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Lexusgs430:


Did you run out, for fear they might call you back....... 📞🏃🏃🏃😂

Wait..how does this work?

adeolaspecial:


I don't even have a water meter. My toddler is under 2 and have no access to taps. We wash adult clothes once a week and hand wash easy baby clothes. Called them and they said its the building they use to calculate how much I'm being billed.

Wow .what kind of system is that

Taal17:

Wait..how does this work?

Very simple....... Too good to go app...... When you see a bag that tickles your fancy........

Reserve, pay and go pick up.........😁

ReesheesuKnack:



The difference between you and Jedisco is that, Jedisco saw a telegraph interview, of a politician he ‘doesn’t always agree with’. Jedisco watched the interview from beginning to end. He picked up ⬆️ the good points and the lessons and learned/resolved to make a difference in the lives of younger generations.

You, on the other hand (I’m not sure you watched the interview from start to finish) decided to regurgitate your inherent bad feelings about Kemi.

Welll, Jedisco has made very vital points. The points made were the reason I watched the interview myself. Just like Jedisco, I may not agree with Kemi all the time but I have picked the positives and I’m sure my kids will learn from Kemi.

The difference between you and I is that: a) you woke up in the morning looking for someone with whom to start a pointless argument; and b) you appear incapable of keeping a civil tongue in your head when you decide to disagree.

I'll leave you to it.

justwise:


Update on this….

So after back and forth with the company he was ed two days ago by the company that the HO has given him temporary permit to continue working until his application is decided.

@Cyberknigh I think the case in the article you shared regarding this case might have prompted the HO to do a much better job than blanket refusal

Glad to see things turned out alright for your friend.
Hopefully the HO keeps to this good behaviour going forward.

Hi All,

Please any recommendations to deliver a car from Glasgow to Leeds ? It's about 200+ miles.

Thanks.

domin8:
Hi All,

Please any recommendations to deliver a car from Glasgow to Leeds ? It's about 200+ miles.

Thanks.

You could try asking at a car dealer (or the one you bought from) - they usually know/can help source professional drivers who will deliver a car long-distance.

Or you could try a car delivery company like this one: https://www.driiveme.co.uk/conveyor-car-cheap.html

domin8:
Hi All,

Please any recommendations to deliver a car from Glasgow to Leeds ? It's about 200+ miles.

Thanks.

If bought from a dealer, ask them and they’ll deliver it at the cheapest possible price. You can use Anyvan dot com to get your car delivered too.

domin8:
Hi All,

Please any recommendations to deliver a car from Glasgow to Leeds ? It's about 200+ miles.

Thanks.

If you're sure it's not a scam, get a friend to do the pick-up....... A vehicle that comfortably drives 200 miles , is a good buy .......

Cyberknight:


You could try asking at a car dealer (or the one you bought from) - they usually know/can help source professional drivers who will deliver a car long-distance.

Or you could try a car delivery company like this one: https://www.driiveme.co.uk/conveyor-car-cheap.html

Thanks. In this case, the car has EGR valve issues and doesn't drive smoothly. So it needs to be couriered.

Guys just rounded my masters in community development and Youth Studies. Seeking a role that sponsor me. Currently with a county council that have told me, it won't sponsor me.

My background is in the non profit sector back home, child protection, sexual and gender based violence. But currently in youth residential care. Based in Nottingham but open to move, as long as the role can sponsor.

Have you got any advise or something for me?

I am appalled with paying 8400 for IHS and visa application fee for me, my wife and son, for the post Study Visa in January. I don't even have it. I have justed finished paying 14k for my program. Is there anything you can suggest to me ?

Thanks

domin8:


Thanks. In this case, the car has EGR valve issues and doesn't drive smoothly. So it needs to be couriered.

And you believe the seller....... This is the same way a seller would say AC not working, but only requires gas....😜😁

Not unless you're getting this car FREE.......

Caveat Emptor........

Lexusgs430:


So assuming the building is billed £10000, assuming building got 10 flats, each flat receives a bill of £1000........

So that flat with single occupancy is paying same, as other flats with multiple occupancy...... Not a fair way of sharing bills....

If you own the property, ask for a water meter, if you are renting...... You have other options to explore.......

Are you aware if any of your neighbours has water meter installed......

I am renting. I hope to speak to a neighbour i am familiar with. I'll give the house a .

jedisco:


I'm a GP

Make sense. What’s your take about banning of cigarettes

jedisco:


Hehe... the dynamics behind aid is far reaching. The US does not have universal healthcare but give billions in aid. China has its domestic challenges but do same. There's a reason for aid and it goes beyond the surface

Can you give a reason why these wealthy countries send billions of £ aids to third world nations, when they know the moneys will be looted.

lavida001:

Can you give a reason why these wealthy countries send billions of £ aids to third world nations, when they know the moneys will be looted.

The USAID almost singlehandedly funded HIV/AIDS treatment in Nigeria as at 2016. What's better ? Give,have some stolen but still get aid to people or don't give at all and people die?

I m a fan of "soft power" . It's saved my life right from birth when the WHO funded the child development clinics where they kept an eye on my weight, immunised me ,taught my parents how to give nutritious feeds and ors . I still have that card. It's in tatters now from me being so old

Cyberknight:


Badenoch is just another politician - empty words, no proven competence, no policies to offer other than endless culture wars and identity politics.

Drearily, she's just another one in a long line of minority politicians who feel they can achieve something beyond the colour of their skin - her loud silence and eventual parroting of the party line during the recent race riots a case in point. As the race riots showed, no matter how much you try to form oyibo, no matter how much you claim to say the things they want to hear, no matter how many fake accents you assume, the day jungle mature, someone somewhere will stand at a checkpoint and profile you by skin colour and ask you : "Are you English? Are you white?"

It's easy to dismiss people's achievements until we understand that becoming an MP is not a walk in the park. It's easy to the popular voice of painting all politicians with same brush until you ask yourself why those 'bright heads' abusing politicians are not running for office. I might not agree with all her politics but I recognise her brilliance.

I am wondering why you should elevate the thought of 'someone somewhere' to such pedestal allowing it to have an outsized impact over your psyche. It leans into the self-deprecating views I spoke about. Many people including Trump believed Obama was not American enough to be president. I guess he should have dropped out of the race. In Nigeria, we had religious riots fermented by almajiris- having witnessed same, should I think any different of myself because an almajiri somewhere thinks I'm an infidel and the cause of his ruin?

We live in a changing world. We are not English or white same as we're not Zulus e.t.c . However, being British goes beyond that. Many of us here have/would earn the right to call ourselves British. If we allow the opinion of someone somewhere (e.g recently convicted rioting criminals) to limit our thought process and achievement of we and our kids, then we'd have no one to blame but ourselves.

danny34:


I am appalled with paying 8400 for IHS and visa application fee for me, my wife and son, for the post Study Visa in January. I don't even have it. I have justed finished paying 14k for my program. Is there anything you can suggest to me ?

Thanks

Sad to read. It seems this would be the rising trend among many masters students especially those in non-healthcare roles.
Aside seeking sponsorship roles that meet the salary threshold, you can seek out roles in sectors that are exempt e.g the NHS. Also gather the prison service offer sponsorship. If you can't, then paying your PSW fee might be the only way to get 2 further years of stay, garner experience, income and keep pushing.
Also worth looking at the Canada healthcare draws. I have stumbled upon a few who have applied for their healthcare draw successfully the basis of being a carer or HCA so I'm guessing your role in youth residential care might count if you've achieved required hours. Hopefully, others would shed more light. Good luck as you navigate this

lavida001:

Can you give a reason why these wealthy countries send billions of £ aids to third world nations, when they know the moneys will be looted.

Aid goes beyond the desire to help and manytimes is used to achieve soft power, regime change and mostly brings more benefit to the giver than the receiver. There'd always be some focused, tokenised projects used as a wallpaper to sell it. Aid is like giving someone just enough to keep them alive and see you as their saviour but never enough to do anything useful. There is a reason why virtually no country in the global south has made any progress with aid received. Most are structured in a way to make looting them back to lending nations the end goal. American help to the Europe and Japan after the world wars was structured very differently. Caveat: this is not absolving developing nations of certain responsibilities.

Another question is to ask what happens when the West stop giving aid? Recipient nations begin to seek options elsewhere prompting the West to come running back. Good example are with recent Chinese loans which the EU and the US are now mimicking after years of criticising them.

Another example are the recent cocoa wars between West African nations and global beverage or chocolate companies. Despite rising prices of end goods, only a tiny sum of money in the sector (5% or less) got to the farmers and growing nations. Their governments had been pushing to raise the floor price of cocoa beans so farmers and local economies could benefit. Nestle e.t.c though being able to afford this were vehemently opposed. They instead opted to give aid i.e plaster the pictures of hapless African children over the Internet.
Most of our recent major infrastructure have been thanks to Chinese loans. Ask yourself how much the UK has done to former colonies like Nigeria to achieve economy-changing infrastructure projects over the last few decades. Rather, it's about tokenised bits called aid.
That is why countries like the U.S cannot stop giving aid. If they do, countries would start asking troubling questions e.g why do we use the dollar

P.s, the term 'third world' can be many times be considered derogatory. I'd rather global south.

lavida001:


Make sense. What’s your take about banning of cigarettes

Cautiously in

jedisco:


It's easy to dismiss people's achievements until we understand that becoming an MP is not a walk in the park. It's easy to the popular voice of painting all politicians with same brush until you ask yourself why those 'bright heads' abusing politicians are not running for office. I might not agree with all her politics but I recognise her brilliance.

I am wondering why you should elevate the thought of 'someone somewhere' to such pedestal allowing it to have an outsized impact over your psyche. It leans into the self-deprecating views I spoke about. Many people including Trump believed Obama was not American enough to be president. I guess he should have dropped out of the race. In Nigeria, we had religious riots fermented by almajiris- having witnessed same, should I think any different of myself because an almajiri somewhere thinks I'm an infidel and the cause of his ruin?

We live in a changing world. We are not English or white same as we're not Zulus e.t.c . However, being British goes beyond that. Many of us here have/would earn the right to call ourselves British. If we allow the opinion of someone somewhere (e.g recently convicted rioting criminals) to limit our thought process and achievement of we and our kids, then we'd have no one to blame but ourselves.

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Lol. Your assertion that becoming an MP is not a walk in the park logically implies that MP are some form of "creme de la creme" or the best society has to offer. If you think so, allow me to disabuse you of that notion. Nowhere in the world is that the case, and it is certainly not the case here. The entry barrier to politics in this country is low, way lower than it now is in the place we came from, where you have to amass a war chest or swear fealty to someone who's already amassed one, and generally sign away all or the greater part of your soul and freedom of action. Which is a very good thing. Here you turn up, and your local party association put you forward. Sometimes, they are looking for specific demographics to run, like minorities or specific genders. You pay a negligible deposit. You put your ideas forward if any, do your flyering and doorstepping. And the people in the constituency choose. That's all. This is a process that some schoolleavers and university students have successfully followed to win seats. Try to see it for what it is - a really quite levelled process.

And what do they do when they get in? Like every other human endeavour, some are good at the job, some arent. Some go in just to get a job and a pension. Some have causes. Some have ambition. Etc. The fact that one has the initials M and P behind one's name does not, to any reasonable person, bespeak anything exceptional.

Regarding your comment on ''elevating the thought of what the racist people think", again, that has no substance and seems like something just tossed out to say something. There is racism in the UK and in other countries. This is a fact. Everyone will react differently to that. Some people will not come in the first place, believing that they could make more progress in their lives back in their native countries than where there is racism. Some people will come, but will not go to places where they believe there is racism that will hold them back and will instead go to more tolerant areas (think London or any other big diverse or multicultural city as opposed to Belfast, Hull or Sunderland, etc.). Others will be cautious in their dealings and prefer to socialise or live with their own kind. Some people in visible situations will watch their backs like hawks (the GMC for instance provided figures to show that proportionally more complaints are filed by employers against BAME doctors than white doctors, out of proportion to their percentage representation in the workforce). And so forth.

All those categories of people are not foolish. Pretending that racism doesnt exist or will never affect one is the foolish thing to do. So yes, it is reasonable to assume that as a minority in a country like the UK, one might bump up against racism at some point. Just like crime or any other life situation could affect one at any point. But what you do is accept the possibility, adjust yourself appropriately where possible and go on with life. Ignoring it totally or pretending it doesn't exist or that one has "achieved" beyond the point where it will ever be a factor is most unwise indeed. It may not affect one directly, but as I said and as I repeat - when the race violence happens, no one will stop and ask anyone for their name, profession, CV, immigration status or rank. The almajiris up north you mentioned might not have targeted you the first, the second or the 23rd time that they saw you walking the street. But a reasonable person would never discount the possibility that that could happen to you, if you were a visible possible target, the 24th, 25th or 2000th time. Live your life, but bear that in mind.

Good day all
Please I need urgent advise on this issue. Does it worth doing . Review?

solveabode:
Good day all
Please I need urgent advise on this issue. Does it worth doing . Review?

Having read through, I assume that you have a child in Nigeria whom you want to bring to the UK, and you have a court sole custody order and that the child's biological mother gave consent and the child's visa was refused.

Where that's the correct assumption, as it happens a family friend had the same issue and she did an AR and it was successful. To help you determine if her case was similar to yours, in her case she was divorced, had her sole custody order and all that and the children had been in her sole custody since the divorce and her ex-husband had provided consent.

You didn't state whose Nigerian bank statements you submitted to UKVI as evidence of upkeep, but I'll assume that they were those of the UK-based father who's applying for the visa for the child. Where that's the case then I think you've provided a good deal of information, because I gather that the immigration lawyer who filed the AR for the friend in question told her to back up the sole custody order by providing evidence that the children had actually been living with her prior to her leaving for the UK, that she was the parent who had sole responsibility for organizing and directing their lives. I believe she included things like letters from their school in Nigeria addressed solely to her, evidence of school fees payment coming out from her bank , etc. In her case the children were living with her mother, and not with her former husband, and had only been doing so since she left.

Having said all that, in your shoes I would go ahead and consult an immigration lawyer and file the AR. Immigration lawyers arent cheap, but they know the law and they will point out to the HO what the law and its own guidance state and refer to each piece of evidence you have provided in relation to those.

jedisco:



Aid goes beyond the desire to help and manytimes is used to achieve soft power, regime change and mostly brings more benefit to the giver than the receiver. There'd always be some focused, tokenised projects used as a wallpaper to sell it. Aid is like giving someone just enough to keep them alive and see you as their saviour but never enough to do anything useful. There is a reason why virtually no country in the global south has made any progress with aid received. Most are structured in a way to make looting them back to lending nations the end goal. American help to the Europe and Japan after the world wars was structured very differently. Caveat: this is not absolving developing nations of certain responsibilities.

Another question is to ask what happens when the West stop giving aid? Recipient nations begin to seek options elsewhere prompting the West to come running back. Good example are with recent Chinese loans which the EU and the US are now mimicking after years of criticising them.

A good example is the recent cocoa wars between West African nations and global beverage or chocolate companies. Despite rising prices of end goods, only a tiny sumof money in the sector (5% or less) of money in the sector got to the farmers and growing nations. Their governments had been pushing to raise the floor produce of the beans so farmers and local economies could benefit. Nestle e.t.c though being able to afford this were vehemently opposed to this. They instead opted to give aid and plaster the pictures of hapless African children over the Internet.
Most of our recent major infrastructure have been thanks to Chinese loans. Ask yourself how much the UK has done to former colonies like Nigeria to achieve economy-changing infrastructure projects over the last few decades. Rather, it's about tokenised bits called aid.

P.s, the term 'third world' can be many times be considered derogatory. I'd rather global south.

In summary they are giving these aid to show their poor people that, look you are better than this people we are giving aids 🤣

Some politicians rhetoric is they give these aid so Africans can in turn buy what the west sells.

Still don’t make sense to me. If we don’t wake up as Africans we will continue be toss around by the west.

NEW: A key Labour advisor has said those with long-term illnesses should be forced into work in order to "wean" Britain off the "easy solution" of immigration.

Alan Milburn, an ally of Wes Streeting, called for conditions to be imposed on sickness benefits.

(Via @TheTimes)

lavida001:


In summary they are giving these aid to show their poor people that, look you are better than this people we are giving aids 🤣

Some politicians rhetoric is they give these aid so Africans can in turn buy what the west sells.

Still don’t make sense to me. If we don’t wake up as Africans we will continue be toss around by the west.

There are many reasons why countries like the U.S cannot stop giving aid. If they do, recipient nations would start asking troubling questions e.g why do we trade in the dollar. People mention billions of usd thevUS gives- that billions of usd are numbers magicked out of thin air on a computer. They should reflect economic output but trillions printed during covid taught us different. The US is only able to do that cos they own the world reserve currency. Any money spent to cement that position (e.g on aid, military e.t.c) is 'justifiable'. If the global south moves to doing trade/storing reserves outside the usd, it would wreck significant havoc to the US.

Except in times of war or special situations which shouldn't be everyday, aid hardly helps. That aid would do us better if it's instead used to fund investigation of stolen wealth, prosecution and repatriation back based on certain criteria or if its instead help with setting up the right technological, agricultural infrastructure. A functional refinery would do us significantly more good than billions of aid. Ultimately our leaders need to understand there's no free lunch and start building too.

solveabode:
Good day all
Please I need urgent advise on this issue. Does it worth doing . Review?

What's the background story. Should get more input if the underlying story is clear

Cyberknight:
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Lol. Your assertion that becoming an MP is not a walk in the park logically implies that MP are some form of "creme de la creme" or the best society has to offer. If you think so, allow me to disabuse you of that notion. Nowhere in the world is that the case, and it is certainly not the case here. The entry barrier to politics in this country is low, way lower than it now is in the place we came from, where you have to amass a war chest or swear fealty to someone who's already amassed one, and generally sign away all or the greater part of your soul and freedom of action. Which is a very good thing. Here you turn up, and your local party association put you forward. Sometimes, they are looking for specific demographics to run, like minorities or specific genders. You pay a negligible deposit. You put your ideas forward if any, do your flyering and doorstepping. And the people in the constituency choose. That's all. This is a process that some schoolleavers and university students have successfully followed to win seats. Try to see it for what it is - a really quite levelled process.
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Interesting.. not to belabour issues. But we're stressing different points. The argument is not an MP being the creme of the society or the mythical best but rather the effort taken to achieve that.

That 'low' criteria is the reason why election results not being written in people's homes and why there's 'some merit' in the system. Laods of people aim to be MPs, very few actually succeed. Even fewer go on to stand out among peers and only a handful eventually become party leaders or the PM. I'm not a fan of Trump or Nigel but I appreciate certain skills they have. Just like success in most endeavours of life more so an for a public facing role, some might have struggled less but it's not an easy job. I would personally not take it up even if it was handed on a platter.

After the recent terrible riots which I was very vocal about, there's no denying racism or the existence of glass ceilings. I have pointed out how years of biased reporting, microagrressions e.t.c led to rifrafs targeting productive of the society. I have also been quite vocal about the huge sums immigrants have to pay for study, visa and settlement fees and how these in addition to visa restrictions ultimately lead to restricted financial outcomes and relative deprivation with its attendant effects (crime, health, life expectancy e.t.c). This still spills to the second generations. Acknowledging the existence of such is different from sitting back, doing nothing and blaming racism for poor outcomes while not even trying. We as immigrants need to understand the pathway to deprivation so we can try doubly hard to escape it. It's also the reason why when I see minorities who have poked through the glass ceiling, I recognise the work they've done and want to know how.

Good evening to all gurus in the house , please I need suggestion on how to get accommodation for family of 7.Which link do I use to get accommodation in Hull or Manchester.Please I need tips on how to settle easily in UK considering my family size.Visa type is Global talent visa.

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It's actually free from family who are relocating from the UK.

The quotes I am getting on anyvan are north of £350.

Need something more affordable.

Lexusgs430:


And you believe the seller....... This is the same way a seller would say AC not working, but only requires gas....😜😁

Not unless you're getting this car FREE.......

Caveat Emptor........

Jannyfranc:
Good evening to all gurus in the house , please I need suggestion on how to get accommodation for family of 7.Which link do I use to get accommodation in Hull or Manchester.Please I need tips on how to settle easily in UK considering my family size.Visa type is Global talent visa.

Just check on https://www.zoopla.co.uk
or https://www.rightmove.co.uk

Just search for 3-4Bedroom house or flat