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    This just plain wrong!

    Not only is it ‘political correctness gone mad’ but a danger to us all and must be stopped.

    Telegraph: Discrimination against northerners to be banned

    Damn it! They don't get the jobs for a very good reason! Most of them don't even know how indoor plumbing works.
    How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

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    #2
    Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
    Not only is it ‘political correctness gone mad’ but a danger to us all and must be stopped.

    Telegraph: Discrimination against northerners to be banned

    Damn it! They don't get the jobs for a very good reason! Most of them don't even know how indoor plumbing works.
    That woman takes the word "nutter" to a whole new level.
    Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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      #3
      What a farce. Talk about not seeing the wood for the trees!
      When the office is in London you are likely to get Londoners filling the positions. There is no requirement to have an understanding of the "application" in most of these jobs.
      Try distributing your departments accross the country, possibly placing some in sensible regions. It would make sense to have a Scottish Office based in Scotland. Why have the ministry for agriculture based in a city? Then you might get soem local or subject specific knowledge too.
      I am not qualified to give the above advice!

      The original point and click interface by
      Smith and Wesson.

      Step back, have a think and adjust my own own attitude from time to time

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        #4
        At what place does "Up North" start? Southerners would say Watford, Northerners would say Sheffield. I would say Derby? (Coming from the midlands)

        No doubt they will have to pay some numpty £100k per year as head of "Northern Engagements" to manage a team of consultants to find out.

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          #5
          Maybe the lack of Northerners on London based bodies such as the 'Arts Council' is something to do with the fact that we don't like stinking, overpopulated, impersonal cities like London full of gobsh1te cockneys (although we have to put up with the latter every time the scum have a home game).

          As Equalities Minister though you would expect there was little else to do but go around seeking potential inequalities.
          Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."

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            #6
            Originally posted by JoJoGabor View Post
            At what place does "Up North" start? Southerners would say Watford, Northerners would say Sheffield. I would say Derby? (Coming from the midlands)

            No doubt they will have to pay some numpty £100k per year as head of "Northern Engagements" to manage a team of consultants to find out.
            Where do I apply?
            And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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              #7
              Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
              Not only is it ‘political correctness gone mad’ but a danger to us all and must be stopped.

              Telegraph: Discrimination against northerners to be banned

              Damn it! They don't get the jobs for a very good reason! Most of them don't even know how indoor plumbing works.
              **** off!

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                #8
                Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
                ‘political correctness gone mad
                psychopathically gifted

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by JoJoGabor View Post
                  At what place does "Up North" start? Southerners would say Watford, Northerners would say Sheffield. I would say Derby? (Coming from the midlands).


                  North Circular Road

                  That's a bit too far in my mind. The 'wrong' side of the Marylebone Road is a bit iffy to me.
                  How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

                  Follow me on Twitter - LinkedIn Profile - The HAB blog - New Blog: Mad Cameron
                  Xeno points: +5 - Asperger rating: 36 - Paranoid Schizophrenic rating: 44%

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
                    Most of them don't even know how indoor plumbing works.
                    Quite right - we are able to afford a plumber for such tasks.

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