UK is Fucked
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- NBQ00-3
- BaskerviIle4
- solidFax_Benson
- I lol'd at 1.MrT
- count binface is an impostor! lord buckethead is our true leader. do not be fooled by this worthless quislinghans_glib
- kingsteven6
was hoping someone else would post this for a few days as it's just fucking depressing...
just doing your job, for years, you've put in the work and are now running a local branch, your employer installs a new computer system that shows a shortfall on your accounts, you are suspended from your job, employer takes you to court for theft, court asks you to prove you didn't steal money because the computer system says you did.
your employer is the post office, which successive Labor and Conservitive govt's are privatising and marketing to the public as 'modernisation'. an act passes through parliament and your employer is now a private company called Consignia and the government sets up a postal regulator, Postcomm, to offer licences to private companies to deliver mail. The IT supplier (Fujitsu) continue to claim that the system can not be wrong. The courts put the burden of proof on you to prove that you did not steal, but you have no access to the new or old IT system... you get prosecuted, loose the only job you've ever known and sent to prison.
2021 Turns out the post office knew there were massive problems with the system, but continued to prosecute one employee a week for 14 years. ruining their lives, sending many to prison.
"Dozens of postmasters accused of theft by Post Office due to faulty IT system have convictions overturned."
- Remember listening to a documentary with some of the people fighting the convictions years ago. Crazy.Fax_Benson
- yep big payouts coming and yep, this is uk life, a big suck hole.shapesalad
- It's shocking isnt it! some died in prison I read somewhere else. were they suicides?microkorg
- We are pretty much all living in failed states...necromation
- Similar thing happened in Australia with automating welfare payment evaluations. The system was completely flawed and people we being asked to repay huge sumsthumb_screws
- that they didn’t have. No human oversight from a conservative government with an end goal of privatisation. So many people committed suicide,thumb_screws
- had mental break downs and we’re completely fucked over. Our current PM was in charge of it but there’s fuck all being done about it.thumb_screws
- yeah this was absolutely insane and in normal times would be dominating the news. Horrific.fadein11
- or should be dominating the news...fadein11
- What a horrible story! (I slightly know the feeling of fighting against windmills which somehow often occurs when you deal with large companies.)SimonFFM
- Jeeesus!! I really hope that some heads roll for this. The RIGHT heads, though.Projectile
- Newman.StoicLevels
- Projectile1
Nurse fined £10k for protesting 1% pay rise.
Welcome to the new protesting laws
- shapesalad-3
- The 'culture' is highly refined and sophisticated...shapesalad
- regional chip shop culture arguably the best thing about england. talking about doing a road trip when this is all over.kingsteven
- oh yeah and hating on the english is cultural appropriation, so don't be trying to pass it off as depreciation. we're on to you :Dkingsteven
- Have every right to turn nose up at my own culture. Especially when you see those around you getting obese, ill and ultimately driving up your NI contributions.shapesalad
- ah man, you'd miss a saveloy if you left :)kingsteven
- Wolfboy2
In 2019/20 approximately 1.9 million people used a foodbank in the United Kingdom, around 300 thousand more than the previous year.
This is a huge issue for modern society. It's a problem that needs solutions and fast. But what are they, how do we solve this crisis?
Well this is a bit radical, but how about....
- Bluejam0
- they must be desperate to sit in a pub garden by a roundabouthans_glib
- Analysis:
Rain = 100% accurate UK summer.
Pub = enjoy the view of roundabout and pollution.
People = fat women eating chips.shapesalad - Serving suggestion onlyNonEntity
- Ironically, rain manages to make it look like a more palatably healthy and wholesome activity than it would otherwise be.NonEntity
- plot twist: they're doing cokested
- ^ lolBluejam
- Gardener10
- it's not cut - it never grew due to lack of sunlightFax_Benson
- Irn-Bru is a great weed killerNonEntity
- ^ hahaha amazing. Turns out bubble gum water kills more than taste buds.garbage
- If local councils do this, you are damn straight countries are going to do it!Hayzilla
- DO NOT CALL IRN-BRU BUBBLEGUM WATER, YOU CUNT. First time I heard that comparison, at ~25 I was horrified. Slightly true, almost entirely not.Nairn
- More like an ever-so slightly bubble-gummy version of mediterranean san/kan bitters. more bitter, like the heritage.Nairn
- lol @ "more bitter, like the heritage". It has a Peruvian cousin called Inca Kola. Tastes exactly the same.garbage
- And I actually like it if its freezing cold, but as soon as it starts to warm up the bubblegum flavor really sings.garbage
- Just, don't. That shit hurts quick.Nairn
- ha I'm confused now. Do you like it or not?garbage
- ignore him, he's from gibraltahans_glib
- I used to love it - can't drink it any more because of artificial bloody sweeteners added because of sugar tax. Going to look out for Inca Kola - thanks!Nairn
- np. Any Peruvian place will have it, it's their national soda. They'll slap down a whole chicken and a 2 liter Inca Kola. It's pretty amazing.garbage
- There's a wee South American community down the road from my studio, so give me n excus to go get some fatty snacks too! Thanks for the headsup!Nairn
- Welcome welcome. If it's a traditional place, they'll have aji verde which is an amazing sauce. Ask for the green stuff and you can't go wrong.garbage
- nb3
This UK is Fucked thread has become so cute and corny. Compared to the America is Fucked thread which remains depressing AF
- Bluejam9
Meanwhile Norwegian fishermen ...
“In consequence, there will be no British-caught Arctic cod sold through chippies for our national dish – it will all be imported from the Norwegians, who will continue to sell their fish products to the U.K. tariff-free while we are excluded from these waters. Quite simply, this is a disgrace and a national embarrassment,” Sandell said.
- We're taking back our fish!PhanLo
- It's incredible. The fishing industry has been royally screwed.fadein11
- There won't be any fish left in the sea in 10yrs yet we are constantly fucking fighting with other countries about who gets to catch the last few.Hayzilla
- first one to catch them all wins, right?Fax_Benson
- "national embarrassment”
Is it an embarrassment when it's entirely expected of a government of half-wit toffs & useful idiots, who are almost exclusively...Wolfboy - vulture capitalists with little of no personal stake in the fishing industry? The UK really is the perfect storm of the worst people at the controls...Wolfboy
- at the wrong time plus an electorate who are in a state of perpetual ignorance when it comes to politics and the consequences of listening to spivs & grifters.Wolfboy
- On the plus side, today I learned of the existence of Scottish pelagic fishing barons.Nairn
- As a Yank, yes. Your incompetent and corrupt politicians and your moronic fellow citizens can be an embarrassment on an international scale.garbage
- The corner bar serves a legit fish and chips, and I'll have some in solidarity when the day is done.garbage
- the sandell woman tho is in charge of one of those massive industrial trawlers (apparently it catches 1/12of all cod and haddock in the uk)hans_glib
- so i think we need to read her comments in that light. this in no way excuses the uk govt's uselessness tho.hans_glib
- Nairn, the other week it was Bottle Merchants, this week it’s Scottish Pelagic Fishing Barons. HahaIanbolton
- In the words of Bernard Manning ‘it’s a fucking disgrace’Ianbolton
- ^ lol yesBluejam
- grafician0
^about that lads, the fish...
- Everybody: there are more important things than a small fish market share
UK: *playing Scooter - How much is the fish*grafician - So badoey_oey
- So badoey_oey
- @graf, it was a huge deal to Brexiteers, those who campaigned and those who voted for it.fadein11
- @fade Ikr, but in the big scheme of things, it was just a littsy bitsy thingygrafician
- I think I read somewhere that only from music touring and festivals UK is losing billions in revenue, while the fucking fish market is some hundred million quidgrafician
- So yeah, nationalism is a helluva druggrafician
- yup... a real shitshow on Trumpian levels.fadein11
- British fisheries have always been symbolic of this absurd sovereignty, even though we sold those rights decades ago.fadein11
- Everybody: there are more important things than a small fish market share
- hans_glib0
if we're into fish tunes then here's the daddy
- ok it's not really about fish at all, but it's still a boss tunehans_glib
- and when i say boss i mean it's pretty averagehans_glib
- LOL you missed the point hansgrafician
- but a good laugh anyway LOL hehehegrafician
- yeah i know, but it was the "how much is the fish" line form your vid that reminded me of this. and it needed to be shown.hans_glib