{"id":39684,"date":"2023-03-03T15:05:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T15:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=39684"},"modified":"2023-03-03T15:09:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T15:09:39","slug":"examiner-strikes-and-cancelled-tests-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=39684","title":{"rendered":"Examiner Strikes and Cancelled Tests (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"241\" data-src=\"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/dvsa_logo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39689 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/dvsa_logo-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/dvsa_logo-2-300x80.jpg 300w, https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/dvsa_logo-2-768x206.jpg 768w, https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/dvsa_logo-2-730x195.jpg 730w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/241;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, I did have a test this morning, but the pupil had been contacted by the test centre to inform her that there wasn&#8217;t an examiner available, and that her test had been rescheduled in a couple of weeks &#8211; albeit at the God Awful time of 7.50am. Bastards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I went back to bed for a couple more hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/UKDVSA\/bulletins\/34c55f6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"DVSA vehicle services: further industrial action during March 2023\">Another DVSA email came through this afternoon<\/a> warning of more disruption throughout March.<br><br>The thing to remember is that not all examiners are in the prehistoric union, and not all those that are will be taking action. 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