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Please has anyone aced a Civil Service interview role recently? Something around a Grade 7? Please I'll be needing some tips if any. And if you have some knowledge of how to scale through, I'd appreciate the help.

Thank you!

missjekyll:


Anyone on the doorsteps who dares to suggest that I m better suited campaigning for issues in Nigeria than here in the UK will immediately get both barrels.

I ll take up any cause I see fit,in any corner of the earth I like. I need not have campaigned for anything previously either. It's the Resistance. Everyone's welcome

It's classic 'whataboutery' when people (often our own people) say that we should speak more about a country we left ages ago, rather than a country we live in, pay taxes in, and in most cases, are citizens of.

I have already voted via the post for change. I came to this country on the back of a Labour government student visa policy, and I'm happy to pay more taxes to get public services back to the way it was in 2010. In 2010, I could see my GP in a day.

justwise:


Sorry I meant to say 2020,

Polls got it completely wrong in 2016 as Hilary was leading in every possible poll but ended up losing .

Biden has never been Obama interns of charisma but still gets the job done

You might well be proven right....

I've accepted Trump will be President though, just to protect my heart from any shocks lol

missjekyll:


Anyone on the doorsteps who dares to suggest that I m better suited campaigning for issues in Nigeria than here in the UK will immediately get both barrels.

I ll take up any cause I see fit,in any corner of the earth I like. I need not have campaigned for anything previously either. It's the Resistance. Everyone's welcome

Lol okay, if you say so.

To the bolded, thanks for the welcome but it would help if we knew what this Resistance was about. What or who are you fighting? Is there a manifesto we can refer to?

Election campaigning over. Time to sit back and get some popcorn.

🍿 Exit poll at 22:00 when we will know just how big (or not) Labour's landslide is and how the other parties have performed.

🍿 on the ready for Friday because there is likely to be a number of Portillo moments as the results come in. Hunt, Shapps, and other big beasts are expected to lose their seats.
Meanwhile the shy and retiring Farage is expected to finally achieve his MP dream.

More 🍿 over the weekend and into next week as the Tory leadership contest (and in fighting) kicks off in anger...

Most interesting election since the 2017 GE, probably since 2010.

Exciting times.

claremont:


It's classic 'whataboutery' when people (often our own people) say that we should speak more about a country we left ages ago, rather than a country we live in, pay taxes in, and in most cases, are citizens of.

I have already voted via the post for change. I came to this country on the back of a Labour government student visa policy, and I'm happy to pay more taxes to get public services back to the way it was in 2010. In 2010, I could see my GP in a day.

Just as some people in this country would say they ing , Portugal etc to win the Euros instead of our own 3 Lions. Pray for your Jerusalem...

Hello,
My mother-in-law visa was refused, pls what changes can we effect and when can she reapply.

Thank you

LaXxOnebody:
Congratulations!

Thanks

Welcome to election day

if you are still not decided, brief video from humble penny on youtube on the manifestoes of the political parties and how they affect your finances.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lug70hgwx0A

RefKing:
Hello,
My mother-in-law visa was refused, pls what changes can we effect and when can she reapply.

Thank you

Gosh. This is rubbish. I always thought attaching a birth certificate was overkill and attached none for my mother. I just sent a letter telling her about all the flower shows we will attend and all the woods we will explore.

From this refusal letter, she must have got in by luck.

Tell me why we need a birth certificate to prove my daughtership of my mother.

Any room for appeal? Bloody EOs ( forgive my French)

missjekyll:


Gosh. This is rubbish. I always thought attaching a birth certificate was overkill and attached none for my mother. I just sent a letter telling her about all the flower shows we will attend and all the woods we will explore.

From this refusal letter, she must have got in by luck.

Tell me why we need a birth certificate to prove my daughtership of my mother.

Any room for appeal? Bloody EOs ( forgive my French)

The UK doesn’t do DNA test.
Pray, tell me how else you can prove that you are not just applying for any random mama to enter the UK.

deept:
Welcome to election day

if you are still not decided, brief video from humble penny on youtube on the manifestoes of the political parties and how they affect your finances.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lug70hgwx0A

I mean. He's right to suggest that Labour with raise taxes ... somewhere. Whether that's Capital gains or elsewhere.

But to then suggest that nothing will change because of it is bonkers. There are a lot of areas of government spending which are incredibly degraded right now. With no new tax rises there will need to be £18bn in cuts to public spending (which the Tories already have pencilled in).

There's nothing inherently wrong with paying more tax if it's used effectively for public services.

IridescentAge:


I mean. He's right to suggest that Labour with raise taxes ... somewhere. Whether that's Capital gains or elsewhere.

But to then suggest that nothing will change because of it is bonkers. There are a lot of areas of government spending which are incredibly degraded right now. With no new tax rises there will need to be £18bn in cuts to public spending (which the Tories already have pencilled in).

[quote author=IridescentAge post=130786070]

I mean. He's right to suggest that Labour with raise taxes ... somewhere. Whether that's Capital gains or elsewhere.
There's nothing inherently wrong with paying more tax if it's used effectively for public services.

While I agree 100% with the bolded, we can argue (rightly so) that the current UK issues are not because taxes are low, it is because taxes are not properly utilised. A govt that knows what it is doing can keep taxes as they are, and still do very, very well - by cutting wastages and curbing wastages.

RefKing:
Hello,
My mother-in-law visa was refused, pls what changes can we effect and when can she reapply.

Thank you

Meet those refusal conditions stated in the letter and you are likely to get approved.

If there is no birth certificate then provide old baby pictures with your mum

Good day

Does anyone have any link to accomodation in Exeter pls? Could be outright rent or share for a couple of days or weeks until I get an apartment

Thanks

[quote author=ReesheesuKnack
While I agree 100% with the bolded, we can argue (rightly so) that the current UK issues are not because taxes are low, it is because taxes are not properly utilised. A govt that knows what it is doing can keep taxes as they are, and still do very, very well - by cutting wastages and curbing wastages.post=130787539][/quote]

You're both right I think.

There is definitely room for efficiency savings, especially in the NHS.

However some services are either unfunded or at such low levels , e.g. social care, that a degree of uplift is needed to address labour shortages, increase pay etc, and polling has indicated that the majority of the public would be willing to pay this uplift. (As long as it is used judiciously)

Voting intentions by ethnicity. Interesting that Reform is in the top 3 only for the black ethnic group.

Zahra29:
Voting intentions by ethnicity. Interesting that Reform is in the top 3 only for the black ethnic group.

I honestly don’t understand any black voter ing Reform or Trump. Maybe someone will educate me about any underline reason that I’m struggling to get my head around

justwise:
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Meet those refusal conditions stated in the letter and you are likely to get approved.

If there is no birth certificate then provide old baby pictures with your mum

@All,

Thank you, I do have birth certificate.

I don't know what else to add aside the birth certificate as their English is confusing my understanding. My child is coming by August, can mom reapply immediately?

RefKing:


@All,

Thank you, I do have birth certificate.

I don't know what else to add aside the birth certificate as their English is confusing my understanding. My child is coming by August, can mom reapply immediately?

Add the birth certificate, if it’s newly issued then explain why, add pictures with your mother or your mother with your kids or husband, if you communicate with your mother through WhatsApp or other messaging app then select non-sensitive chats and add. Call history with your mother will also help

ReesheesuKnack:


The UK doesn’t do DNA test.
Pray, tell me how else you can prove that you are not just applying for any random mama to enter the UK.

OGA, eee no reach to vex, he just feel for me.

Thank you.

justwise:


Add the birth certificate, if it’s newly issued then explain why, add pictures with your mother or your mother with your kids or husband, if you communicate with your mother through WhatsApp or other messaging app then select non-sensitive chats and add. Call history with your mother will also help

Thank you, I added all aside the birth certificate. I will work on it and reapply.

I do appreciate!!

Just Voted!

Good day Elders,

Please I have a question, I know this may not be the right thread to ask this but I need to know if anyone had experience about this:

I’m on PSW but I got a job offer in Dublin with critical skills work permit which is applied by the employer. Please I need to know if I still need to apply for an entry visa to Ireland from UK since I have a work permit.

Thanks.

boneruns:
Good day Elders,

Please I have a question, I know this may not be the right thread to ask this but I need to know if anyone had experience about this:
I’m on PSW but I got a job offer in Dublin with critical skills work permit which is applied by the employer. Please I need to know if I still need to apply for an entry visa to Ireland from UK since I have a work permit..

UK and Republic of Ireland are different countries. If you don’t have a UK or Irish port, visa rules would apply to you… you need to apply for the appropriate visa as UK PSW has no bearing on the Republic of Ireland.

RefKing:
Hello,
My mother-in-law visa was refused, pls what changes can we effect and when can she reapply.

Thank you

This isn't funny sha. Why not just request for additional document? Why reject the application? It is well o

justwise:


I honestly don’t understand any black voter ing Reform or Trump. Maybe someone will educate me about any underline reason that I’m struggling to get my head around

Let me put it in another way.

I honestly don’t understand any Muslim voter ing LP or Peter Obi.

I honestly don’t understand any Igbo voter ing Tinubu or APC.

I honestly dont understand any Christian voter ing Tinubu.

The reason is simple:
Not ALL black people have exactly the same thing that matters to them.

For some, it’s tax. For some it’s immigration. For some it’s opportunities. For some it is religious beliefs. For some it is emotions. For some it is party affiliation. For some it is rent. For some it is mortgages. For some it is a combination of several factors.

I know a lot of Black people who absolutely abhor Trump’s rhetorics, but absolutely disagree with Biden’s stands on infanticide , aka abortion.

I know a lot of Black people who absolutely agree with Nigel Farage’s position on illegal boat crossings.

I know a lot of black people who dislike the Tories, but agree with the Tories that a Woman cannot and does not have a Penis.

Different strokes for different folks.

080bjaked:


This isn't funny sha. Why not just request for additional document? Why reject the application? It is well o

The Entry officers are practically robots. ‘Computer says No’ people.
When a friend of mine applied visa for his biological son to come as a dependant, a child whose mother had already been granted visa, meaning both parents were in the UK. The child’s birth cert was missed. Visa was rejected. They applied the next day. Included birth cert. Visa was granted.

080bjaked:


This isn't funny sha. Why not just request for additional document? Why reject the application? It is well o

I sighted one article recently which stated that “HO uses technicality to reject applications.” Knowing fully well that they will apply again which brings in more money.

#Hustle

Onelovetayz:


I sighted one article recently which stated that “HO uses technicality to reject applications.” Knowing fully well that they will apply again which brings in more money.

#Hustle

That is the reason why applicants must always endeavour to cross all T’s and dot all I’s.

ReesheesuKnack:


The Entry officers are practically robots. ‘Computer says No’ people.
When a friend of mine applied visa for his biological son to come as a dependant, a child whose mother had already been granted visa, meaning both parents were in the UK. The child’s birth cert was missed. Visa was rejected. They applied the next day. Included birth cert. Visa was granted.

Lol

claremont:


It's classic 'whataboutery' when people (often our own people) say that we should speak more about a country we left ages ago, rather than a country we live in, pay taxes in, and in most cases, are citizens of.

No one said to "speak more" about a country that you no longer live in. But just as it is good and expected to pray and care for the Jerusalem where you currently live, the point was that one would assume or hope that you also prayed/cared for the Jerusalem that you moved from, when you lived in that country....Unless the principle only applies to specific Jerusalems.