Simon Jones

I think you mentioned it a couple of times on that other site ‘back in the day’ 😀

@gemdale.bsky.social -one for you? 😀

He'd be the first running to HR if he had been greeted with a chorus of "who ate all the pies?" every time he walked into the office!

How the 'red v blue school wars' exposed the social media gap between children and parents Parents were frightened by social posts that seemed to encourage violence at schools. But it was more complicated than it looked

More evidence that it’s the over 40s, not under 16s, who should be banned from #SocialMedia 🤣https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4wgzdydkeo

Literature: Dickens
Film: Fassbinder
Music (pop): Pink Floyd
Opera
Poetry: Tennyson

Much as I hate to quote the racist Mancunian, it says nothing to me about my life

Your regular reminder that correct punctuation is important.

Can't say this loud enough !! Shoutout to people who live a kindness strategy every day. Be one of those people. It makes a lasting impact in a world longing for it !! #HR #HRCommunity #EncouragementFriday #GlobalHR #Kindness #Intentional

Watch Starmer’s poll ratings shoot up - he couldn’t have asked for a better endorsement!

This is exactly my first thought - Donny is doing Keir a favour here

A very good, but now almost forgotten, British movie. One to set your recording device of choice for, if you can't watch on broadcast.

This looks like a normal schedule for @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 🤣

The North Wales coast once teemed with tourists, from Prestatyn to Aberdaron. Many Merseysiders have happy memories: Eric remembers sandy jam butties, cider lolly ices and three rides at the Adventure Park for a threepenny bit, while Paula recalls cable cars and penny arcades. 🧵

John Brason was script editor as well. And the name of the main character was “Tony Blair” 🤣

Has to be penned, that’s part of the Down the Line drinking game 🤣

I haven’t - I seem to vaguely remember it when it was first broadcast but don’t really remember much about it. I may check it out if I get time. Foyle’s War is a series that passed me by although I know lots of people rate it highly

Buccaneer, an early 80s Drama which also featured Clifford, is currently being shown on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social. Not aware of any other Secret Army connections but that’s quite a big one!

This is basically the Matt Badloser message " A coalition of islamists and woke progressives came together to dominate the constituency" - i.e. the people who live there got the representative they voted for

You'd think Reform would be delighted that a white, working class plumber got elected and they beat the metropolitan elite university lecturer.

His mission has always been to betray them but he seems to genuinely rate the Lifeline regulars (and doesn't seem to have a high opinion of his communist allies). It's the complexity that means, like Albert and Kessler, we can't see him as a 'goody' or 'baddy' - exactly why Secret Army is so good

Never really understood what Natalie saw in Francois - he is a pretty insipid and undeveloped character and I am a little surprised he was allowed to be so active within Lifeline.

Max on the other hand seems to go through a real crisis - a bit like Brutus in Julius Caesar but in reverse

IYKYK 🤣

Is an alleged blanket ban on Pakistani players in The Hundred legal? Is it legal for a UK cricket franchise in The Hundred to have a blanket ban on players from a particular country? Does it breach the Equality Act? Can - and should - other employers do this?

I wrote on this earlier in the week. It's unlikely to cause Employment Law issues but will (and already is) creating reputational problems
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A generated headline that parodies the style of Allister Heath, Editor of the Sunday Telegraph. It reads "The moral collapse of Britain began with the surrender to Nigella Lawson"

Also possibly a real one (sorry @nigella.bsky.social)

A generated headline that parodies the style of Allister Heath, Editor of the Sunday Telegraph. It reads "The K Pop Demon Hunters madness proves that the West has lost the will to survive"

I'm not sure if this one is not in fact real

A generated headline that parodies the style of Allister Heath, Editor of the Sunday Telegraph. It reads "We must resist the totalitarian nightmare of dogs at polling stations before we lose everything"

And a topical one #GortonAndDenton #ByElection

I could waste hours with this:

Jade Franks: 'I cleaned toilets while studying at Cambridge' Jade Franks uses her experience of classism to write a hit play which has been picked up by Netflix.

This story makes me think of the Paul Weller line about "You'll be betrayed by your accent and manners".
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Is an alleged blanket ban on Pakistani players in The Hundred legal? Is it legal for a UK cricket franchise in The Hundred to have a blanket ban on players from a particular country? Does it breach the Equality Act? Can - and should - other employers do this?

It would be nice to be able to link my twin interests of #cricket and #HR, although not when it's about apparent #RacialDiscrimination.

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You’re stuck in the last movie you watched… (answer with a gif)

(Would be quite happy stuck in this one tbh)

Posters for my last four watched films. From left to right: Gold Diggers of 1933; Blitz; Subway; Private Property

I've had a bit of a 'people living in underground railways' week #LastFourWatched