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 Stirlingsays  31 Jul 20 5.25am |
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Originally posted by Eaglecoops
About 15 years ago I had the pleasure of staying at the BBC’s training centre in Evesham for a few weeks whilst holding a few training courses. I shiite you not, the food is gourmet standard, I had a four poster bed in a grand wing of the house and silver service 4 meals a day. Opulence exudes from everyone corridor all paid for by the licence fee. To top it all they have one of the largest underground nuclear bunkers in the country there which is fully kitted out to broadcast news in the event of war. They are a dinosaur and along with those working there relics of the past. It is time to move on from funding their lavish lifestyles and their political bias. Defund the BBC. I couldn't agree more.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 31 Jul 20 8.50am |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
I couldn't agree more. On a sight seeing trip in Wiltshire our tour guide pointed out this exclusive 5* hotel he explained that the BBC hired it every year for a week for their management meetings. Apparently they haven't heard of office conference rooms. Edited by Badger11 (31 Jul 2020 9.15am)
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| dannyboy1978 31 Jul 20 9.17am |
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Not the BBC but made me laugh!
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Attachment: | Badger11 Beckenham 31 Jul 20 9.34am |
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Originally posted by dannyboy1978
Not the BBC but made me laugh! I was sent this perhaps if she didn't eat all the food herself there might be some left for her kid.
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| Eaglecoops CR3 31 Jul 20 10.02am |
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Originally posted by dannyboy1978
Not the BBC but made me laugh!
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palace_in_frogland  In a broken dream 31 Jul 20 10.30am |
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Originally posted by Badger11
On a sight seeing trip in Wiltshire our tour guide pointed out this exclusive 5* hotel he explained that the BBC hired it every year for a week for their management meetings. Apparently they haven't heard of office conference rooms. Edited by Badger11 (31 Jul 2020 9.15am) What did you do in the afternoon Badger?
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| orpingtoneagle Orpington 31 Jul 20 10.49am |
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OMG a company has meetings where they probably bring people from all over the country in a hotel? Who would have thought. Having all those people in the same place for a long period of time probably working from early in the morning to last thing at night. There is no way that could be more productive than people all travelling on packed trains to a meeting that has to start at a time to allow them all to get there (probably tired after an early start) then finish so they can all get home. Big corporates fly people all over the world to attend meetings. It's no different or is it the case that anyone working in the public sector should be treated differently?
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| Badger11 Beckenham 31 Jul 20 11.40am |
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Originally posted by orpingtoneagle
OMG a company has meetings where they probably bring people from all over the country in a hotel? Who would have thought. Having all those people in the same place for a long period of time probably working from early in the morning to last thing at night. There is no way that could be more productive than people all travelling on packed trains to a meeting that has to start at a time to allow them all to get there (probably tired after an early start) then finish so they can all get home. Big corporates fly people all over the world to attend meetings. It's no different or is it the case that anyone working in the public sector should be treated differently? Seriously this is the BBC top management they are based at London or Manchester there can get together at one of those locations. As for corporates doing the same thing I agree it's a joke. One year we didn't get a pay rise yet the senior management across Europe spent a week in Barcelona in a top hotel, 80% of whom were based in London so why not hold it there. Anyway the point is that the BBC complains about funding but always seems to find money for shindigs like this, and what exactly were they discussing that was so important? Who knows.
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| orpingtoneagle Orpington 31 Jul 20 11.47am |
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Pay rise? What's that? Pretty much every civil servant across the land has had a real terms pay cut for the last 10 years or so. I actually still don't see anything wrong with a lot of meetings in places outside the big cities as you could get a decent conference package for probably cheaper than say a Travelodge in Central London. And if you use these hotels and effectively make there no where else to go people probably work longer and maybe harder.
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 Hrolf The Ganger 31 Jul 20 12.04pm |
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Originally posted by dannyboy1978
Not the BBC but made me laugh! Says it all really.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 01 Aug 20 7.30am |
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They can't help themselves yet another one sided report from the BBC. ""Black Lives Matter: 'Backlash has been divisive like Brexit'"" The title says it all "divisive" and I agree it has been. However what follows is interviews with 5 people all of whom appear to be supporters of BLM. Where are the BAME people who want equality but don't agree with BLM? Where are the white people who disagree with BLM? If you are going to do an article like this you need to put other opinions rather than just one side. On second thoughts the BBC is correct this is just like Brexit they only ever reported one side of that as well. Edited by Badger11 (01 Aug 2020 7.30am)
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| dannyboy1978 01 Aug 20 7.46am |
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Originally posted by Badger11
They can't help themselves yet another one sided report from the BBC. ""Black Lives Matter: 'Backlash has been divisive like Brexit'"" The title says it all "divisive" and I agree it has been. However what follows is interviews with 5 people all of whom appear to be supporters of BLM. Where are the BAME people who want equality but don't agree with BLM? Where are the white people who disagree with BLM? If you are going to do an article like this you need to put other opinions rather than just one side. On second thoughts the BBC is correct this is just like Brexit they only ever reported one side of that as well. Edited by Badger11 (01 Aug 2020 7.30am) And who won that argument leaving the bbc looking stupid.
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