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  1. Oldstacker

    Jobs and the value of ex service people.

    Years ago when I was still in uniform, I went on a course at a civvy training company that also ran courses for companies such as Ford. Even back then the instructor told us that he liked having service people on the course because we could be relied on to turn up, listen to him and then put...
  2. Oldstacker

    Right Whinge Beauty Pagent

    No, because that's 5 years away and plenty of time for Starmer and his gang to shoot themselves in the foot even more. But I don't think either potential Conservative leader will be able to unite the party and the country sufficiently to put enough pressure on Labour to either force them out or...
  3. Oldstacker

    Right Whinge Beauty Pagent

    The way I see it, every government (of whatever colour) needs a credible opposition standing by in order to keep the government disciplined, afraid of making mistakes and 'mainstream' in its policies. The first job of the new Conservative leader, whoever that is, is to make them a credible...
  4. Oldstacker

    Right Whinge Beauty Pagent

    I think, Busby, you have missed one other point in your otherwise accurate summation. And it is one that applies to both main parties. In order to be in with a chance of the top job you necessarily have to have had some experience and profile in either a Cabinet or shadow cabinet post where...
  5. Oldstacker

    SAS/SBS raiding Netherlands for vaccines

    So Boris Johnson explored sending troops to 'steal' our vaccines from a Dutch warehouse news story. Just how bonkers was he and what must the Joint Chiefs have thought when asked to explore the possibility? The idea of the SAS & SBS being sent into a friendly country, with whom we have a long...
  6. Oldstacker

    Open All Hours?

    Agreed, and that highlights the can of worms that KS proposes to open. There will be some unwanted side effects... Don't forget that some areas of Wales had the pubs closed all day on Sundays back in the 70's.
  7. Oldstacker

    Open All Hours?

    Thinking on, there is such a variation in the range of settings in which pubs exist and the clientele they serve that my suggestion above makes more sense.... village country pub might choose to open 7pm to 11pm Weds - Fri but longer hours Sat & Sun to get the lunch trade whereas a city centre...
  8. Oldstacker

    Open All Hours?

    I seem to recall that when the hours were extended some pubs complained that they were opening longer with commensurate costs but they were not getting any more income. They weren't getting any more customers and their customers weren't buying any more. Hence the situation that mutty...
  9. Oldstacker

    "Just Page Me!"

    They are still in use in other areas. The RNLI, for example, use them for alerting crews with a single call.
  10. Oldstacker

    Expensive Bear Skins

    But... as has been reported every time this subject rears its head, the bears don't die to make bearskins. The bears are culled in order to keep the numbers down and the population healthy. Having killed the bears the skins and the rest of the carcass are then sold/used for whatever they can...
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    Expensive Bear Skins

    Off the top of my head, I would suggest that an attrition rate of 23 per year is probably pretty good considering the numbers that are probably held and in use - how many Guardsmen are on trooping the colour - 500? Then assume that for sizing purposes there are the equivalent of 2 - 3 per man...
  12. Oldstacker

    RN Merlin down

    I work in a tri-service environment and, despite all the inter-service banter, we are all brothers and sisters in arms. Any loss like this is a loss to us all. RIP shipmate.
  13. Oldstacker

    The breakdown of Law and Order.

    Two minds here as well.. He deliberately made up a story that was likely to be inflammatory so definitely deserved a trip to the court. Three months in the nick seems a bit steep though, especially given the highly publicised need to release early people with longer sentences for more serious...
  14. Oldstacker

    The breakdown of Law and Order.

    There is also much back slapping about the speed with which the police have raided, arrested, charged and had banged up the rioters. I am curious about the speed with which the police have identified the masked men and been able to find them - were they already known to the police; i.e...
  15. Oldstacker

    The breakdown of Law and Order.

    The Home Secretary that refused permission for the Boris water cannon was one Theresa May..... For which decision she was warmly congratulated and supported by the then Shadow Home Secretary - one Yvette Cooper..... Let's see what the current Home Secretary, the same Yvette Cooper, wants to do...
  16. Oldstacker

    The breakdown of Law and Order.

    Actually, I don't think the current 'breakdown' has anything much to do with whether a Labour or Conservative government is in power; it's more about the loss of social cohesion that is underpinned by a number of changes in the last 30 or so years. Some of those changes are relatively small...
  17. Oldstacker

    The breakdown of Law and Order.

    Actually, I don't think the current 'breakdown' has anything much to do with whether a Labour or Conservative government is in power; it's more about the loss of social cohesion that is underpinned by a number of changes in the last 30 or so years. Some of those changes are relatively small...
  18. Oldstacker

    The breakdown of Law and Order.

    I must admit that the new government have already said/done stuff that had it been a Conservative government would have had the left screaming blue murder...
  19. Oldstacker

    Labour Defence Review

    My cynicism about the change knows no bounds...
  20. Oldstacker

    A. I. dogfights

    It is likely to be different, yes. But we should not lose sight of the fact that Russia has been putting lots of boots on the ground in Ukraine and both N Korea and China are not known for their care and consideration towards their populations so would be likely to throw manpower into any...
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