<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:56:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/nottingham/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The mess that is Britain’s policing system. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Would you, if you were running a manufacturing business, put an employee who was in a relatively junior position and who had only been with you three years in the position of supervising a new entrant]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/britain/@mrfahrenheit211/the-mess-that-is-britains-policing-system</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/britain/@mrfahrenheit211/the-mess-that-is-britains-policing-system</guid><category><![CDATA[britain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mrfahrenheit211]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:42:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3NuDByRy2AxXtUf7SWGgYZVR229CGaxsPiZg55vM2BTW9pytVkdgqSiA5wxn6ubfUnfTrdnscHLN24AUsPtKDQ2ztAj3k2EyzmifbLYRGpKGSPxM8xDk84Ly6W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s impossible to hate the senior management of Nottinghamshire Police nearly enough.  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the many and dire problems afflicting Britain’s police forces has been the willingness of police force senior management teams to imbibe all manner of silly or dangerous ideologies and incorporate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/britain/@mrfahrenheit211/its-impossible-to-hate-the-senior-management-of-nottinghamshire-police-nearly-enough</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/britain/@mrfahrenheit211/its-impossible-to-hate-the-senior-management-of-nottinghamshire-police-nearly-enough</guid><category><![CDATA[britain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mrfahrenheit211]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:24:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4PKjJWi7DbCuLX8csMejxA13tKMkoyq61kQRTD5b4jsv9fojh6yJLXLkBUQk2NfnXfhSpwNbHhuAkA6AKEor9ocPcn36DYK67EcgauBTHczrSSLq8i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are not hating the National Health Service enough. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is the ultimate ‘curate’s egg’. It’s good in parts, sometimes only small parts sadly, but truly colossally awful in others. Everyone I seem to meet these days has]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/britain/@mrfahrenheit211/you-are-not-hating-the-national-health-service-enough</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/britain/@mrfahrenheit211/you-are-not-hating-the-national-health-service-enough</guid><category><![CDATA[britain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mrfahrenheit211]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 18:59:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back on the court]]></title><description><![CDATA[It has been quite a while since I played badminton because of my new role. I used to play on Tuesdays and my job didn't give me the chance to play on that day. 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