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[avonleigh]

Sorry about this, I feel for you. This is the one thing that I hate most about contracting. First 15 years of contracting this never happened to me. Even when a project was binned they honoured the notice period. Last 10 years or so I have been terminated a few times with no notice. Contracting has...

[avonleigh]

Wealth and class are two completely different things. Do you think a drug baron is upper class cos they have £10 million in the bank? We lived in a nice house growing up and were seen as middle class by some. But my Dad was an Electrician (back then Electricians were one of the lowest paid trades,...

[avonleigh]

If you want to live in a country that has no freedom, where immigrants and women are treated like second class citizens then good for you. I would rather live in a society where people are equal and don't live in fear of being arrested cos they filmed something on their phone or gave their partner a...

[avonleigh]

Same. No chance I would live in Dubai, with their ridiculous laws. Not only that, the place is very fake. Full of people trying to make a fast buck. Doesn't appeal to me whatsoever. If I was going to retire somewhere hot would choose somewhere like Thailand all day long....

[avonleigh]

Thatcher was the best leader this country has had in my lifetime IMHO. Yes she made a lot of mistakes and did some bad things. But UK was much stronger and respected during her tenure....

[avonleigh]

Well I think any hope of the market improving any time soon has been killed by Trump. So where we were expecting a cut in base rates now they are saying there will be 4 rate increases by end of 2026. So back to 4.75%. So things are going to get even worse unfortunately. This war was totally unnecessary....