# đź“° The latest news! **URL:** \ **Category:** Reasonably serious discussion\ **Created:** [23 December 2016 19:32 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909 "2016-12-23T19:32:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 83
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [25 November 2019 18:37 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1714 "2019-11-25T18:37:45Z")
This keeps happening. They keep appealing. They continue to run while the case is being appealed. It’s just a shame their app doesn’t offer “just down the road, where I’ve just kicked that can” as a destination. ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [25 November 2019 18:46 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1715 "2019-11-25T18:46:47Z")
I think Uber is great on the “benefit to user” front. I used the service extensively in North Carolina the last time I was there. It wasn’t literally a life-saver, but I did get to drink more as a result and not have to carry a lot of cash about. What I don’t like is Uber’s business model, mostly because it is completely gratuitous. This is a fantastic fusion of technology that is going to make money regardless. While they’ll have local competitors everywhere, the fact that they’re virtually global makes them a go-to choice. I get fucked off at Apple for similar reasons. With their margins, they could fabricate all their kit in the US and make a healthy (17%) profit. They like their present margins. ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [25 November 2019 22:08 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1716 "2019-11-25T22:08:30Z")
As a “taxi driver” I should hate them. In Dubai they were so much better at finding your address than the local firms. Here they are 40% of the cost when i need a late night trip home. They are however bottom feeders, they made me step up my game. I see their mistakes and they have been arrogant they need to understand professionalism ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [26 November 2019 08:36 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1717 "2019-11-26T08:36:27Z")
I use both Uber (Grab in Singapore) and normal cabs I wouldn’t touch Uber in London because half of them don’t know where they are going and blindly follow their app up Oxford Street whereas a black cab might be more expensive but is more likely to get you there in a timely fashion Grab in Singapore is simply brilliant - same concept as Uber but ruled with an iron fist by the Sg govt ---
**Author:** ![Map-Of-Tasmania](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/map-of-tasmania/32/1298_2.png) [@Map-Of-Tasmania](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Map-Of-Tasmania)\ **Post date:** [26 November 2019 12:31 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1718 "2019-11-26T12:31:54Z")
I tend to use… [![](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/f/3/f35c4aed4bc6c958c75817c8d23e5f48ef25633d.jpeg "Total Recall - Johnny Cab") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWgrvNHjKkY) ---
**Author:** ![Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/fatso/32/18_2.png) [@Fatso](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Fatso)\ **Post date:** [27 November 2019 12:46 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1719 "2019-11-27T12:46:19Z")
The latest news is that Neil Shipperly is a flasher > **[Ex-Saints player Neil Shipperley 'performed sex act' to a mother and her...](https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/18063192.ex-saints-player-neil-shipperley-flashes-mother-teenage-daughter/)** > > EX-SOUTHAMPTON player Neil Shipperley flashed and "performed a sex act" in front of a mother and her teenage daughter, a court heard. ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [27 November 2019 12:58 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1720 "2019-11-27T12:58:34Z")
He told police he “had a problem”. No shit. Sounds like Prestadigwit’s Congener to me. Austin Tussletine reports reports reports. [![]( "YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioZZcjzmy-4) ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [29 November 2019 15:56 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1721 "2019-11-29T15:56:15Z")
> **[Premier League: David Pemsel resigns as chief executive](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50606335)** > > Newly-appointed Premier League chief executive David Pemsel resigns before starting the job. ---
**Author:** ![Intiniki](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/intiniki/32/9_2.png) [@Intiniki](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Intiniki)\ **Post date:** [27 December 2019 21:45 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1722 "2019-12-27T21:45:02Z")
Wtf > ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [27 December 2019 22:11 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1723 "2019-12-27T22:11:14Z")
It was the hours. The backbreaking hours. **EDIT** : One of the benefits of being open to competing views is that you can always get the dirt from Master Staines. > **[Guardian's CEO is a Sex Pest - Guido Fawkes](https://order-order.com/2019/11/29/guardians-ceo-sex-pest/)** > > David Pemsel is the CEO of The Guardian and a 51 year-old married man. Above are some of his texts to a twentysomething female colleague. He was about to ---
**Author:** ![scotty](https://www.sotonians.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scotty](https://www.sotonians.com/u/scotty)\ **Post date:** [29 December 2019 21:43 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1724 "2019-12-29T21:43:25Z")
> **[Why was it so warm on Saturday night?](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50941114)** > > Temperatures hit 16.8C in northern Scotland overnight - a record for the UK this late in the year. And there was me thinking that a foehn was what Inspector Clouseau spoke on in his office. ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [3 January 2020 11:45 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1725 "2020-01-03T11:45:11Z")
> **[Ethical veganism is philosophical belief - judge](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50981359)** > > Ethical vegan Jordi Casamitjana is "extremely happy" with a tribunal's ruling his belief is protected in law. ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [3 January 2020 12:16 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1726 "2020-01-03T12:16:14Z")
Not entirely sure how I would discriminate against a vegan - who gives a shit what they choose to eat or wear ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [3 January 2020 12:22 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1727 "2020-01-03T12:22:04Z")
I think he brought the whole thing because he was sacked from a job with the League Against Cruel Sports…so he’s trying to claim he was discriminated against because he’s an “Ethical” Vegan… > The case was brought by vegan Jordi Casamitjana, who claims he was sacked by the League Against Cruel Sports because of his ethical veganism. > > But his employer says he was dismissed for gross misconduct. > > The judge ruled ethical veganism should fall under the Equality Act 2010 but is yet to rule on Mr Casamitjana’s dismissal. > > Mr Casamitjana says he was sacked by the League Against Cruel Sports after disclosing it invested pension funds in firms involved in animal testing. > > He claims when he drew his bosses’ attention to the pension fund investments, they did nothing so he informed colleagues and was sacked as a result. ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [3 January 2020 16:02 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1728 "2020-01-03T16:02:01Z")
So he breached confidence, not because of any wrong doing on the part of the employer but because of his own beliefs. That doesn’t sound like discrimination to me ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [3 January 2020 16:47 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1729 "2020-01-03T16:47:34Z")
> [@CB-Saint](#): > > That doesn’t sound like discrimination to me I don’t think you’re alone in that thinking… ---
**Author:** ![Bucks](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/bucks/32/87_2.png) [@Bucks](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Bucks)\ **Post date:** [3 January 2020 17:00 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1730 "2020-01-03T17:00:22Z")
Could be interesting if telling colleagues is a breach of confidence. I am not saying that can’t happen, but it would be very specific to the situation and his contract terms. ---
**Author:** ![Intiniki](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/intiniki/32/9_2.png) [@Intiniki](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Intiniki)\ **Post date:** [3 January 2020 17:32 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1731 "2020-01-03T17:32:49Z")
Vegan here. 👋🏼 I would think that the League Against Cruel Sports probably should think about it’s pension pot and not invest in firms that test on animals. Seems like a sensible and ethical thing to do given their stance. Aren’t people allowed to know where their pension funds are? I know many aren’t ethical (probably mine too but I’d like it to be). I’m not really sure about this coming under the Equality Act and how that would work. But if my wonky eyes don’t get me under it then maybe my Veganism will. If it’s a Employment Tribunal I think we may be able to view it on line and may give more detail than some headline. Anyway I’m off to plan my strop at work that I cannot possibly sit next to someone eating boiled eggs each day due to my ethical veganism. Finally I can get all of the women on fad diets out of the office. (Yeah I know the irony eh?). ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [3 January 2020 18:35 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1732 "2020-01-03T18:35:02Z")
I would say it depends upon his position - imagine a payroll clerk getting free and easy with who’s paid what ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [3 January 2020 19:10 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909/1733 "2020-01-03T19:10:04Z")
> [@Intiniki](#): > > Vegan here. 👋🏼 Burn it. [Previous page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909.md?page=82) [Next page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-latest-news/1909.md?page=84)