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Random Irritations

Kellfire said:
I read exactly what was written. Illegals won’t be choosing not to have the vaccination as they won’t be getting an invite for one.
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"There will be some who are here illegally and not in the system, and scared they get found out and deported."

Glad you guys agree. And yes some people will probably want the vaccine, but may fear interacting with a government body if they are here illegally. Seems a reasonable assumption.
 
Kellfire said:
I read exactly what was written. Illegals won’t be choosing not to have the vaccination as they won’t be getting an invite for one, ergo his suggestion that the reason people aren’t accepting vaccination because they’re here illegally is nonsense.

Which then leads us to wonder why anyone automatically associates people of non-white backgrounds with being an illegal immigrant...

Open your eyes and see unrecognised prejudice for what it is. This is exactly the sort of thing that we need to root out in society. Ignorance is no excuse anymore.
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Wow, just wow!! There's reading between the lines, and there's READING BETWEEN THE LINES!!

Just who brought colour into the discussion? YOU!! You really do take professionally offended to the nth degree... jeez man, you really do need to get out more.
 
Kellfire said:
I read exactly what was written. Illegals won’t be choosing not to have the vaccination as they won’t be getting an invite for one, ergo his suggestion that the reason people aren’t accepting vaccination because they’re here illegally is nonsense.

Which then leads us to wonder why anyone automatically associates people of non-white backgrounds with being an illegal immigrant...

Open your eyes and see unrecognised prejudice for what it is. This is exactly the sort of thing that we need to root out in society. Ignorance is no excuse anymore.
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Which then leads you.!

Taking leaps like that are to my mind frightening, what the hell sort of society would we be in if the powers that be thought like that about obvious innocently made statements.!!
 
Rooter said:
Energy bills and 'deals'. My yearly deal is coming to an end, used Scottish power for years, they have always been the cheapest. Can I find anything anywhere near close to what I am paying today???!! Nope, best deal I can find is 45% more than I am paying today. WHY??!
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Tonik energy having collapsed I was forced to switch because Ofgem automatically switched me to Scottish Power who I have had problems with in the past. The best I could find was £20 a month more expensive. In the end I went to OVO on a 2 year fix just in time before the latest price increases that Ofgem is allowing. They offer interest on all credit .

I found there was very little difference between virtually all of them which is probably something to do with the price caps now being imposed .
 
Swinglowandslow said:
Blimey, do you not read what is written ? The second paragraph merely suggests that some illegals will think the fact that they are here illegally may be found out if they come forward for vaccination.
That's a completely different thing from saying what you have said above.

Jeez!
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Lammy was talking about the black community...I might suggest that any avoidance to taking the vaccine in the illegal immigrant community is a far less significant issue than poor uptake in the black community. In fact I suspect that the risk associated with lack of vaccination of the illegal immigrant community is much lower than that associated with low uptake in the wider UK population outside of the black community.
 
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SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Listening to callers in to David Lammy earlier on LBC - the rationale given by some around not getting vaccinated made me despair...especially when members of the black community linked their reluctance or refusal to be vaccinated with their life-long experiences of racism...

As Lammy pointed out - if the black community doesn't 'up their game' on this and there is a 3rd wave - he knows who is going to be blamed - and he knows that the blame might be being appropriately directed - at least in part. So frustrating - but I guess we are seeing present and real an issue that affects us all of the racist seed that has been sown over the decades.
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More worrying than the black community being blamed if there is a third wave, is the likelihood of many more avoidable deaths in that community due to reluctance to have the vaccine.
 
Wife is insisting we babysit her friend's kid again tomorrow night. He is a hyperactive little git and it was torture last time. "It will be good practise for when we have one" she says - not really because I couldn't give a stuff about someone else's kid who's already 5 years old and a pain in the backside.
 
ColchesterFC said:
More worrying than the black community being blamed if there is a third wave, is the likelihood of many more avoidable deaths in that community due to reluctance to have the vaccine.
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Find that incredibly worrying. Normally I wouldn't care if anyone is ignorant, but there has been clear and widespread misinformation spread in those communities.
 
Ebay have changed the way sellers get paid.
They proudly announce that they're now going to send the funds straight to your bank account, so you no longer have to pay Paypal's commission.
What they didn't make clear is that they've upped their commission from 10% to 12.8%.
So you're still paying nearly as much commission as before, *and* Ebay hang on to your funds for a few days.
 
Orikoru said:
Wife is insisting we babysit her friend's kid again tomorrow night. He is a hyperactive little git and it was torture last time. "It will be good practise for when we have one" she says - not really because I couldn't give a stuff about someone else's kid who's already 5 years old and a pain in the backside.
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Just say right love lol are we their official support or childcare bubble? Nope so I refuse to break the law lol

Plus yes it's completely different... Your own kids you have to like
 
cliveb said:
Ebay have changed the way sellers get paid.
They proudly announce that they're now going to send the funds straight to your bank account, so you no longer have to pay Paypal's commission.
What they didn't make clear is that they've upped their commission from 10% to 12.8%.
So you're still paying nearly as much commission as before, *and* Ebay hang on to your funds for a few days.
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I like that now there isn't a bill few weeks later for the final value fee

However I agree .. it's rubbish
 
cliveb said:
Ebay have changed the way sellers get paid.
They proudly announce that they're now going to send the funds straight to your bank account, so you no longer have to pay Paypal's commission.
What they didn't make clear is that they've upped their commission from 10% to 12.8%.
So you're still paying nearly as much commission as before, *and* Ebay hang on to your funds for a few days.
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I'm not going to sell anymore as it's not worth it and it took 4 days for me to get paid. I've noticed things are taking longer to be delivered so can only assume sellers are waiting for the payment before sending...which is fair enough and think I'd do the same.
 
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