Yeah, that first exit poll was great to see.
Then I realised it was only a sample of 20k people across less than a few hundred polling stations.
Then I remembered I went to bed on the night...
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Yeah, that first exit poll was great to see.
Then I realised it was only a sample of 20k people across less than a few hundred polling stations.
Then I remembered I went to bed on the night...
Today is the first time in years that I've woken up with hope about the future of the UK. I'm so pleased the Tories got trounced.
Yeah, I think I have to be tactical about this.
Mrs Bean's family live in the constituency Farage is contesting. They live in the nice part and are sensible people. Her Dad has voted Tory his...
What do people think about tactical voting tomorrow?
My number one goal is for the Tories to get smashed.
My constituency is typically a safe Tory seat. Polls have the Lib Dems as being very...
I've watched all the North American sports live a few times. I like hockey and baseball a lot for different reasons: the hockey for the aggression and baseball for the laid back nature of watching it...
Ugh, that all sucks, Monkey. Sorry to hear about the life changes but great to hear that you are coping as well as can be.
I've been embracing ChatGPT a lot more lately. It worked wonders on making a board report more professional and I also used it to smarten up my job description - I'm now "spearheading" tasks. Tons of...
Merry Christmas everybody.
I've been debating the top 5 Christmas movies today. Here are mine in no particular order:
Elf
Muppet Christmas Carol
Home Alone
Die Hard (yeah, I know)
Planes,...
Fantastic news! Will you need to relocate?
Definitely this. I did a lot of this kind of thinking when we were out of water 3-4 times in the space of a few months fairly recently. I'd never thought about how fantastic it is to have clean,...
I'm surprised I've not heard of JVA, albeit East Asian content is normally well down my usual search list.
On the incest thing, I heard years ago this doesn't happen due to a scent thing. We are...
Gary O'Reilly: turns out he's an ex-professional footballer. Born and raised in London, so you're not far off. The town I grew up in is a lot like the London accent, with some added in-bred.
Ong,...
What's the dude's name, Monk? I'm from a South Coast city, so it's southern - not posh, not rough.
I would have no chance at placing your accent. If it's no from the South, I've got no chance. To...
I can't believe you don't have some procedures for certain medical issues, Ong. I suppose if somebody dies in their room, you call the manager in and the daytime cleaner would most likely be the...
I thought of you recently, Ong, as my uncle had a cardiac arrest in an Ibis when visiting his family and died. My cousin knew something was up and the staff opened the door to the room and were...
With UK inflation and the base rate increase today, those at the poorest end of the scale are in for a rough ride.
Despite having a degree in Economics, I can't figure out how mortgages and rents...
Wow, that's way more than I was expecting and it definitely had me salivating. Thanks!
I'm going to Chicago Cubs against St Louis Cardinals in London on Saturday. Apparently there will be Chicago- and St Louis-style food available. @Monkey - what is that likely to be please? Just...
Context is key here. The use of "current investments" means endowments aren't included.
Otherwise, a regular business would want cash at hand of 3-6 months expenses. That's £10bn-£21bn. They will...
You know you're jaded with Boris and the scandals when you just shrug your shoulders at the honours list.
Analysts typically use the pre- and post-COVID years to analyse the compound growth rate. That works out at 3.8% for sector income for 19/20 through 21/22. That's terrible considering the amount of...
The VC at my old employer earns £380k. If he worked for free, the 8,000 staff would get a £4 per month pay rise.
£380k is really low for an organisation of that size, with that income, number of...
You definitely need to ignore the £2bn part (which pays for new and replacment research facilities and other investments). 6% surplus is what matters.
Let's say we are the average institute....
There's a big difference between profit and surplus. Universities make the latter and surplus is almost always reinvested in the estate. There's no shareholders receiving a dividend.
God, I hate...
How much of that real terms gap is the most recent year?
I left the sector in 2013, but I recall the employers pension contributions went up since then. There also used to be an auto-increment...