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Comment · 1 year ago
Tax numbers have no bearing at all on your right to work. If you work legally in the UK for a while then you get a national insurance number but if you then leave and your work visa expires, your national insurance number remains as an identifier.
Comment · 1 year ago
Can't say until the implementation is revealed, but the person you replied to pointed out that fraud at the application stage is a problem.
Comment · 1 year ago
Checking for right to work has been legally required for over a decade. Checks in the formal economy are now routine. Can sometimes be a nuisance, like for my friend who doesn't have a passport and his driving license was issued before those went photographic.
Comment · 1 year ago
I have never seen a report of a business ending because of a fine. I have seen reports of hospitality business having to close because they lost their alcohol licence, where the licencee employing illegal immigrants was deemed not to be a fit and proper person.
Comment · 1 year ago
Recently the prime minister delivered a speech and then later walked the entire thing back saying that he hadn't read it before delivering it. A man who has declared that he is nothing more than a text to speech engine probably doesn't have a plan.
Comment · 1 year ago
Calling the edge cases correctly, I would think.

I hurt my arm a while back and the ER guy didn't spot the radial head fracture, but the specialist did. No big deal since the treatment was the same either way.

Comment · 1 year ago
Need to work on the comedic delivery in written form because you just came off as leaning on a stereotype
Comment · 1 year ago
When I was growing up, it was extremely common for left wing artists to rework and subvert corporate art. It is sad to see activists now so limited in their imagination that their strategy is to run to tell the corporate lawyers. If you wish for more corporate control of intellectual property, well I'm sure the Republicans and the Democrats will both be happy to oblige.
Comment · 1 year ago
" The best magicians make it look like magic even when you know how the trick is done. "

Agree with this. I remember being the 'skeptic kid' at a birthday party long ago. The magician involved me in a trick everyone could figure out but it was done with charm and I was completely delighted.

Comment · 1 year ago
Do you think North Korean leaders would be nicer to their people if there were no sanctions?
Comment · 1 year ago
I'm not debating. I made a statement.
Comment · 1 year ago
Having to question "do you mean x or y" because the sender is not clear is not iterating.
Comment · 1 year ago
The third party tooling is constantly at risk of being broken by YouTube. Not sure regulation is the answer either. Any alternative still needs to at least attract creators and cover it's own costs.
Comment · 1 year ago
Much the same as in a strike when workers get mad at scabs. The person right there in front of you is looking out for their own best interests and in those circumstances that is to your detriment. Capital uses immigrant labor partly for simple price reasons and partly because those workers interests really are different from the locals and their lack of local connection makes them a viable slow motion scab workforce.
Comment · 1 year ago

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