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Fred_Quimby said:
I am seriously worried about peoples mental health. My wife has decided not to listen to the news any more and I am seriously tempted to follow. We have always kept up with the new. I just wonder how people are coping? So much to be concerned about.
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It's a double wammy as well because there will be a hell of a lot of people worrying about mad vlad using nukes. It's not a nice place to be at the moment.
 
Elbow beards said:
It's a double wammy as well because there will be a hell of a lot of people worrying about mad vlad using nukes. It's not a nice place to be at the moment.
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Regardless of who it is I feel for anyone who develops mental health issues at a time when our mental health services are so depleted and the Truss plan to pay for tax cuts by more austerity cuts will not help anyone. How the fuck have we come to this? Oh yeah - Tories
 
BobKowalski said:
Yeah, apparently Truss is having an ‘urgent meeting’ with the OBR tomorrow. Interesting to see what comes out of that.
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obviously try and bribe or bully them into coming up with some fantasy island stuff. her MPs will kick her out within weeks, they have no choice. they then have two years to try and bullshit enough people but I think that horse has bolted.
 
Fred_Quimby said:
I am seriously worried about peoples mental health. My wife has decided not to listen to the news any more and I am seriously tempted to follow. We have always kept up with the new. I just wonder how people are coping? So much to be concerned about.
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It's a valid point.

I'm seeing the anxiety in friends and colleagues.

I've limited myself to 30 minutes TV news after work.

There's potentially a huge mental health crisis beckoning because of what's going on and some of the US style sensationalism of it all isn't helping.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Well said. I‘ve encountered plenty of Oxbridge graduates professionally who are deeply unimpressive intellectually.
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As someone who works in academia this is something I'm always amazed by, this notion that your intellect is set at 18 and consistent thereafter. I have encountered students who had poor A levels but a different environment at 3rd level led to them excelling in university, PG study and in the professional field. Others who crushed their degrees but couldn't function in a professional environment due to a lack of leadership or chronic indecision.

Intellect like fitness, is something you lose if you don't use. Intelligence is great, but intellectual curiosity, mental toughness, humility, persistence and dedication will take your further.
 
Marlo said:
As someone who works in academia this is something I'm always amazed by, this notion that your intellect is set at 18 and consistent thereafter. I have encountered students who had poor A levels but a different environment at 3rd level led to them excelling in university, PG study and in the professional field. Others who crushed their degrees but couldn't function in a professional environment due to a lack of leadership or chronic indecision.

Intellect like fitness, is something you lose if you don't use. Intelligence is great, but intellectual curiosity, mental toughness, humility, persistence and dedication will take your further.
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I like that last paragraph. Fantastic advice.
 
Fred_Quimby said:
It was only a few short months ago that some ministers were trumpeting that the Bank of England should no longer be independent. Think about that when you think what might have happened yesterday if they hadn’t been independent.
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You could argue that yesterday proved that the Bank of England has lost its independence already.
 
well its a plan - with holding info didn't serve Kwarteng well but its a plan. Something else that tells me they have given up on retaining those Northern Red Wall seats

www.theguardian.com

Thérèse Coffey scraps promised paper on health inequality

Exclusive: health secretary has decided not to publish white paper, which was originally intended for publication by last spring
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Elbow beards said:
It's a double wammy as well because there will be a hell of a lot of people worrying about mad vlad using nukes. It's not a nice place to be at the moment.
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That’s what is bothering me more right now than the domestic political and economic shambles.

The sequence will go like this:

The new annexed regions become part of Russia.

So attacking them is the ‘existential threat’ pretext for the use of a tactical nuclear weapon, probably against Ukraine.

After that, who knows?

Maybe I should be posting this in the relevant thread but this is a one-off and, of course, I hope that I’m wrong.

Will just finish by stating that this does not make me any less supportive of Ukraine.

Like Truss, Putin is another ideologue with an agenda that he wants to impose on others.

So whatever happens is unavoidable.
 
Marlo said:
As someone who works in academia this is something I'm always amazed by, this notion that your intellect is set at 18 and consistent thereafter. I have encountered students who had poor A levels but a different environment at 3rd level led to them excelling in university, PG study and in the professional field. Others who crushed their degrees but couldn't function in a professional environment due to a lack of leadership or chronic indecision.

Intellect like fitness, is something you lose if you don't use. Intelligence is great, but intellectual curiosity, mental toughness, humility, persistence and dedication will take your further.
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Beautifully put, mate.
 
Vic said:
Poll predicting Labour landslide rescues the pound!
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1.1122 now - imagine a poll predicting a Labour landslide raises the pound - has Chippy seen this?

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Fred_Quimby said:
I am seriously worried about peoples mental health. My wife has decided not to listen to the news any more and I am seriously tempted to follow. We have always kept up with the new. I just wonder how people are coping? So much to be concerned about.
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Couldn’t agree more. I look at my kids who are all in their 30s, OK jobs, young kids, mortgages just like everyone else. I worry so much for them, they are like rabbits in the headlights at the moment. Everywhere they look there is trouble. What a mess. It really is criminal. 12 years of the Tories and this is what you get. Be it Brexit, the Covid mess, the economy, the lies, the atrocious withdrawl from Afghanistan, the state of the NHS, Education, the reemergence of Racism, Hatred and Bigotry and Inequality, Housing shortage, general unrest in the workplace from Barristers to Postal Workers etc etc . 12 years of the Tories at their very “best” all sprinkled with the appalling behaviour of Putin. The younger generation really are up against it and I feel for them.
 
bluethrunthru said:
1.1122 now - imagine a poll predicting a Labour landslide raises the pound - has Chippy seen this?

www.google.com

GBP/USD Currency Exchange Rate & News - Google Finance

Get the latest Pound sterling to United States Dollar (GBP / USD) real-time quote, historical performance, charts, and other financial information to help you make more informed trading and investment decisions.
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They’re expecting Diane Abbott to be the next chancellor too. Lol
 
woody1968 said:
Couldn’t agree more. I look at my kids who are all in their 30s, OK jobs, young kids, mortgages just like everyone else. I worry so much for them, they are like rabbits in the headlights at the moment. Everywhere they look there is trouble. What a mess. It really is criminal. 12 years of the Tories and this is what you get. Be it Brexit, the Covid mess, the economy, the lies, the atrocious withdrawl from Afghanistan, the state of the NHS, Education, the reemergence of Racism, Hatred and Bigotry and Inequality, Housing shortage, general unrest in the workplace from Barristers to Postal Workers etc etc . 12 years of the Tories at their very “best” all sprinkled with the appalling behaviour of Putin. The younger generation really are up against it and I feel for them.
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There's a reason the Irish left the union and it begins with the letter 'T'.
 
Marlo said:
As someone who works in academia this is something I'm always amazed by, this notion that your intellect is set at 18 and consistent thereafter. I have encountered students who had poor A levels but a different environment at 3rd level led to them excelling in university, PG study and in the professional field. Others who crushed their degrees but couldn't function in a professional environment due to a lack of leadership or chronic indecision.

Intellect like fitness, is something you lose if you don't use. Intelligence is great, but intellectual curiosity, mental toughness, humility, persistence and dedication will take your further.
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Fine post that mate.

I've definitely grown into and bettererd myself as I've gotten older (and that included fitness too).
 
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