I did wonder about a similar scenario. The smae may well apply for teachers who move from one school to another. Statistics eh? I was a bit surprised as there's no doubt once you've been in the public sector for a few years and building up pension rights, it's tough to leave.I thought a bit more about this and my thoughts are if a nurse leaves one role and joins another role at a different trust that would be seen in the stats so I’m not entirely sure how useful a metric it is or isn’t and it’s too late in the day for my brain to work on it anymore!!
It wouldI hope Labour don’t think being tough on immigration will win them votes…
They won'tIt’s impossible. You can’t outdo Reform on immigration. Given the choice between the diet version and the real version people will always choose the latter.
Wrong threadUK fishing boats short of crews since Brexit and need for visas. Self-harm again.
The incompatibility mentioned was that the long-distance class 800 and 802 on Great Western aren't compatible with their class 387 outer suburban services - all operating out of Paddington, but couldn't couple up to push a failed train of the other type.Platforms? Different heights goes back before 1948 nationalisation. This is trains that can't rescue another because couplers are at different heights.
I'll check the new one I heard about, but companies have had to have "Thunderbird" locos stationed at various places to rescue failed trains, with adaptable couplers.
BR "standard" locos were designed by R A Riddles, largely based on LMS designs, but using standard components so you didn't need separate stock for each design.
The main deviation came with diesels, when every region went for diesel-electric, except the Western Region which went for diesels with hydraulic transmission. But you could still couple them together. This "AI generated" story must have been written by a Western Region AI system: "The mechanical skills required for maintaining hydraulic transmission are more similar to those available in the mechanical sector. This made diesel-hydraulics more appealing than diesel-electrics in Britain, which would have required a new discipline of electrical engineering."
They're short of crew because immigrants can't work on the boats. Now is it the right thread?Wrong thread
No the self help thread for remainers is the right thread.They're short of crew because immigrants can't work on the boats. Now is it the right thread?
I hear that they’re gonna increase immigration to steal all the Asian and African brickies and plumbers.I wish journalists would question politicians over some of their announcements. I can't for the life of me see how Labour are going to get this country to build 300,000 homes a year for the next five years. There has been no explanation of how this will be achieved apart from some arbitrary changing of planning laws which happens every few years anyway. Affordability sells houses and I can't see that changing in the next year or two.
Affordability certainly hasn’t been helped by the inflationary pressures generated by the Budget, which just serves to highlight the contradictory nature of their thinking.I wish journalists would question politicians over some of their announcements. I can't for the life of me see how Labour are going to get this country to build 300,000 homes a year for the next five years. There has been no explanation of how this will be achieved apart from some arbitrary changing of planning laws which happens every few years anyway. Affordability sells houses and I can't see that changing in the next year or two.