David Jennings

Archaeologist, Husband, Dad & socialist.
Guitar, Bass,
Ex @BandontheWall @BangOlufsen & @UoMSALC @UoYArchaeology
Occasional Morris musician.
Oldham/fields

[David Jennings @folkdeejay]

@CostaCoffee

£60 penalty for the pleasure of visiting your new cafe in Hollinwood.

When did it become acceptable to fine customers for sitting at a table, meeting a friend &having a couple of leisurely brews?

Some signs, perhaps - but never again.

So on balance, you lose.

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@petersgoodman Hi,
Were you on @BBCRadio4 discussing this last week?

Heard the end of an interview, but was driving.

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

It took a visit to US Congress to remind us just how lily-livered our media is when it comes to holding Nigel Farage to account…

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Daily Mail say today we need Farage and Reform to save the country. A reminder of the role the Mail played in getting us into this mess.

[David Jennings @folkdeejay]

@Heidi_Labour @RailwayMuseum Great idea.

Bus/tram/train pass for 60+ = foc in London. Rest of UK = pension age.
Huge subsidy & deeply unfair.

Charge Londoners, or make it 60 everywhere.

£10 per week = £6k cost for non London residents ?!?

Bee network @AndyBurnhamGM ?

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@CllrPaulwells @TheChrisWray @ElectionMapsUK 'Impressive' - until the daily grind & mundane tasks of actually being a councillor land on these tub thumping, single issue opportunists..

Locally, a few of these have risen in recent years, to fade away/resign/get ousted when they turn out to be useless= worse for residents.

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@Alberthallmcr @themorganwade Cheers🍺

[David Jennings @folkdeejay]

@Alberthallmcr @themorganwade Back again, so no hard feelings 😄

Will stick to beer. 🍻

(but you deffo need to review the soft drink offering!!)

[David Jennings @folkdeejay]

@doctor_oxford @RobGMacfarlane Thanks.

Initially denied reablement after a fall, then a myriad of care/physio issues before he died.

In return for c65 years of teaching (in hard state schools around Oldham) between them, their first & only call on the care system was a £1500 per month, ineffective nightmare.

[David Jennings @folkdeejay]

@doctor_oxford @RobGMacfarlane Spot on.
Closely related to this, the almost dysfunctional, hugely expensive domiciliary care system often predates palliative care = a generational betrayal, as my parents age group (c70 & over) who paid their NI (stamp, as they called it) in the expectation of help when needed.

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@mads_gracex @seetickets @glastonbury

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@DanSull36510584 @DuncanStott @worstall There a was clearly a reason Clarkson called his toy farm 'Diddley Squat'... was it this?

Which is quite funny is so, tbf - but I suspect he isn't laughing now!

[David Jennings @folkdeejay]

@paullewismoney @helengrimbley @PickardJE @BBCNews @Channel4News @SkyNews Is living on a farm in a bungalow on the land, but no longer working/running things a GROB situation?

Almost certain that is what my Dad's side of our family have done for at least two generations.

Elders retired in mid sixties, next gen move into farmhouse & run everything.

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@paullewismoney @helengrimbley @PickardJE @BBCNews @Channel4News @SkyNews So passing on a family concern in middle age/retirement is, presumably, OK as long as your descendants/beneficiary runs things, and you stay alive (whilst retired) for 7+ years?

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@shrewsburyfolk @the_levellers @Oysterband1 @SKERRYVORE @NatMacMaster @elponypisador @judietzuke @9Bach @MoonlightBenja1 @jimmoray @MelroseQuartet Looking forward to this already.

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@BladeoftheS @BBCr4today @asda @Tesco @sainsburys In the UK, many 'shop floor' staff, in all sectors, qualify for Universal Credit= topping up base wages so they can afford to exist & do low paid work.

A huge state subsidy yet not reflected in bonus/salary calculations for CEOs etc al.

Welfare underpins both payroll & bonuses.

[David Jennings @folkdeejay]

@BladeoftheS Indeed.

@BBCr4today on this now.

@asda @Tesco @sainsburys etc al make net profits in the high hundreds of millions.

More NI will increase costs, for sure. As does a minimum wage.

But surely this just reflects the true cost of doing business in a solvent, viable economy?

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@drogue7 @gaucherp @Cba_WBA1 @BladeoftheS In the UK, many 'shop floor' staff, in all sectors, qualify for Universal Credit= topping up base wages so they can afford to exist & do low paid work.

A huge state subsidy yet not reflected in bonus/salary calculations for CEOs etc al.

Welfare underpins both payroll & bonuses.