Ruchbah
Good. What an absolutely ridiculous rule in the first place
Thank you for pointing this out, I totally agree.
Being able to afford food, water, shelter is not a bloody “benefit”. This is the absolute minimum we all need to survive.
That is assuming that by extracting it ourselves we are at least equally reducing how much is being extracted elsewhere…. Which obviously isn’t the case. This will take carbon that’s currently trapped under the ground and release it into the atmosphere.
They are killing us for profit & votes
Back to work after having a week off. Kind of dreading it as my calendar is already packed
Cwtching on the sofa watching postman pat with my little boy…. Considering getting a second coffee but the kitchen seems far away.
Not a bad casual Sunday morning so far
Agree with co-op salt & vinegar being the best (I do like mccoys too) - don’t really like walkers any more, the crisis are too thin!
That’s not the point and you know it. A child who already is likely to have experienced racism towards themselves not being comfortable with hearing casual racism being read out in class isn’t the same as wanting books restricted to “rainbows and unicorns”
I’m not saying that I agree with that of mice and men should be removed from the curriculum (honestly I don’t know what the right thing to do is) but I understand and empathise with the girls position.
What they are saying in the article that racism can and should be thought (and is!) but it’s entirely unnecessary and off putting for it to be part of English lit.
Part of English lit is encouraging a positive attitude to reading and literature. Yes it delves into the details but it should be encouraging young people about the joy of reading. That’s definitely not going to happen if you are choosing books that alienate your readers when there are plenty of alternatives that would be more suitable
This isn’t about “banning” of mice and men. It’s just about it not being the focus of the class where this hateful racist language and attitudes would be read out.
It’s a very understandable viewpoint
Summers in the UK are only going to get hotter and more extreme. Really this needs to be taken into account in how we build homes… but that doesn’t help the existing houses and flats.
I’d strongly recommend at least a small portable AC for the bedroom. Worth every penny.
A portable AC unit for the bedroom is one of the best purchase I’ve ever made. We put a hole in the wall for the vent which can just be closed when we don’t need it.
I can deal with the rest of the house being hot as long as I can get a half decent night sleep.
Bought it during the winter though as in the summer they are either out of stock or have a massively inflated price (or both!)
_From analysis of detention logs, during the previous six months, 1,257 children had been held at Manston, including 26 who were unaccompanied. The average recorded time of detention for children travelling in family groups was two days 11 hours although 232 children had been held for more than 96 hours and the longest time of detention for a child was more than 19 days. Unaccompanied children were held for an average of 21 hours 44 minutes.
Families with children were prioritised at Manston, but processing remained slow at busy times and we observed some families with very young children waiting for several hours to be progressed into the family marquee. The family marquee was in good condition and provided baby food, children's toys and changing facilities. However, at the time of our inspection there was no private area for women to breastfeed.
Some particularly vulnerable children were held for long periods. One case concerned a 17-year-old girl and her 10-month-old baby, who the girl said had been conceived after she was raped. They arrived in the KIU at 11:030am and were held until 10am the following day, when accommodation was made available._
https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/06/WJF-Manston-and-KIU-web-2023.pdf
———— Good thing that we spent £1,550 to get rid of those inappropriately friendly murals.. I guess the baby food, children’s toys and changing facilities will also be removed because there’s definitely no children arriving here.
I feel really reassured now that the 1,257 children in the report weren’t really children (and the 10 month old baby was obviously a teenager with an intense fear of bright, cheerful colours and disney characters).
Edit: @520 - I’m sorry my sarcasm wasn’t targeted at you exactly, your point about newspapers and the reported statements are both valid. It’s just a forked up situation for whatever insane reason the decision was made… I think malicious… but even if it was pure bloody incompetence it doesn’t make it better.