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In reply to Post #2482
As you've probably read I'm more concerned about local matters, stuff that directly affects me and my family,
As I say to Spanker, **** is everywhere and it starts at a local level, it's not exclusive to those at the top.
Peace and love man.
When PP gets in I know two people on here who'll be able to do her a very expensive posh kitchen 
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In reply to Post #2481
 - I'll bring my cider flask
£200k might be **** all to you your lordship but for us public sector workers it's fantasy money 
and it being just for temporary accommodation makes it worse!!! Pritti will want it all changed when she takes over.
(I wonder if you can get wallpaper with pictures of your favourite dictators on it...) ....
you're right of course on the typical of wealthy countries. I just wish we could be different for once. Yo know what they say 'give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever' (if he uses the right bait of course!) . Maybe it needs updating - 'sell a man a fish and he'll be in your financial control for ever...'
peace and love man
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In reply to Post #2480
Typical approach by all wealthy countries, that's not to say I think that's acceptable.
This news is a bit patchy at the moment, wait until we find out what other countries are involved and I'll find a few to cherry pick and I'll pick on them.
BTW 200k is **** all and it's not his flat, it'll still be there when he's gone.
If you're going to buy me that pint you better start saving up, nothing is cheap in London 
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In reply to Post #2479
of course - but it's the UK that's most relevant to us.
and it's typical of the selfish Tory approach - keep the poor under the thumb / boot so they 'depend' on the rich to look after them... like I said, not surprising but no less ****ty
meanwhile Boris spends £200 grand on refurbs for his flat while people can't afford the mortgage on an entire house that cost less than that. It's got to start winding you up at some point....
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In reply to Post #2478
Not just the UK it says wealthy countries. Not saying that makes it right but lets not single us out as being the only culprits. Assuming it's not fake news of course!
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In reply to Post #2474
Those call centres are generally useless, but I’d not hesitate for a second to allow my kids to have a tutor from India or Sri Lanka. After all, they more often than not leave white British kids behind in education.
The system itself is brilliant, we can’t afford to tutor these kids and anyone prepared to work for minimum wage here thinks 8 beans make 5. The tutors also get help with their own costs and to help their families.
Young people here and abroad will suffer because of the ‘London office’ 
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In reply to Post #2475
According to Hooper, every TSL session for the national tutoring programme costs £18.33, £9.50 of which pays for programme design, customer support, technology and finance in its London office, with £5.36 for tutor training and development at the Colombo office, and on average £3.07 per tutor per session. Hooper said the company makes 2% profit on each NTP session, which equates to 40p.
I'm all for keeping money within the UK but I suppose whether the costs would be viable?
The pupils have to pay 25% of the session (another debate in itself) so maybe this way makes it affordable?
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In reply to Post #2471
Yes..... the points the article is making are these
- this is taxpayers money that's gone to the private sector
- they are putting that money in their pockets and outsourcing the work and paying peanuts.
- why not invest this money at home with those schools
- that's your tax pounds going to enrich private companies.
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In reply to Post #2473
It's nothing new, not so much now but many companies had mainly Indian call centres for many years to save money.
Not saying it's right.............just saying.
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In reply to Post #2471
Underpaid and exploited I agree. The flip sid of the coin is these thick ****ing politicians may see that as a blue print to save costs
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In reply to Post #2471
Ignore that, Nike make trainers for under £1........ 
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In reply to Post #2470
Am I missing something here as I did speed read it. Is the problem that they are being under paid?
it's a minimum of £1.57 and the average is £3.02 which in Sri Lanka where they are based is 2.5 times the estimated equivalent graduate salary and is 15 times the minimum wage.
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In reply to Post #2469
£1.57
I may be looking at this from a different perspective. That does not surprise me one bit. I bet they would like to pay everybody in this country that if they had the chance. One thing for sure, I would love to pay those ****s that, you know, what they are worth 
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Still think you're not having your trousers pulled down?
This link is about tutors from places like sri lanka as young as 17 are being used to teach maths for as little as £1.57 an hour under a flagship government scheme to teach maths to under privileged children in the UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/mar/19/uk-tutoring-scheme-uses-sri-lankan-under-18s-paid-as-little-as-157-an-hour
This one is about how foreign and billionaire tax exiles have used furlough the enrich themselves even further
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/19/uk-furlough-scheme-pays-out-millions-to-foreign-states-and-tax-exiles
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NON Carp stuff