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Manchester Chat / Re: News Today
« Last post by St Chads Lad on 16:37:37, 11/03/24 »
While 40 councils are on the brink of bankruptcy and outrage grows over the rise in council tax, one wonders what these councils have actually been spending taxpayers’ money on. Unsurprisingly, diversity’s the name, spending is the game…


The Taxpayers’ Alliance reveals that UK councils have splurged a whopping £51,775,800 on equality, diversity and inclusion hires since 2020, the figure ramping up by 41% in the last financial year alone. Cash strapped councils who have had to raise council taxes to ‘function’ have been among those who decided hiring ‘woke’ jobs to be a priority. Just one example is bankrupt Birmingham, where council tax is increasing by 21%, hiring an “Assistant Director of Community Services and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion” with an eye-watering average salary of £103,165. Nice work if you can get it…


Joanna Marchong of the TPA nailed it:


“With the cost of council tax soaring and the mounting debt councils are sitting on, taxpayers will be astonished by the money wasted on council non-jobs.”


The report comes after Hunt announced plans for a public sector productivity drive last week, suggesting he would tell UK councils to cut spending on consultants and diversity schemes. Whether he’ll actually deliver it or kick the can down the road like he did when he announced a crack down on woke waste across Whitehall is yet to be seen…
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Sport & Activities / Re: Football
« Last post by celeste on 13:42:57, 11/03/24 »
It was a draw ;)
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Roberto?
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Manchester Chat / Re: News Today
« Last post by celeste on 08:52:01, 11/03/24 »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news


Kate's 'doctored' photo &


Town Halls' 'Woke' jobs.
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just came across this forum by accident - quite a pleasant surprise really.


i was a pretty active hippy back then, doing light shows at the magic village, (with roger eagles blessing) hanging out at the mogambo on saturday mornings (over a single coffee for maybe two > three hours) with the predominantly jewish crowd, and later, after a round of party crashing and hanging out in the dimly lit 'hippy' areas of said crashed parties, heading out to the plaza for a chicken (cat) biryani.


i have a long, long list of people i knew back then (mid 60's through to early 70's), from all sorts of backgrounds, who i've long-lost contact with. be interesting to see if any read this post.


leslie (magic) wand
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Manchester Chat / Re: Manchester Evening News latest.
« Last post by St Chads Lad on 15:07:13, 10/03/24 »
Five things we learned about Andy Burnham from his new book
Half-memoir, half-manifesto, the book - Head North - is billed as a 'rally cry for for a more equal Britain'.
 ;D
 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/five-things-learned-andy-burnham-28776663


  He's a legend in his own mind.  ::)
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Manchester Chat / Re: News Today
« Last post by Parky on 13:06:34, 10/03/24 »
No other  religions put together causes outrage and trouble like this one does in the U.K.,
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Manchester Chat / Re: News Today
« Last post by St Chads Lad on 11:19:30, 10/03/24 »
"Their letter warns responding to the Islamist threat by "feeding far right extremism, dividing communities and exaggerating the risk will feed a cycle of extremism that will put more people at risk" ???
 
  Er, who or what do they classify as 'right wing extremists? ' Oh yeah that's right,  anybody who is unhappy about the way our country is changing and are [censored] off with the constant pandering to the 'religion of peace', they talk of anti Muslim hate and where it will lead, ask the Christians in Nigeria about what anti Christian hate is, the article doesn't say who authored the letter, only signatories.


Islamists commit mass murder all over the world and somehow Muslims are always the victims,  but cite a mosque shooting in New Zealand and every non Muslim is far right, give me a break.
  This nonsense makes my pee boil.  >:(
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Manchester Chat / Re: News Today
« Last post by celeste on 10:10:08, 10/03/24 »

  • Rebecca Rigby, the widow of murdered Fusilier Lee Rigby, and son Jack
    Rebecca Rigby, the widow of murdered Fusilier Lee Rigby, is one of the letter's signatories (pictured with son Jack in 2015)

    More than 50 victims of Islamist-inspired terror attacks have signed a joint letter against what they describe as anti-Muslim hate.

    They warn it is "irresponsible" for some politicians to equate extremists with "the vast majority of British Muslims who deplore such violence".

    Survivors and relatives of those killed during attacks in London, Manchester and Brussels are among the signatories.

    It comes as the government prepares to set out a new definition of extremism.

    The letter says "Islamist-inspired extremism is the country's most pressing terror threat, but not the only one".

    "To defeat this threat, the single most important thing we can do is to isolate the extremists and the terrorists from the vast majority of British Muslims who deplore such violence," it reads.

    However the signatories say in recent weeks there have been "too many cases where politicians and others have failed to do this" adding those intervening have, in some cases, equated "being Muslim with being an extremist."

    Their letter warns responding to the Islamist threat by "feeding far right extremism, dividing communities and exaggerating the risk will feed a cycle of extremism that will put more people at risk".

    The 57 signatories to the letter include Magen Inon, whose parents were killed by Hamas during the 7 October attacks on Israel.

    Other people who signed the letter include Rebecca Rigby, whose husband Lee was killed by two men with extremist views outside Woolwich barracks in 2013, and Figen and Stuart Murray whose son Martyn was killed in the 2017 Manchester Arena attack.

    Claudia Vince, who survived of the 2019 London Bridge attack, and Charlotte Dixon-Sutcliffe, whose partner David was killed in the Brussels Metro bombing in 2016, have also added their names.

    "We also know where anti-Muslim hate can lead," the letter continues. It notes the upcoming fifth anniversary of shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2019 in which 51 worshippers were killed.
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    Manchester Chat / Re: Andy Burnham latest news:
    « Last post by Parky on 09:19:13, 10/03/24 »
    It’s a pity that some very wealthy organisation or people cannot organise a massive public advertising campaign against Burnham like peel holdings did when the congestion charge was mooted  some years back .
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