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MrZigster

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  1. So well thought out and scripted. I'm sure there may have been grounds to arrest Nish Kumar on grounds of inciting hatred when he was in The Cabaret Tent last. Mainly towards Boris, Sunak and The Bloody Tories iirc. And f**k the beeb for cancelling his Mash show to appease the f**kers. Know your audience right? And to stay on thread: After seeing Bill Bailey do a Sunday set after the headliners at the bottom of Bella;s Field (iirc) in '07 (iirc) I'd hoped that it would be a recurring thing, Didn't happen. Still not too late?
  2. That's good to know. Shelter volunteers working the same bars didn't get any choices regarding bars or shifts. I think you'd have to be mad to choose Stonebridge. Miles away from camp, uphill and insanely non stop busy at times. Some people prefer busy over bored I know. I worked The Green Bar on Williams Green on the Thursday once. Bloody mental non stop pint pouring. Would hate Wednesday and Thursday at Stonebridge I'm sure. Hoping Avalon will take my four times volunteering with Shelter into account. Welcome to both eFests and volunteering ☺️.
  3. MrZigster

    How do you feel?

    I think I'm correct in saying this is NHS End of Life Funding she is getting. Which I suspect may be a completely different kettle of fish to NHS Continuing Healthcare funding. Can see in three months time wherever she ends up going, "oh. she's not dying, our bad, now sell the house to pay for this". I'm personally not convinced she is actually on her way out. I've seen her play possum like this too often during the last four years. Mentioned this to The Doc but they were insistent that they've, "...seen this lots of times before". Maybe I should thrust their judgement and am in denial a bit?
  4. MrZigster

    How do you feel?

    Yeah I'm livid about the whole thing. Furious that the Judicial Revue into this was refused. Not surprising as it would expose a bigger financial fraud than the PPI mis-selling scandal. https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/the-nhs-continuing-healthcare-scandal/ Anyways just had a call that funding has been approved. Only for three months mind. Then they'll review it again.
  5. MrZigster

    How do you feel?

    Agree based on my own dive down that particular rabbit hole. It's a national disgrace imo.
  6. MrZigster

    How do you feel?

    Oh it's far from a done deal. They have merely, "put an application in". Still layers of bureaucracy to get through I fear.
  7. MrZigster

    How do you feel?

    Thanks both of you. I'm relieved to say that the right noises are being made regarding NHS CHC. I could've hugged the Dr when they told me they were going to recommend it. Then they told me the funding's under NHS End of Life Pathway. They think, "she's just given up". Double whammy of relief and grief in one.
  8. Suggested her a while back. Would be up there with Shirley Bassey. Wasn't aware she'd retired.
  9. Just what I was thinking. First one isn't it?
  10. I've registered my interest with Avalon Bars. I'm presuming it will be the same set up as Shelter. Never did get to the bottom of whether the stopping coaches from London and Sheffield thing was down to Avalon or Shelter. Tbf I did hear that they let some people drive there last year, but only if they car shared iirc.
  11. It's a nonsense for me. How do I get to Bristol? Well I'm going to drive aren't I 'cause f**k messing around with train, underground, train with camping gear (it was a pita enough when I only had to get to London). I have to pass Glastonbury to get to Bristol so it makes a bit of a mockery of any green reasoning.
  12. I would willingly pay to be able to take my own transport to Glastonbury when volunteering. f**k all that having to get my arse to Bristol to get on a coach malarkey.
  13. MrZigster

    How do you feel?

    Yeah. "It's about what you're entitled to. Not what you can afford". I've been right down the rabbit hole with this one. Ultimately leads to this: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/the-nhs-continuing-healthcare-scandal/ They just bank on you giving up I reckon. So is that it now? Does that mean nobody can appeal against decisions any more? I don't have time or tbh the mental fortitude to write 100 letters, and/or the funds to employ any of the various law firms that have sprung up to take advantage of this. Just got off of the phone with my GP. Claims to have never have heard of NHS CHC. Despite the .gov website saying they should. "Not my department guv". Started ranting about politicians for some reason. I've had Social Services just dismiss the idea immediately. Care costs in this country are like an inheritance tax before anyone has actually died. But rather than the money going to the state it ends up in the profits of private care companies that are often ultimately owned by Canadian teachers pension hedge funds and the like (or so I've heard. Sure I saw a Panorama or something on it). Them and the aforementioned law firms.
  14. MrZigster

    How do you feel?

    Three years since I posted this. Pretty much an identical Christmas this year. Along with the traffic chaos. Nothing much at all has changed in the three years. Me and Mum have continued coping at home with the help of carers three times a day, I have lost count of the number of hospital stays after falls and other issues where each time I've convinced myself that it's unfortunately time for her to go into a home. And here we are again. Does anyone have experience of getting NHS Continuing Healthcare for anyone? I feel the only way to get it is to be dirt poor or rich enough to fight local authorities through the courts (there's a whole industry out there dedicated to doing this. Hmm). I really feel I do not have the strength to fight these people right now. Sorry for the rant. Not very festivally I know.
  15. Edit (again): Yeah forgot The Hives. Also Generation Sex. Not a top ten I l know. Unless you count every weekend I can supporting local bands and Glasto I don't go to that many gigs. Sure I've must've been to some comedy gigs at The Marlowe in Canterbury this year but nothing's springing to mind at the moment. Got three gigs in the next three months lined up there for this year.
  16. Gig at my local tonight (NYE) was a proper happening. Roger Waters (both nights) at London 02 is one of the greatest shows ever put together imo. First night has the edge as they toned down some of the content for the second (goodbye dictators uniform, crossed hammer banners and realistic machine gun prop (thanks ADL)). Edit: All of Glastonbury obviously. Stand out being GnR followed by Steve Hillage. Axl > Reg. The Anti Nowhere League at Dover Booking Hall. One of the great punk bands in a great intimate venue.
  17. 2 Low 4 Zero is a great album.
  18. The Tax Office and/or His Majesties Excise & Customs (or whatever they are called these days) maybe? Greenpeace, CND, Water Aid, Shelter and the like possibly individual tallies?
  19. Back to add: This is well overdue isn't it!? Literally tens of millions to good causes over the years. And from the Tories as well?
  20. My thoughts precisely. Often wondered if he'd been offered an upgrade to the CBE previously but had had the good grace to turn it down without gobbing off about it. I'm sure I read somewhere that Tony Blair offered him a knighthood twice. Maybe wanted a Damehood?
  21. I'll be interested to see if they have added (much needed) subtitles since broadcast.
  22. Wow. I just got a question right on University Challenge. "Michael Eavis".
  23. The contender that is Madge is "live" in concert on BBC4 as I type.
  24. I think Metallica were meant to be exclusive somewhere the year they played. Hence them being announced officially very late in the day iirc. And The Who were poached from a gig they were meant to be doing in Paris once.
  25. Barbra Streisand would be Shirley Bassey levels of a kudos booking. Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves is my favourite Cher tune.
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