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(Message 2131476)
Posted 20 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: I would love to know just who serves on company remuneration committees. British Gas CEO says it's impossible to justify his salary Ah, the debates held on this board over just that. |
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(Message 2131456)
Posted 19 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: Trouble ahead for the Tories, especially if the interest rate is at least 5% or more come September. After all, Rsiky Sunshine will be a calling an election then instead of May. Allowances frozen until 2028, so... Now he's pulling the same stunt with pensioners. Another 650,000 retirees will be at the sharp end of this in April. I wonder who they'll be voting for at the upcoming election. Nine million tax-paying pensioners spells double trouble for the Tories. |
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Profits 1st, Safety 2nd (Pt 4)
(Message 2131455)
Posted 19 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: Time for a refresh. 1 2 3 Horizon v2.0? I will add one more: it is high-time HMRC was brought to heel. It is a wild west government department that is laughing in the face of Ministers, its arrogant incompetence wre Edit: Unethical lawyers face scrutinty |
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The Train Thread 3
(Message 2131347)
Posted 16 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: A train that is not a train |
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Boeing: Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? (Part 3)
(Message 2131346)
Posted 16 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: What is needed is someone to stand up & make the fines appropriate to the damage done. For example, $5 million for every death. For the 737 Max that comes to $1.75 billion. Also make it cover every company that does business not only in the US but those outside who deal with them. After all the USA is the "Home of the Profit". The KISS principle, but I think pigs will fly 1st. |
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Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? Pt 2
(Message 2131208)
Posted 13 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: Even more difficulties for the Post Office. Blatant tax evasion The Post Office may have underpaid more than £100m in tax by deducting payments to victims of the Horizon scandal from its profits, say tax experts. |
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Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? Pt 2
(Message 2131172)
Posted 12 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: Reading some of the comments, there sure are a lot of ignorant people out there. Blaming the Tories & stating that Davis Cameron was aware & had been since he was PM throughout most of it. Sheesh. He didn't get into power until 2010. It was Tony B liar & Gordon Brown in No 10 from 1997 to 2010. While this on BBC. Post Office went ballistic in 2015 over Panorama Edit: Live reporting on the inquiry by the BBC just restarted after the lunch break by the inquiry. We are now hearing Jason Beer KC reading from a part of Jackson's witness statement. Sheesh. |
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Transportation Safety 3
(Message 2131107)
Posted 11 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: Thankfully no injurues have been reported., no bridge involved this time. Oh dear On the other side of the pond... Boeing jets won't fly until safe |
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Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? Pt 2
(Message 2131064)
Posted 10 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: The Daily Telegraph reports that the architect of Horizon, the faulty software that caused the scandal, has demanded immunity before agreeing to appear at the public inquiry. The paper says Gareth Jenkins's testimony has been delayed twice, and that his request for immunity has been refused twice. It also claims Mr Jenkins told forensic accountants as long ago as 2012 that the IT system could be accessed remotely by developers Fujitsu, despite one of the prosecution's key arguments being that it was tamper-proof. When approached by the Telegraph, Mr Jenkins said: "I don't have anything to say to you".Clear cut case of profits 1st. The peasants don't matter & they don't mind. What I find annoying is that this scandal has been ongoing for over 2 decades which the government were well aware of, yet they continue to award contracts to Fujitsu. Edit. Scary Since 2013, the UK government has awarded Fujitsu 191 contracts worth more than £6.5bn, according to the procurement analysts Tussell, including: |
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(Message 2131062)
Posted 10 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: YES. Or perhaps put the shareholder's wallet at risk if they don't choose safety first.Ah wasn't that my favourite mantra in the past? Make the fine so steep that it would be financially safer to fix the problem at the outset. Hmm, pigs will fly 1st. |
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Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? Pt 2
(Message 2131051)
Posted 10 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: Now this report I believe 100% as had personal experience in the past while a postman. Racism+Horizon=trouble The main problems stem all the way from Junior to Senior level management. That seems to have got worse since privatisation. |
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Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? Pt 2
(Message 2131030)
Posted 9 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: Interesting Jason Coyne, who worked for Preston-based Best Practice Plc at the time, was instructed to examine the computer system called Horizon in 2003. |
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Boeing: Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? (Part 3)
(Message 2131029)
Posted 9 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: What happened to test, certification, and Quality Control? Can;t answer for the airlines but early in this scandal, posted a report on Boeing. They laid off 100 QC inspectors from one of their sites. That speaks volumes of what they think of us "peasants". |
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Abortion and Birth Control
(Message 2131027)
Posted 9 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: It beggars belief in the legal system. CPS drops case 3 year investigation & they drop it for "lack of evidence". 3 years of wasting public funds. They should be charged with theft from the public purse! |
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Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? Pt 2
(Message 2130956)
Posted 8 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: While the scandal has been public knowledge for some time, an ITV drama which aired last week has thrust the issue back into the spotlight.Sometimes the media can be brutally... So far, nobody at the Post Office or Fujitsu has been held accountable, although the High Court judge said he would refer Fujitsu to the Director of Public Prosecutions for possible further action because he had "grave concerns" about the evidence of the company's employees....effective |
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Cricket 3
(Message 2130937)
Posted 7 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: The Indians love cooking up a storm over nothing. Many elite sports teams use their own chefs, though it is uncommon in cricket. Some players – including India’s Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya – have been known to pay for personal chefs to come on tour, including in the 2023 tour of Australia. |
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Boeing: Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? (Part 3)
(Message 2130936)
Posted 7 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: Grounding & checks continue Last month, the FAA urged airlines to inspect Max models for a possible loose bolt in rudder control systems.This saga reminds one of a popular TV series where you get some cliffhanger episodes. At the end several, one gets TBC. How many more cliffhangers are Boeing going to provide? |
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The Ukraine Crisis
(Message 2130811)
Posted 4 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: Shades of Grenfell!!! It seems bureaucratic crap permeates everywhere. How the Russian administration treats its own people |
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Boeing: Profits 1st, Safety 2nd? (Part 3)
(Message 2130762)
Posted 3 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: Too hot for the Transportation thread. 1st off though... Air crew astounds the world of aviation Japan Airlines experienced its own catastrophe in August 1985, when Osaka-bound Flight 123 crashed into a mountain shortly after take-off from Tokyo Haneda. It was later attributed to faulty repair work by Boeing, the aircraft manufacturer.Only four out of 524 people on board survived the crash. Boeing can learn a thing or two from Airbus. But there were also signs the aircraft's design was working to give those on board the best chance of escape. Prof Graham Braithwaite, director of transport systems at Cranfield University in the UK, told the BBC it looked like it "has done what it is designed to do, which is protect the occupants and allow a fast evacuation". |
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(Message 2130761)
Posted 3 Jan 2024 by Sirius B Post: R.I.P. I bet he's happily conducting the Seti Special. |
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