She had hinted that she was going to, so that she could accept a peerage.
Except she's not getting one.
I suppose a career in reality tv beckons.
She had hinted that she was going to, so that she could accept a peerage.
Wasn't it a plot element of Jurassic Park? The males and females were kept apart to prevent breeding.JackyJoll wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 11:05 pmParthenogenesis happens in some reptile species. It’s not “news” at all.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 10:35 pm So the Messiah is a Crocodile?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65834167
If they don't call it Jesus they're missing a trick.
In a similar boat here. Got a company pot that I thought I'd leave where it is, tucked up in 'low risk' bonds and cash funds. It absolutely stoofed....and there's not much sign of a real bounce either.Horse wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 10:01 pmHah
I retire next Friday - so most of the investments have been moved into the 'safer' investments - and it's a year before the state pension kicks in. I've put the private pots on hold in the hope that gilts improve.
Luckily, I have some years in a final salary scheme and Filly will continue working for another year.
The thing with Truss, is that the BoE made their changes to interest rates (because of what the BoE have done to bonds) two days before the budget was announced. The BoE have fucked up, yet someone else gets the blame, again.
The whole financial industry appears to have the memory span of a gnat. 'Low risk' bonds have 2 risks, default - that is a low risk, and pricing - which was only low risk as long as interest rates stayed low. Interest rates for the last few years have been silly low, but for the few hundred years before that were often much higher. I expected them to go up at some time, the entire industry apparently missed that.
We remortgaged in 2014, when rates were really low. I expected them to rise, albeit sooner.Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 8:43 am The whole financial industry appears to have the memory span of a gnat. 'Low risk' bonds have 2 risks, default - that is a low risk, and pricing - which was only low risk as long as interest rates stayed low. Interest rates for the last few years have been silly low, but for the few hundred years before that were often much higher. I expected them to go up at some time, the entire industry apparently missed that.
Unfortunately 50% of everyone is below average intelligence, and the rest couldn't give a monkeys if you die of starvation during retirement.
Several years ago, OFSTED changed from 5 to 4 grades for schools, removing the middle tier.
They didnt repeat it because it is just plain wrong. OFSTED grades (and virtually all education stuff) have abandoned the normsl distribution. All schools can be judged outstanding if they are.
That statement could be mathematically correct if a little vague but I can understand why they wouldn't want to publish it.
An ally of Boris Johnson has resigned "with immediate effect", triggering a third by-election for the Tories.
Nigel Adams, MP for Selby and Ainsty, has stood down but did not say why. It comes after Mr Johnson quit ahead of the Partygate report. Nadine Dorries resigned earlier on Friday.
Indeed; mean mode medianMussels wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 2:54 pmThat statement could be mathematically correct if a little vague but I can understand why they wouldn't want to publish it.
I get to hear a lot of stuff that's not made public. OFSTED as an organisation is self-serving, biased ... and much more ... relying (and miss-quoting*) on very limited research to substantiate decisions ...Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 12:18 pmThey didnt repeat it because it is just plain wrong. OFSTED grades (and virtually all education stuff) have abandoned the normsl distribution. All schools can be judged outstanding if they are.