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The bad thing is, if that is the design it looks poo poo and they have obviously replaced Elizabeth Fry with him. Got to get those social reformers away... At least Darwin is holding on, right?
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Protest this change by using only the strong and stable poond (Alexander Flemming on one side, Gordon Brown's arse on the other)
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Apr 27, 2013 13:38
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Clydesdale Bank notes even have women on them! Mary Slessor (missionary) on some tenners and Elsie Inglis (doctor and suffragette) on some fifties. And Bank of Scotland have pictures of some pretty sweet bridges. Poster of Scottish notes here: http://www.scotbanks.org.uk/media/scottish_banknotes_poster_2009.pdf
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big scary monsters posted:Clydesdale Bank notes even have women on them! Mary Slessor (missionary) on some tenners and Elsie Inglis (doctor and suffragette) on some fifties. And Bank of Scotland have pictures of some pretty sweet bridges. Poster of Scottish notes here: http://www.scotbanks.org.uk/media/scottish_banknotes_poster_2009.pdf Before we drown in outrage over the removal of Elizabeth Fry from the £5 note, do we know who is going to be on the other denominations in the 2016 issue?
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Stewart Lee is on the £20, they're putting Patrick Stewart on the tenner, and Jade Goody (bald) is on the £50.
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Jedit posted:Before we drown in outrage over the removal of Elizabeth Fry from the £5 note, do we know who is going to be on the other denominations in the 2016 issue? £10 Sir Richard Rich. £20 Oswald Mosley. £50 Jack the Ripper. If the tories had their way!
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Jedit posted:Before we drown in outrage over the removal of Elizabeth Fry from the £5 note, do we know who is going to be on the other denominations in the 2016 issue? The Bank of England works at a much slower pace. We already have the 'new' £20 and £50 notes, with Adam Smith on the £20 since 2007 and Matthew Boulton and James Watt sharing the £50 since 2011. Observer:  Independent On Sunday: 
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Is he suggesting that Bashar al-Assad is going to invade America?
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Mr. Squishy posted:Is he suggesting that Bashar al-Assad is going to invade America? I think it's about the use of chemical weapons
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I know, I know. It's a red line and he's crossed it. Why is it a red bar in the American flag?
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Mr. Squishy posted:I know, I know. It's a red line and he's crossed it. Why is it a red bar in the American flag? I'm not sure you're genuinely asking for this to be explained, or ironically criticising the cartoon. In case of the former : It is a red bar in the American flag because the cartoonist is alluding to the fact that Obama (the USA) has the capacity to control Assad if he so chooses by force of might. The joke is that whereas a red-line usually denotes a single tipping-point, over which diplomacy turns to military action, in this case there are a number of "red-lines" (bars in the flag), suggesting that Obama is being weak and allowing Assad to continually break the condition of last resort without taking the severe action he threatens. I hope that helped.
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HCO Plumer GCB GCM posted:I'm not sure you're genuinely asking for this to be explained, or ironically criticising the cartoon. And in the process, Assad is trampling on the American flag.
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Jedit posted:And in the process, Assad is trampling on the American flag. His feet are dirty too - I thought that might be what the cartoon is about. Nobody like a person who doesn't wipe their feet before they walk into frame.
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GuestBob posted:His feet are dirty too - I thought that might be what the cartoon is about. Nobody like a person who doesn't wipe their feet before they walk into frame. It's blood rather than dirt, but this too.
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Telegraph: Ken Clarke brands UKIP 'clowns'. Independent:  Iain Duncan Smith urges wealthy elderly to 'hand back' benefits. Express: 
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How rural do you have to be to get all your news from placards left propped against a stone wall. Also, is foreign aid in the news, or is that just the Express being the Express?
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Apr 29, 2013 00:40
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The Express has long held the opinion that the government should not be giving money to "the foreigners" while the UK is in any sort of financial difficulty.
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Guardian: OK, now I can sleep.
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goatface posted:The Express has long held the opinion that the government should not be giving money to "the foreigners" while the UK is in any sort of financial difficulty. I'm pretty sure even if we weren't in financial difficulty they wouldn't want us giving money to foreigners.
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Mr. Squishy posted:How rural do you have to be to get all your news from placards left propped against a stone wall. Funny you should say that 
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baka kaba posted:Funny you should say that
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baka kaba posted:Funny you should say that This links up perfectly with Electric 6's "Gay Bar". http://gifsound.com/?gif=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FO2uHmig.gif&sound=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DHTN6Du3MCgI&start=12
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Cloud Potato posted:Express:  seriously these just make me despair sometimes.
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Cloud Potato posted:Telegraph: quote:Express:  It really just seems like such a cruel and callous argument. "I'd give back my bus pass, but the money might go to feeding starving foreign children!"
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Also apparently having a bus pass is a sign of wealth?
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Kurtofan posted:Also apparently having a bus pass is a sign of wealth?
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It's also hilarious to see it falling out of IDS' mouth after the tories have been blocking the lib-dems tying such benefits to income throughout the coalition.
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Mr. Squishy posted:It's also hilarious to see it falling out of IDS' mouth after the tories have been blocking the lib-dems tying such benefits to income throughout the coalition. Actually there's an important distinction there - the Lib Dems are talking about means testing, so wealthy people lose benefits they don't need. Basically moving some of the burden of welfare cuts off the poor. IDS doesn't support this idea, he's appealing to wealthy people's sense of charity. No taking from the rich, that only happens to people who actually need welfare - instead it's entirely optional, altruistic even, for them to graciously give back some of the It's like when right-libertarians say that all tax is theft, that they shouldn't be forced to pay to fund the welfare system, and if it were abolished then private charity would totally take up the slack and provide just as much welfare, if not more! Except nope, we've been there, funnily enough it was poo poo. Making it optional is a way of soothing the consciences and bank managers of the wealthy, without doing anything useful for society. It's moral cover for them and the Tories, that's all
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Kegluneq posted:I think it's more that it's considered an unnecessary benefit for the well-off, being automatically given out to people of a certain age whether or not they'd ever deign to use public transport. Winter fuel payments I can see being a valid point, but the well-off old people who don't use their OAP bus passes don't cost anyone anything beyond the cost of making the card. I could understand the Tories not understanding the situation of the poor because it's alien to them, but Evil Dumbfuck poo poo doesn't seem to understand the rich either. He really is on a whole new level of stupid.
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Guardian: "Kenneth Clarke has characterised Ukip candidates as waifs and strays, feeding on prejudice about immigration." Also, EU bans bee-harming pesticides. Europe!  Telegraph:  I think it's "Ed Miliband asked 13 times whether Labour would borrow more" Daily Mail:  quote:‘We’ve decided to start using our bus passes. Would you direct us to the first class compartment and bar?’ Express: 
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Cloud Potato posted:Telegraph: Why's Ed not in the captain's seat?
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Oh for fucks sake, Daily Express.
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Cloud Potato posted:Daily Mail:
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Guardian: Universal Credit pilot scheme goes live. Telegraph:  Prisoners stripped of right to watch TV Independent:  (Yesterday's) The president of the UAE is visiting Britain. Daily Mail: "Soon prisoners will have to work to get benefits like Sky TV and other privileges."  quote:“Keep going, Fingers. So far you’ve only earned the right to watch an early episode of the Tellytubbies.” Express 
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Express, the thing about stereotypes is, if you keep conforming to them, people are going to keep believing them. So when you publish two cartoons about the Royals in a row...
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Cloud Potato posted:Express Nice. No newspaper board for this one, so there's a note mysteriously glued to the back of the royal TV.
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Universal credits?  To catch up on the IF... quote:    
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