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[malvolio]

To be fair, the "big boy" SOWs define things like timescale, completion criteria, payment schedules, quality standards and error correction for any piece of work undertaken under the overarching contract. It does not have to relate to a specific deliverable - it helps if it does but as you...

[malvolio]

It's actually fairly straightforward. If 50,000 small business lay off 1 staff member or several very large companies lay off 1% of their combined 500k workforce as a result of the extra overheads, it's still 50k unemployed people to support.

Meanwhile the big guys offshore or automate...

[malvolio]

Never can resist an open goal, Paddy.

Anyway, it wasn't addressed to you, so why respond?...

[malvolio]

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Oh, the irony.... ...

[malvolio]

ICBW but didn't the Blair government try something very similar, but gave it up quite quickly?

Unless they impose rules on who the funds are invested in, they aren't going to help the UK anyway; the trustees can only use the most efficient returns by law -- which aren't likely to be UK...

[malvolio]

Not at all. I hope they succeed, what they are telling us they want to achieve is fine. They're going about it in a bloody strange way though.

I hate Starmer, he a complete tool. Luckily his cabinet look like they are ignoring him...

[malvolio]

So you're quite to have a lying hypocrite as PM then? Boris was no saint, but he didn't sell himself as one, and he stuck to his manifesto. Starmer fails on both points....

[malvolio]

Given the increase in stamp duty and so further restrictions on the bottom of the housing market, probably not a lot a lot. Plus you won't be able to sell it anyway...

[malvolio]

That is a very simplistic interpretation I'm afraid. But probably no point in explaining why....

[malvolio]

Truss was three years ago. The debt she created has ben cleared and the economy was back on track several months ago. But if you are going to believe Labour's claims that a mystery black hole has emerged that's nothing to do with their ridiculous spending plans for both public sector pay, Millipede's...

[malvolio]

Whose hobby was breeding budgerigars... ...

[malvolio]

The really annoying thing is that a good and skilful game of football is a joy to watch. What kills it for me is the pantomime histrionics and blatant cheating that infests virtually every game played, and the cliched hysteria coming from managers and pundits alike. I'll stick to rugby thanks....