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    That bit up there

    I have just heard the BBC traffic report speak of bad weather in "the Scotland area". That seemed to me a strange and rather telling way to describe an entire Constituent Country. Has anybody ever heard the BBC speak of "the England area"?

    Thought not.

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    Originally posted by expat View Post
    I have just heard the BBC traffic report speak of bad weather in "the Scotland area". That seemed to me a strange and rather telling way to describe an entire Constituent Country. Has anybody ever heard the BBC speak of "the England area"?

    Thought not.
    To be fair, the Scottish weather can be summed up like that a fair amount of the time.

    Hate to ask, but are you working at the moment?

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      #3
      Originally posted by Rantor View Post
      To be fair, the Scottish weather can be summed up like that a fair amount of the time.

      Hate to ask, but are you working at the moment?
      Yes (thank you) but don't think that's going to make me mellow. We're still fscked. IT in the UK is fscked as a career: NL's idea of a technological economy is allowing British business to bring in more and more cheap programmers from another place.

      I blame the one-eyed Scottish bogeyman myself (in the interests of balance).

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        #4
        Originally posted by expat View Post
        I have just heard the BBC traffic report speak of bad weather in "the Scotland area". That seemed to me a strange and rather telling way to describe an entire Constituent Country. Has anybody ever heard the BBC speak of "the England area"?

        Thought not.
        It probably refers to new EU regions that have been drawn up on some map in Brussels.

        No doubt the "Scotland area" includes much of Northern England, down to say Yorkshire, and the "England area" includes a chunk of North East France and Belgium.
        Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ here

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          #5
          Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
          It probably refers to new EU regions that have been drawn up on some map in Brussels.

          No doubt the "Scotland area" includes much of Northern England, down to say Yorkshire, and the "England area" includes a chunk of North East France and Belgium.
          Damn right! That's as it should be.

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            #6
            Originally posted by expat View Post

            Damn right! That's as it should be.
            Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ here

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