UK Politics Thread

Careful, the last person to publicly proclaim that was Nick Cohen

Thing I find that doesn't work for car shares is the cost tends to end up very high for longer hires. I tried some in the US, and even for stuff like going to IKEA it was usually cheaper to get an Uber there and back for a day trip.

Eg. I hired a car over the probably more expensive and busy new year period for 5 days, was £270 (I anted a specific Volvo, as I knew our kids car seats worked with it). In the end I got a friggin monster Audi q7. But anyway - that website says from £5.50 per hour. That would make it £660 for one of those!!!! And probably for a small golf.

Last time I was in the US it was indeed cheaper to get an Uber/Lyft everywhere than hire a car, especially since the hotel wanted a parking fee every night.

"The program you CLAIM to love." Pure fucking projection talking to a man who's been championing this cause for more than a decade.

That's the funniest part. They are so used to everything being pure political points scoring against other MPs, I'm sure that just slipped out by accident. Its such a fatuous, meaningless comment, the kind they just throw out reflexively and this time he threw it at someone who has no vested interest in being polite and telling him he is talking shit.

This Post Office inquiry is dynamite. Their investigator, Steven Bradshaw admits he didn’t write his statement, isn’t technically minded, saying that there were truths in his statement but that it isn’t true as it’s written.

Dear me

This sort of investigation would almost always be handled internally to begin with, typically by the company's loss prevention (or similar) department. At places I've been before, the data for the investigation would have had to be compelling. I used to mine data for a big retailer, and what staggers me the most is that this obviously did raise alarm bells inside the Post Office, but those voices were sat on. Luckily my bosses were all pretty decent there, and I'm confident that if something on this scale had been found, it would have led to a proper systems audit rather than a cover up. At least, I'd like to think so!

Their extensive apology got lost in the post.

Business department officials do also have culpability, as owners.

Where I have worked on areas covered in Private Eye, I have made sure I was satisfied appropriate and sufficient action was being taken. It is not rocket science.

I’m a member. They left my area without any notice! Just cancelled my pre-booked trips and fucked off 😂 Might be useful if I’m in another city they operate in.

My understanding is that the Post Office have their own investigators, their own legal team and they’re fully empowered to prosecute their own cases. The police had no mandate to take any action. I believe it’s one of the issues with the whole sorry business; that RM had way too much power and were allowed in law to act as they saw fit.

wasn't she that weird FBPE on steroids with slight grifter energy woman?