A Political Thread pt. 2

[Bada-Bing!]

It was one those "read between the line" moments. Of course he uses a private GP.

When I got diagnosed with cancer that was the first thing my GP asked me. Do you have private medical? Which I did through work. I was seen to by a consultant within 4 days and I was on the operating table within another 2 after that. Had I been on the NHS my GP said it could have been 6 weeks. And with Cancer it's all about the stage it is caught. Luckily for me it was stage 1. This was all pre Covid as well. So god knows what it's like now.

But since left my job and tried to get private medical personally and got quoted by Bupa almost £14k annually because I am higher risk. My benefit in kind through work was around £700. So, yeh now need to get my annual check ups through NHS.

 

[ncurd]

Morons, the governement that is. Anyone supporting the NHS strikes already believe they are overworked (because they are).

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

As a matter of interest I went on the Daily Fail to see what they were saying about the strikes. If it wasn't already obvious what a joke of a company this is, I zoomed out as far as possible and still didn't get to the last royals story on their news page... This is really the headline stuff? What is their obsession with the royals? Got the usual right wing rags making out the NHS staff are just "greedy" or that the entire thing is Labour / Blair's fault. A few saying the clapping has gone to their head or they are glad they didn't clap...

This country really has some deluded scum.

 

[Welsh Exile]

Their audience laps it up I suppose. It's a bit of a chicken and the egg situation. Do they lap it up because the Daily Mail have Jedi mind tricked them into it or do they print it because they know they lap it up and it's easy money. Probably a bit of both at this point. It's weird but then if I was being super charitable they would say our love of all things rugby is weird as well. Meh. Daily Mail really is a **** rag though.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

As a matter of interest I went on the Daily Fail to see what they were saying about the strikes. If it wasn't already obvious what a joke of a company this is, I zoomed out as far as possible and still didn't get to the last royals story on their news page... This is really the headline stuff? What is their obsession with the royals? Got the usual right wing rags making out the NHS staff are just "greedy" or that the entire thing is Labour / Blair's fault. A few saying the clapping has gone to their head or they are glad they didn't clap...

This country really has some deluded scum.

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Forgot how much they have turned into the Hallo Magazine of gutter press. Like this is more important than what is happening in the rest of the country?

 

[Gavin]

Considering all the hate towards Harry concerning him admitting about the kills in Afghanistan, I noted this article by Colonel Tim Collins (described in some media as a war hero):

Iraq war hero slams Duke over Taliban kill revelations

Writing in his memoir, the Duke says he had neither pride nor regret about firing at the extremists and admits he thought of his targets as 'chess pieces' that had been removed from the board.

www.dailymail.co.uk

'Prince Harry has turned on his military family': Iraq war hero slams Duke over Taliban kill revelations - and says path he has chosen 'will end in misery in his pursuit of riches he does not need'

Yet, the same Colonel Tim Collins (the same one described in some media as a war hero) wrote for the same media organisation 10 years prior:

Don't blame Captain Wales for being flippant about killing. It's the way we soldiers cope with death

When I read yesterday of Prince Harry using a striking phrase to describe killing Taliban insurgents his words had a certain resonance for me, says Iraq War Colonel TIM COLLINS.

www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org

Don't blame Captain Wales for being flippant about killing. It's the way we soldiers cope with death

 

[McTallshort]

As a matter of interest I went on the Daily Fail to see what they were saying about the strikes. If it wasn't already obvious what a joke of a company this is, I zoomed out as far as possible and still didn't get to the last royals story on their news page... This is really the headline stuff? What is their obsession with the royals? Got the usual right wing rags making out the NHS staff are just "greedy" or that the entire thing is Labour / Blair's fault. A few saying the clapping has gone to their head or they are glad they didn't clap...

This country really has some deluded scum.

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The job of newspapers is to make money. As important as the strikes are they are old news now and the Mail's readership is already at maximum hostility towards trade unions so it's time to bring out the next outrage piece.

As much as I hate the mail they are not the only ones to do this. All media, particularly social media seems driven to provide the hardest headline or the most outrageous ***le. Generate the clicks and get the money. The current state of news and discourse is at an all time low.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

The job of newspapers is to make money. As important as the strikes are they are old news now and the Mail's readership is already at maximum hostility towards trade unions so it's time to bring out the next outrage piece.

As much as I hate the mail they are not the only ones to do this. All media, particularly social media seems driven to provide the hardest headline or the most outrageous ***le. Generate the clicks and get the money. The current state of news and discourse is at an all time low.

Maybe it's less the case the mail are doing it and more a case that it's sad there are enough people out there to make it a viable strategy. How can people care this much about the royals? It's little more than a scandal mag.

 

[ncurd]

 

[Bada-Bing!]

 

[McTallshort]

Ukraine war: Russia controls most of pounded salt mine town, Soledar, says UK

There has been fighting near entrances to 200km-long tunnels, which could be used for infiltration.

www.bbc.co.uk

Bad news in Ukraine. Looks like Russia are rolling up the Ukrainian northern Donbass flank and will take Bakhmut in the next few weeks. This will leave nearly all the industrial and mining resources of Ukraine in Russian hands.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Allen Weisselberg: ex-Trump finance chief given five months for tax fraud

Weisselberg, 75, pleaded guilty to 15 tax crimes and agreed to testify against Trump Organization after being arrested in July 2021

www.theguardian.com

5 months out in 3.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Allen Weisselberg: ex-Trump finance chief given five months for tax fraud

Weisselberg, 75, pleaded guilty to 15 tax crimes and agreed to testify against Trump Organization after being arrested in July 2021

www.theguardian.com

5 months out in 3.

It's nothing really.

NHS bosses fear impact of second ambulance strike

Health managers say Wednesday's walkout in England and Wales will be harder to cope with.

www.bbc.co.uk

The fact we got into this situation is why I was so opposed to the clapping crap a few years back. I remember explaining to one of my housemates, who was a nurse in a care home, that the clapping was a convenient way for the government to avoid scrutiny of what a **** poor job they were doing with the NHS and how they used it to protect themselves against criticism. They used the pandemic and the NHS as a shield and now, first chance they get, they turn on them and blame them for all the government failings.

FFS get these ***** out of office.

 

[Reiser99]

It's nothing really.

NHS bosses fear impact of second ambulance strike

Health managers say Wednesday's walkout in England and Wales will be harder to cope with.

www.bbc.co.uk

The fact we got into this situation is why I was so opposed to the clapping crap a few years back. I remember explaining to one of my housemates, who was a nurse in a care home, that the clapping was a convenient way for the government to avoid scrutiny of what a **** poor job they were doing with the NHS and how they used it to protect themselves against criticism. They used the pandemic and the NHS as a shield and now, first chance they get, they turn on them and blame them for all the government failings.

FFS get these ***** out of office.

Said it at the time. France gave their staff a pay rise, we stood and clapped. It was well intentioned by the woman with the idea, but as you say just helped the government avoid scrutiny of have badly they have ****** the NHS up.

 

[Reiser99]

Allen Weisselberg: ex-Trump finance chief given five months for tax fraud

Weisselberg, 75, pleaded guilty to 15 tax crimes and agreed to testify against Trump Organization after being arrested in July 2021

www.theguardian.com

5 months out in 3.

It is bad, but it is quite common in when going after a 'bigger fish'. Problem is you need to actually land that big fish which in this case is Trump and at the moment I don't see that happening unless all this people with reduced sentences have some really juicy, concrete evidence against him.

 

[Which Tyler]

 

[ncurd]

This should be a whip withdrawing offence right?

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

This should be a whip withdrawing offence right?

Andrew Bridgen: Tory MP suspended from Commons for breaching lobbying rules

MPs have agreed to suspend Andrew Bridgen, who was found to have breached the MPs' code of conduct in November.

news.sky.com

Don't think he cares about the whip right now

 

[Bada-Bing!]

PMQs: Rishi Sunak says he is registered with NHS doctor

The PM tells MPs he has "used independent healthcare in the past" but is registered with an NHS GP.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Reiser99]

PMQs: Rishi Sunak says he is registered with NHS doctor

The PM tells MPs he has "used independent healthcare in the past" but is registered with an NHS GP.

www.bbc.co.uk

He made it an issue for himself.

Tbh on the face of it, it shouldn't matter, but I think it does in these circumstances as well as cost of living issues and the energy crisis. How you can honestly expect Rishi Sunak to get what people are going through? He'll understand it academically, but no way he'll understand what it's like to wait.