In todays news...

[Dodgy69]

Tory party conference...might aswel listen to ghost and ufo stories.

[Noggin]

Dangerous ground Potter....duck behind the barricades and wait for the shit to hit the round whirly thing.....

I agree with him. I'd have written it more like this -

Passing a normal fitness test is the minimum requirement.
If anyone can’t pass then they shouldn’t be allowed to do the job

Which would have been fine, if her whole argument wasn't - "I'm a woman, so I should be treated differently and given an easier test".

There were women that sacrificed their lives in the pursuit of equality and because of this my two daughters have the chance to take the same test on an equal footing for the same pay and job, and pass if they're good enough, but now this woman wants to take the whole thing ten steps backwards.

TBF, again, I don't disagree with what you write. Not at all. I dislike women who play on being female to get benefits/help/advantages. Simple things like turning up at a TD and asking someone to watch me back the bike out of the van in case it wobbles as on a ramp, if it starts to go, most people couldn't rescue it!! Rather than turning up and doing the "I'm a feak and weeble female pweeeeeeese could someone wonderful get my bike out for me".

I guess that on here I would write differently just cos people are reactive!!

But please don't think I don't agree. I've stepped back in time 20-30 years by living where I do. I was one of the first generations to really have the chance to do the jobs/sports we wanted to (after the WWs - women did all work during those, but were sent back to the kitchen after), albeit with raised eyebrows and disgruntled males in some places. In France, I raise eyebrows by moving here alone, living alone, by riding a bike, by setting up a business (even if I did kill it ).

So I have seen some of the less final battles that have been fought, and benefitted.

[MingtheMerciless]

Looks like the "Unseen" University now has competition.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-66981924

[MyLittleStudPony]

No Manchester HS2.

It's what the northern poor voted for, they knew what they were voting for, it's what they wanted all along.

[Mr. Dazzle]

I'm in a semi safe Tory seat...I'm actually considering voting Labour just to get rid of em They're the only party who stand a chance of bearing the Tories in my seat.

I'd feel dirty doing it though.

[Pirahna]

I'm in a semi safe Tory seat...I'm actually considering voting Labour just to get rid of em They're the only party who stand a chance of bearing the Tories in my seat.

I'd feel dirty doing it though.

I'd feel dirty voting Tory.

[JackyJoll]

I'd feel dirty voting Tory.

I must try voting Tory, to see if it’s as good as you say.

[MrLongbeard]

I'm in a semi safe Tory seat...I'm actually considering voting Labour just to get rid of em They're the only party who stand a chance of bearing the Tories in my seat.

I'd feel dirty doing it though.

I'd feel dirty voting Tory.

I feel dirty voting for any of them, do you want the shit sandwich, the shit cob, the shit wrap or the shit panini, either way you're getting fed shit

[DefTrap]

Rishi Sunak is standing in the centre ground telling lies to win an election.

Kier Starmer is standing nowhere telling lies to win an election.

Who to vote for?
Neither of the above, I won’t turn up or I’d spoil my paper first.

Same as usual then really.

It's a political version of the XFactor. Who do we like most? Who is going to be smeared the most by the media?

Policies come way down the list. The most you hear about policy is how bad the other guy's policy is.
And as for fibbing - nobody could give two fvcks because the higher you get the more it's ok to say and do exactly as you like because you're too important to be bound by any rules, let alone laws. And we encourage them to do this.

[Mr. Dazzle]

I can't say I particularly support many of them.

I'm half "spoil on purpose" and half "choosing not to chose is a cop-out" about it all.

[Dodgy69]

A national NO VOTE would be nice.

[MrLongbeard]

'A historic new law' https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prim ... nuary-2009

That New Zealand passed last year https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/12/1 ... generation, does he not have any ideas of his own.

[Noggin]

wait for complaints about taxes going up to cover that!!

When will they ban alcohol I wonder??!!!

[Yorick]

I'm not seeing anything in that report that states she 'demanded' to be treated equally

Everything about her is demanding and "I know my rights", even though she's literally not up to it.
I've been awake about fifteen minutes but I could finish my coffee right now, put my trainers on and pass that fitness test, and I'm an old duffer.

However, I'm going to wait until I'm physically not up to it and then go for it myself, it's part of my retirement strategy.
I'm going to demand the right to attend the UK special forces selection process, I will turn up in dungarees, purple hair and identify as a fat woman who is twenty-four years old, and then if I fail on the hills I will demand to pass a different test, an easier one.

Then I'll claim compensation and add it to my retirement fund.

My daughter is ex army. She was battalion PTI. Her biggest issue was she wouldn't sleep with her Sgt, so was basically left to rot on guard duty for 6 months until she told them to shove it.

This is a sad sad story...

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66982160

[JamJar]

A national NO VOTE would be nice.

Why? Genuine question. If everyone refused to vote then the MP's would be selected by lot by the returning officer in each constituency probably by drawing straws or the candidates names out of the hat. Then they would have to work out some kind of coalition or the leading party would try to form a minority government, much more of a shit show than what we have now and that is saying something.

[Mr. Dazzle]

And if you're allowed to vote "Don't Care" (which you are pretty much allowed to do TBF, just by spoiling your paper) the true power then comes to the people who have voted. You could get down to about 6 people actually deciding stuff I suppose you could have a situation where "No Vote" is the majority in which case no-one is allowed to win, but then you just become paralysed?

Proportional Representation for the (proportionally represented) win.

Or election by combat. Probably about as effective.

[KungFooBob]

Don't worry, it'll be fine when benevolent alien overlords take over and assign us a planetary governor with our health and wellbeing as top priority.

I hope they turn up soon.

[Count Steer]

Don't worry, it'll be fine when benevolent alien overlords take over and assign us a planetary governor with our health and wellbeing as top priority.

I hope they turn up soon.

I, for one, will welcome our new benevolent alien overlords.

[gremlin]

Police Scotland pays out £60,000 to officers over beard ban

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-67005300

Let's assume a fair share of 15 bags each, that's not a bad day's work for shaving your face. In fact, for that much you could wax my face, along with back, crack and sack.


It gets more bizarre...

"However, concerns were raised about the equality impact of the policy on LGBT and other officers." - You need a beard to don the bumming hat?

"They are extremely upset. They've had to go off sick because somebody had told them to shave, which sounds ridiculous" - Ridiculous? You reckon? FFS, going sick as you've been asked to shave?

"It's got far reaching consequences for them as an individual." - Yep, fifteen grand is far reaching indeed.

[MrLongbeard]

"They are extremely upset. They've had to go off sick because somebody had told them to shave, which sounds ridiculous" - Ridiculous? You reckon? FFS, going sick as you've been asked to shave?

Bunch of skirt wearing jessies.