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Got a telling off this morning from grandson nr 6 for leaving the living room door open. "You've left the door open, You shout at us (usually him) for leaving the door open but you've left it open". I could hear him ganshing on to his brother about it as I sat in the bedroom.

I was actually delighted he could string so many words together in a coherent sentence, a couple of years ago he couldn't have said an intelligible word, that school he goes to in Belfast has done wonders for his speech (and confidence).

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P&O Ferries making waves today........................800 staff have had contracts terminated, ships to return to port & offload cargo & passengers...........What could this be ?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/17/po-ferries-halts-sailings-before-major-announcement

"The RMT general secretary, Mick Lynch, said: “We have instructed our members to remain on board and are demanding our members across P&O’s UK operations are protected and that the secretary of state intervenes to save UK seafarers from the dole queue.”

The maritime union Nautilus International said the news was “a betrayal of British workers”. Its general secretary, Mark Dickinson, said: “It is nothing short of scandalous given that this Dubai-owned company received British taxpayer’s money during the pandemic.

“There was no consultation and no notice given by P&O. Be assured, the full resources of Nautilus International stand ready to act in defence of our members. We have instructed our members to stay onboard until further notice.”

P&O Ferries has nearly 4,000 employees, and said in May 2020 that it may have to make 1,100 redundant because of the coronavirus outbreak. It was given £33m in emergency funding by the government to ensure freight kept sailing."

Edited by Florentine_Pogen
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