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Goke7:
It’s a foretaste of what is still in the offing when Reform gets into Downing Street though the blow back will eventually regulate it. The current template in the US is what has actually emboldened every thing, will be interesting to see how the midterms elections go next year to see whether things can still go in the reverse if not then we are in it finally for the long ride.

And we should all prepare for the gaslighting about how whatever is happening is not racist; and even if it is, it’s because of “underlying causes”, from those that can’t see racism being faced by others but can hallucinate gender discrimination from thin air when it concerns them.

ReesheesuKnack:
‘good’Enoch

😄😄 believe it or not, it was purely a coincidence. I was reading the news (it broke yesterday I think) and thought to come here and see if anyone had posted it.

When I saw your message I decided to emulate the style as a joke.

Lol. I’m not invested in any Labour Party politician enough to feel the need to hold brief for them, especially when they’re clearly in the wrong as in the news you posted.

I outlined the specific reasons why I advocate Labour on here. There’s nothing more to it than that. If I wanted to do whataboutism, I would point you to Nadhim Zahawi, erstwhile Chancellor and then Conservative Party Chair who failed to pay taxes, lied about it repeatedly and deployed SLAPPs to attempt to prevent the news from being reported. The whole thing was so bad that his lawyer has now been sanctioned to the tune of pay £310,000 by the SRA. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/29/nadhim-zahawi-sacked-tory-party-chair-tax-affairs-rishi-sunak

I love to say ‘I told you so’ 😄

Remember when I told everyone that this woman is a liar and a grifter?

Well, here you go: https://archive.is/vvuaP

Truly a CONservative 😉

April2525:
Hi please advice Which career path should someone Currently on a fiancé visa follow when they eventually get the spousal visa and can work.

1) health care Currently has a first degree and 4weeks internship experience in a Nigerian hospital. The option of enrolling in the 2 year preregistration nursing degree seems promising although the tuition is not going to be easy may have to work as a care giver to fund tuition and with support from spouse it maybe rewarding at the end.

2) digital marketing Has working experience and skills.

3) teaching has experience and skills.

With the last two would pursue a masters degree in line with these career paths.

Please give your advice with reasons especially as regards financial rewards.

Don’t go into digital marketing unless you have very advanced skills and the experience at a high profile company to back it up (not skills like Canva design and post scheduling. I mean things like deep analytics, managing complex ad funnels and advanced CRO).

The early to mid level jobs in that field are gone and are not coming back.

I don’t know much about teaching or nursing but I’d say there’s a good reason why many people go into nursing. They are always in demand and have the flexibility to work and earn more at will. I don’t think teaching has such flexibility.

ReesheesuKnack:
The refund is backdated to 2023.
In 2023, you had not even applied for a UK visa. Infact, in that 2023, you probably hadn’t considered japa-ing to the UK.

How then are you eligible for refund? A refund covering a period you were in Africa?

Make it make sense

To be fair to our dear senior nurse, it appears the message was a direct copy of what was sent to him (presumably by his landlord) and the message acknolwedges some of the recipients might not have been tenants from Dec 2023.

Rock86, you stay in a HMO, right? The rule is that landlords are liable to pay for council tax for HMOs but some get the tenants to pay instead. It appears your landlord has been caught (I doubt they volunteered to begin paying as they seem to be implying), and the council is now billing them and refunding you. You don't have any obligation to pay them a penny out of it and there's nothing they can do to get you to pay them anything.

Practically though, the fact that you'd be paying council tax yourself may have influenced your rent being lower, and you may also want to be mindful of the relationship (they might not be able to force you to pay but you probably don't want to be feuding with your landlord), so you may want to chuck a few quid their way as a goodwill gesture.

Here's a similar scenario: https://www.justanswer.co.uk/law/pyz62-lived-hmo-paid-council-tax-directly.html

Bumzz00:
Hi Everyone,

I need advise from gurus and well experienced people please.

I currently work in a local NHS with an annual income of £29907 before tax, due to increase to £33000 before tax in few months. I currently do not spend a penny on transportation with free staff bus available to and fro work and i enjoy as much flexibility as i wish to have with a daily commute of about 30 mins to and fro. I save quite a good amount monthly and spend even more less on feeding and housing cost about £700-£800 monthly.

I recently got a job offer in central London with a salary of £42000 before tax (a more senior but similar role as my current). By my rough calculation transportation monthly will cost me roughly £607.42 monthly excluding feeling and other misllc and daily commute of about 3hrs to and fro

Now i am confused if i should take the offer or not. Saying Local or commuting to the city.

Stay in your current role, unless there are compelling reasons why that other one is better, beyond finances.

For an increase of 9k salary with added transport cost of 600+, my rough mental back-of-napkin math says you’ll actually be keeping less of your pay when you factor in the incidental expenses that come with working in London. When you factor in the time you’ll spend commuting, you’re definitely earning quite a bit less per hour and losing time you could have spent upskilling and preparing to get a job with a much more substantial salary increase whether in London or out.

I recently had a similar dilemma (also a London role, and while it a substantial increase from what I was earning, when I factored transport + commuting in, the net increase was not worth it for me). Three months later I got my current role; still in London but much substantially higher pay than the previous offer and with a lower commuting requirement.

jedisco:
Another attempt at deviation.

So you said most opposition to your views here is angled on you being a woman and when asked to expatiate, you try everything to deviate it.

It's not difficult to see how people paint narratives and lean into stereotypes.

It is funny, isn’t it?

It was surprising to see someone who was so adamant about not seeing/understanding why people were speaking out against being targeted during the riots on the basis of their race (instead choosing to shift the issue entirely to “underlying causes” despite all the evidence that race was the core driver of the riots), suddenly begin to hallucinate about being targeted on the basis of her gender despite the lack of any of evidence of that, despite repeated calls to provide such evidence.

I guess the people who frequently pat themselves on the back about being ‘objective’ and attack others as ‘emotional’, often really are just projecting.

"There were an estimated 80,000 soldiers from Britain’s colonies including the Gambia, Ghana and Sierra Leone who sailed from west Africa to south Asia, initially heading to Burma (modern-day Myanmar) and joining the ranks of the 14th army.

Nigerians made up more than half of the west African soldiers deployed to south-east Asia after 1943 as part of the British army’s 81st and 82nd (West Africa) Divisions.

However, the allied commander Gen William Slim did not mention the African soldiers in his speech thanking the 14th army.

Dr Alan Jeffreys, the museum’s head of collections and research, said: “To put it in numerical terms, in the 14th army there were 340,000 Indian soldiers, 100,000 British soldiers, 80,000 African soldiers. That number of Indian soldiers only increased, it was a predominantly Indian army by the end of 1945.”

In Britain, the forces in south Asia became known as the “forgotten army” as the focus shifted to the threat of Nazism that was sweeping through Europe.

Beyond Burma, which opens on 16 September, features medal groups awarded to Indian and African soldiers, as well as photographs and artwork. There is a focus on the reality of jungle warfare, the transformation of the Indian army, eventual victory and the campaign that continued during the 1940s in south-east Asia."

Came across this exhibition. I'll be going to see it.
Sounds like it'll be very interesting.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/aug/14/london-museum-african-indian-troops-world-war-two-beyond-burma-forgotten-armies

There's also this : https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/aug/10/forgotten-army-world-war-two-west-african-soldiers-burma-video

lavida001:
You want me to leave so you can keep spewing your nonsense. Classic minion

Oya Oya you don catch me - I'm terrified of you. As you're here now I can't say what I want to say because I'm afraid of LavidaLoca.

lavida001:
First I thought it was just one of but it kept happening over and over again especially from the minions and Hypocritical pretenders.

I stand strongly with you.

But honestly you too read what I wrote and what you responded with? Where's the nexus?

I said it's not true that anyone is challenging you because you are a woman, and your response was to ramble about how you are not going to leave (I don't want you to and I have never said you or anyone should).

So how else am I supposed to interpret it other than that you made a claim, failed to back it up with proof, and to distract from that failure, decided to shift attention to a completely tangential point arguing against things nobody said?

[quote author=lavida001 post=136441043][/quote]I don't want you to leave.

I find you funny.

Zahra29:
Lol I deliberately said what I said regarding the woman comment. I clearly said "some", not "most" and certainly not "all", so I'm not generalising or stereotyping.

By the way, this is also nonsensical.

Repeating that you said "some" is meaningless when there's clearly no instance when your gender has ever been in issue in this thread. Unless of course you have had interactions with people off-thread where they have made your gender an issue.

But on this group? It has never happened, and I challenge you to show where it has. Name the people who are attacking you based on your gender so we'll all call them out as is our responsibility.

I can't just say some people who challenge me are doing so because I have curly hair and when someone says oh that's not true, nobody has ever said anything about your hair I then retort "oh but I said 'some people' so I'm not generalizing or stereotyping"

RodgersAkpafu:
What are you talking about for goodness sakes ?

Which part are you struggling to understand?

Zahra29:
Following the same reasoning, Kemi did Australia a favour by securing a deal with them. And the UK did India a massive favour by signing the recent landmark deal. The UK is evidently very generous. Lol

No. The only reason why it is being discussed in the context of being a favor is because YOU made it so.

It was as you you cited it as a way to disprove the claims of her animus against Nigeria.

It's not a big deal or a gotcha, it's just funny that you're compulsively trying to deny it when it's actually not neccessary.

Zahra29:
I've never done a "woe is me" on here, even when I have been attacked. If I felt like that, I would just leave as others have done, and as is probably the fervent wish of you and some others 😂. Once again, this is not a woe is me or cry for help, just facts.

(Un)fortunately for you, I'm quite happy to remain for now, doing my civic duty countering a lot of the misinformation presented here (which is one of the main reasons I started commenting in the first place).

You've just said a lot of nothing. Typical. 👍🏿

Badenough was in Epping on Monday saying how asylum seekers should be kept in camps and not town.

Whatever you think of that opinion, when thinking about what she means and how she would implement it if she had power, what you need to remember is that while she raced to Epping to speak in support of those attacking a hotel housing asylum seekers, she did not and has still not said one word about the widespread riots of last year when minorities (not necessarily immigrants because the rioters were attacking people based on how they looked not checking their immigration status) were being hunted and attacked in the streets.

Do you realize how incredible it is that someone whose political platform is founded in being an immigrant and who is now atop one of the country's leading parties, did not say anything at all in those circumstances? Not even a lukewarm statement just calling for calm. Nothing. In the time of greatest danger by people just like her, she chose silence. She would not have stayed silent had it been any other group in fear for their lives like that.

When her defenders want to lie and make you think it's only because she insults Nigeria that people dislike her, remember that.

lavida001:
1 in 1 out will reduce the numbers 🤣

LavidaLoca I thought you were going away to find your tribe.

Nobody wanted you àbí what happened?

Zahra29:
*Sigh* once again, please provide a screenshot where I said she's shown the MOST SUPPORT for her country of heritage.

Lol "Sleeping, boxed"....what on earth are you going on about. I've already said that your comments are rambling and rather nonsensical, perhaps due to the heat. Try and take it easy.

You may not have used the exact words but you very clearly implied that she had done something to favor the country, and that it was an indication of her support, as compared to Sunak, Patel and co who had not struck deals with India et al.

It's extremely clear that's what you meant. Why are you trying to deny it?

Zahra29:
Lol it's been this way since I started commenting in 2022. Some people are just not able to cope with anyone who has opposing views to theirs, facts that interrupt their comfortable emotions, especially when it comes from a woman.

Lol. It has never had anything to do with this. I have never seen that raised by anyone.

Ironically, it's because of false narratives like this that you get challenged but I guess 'woe is me; they are attacking me for being a woman!' is a comfortable emotion for you, so you do you.

lavida001:
Unlike you money means nothing to me all i want is a simple minimal life. You can go ahead and show off like you usually do on here of how much you got or have made/ invested. I cant be bothered about that. Like i said you are entitled to your opinion and journey mercies as you head to Canada. wont engage you further. THE END

So, let me get this straight. You rail at everyone about the need to fix Nigeria but you won’t go home till you’re 60 nor will you do anything from abroad because you want a “simple minimal life”. So all your purpose will be to laugh at Nigeria and laugh at the UK as well like you’ve been doing.

Sounds awfully like you’re one of those “can’t be nothing can’t change nothing” people you keep railing about. Ehyah.

..

Goke7:
Very regrettable and so shameful! Just a waste of time and space.

[b]Cutting grass has become a problem whereas we cut grass here in the uk just with different types of tools and equipment. [/b]I’ve discussed with lots of elderly folks here and they will tell you all the struggles they had as children growing up which is not quite different from a developing 3rd world like Nigeria. Most of the advancements in this country started from the 60s downward when Nigeria was still coming out of colonial rule. Every nation has its timeline of evolution and development. Aunty truly need to be checked emotionally, is she even thinking of her own children at all? What’s the use of all these achievements if you’re so lost in yourself alone and everything from your childhood seems to offend you. Na wa o!

See! I was thinking about it on a drive today and trying to see if maybe my memory had somehow become warped. I won't pretend I enjoyed the grass cutting at the time but for heaven's sake, equating it to prison work is just off the rails. At the time, if you had a health issue or whatever, you'd be exempted. Not saying Nigerian schools were or are perfect but isn't it that same school she was able to leave at 16 and resume her education in the UK and then begin to do well? If it was completely usesless would she have been able to use that education as the foundation for her career as she did?

That's the point many people are not getting (or pretending not to get) - she's not telling her 'truth'. She's weaponizing her experiences by using exaggerated and sometimes outrightly false depictions of Nigeria, to reinforce that she's 'not like the rest of them'. Abi can someone explain how someone can live in Nigeria for 16 years and say she never felt at home there but the day she arrived the UK she "felt at home."

This is the same person that would have you believe people can't truly integrate until they've spent 15 years or so but she felt at home on the very day she arrived, despite her only prior connection being that her mother had delivered her here as one of the last anchor babies under the birthright citizenship loophole*.

*Because Badenites have told us here that every immigration route that was subsequently removed was a loophole.

Zahra29:
... is simply because they do not like her - because they believe that she has "denigrated" Nigeria....

You’re either being deceitful or disingenuous if you're claiming that the only reason people dislike badenough is because she has “denigrated” Nigeria. To start with, that's enough reason on its own for many Nigerians to take issue with her, especially when that same Nigerian heritage is part of what she used to climb up here in the UK. But more importantly, her long track record of offensive and dismissive comments—about everything from autism to immigration to care workers, maternity pay (after having written about how good her own maternity benefits were as an MP) etc—has alienated a wide range of people well beyond the Nigerian community.

She's a smug, condescending hypocrite. Doesn't matter whether she's Nigerian or not. She's worthy of dislike on those bases.

As for the idea that Nigeria is insulted regularly anyway, and so her words should be ignored—that logic is completely flawed. It's like saying that if you've been bullied for years, you should welcome a new bully with open arms because, well, you're used to it. The fact that Nigeria has had to endure negative stereotypes in the past makes it all the more damaging when someone in her position, with a Nigerian heritage and a high-profile platform, chooses to reinforce those same narratives.

And let’s be clear: pushing back against her rhetoric doesn’t mean people aren’t doing their part to improve Nigeria. Criticism and active engagement are not mutually exclusive.

Zahra29:
Lol your writeup was lengthy because you're quite obsessed with Kemi and appear to be on an active lookout for any opportunity to criticise her.

Re the bolded, don't take my word for it. It's clearly stated in her interview/the article:

Speaking on former MP and television presenter Gyles Brandreth's Rosebud podcast, she said she was "Nigerian through ancestry, by birth" but "by identity, I'm not really"...

"I know the country very well, I have a lot of family there, and I'm very interested in what happens there," she said. "But home is where my now family is."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24z77yg16eo.amp

Not sure what's so wrong with the above, her own personal view.

See, you need to relax and let that bee in your bonnet rest for a while.

I understand what Kemi's trying to say - I think it's nonsensical but I see it nonetheless.

The point was about how a young child would understand it. I expect any child would ask questions when presented with Kemi's fantastical idea of how she was born to Nigerian parents and moved here at 16 but is British through and through and not Nigerian in any way other than her parentage, having declared it so on a podcast.

I know you love to have the last word so feel free to drop that and then move on eh. I'm resting my case here. I need to get back to my workout.

Goke7:
Aunty is only hating on what she actually loves. My wish for her is to retire quickly from govt and politics and restore her Nigerian citizenship (am sure whoever is Nigerian president will surely grant that) so perhaps she can relocate back home and have peace with herself.

All those talk of I don’t identify as Nigerian or don’t feel belong is just boju boju. Aunty wants her life as a Nigerian back. It’s glaring!

I cannot fathom her motives but she will retire (or be retired, more likely) from politics soon enough and we'll see what she does next.

I'm pretty sure she'll carry on with her anti-Nigerian schtick because honestly what else is she known for other than being a culture warrior?

Zahra29:
Lol your writeup was lengthier than mine, you even included Kemi's letter 😂

I simply responded on the role model point. The poster should have no problem explaining Kemi's identity to her daughter as the very first black leader of the Tory party, who also had Nigerian heritage just like her.

All your gbogbo writeup doesn't erase this fact 😂

My writeup was lenghty because it was neccessary for it to be.

Yours was lenghty because you were going on a tangent chasing a wild goose and attacking a strawman that you made up for yourself.

It's good that you've clarified Kemi's identity for the poster sha. I'm still not sure how the heritage part gels given that she doesn't identify as Nigerian at all but I'll take your word for it.

Zahra29:
The poster is ReesheesuKnack I believe.

She most likely feels the same, because whether you're a supporter, hater or ambivalent of Kemi (and there are many in each camp), the fact remains that she has made history by becoming the first black leader of the "nasty" Tory party (and female at that!). Those familiar with UK history and politics will recognise this as a feat that seemed impossible as recently as 15 years ago. And Kemi was actually voted in by the harsh Tory membership unlike the other leader of colour, (who also did well), but he lost the membership vote the first time and then manoeuvred to avoid it the second time.

So ReesheesuKnack probably still regards Kemi as a role model for transcending barriers, and rightly so.

Lol. Not sure what this epistle is for. I didn’t say Kemi hasn’t accomplished great things for herself. I said I wished the person luck in explaining Kemi’s identity to their daughter given her shapeshifting ways.

Gbógbó ẹjọ́ yìí ò neccessary.

Raalsalghul:
At this point, I agree with Goodenoch that this Kemi has a mental problem.

She never passes up on any opportunity to wind us up.

Everybody will see it eventually.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sholamos-shogbamimu_kemi-badenoch-no-longer-identifies-as-nigerian-ugcPost-7357113857565159424-Osfy

Remember, in the early days when she was running for office she appealed specifically to Nigerians to “support a Nigerian who is trying to improve our national image”. Now she says even when she was in Nigeria (allegedly before she knew she was entitled to UK citizenship), she "never really felt at home there"

I can't remember who the person was that was going to make Kemi their daugher's role model but I really with them luck with explaining who and what Kemi is in the first instance.

Let's continue watching sha. I know this chapter of Olukemi Olufunto badenough (née Adegoke), Defender of Western Civilisation, and her war on Nigeria, will come to an end one day, one way or another.

Fred2020:
I havent considered this yet. I will see how feasible it in in being irrevocable, thanks

You’re welcome. Whatever you do, don’t let him get that money without getting your payment back.

I’ve had so much trouble with a tradesperson recently that I’ve begun looking into proper trades training courses because I hate being at anyone’s mercy and it seems that’s what tradespeople love putting their clients through the most.

Recently had to threaten one with a lawsuit, because of how much he has dragged my project out.

Fred2020:
I'm currently dealing with a tricky situation and would appreciate any advice on how best to proceed.

I unfortunately found myself dealing with a rogue tradesperson who has failed to show up for the agreed work and has become increasingly difficult to reach to confirm any start date.

I paid him a deposit via bank transfer. Luckily, after I reported the issue as suspected fraud, the bank froze his account.

He’s now saying that once the account is unblocked, he will refund me, as the funds are still in the account. While that might sound reasonable on the surface, I no longer trust that he’ll follow through if I inform the bank the issue is resolved and his account is unblocked.

I informed the bank about this and they mentioned they cannot guarantee he would pay if I agree to have his account unfrozen.

Any suggestions or experience dealing with his?

Ask him to pay you from elsewhere and get his money back once his account is unblocked.

Under no circumstances should you ask the bank to unblock it because once you do you will not have any further recourse. He, on the other hand, has 100% confidence of getting his money once he pays you.

One thing though - can he not give a written instruction to the bank to pay you first and then you withdraw the complaint and his account will be unblocked?

headofschool:
As a silent observer, thank you for your contribution all the time.

I have another question as a first time driver

I have been on car search between Auto trader, Arnold's and other sites.

Conditions are; budget is 8k but I can do EV of more if it's worth it. I couldn't decide either to buy affordable new EV of 14k Dacia spring on payment plan or just buy any suggested used car under 8k. Suggestions given so far are Toyota Yaris, Hyundai i20, Peugeot 308 all 2020 version and above.

Kindly help me advice and suggestions that maybe outside of this list.

Buy a Yaris. As long as you get one that has been well maintained, it'll be very reliable and economical to fuel/maintain.

EVs are a great idea (assuming you can charge at home) but the Spring isn't intended as a main car. It has very low range and is best suited for being a second car for school runs, grocery shopping etc. If you can up your budget to the price of a new Spring and want an EV, you should consider getting a used Hyundai Kona or Kia Niro instead.

Meogom:
Finally got the keys on Friday as planned after all the Barclays drama. This forum has been a huge source of inspiration and a great bank of information. Reading about people's mortgage journey and learning from them, people sharing insights, all the banter and vibes ati be be lo. Thanks so much to this great house.
Now phase 2 begins, putting the house in order, all my DIY skills will severely put to test, we go dey do am small small.
And @Lexusgs430, no pressure

Congratulations! All the best in your new home.