picking up on the spelling, not the > punctuation, and (no offence, UG) his own > punctuation in that post disappeared halfway > trough! Spellings bunk too then IMHO :), but I reserve the right to sometimes talk in the Queens English (there, their, they're of course I know the difference but .... too lazy sometimes, or working whilst posting ;)) and as long as a post is intelligible I don't really mind (I never criticise the way people speak either (colloquialisms, gangsta)) It's all OK. My pet hate is no paragraphs, can't read that. This thread is about drunken rants even when sober.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ...'some good people lost THERE seats...' > Anyway the so-called election shambles was > Corbyn's fault for lying to the 18-25 year olds > Andrew marr needs to be put out to pasture imo Corbyn said 1. He'd abolish tuition fees 2. He'd look at post graduate student debt No lies there - anyway he never got called on any of it - you need to actually be voted into power and chuck most of your manifesto promises to be a liar (Mrs May). Oh and sorry UG but punctuation is bunk :) I only pretend to speak good English to pass exams and write letters etc. - else I regress to bad SwanseaSpeak as in "you what" when I can't be arsed to answer (sober rant there).

Theresa May today Marr "Will you apologize to the Tory party for the election (shambles) May (trying to act passionate but sounding more panicky) I'm sorry some good people lost there seats and some candidates failed to win but ....blames everybody else but her....

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > UKIP is now surely finished? Once they no longer > have those MEPs they will have no legitimate claim > to media attention either. Hopefully they will > fade into obscurity. Even Farage thinks the party > has served its purpose. > > I found Question Time painful. The rent a mob > audience seems to be a typical part of the show > now. Is it just me or do the brexit voters on > there always seem to be aggressive towards and > intolerant of any kind of debate? I noted the > young guy who couldn't understand why we can't > just leave. Does he read nothing, watch nothing, > listen to nothing, understand nothing? And then > the other guy who wouldn't let Ayesha Harazika > answer, and had to be put in his place when she > called him a bully. > > Peter Hitchens is a curious one, because he seems > to be far more reasonable these days and talks a > lot of sense. Basically he is speaking for the > middle ground, which neither the Tories nor Labour > are representing right now. What interested me > though is how he seems more angry at the Tory > party for their failings. Pretty sure those young boys are stooges. Henry "the bastard" Bolton has now managed to say LGBT equality has gone to far :)