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Monday 23 October 2023

The Word 'Could' Is Doing A Lot Of Heavy Lifting Here...

Foreigners who commit anti-Semitic or other hate crimes could lose their visas.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha! No, go on, tell us another!
Ministers are looking at stepping up deportations of hatemongers after a surge in incidents amid the Gaza conflict.

'Stepping up', eh? Well, that won't be too hard, since they've been dragging their feet for years.  

Home Office officials are able to weigh up evidence against individuals and boot them out even if they have not been convicted but their presence in this country is still judged to be 'not conducive to the public good'.

Able they may be, but the crucial question is, are they willing...? 

Labour's Sir Keir Starmer said there had been a 'disgusting rise' in anti-Semitism since the Hamas outrage along with an 'appalling surge' in Islamophobia with mosques 'forced to ramp up security'.

And that's just in your own ranks, eh? 

Wednesday 11 October 2023

The New ‘Oooh, Me Back!’


Well, I'm sure this comes from rigorous medical research...

The findings come from 10,171 adults who completed questionnaires.

Oh. 

More work is needed to understand who is at risk, how bad it can be and what can be done about it, experts say.

No, I'd start with 'can it be proven to exist?' first, if I were you.  

The researchers behind the new work say the results provide validation for patients who experience problems like this. Investigator Prof Adrian Martineau, from Queen Mary University of London, told the BBC: "People really can feel very run down after a virus. It's not in their imagination and it is a recognised thing."

I wonder if it's recognised in HR departments?