Got my first contract in the UK thanks to the financial crisis. At a bank.
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Great news - austerity is over!
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Is this like past or present tense?Originally posted by Eirikur View PostGot my first contract in the UK thanks to the financial crisis. At a bank.Comment
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Originally posted by Eirikur View PostGot my first contract in the UK thanks to the financial crisis. At a bank.
they hired you to start a financial crisis????Comment
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And how did you cope with all the responsibility of looking after the Stationery Cupboard?Originally posted by Eirikur View PostGot my first contract in the UK thanks to the financial crisis. At a bank.
Must have been quite a step-up for you!
“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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True austerity would be an end to eye-watering government waste but that is not going to happen unless we get rid of government, the civil service and local government altogether.Comment
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Just walk away...Originally posted by TwoWolves View PostTrue austerity would be an end to eye-watering government waste but that is not going to happen unless we get rid of government, the civil service and local government altogether.
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Originally posted by AtW View PostTheresa May: People need to know austerity is over
Theresa May has predicted "better days ahead" after Brexit, with UK debt continuing to fall and support public services will go up.
Addressing her party conference in Birmingham, the prime minister said people needed to know that austerity was over and "their hard work has paid off".
Theresa May: People need to know austerity is over - BBC News
It's party like it's 1999!
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It's true! Austerity is over!
Senior judges could get pay rise of up to £60,000 (that takes High Court Judges to £265,000, 35 hours a week 8 weeks holiday)
Senior judges could get pay rise of up to GBP60,000 - BBC NewsSenior judges in England and Wales could be set for pay rises of up to 32%
Crown Court judges would receive a 22% rise - taking them to £165,000 - and district judges would get an 8% rise."A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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