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  1. Stupid incompetent or dishonest? Maybe I should try that line with my tax......in summary I have received a salary for my labour this year but it is not possible to identify the specific amount received, sorry.
  2. I don't think that there is a national description of how the role is to be executed, but that sounds broadly right. Sorry let me re-phrase 'little extra workload.' The holiday situation I cannot comment on as my context is 365 days a year. At the minute there is a systematic failing. Read the Daniel Pelka case for an example of this, lots of people had bits of the picture but there was no clear person that all the info should have gone to. What you mention is individual failings and no system can eliminate the possibility of people not doing their jobs properly. This is not the solution to all the worlds ills, it is not perfect. But it will help a lot of children.
  3. I am normally a quiet lurker on this board. But in this instance have something valuable to add. I am a Child Care Manager and a Child Protection Professional. I have read many reports, like the Baby P case and there are more than you can imagine. The most common thread in all of them is that there was lots of information floating around at the time the child died but no single person had the full picture. That this person will be in the school, usually the Head, does not mean that they are going to be tasked with a lot of extra work. It will be their job to blow the whistle and let other services take over. This is not interfering in the job of being a parent.
  4. One win in six games against the three top teams is the reason we are not going and do not deserve to go.
  5. Normally I am big on keeping sport and politics apart. Sport can help to break down barriers, reduce prejudice and increase understanding and inclusion. But this is not an issue about politics. This is a sporting issue. Over 1000 people have died building stadia in a country that we are playing a match against. The Qatari FA must shoulder some of the blame for this and here we are inviting them into our house as guests. It is wrong and I will have nothing to do with it.
  6. It was just rubbish! The importance of context and power cannot though be underestimated when discussing racism. The white man has for centuries oppressed the black man. (We should not allow ourselves to indulge in whataboutery). A bunch of white middle class students then dressing up as black men in an almost totally black country is inviting criticism. The idea of fancy dress is that it is supposed to be funny. What were they thinking, who was going to laugh at them?
  7. Agreed with all of that. However history will also record that he has fractured the union in doing so.
  8. Not many in work feel as strongly as I do so everyone pretty much gives me a very wide berth when matters of politics come up. There are a few though that I am lying in wait for, got to be careful as I am a senior manager!! I took the 19th off, was told by folk on the Monday that best I didn't come in as the atmosphere was strangely subdued and odd, most were YES voters in my work. I was able to convince most people in my circles to vote YES. The few who voted no seem to be finding it difficult to look me in the eye!
  9. BBC not able to run with "Nigel Farage supports EU exit after Edinburgh firearms incident."
  10. Nah, that has usually been recorded by now! Yeah having spent many years as a lurker I should know better.......... So anyone got any good alternatives?
  11. Tis not my first choice either. Have two Aussies over and need to repay the favour they did us last year in Sydney. (Fireworks over the Sydney Bridge v Freezing cold on Princess St, me thinks last year was better). It seems to be bucket list thing for a lot of Aussies.
  12. Thanks, does the zone include the front of Princess Street? Could I be in a restaurant or hotel bar and still be in the zone?
  13. Anyone been in recent years and is it worth it? I was last there in the mid 90's before tix were required. Is it still the case that the cordoned area takes in much of Princess Street so if you are in the area at the time the gates are 'closed' you can stay? Not surprisingly the official website lacking info on this ticket dodge!
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