merridew

Yes, US salaries always look misleadingly high without taking the insurance situation into account.

Can't say I blame them. It's really rough.

EU welfare standards have always been minimum standards, not maximum standards.

Ah, I forgot that councillors don't read newspapers. There's no way a councillor in North Somerset could have been aware of this attack in Surrey, as reported in the national papers.

You give your name & address at your local polling place, and it is checked off by a polling officer against the Electoral Roll. So yes, you could pretend to be someone else, but they would need to have not already voted. And you could only do it once per polling station, because you'll be recognised by the polling officers. And for what?

Hah, guess.

American Bully XL

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/natasha-johnston-surrey-dogwalker-american-bully-xl-london-b1082064.html

For everyone saying this seems random/odd/pointless/in response to some Karen etc:

February 2023: Dog walker mauled to death by dogs at Surrey beauty spot

The dog walker, from Croydon, died after suffering massive blood loss caused by multiple bites to the neck in Gravelly Hill, Caterham, on January 12, while she was out with eight dogs.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/first-pictures-of-natasha-johnston-dog-walker-mauled-to-death-by-dogs-at-surrey

Which I suspect may have some bearing on this announcement.

Your husband works for 20 hours a week, but you are responsible for housekeeping, cooking, childcare and transportation, and you are also the main earner?

If you are talking about ChatGPT: please do not do this.

ChatGPT guesses which words should come next in a sequence, based on its training data and your prompt. It is not intelligent, and it has no concept of what is real and what is not. It will cheerfully make things up.

I sympathise with your frustration at having to pay money to see a doctor. I can't imagine how stressful life would be without the NHS.

The population of the USA is c. 332 million people.

200,000 people in 332,000,000 is

1 person in 1660.

I think you may have misplaced a zero?

Average wages haven't gone up by 25% since 2020, and I doubt people have been getting 25% returns on cash held over that period.

Housing affordability is lower than at any time pre-2020.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/bulletins/housingaffordabilityinenglandandwales/2022

About time.