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CancerCakes: Jan 10, 2006

My mate is voting for the pirate party.... I doubt they will get anyone, but it would be funny if they did.

# ? May 21, 2014 23:38

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# ? May 25, 2024 16:32

Pork Pie Hat: Apr 27, 2011

SybilVimes posted:

it's a thing, nuances are for pansies.

I watched some bullshit :911:

legal drama thing the other day and right after the clearly fictional story had ended they put up a "All events portrayed are fictional" screen. It wasn't even a recreation thing like Crimewatch, it may indeed have been Law & Order. Are yank audiences now so bovine that they have to have it spelled out to them that the moving pictures dun told uh story?

# ? May 21, 2014 23:42

Trickjaw: Jun 23, 2005; Nadie puede dar lo que no tiene

baka kaba posted:

It's poo poo.

Well, at least UK immigration caught the seven illegal immigrants the UKIP small business spokesman had working in his restaurants

# ? May 21, 2014 23:43

baka kaba: Jul 19, 2003; PLEASE ASK ME, THE SELF-PROFESSED NO #1 PAUL CATTERMOLE FAN IN THE SOMETHING AWFUL S-CLUB 7 MEGATHREAD, TO NAME A SINGLE SONG BY HIS EXCELLENT NU-METAL SIDE PROJECT, SKUA, AND IF I CAN'T PLEASE TELL ME TO
EAT SHIT

Well Crimewatch recreations are almost indistinguishable from overblown crime dramas, so it makes sense

Trickjaw posted:

Well, at least UK immigration caught the seven illegal immigrants the UKIP small business spokesman had working in his restaurants

Yeah but what's gonna happen to the employers? I bet those workers are the ones who end up losing out in that story

baka kaba fucked around with this message at 23:46 on May 21, 2014

# ? May 21, 2014 23:44

Renaissance Robot: Oct 10, 2010; Bite my furry metal ass

baka kaba posted:

c) BONUS: watch immigration officials perform house and workplace raids and ~~ruin some lives~~ fail to arrest/deport anyone because THE GOVERNMENT IS SOFT ON FILTHY ILLEGALS

I'm fairly certain it's intended to be contrasted with the australian one where at least two people per episode get put back on the boat/plane, because the demographic it's aimed at wouldn't be able to get their jollies if the government was portrayed as an entity that competently carries out their desires [of kicking out all the foreigns].

# ? May 21, 2014 23:49

Drone_Fragger: May 9, 2007

So I hope you guys have got your red pen ready for ticking the box next to the british communist party tomorrow, right?

# ? May 21, 2014 23:51

Trickjaw: Jun 23, 2005; Nadie puede dar lo que no tiene

baka kaba posted:

Yeah but what's gonna happen to the employers? I bet those workers are the ones who end up losing out in that story

Tbh, I don't know enough about the case. Either they apply for citizenship or get repatriated. Think the business gets fined.

# ? May 21, 2014 23:55

Biggus Dickus: May 18, 2005; Roadies know where to focus the spotlight.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:

For the BBC shows like Traffic Cops etc., when there's a new episode (not a repeat), blurred faces mean not guilty/not yet gone to court, visible people mean dangerous crims (occasionally innocent bystanders) who were guilty guilty guilty because it magically becomes in the public interest/reporting on a crime.

Now next time one is on you can ruin it for him.

I always wondered about this "public interest" bit. If detailed, could I claim that I was a performing artist and that this was a public performance subject to Copyright?

# ? May 21, 2014 23:59

StoneOfShame: Jul 28, 2013; This is the best kitchen ever.

Drone_Fragger posted:

So I hope you guys have got your red pen ready for ticking the box next to the british communist party tomorrow, right?

I think the Greens are the best running for me so they will be getting my vote.

The girl I know who will be a Lib Dem candidate in the next general election has really started spamming Facebook with Lim Dem poo poo about how many people they have lifted out of poverty whilst in government. I really thought she would have been one of the ones to abandon then after their behaviour she always seemed to have a decent moral compass and is proper working class but nope she seems to have swallowed it hook, line and sinker.

# ? May 22, 2014 00:05

Trickjaw: Jun 23, 2005; Nadie puede dar lo que no tiene

StoneOfShame posted:

I think the Greens are the best running for me so they will be getting my vote.

The girl I know who will be a Lib Dem candidate in the next general election has really started spamming Facebook with Lim Dem poo poo about how many people they have lifted out of poverty whilst in government. I really thought she would have been one of the ones to abandon then after their behaviour she always seemed to have a decent moral compass and is proper working class but nope she seems to have swallowed it hook, line and sinker.

I can't think of of our MPs who are in it for conviction or ideals. She's probably just getting into the mindset.

# ? May 22, 2014 00:11

Doktor Avalanche: Dec 30, 2008

Pork Pie Hat posted:

I watched some bullshit legal drama thing the other day and right after the clearly fictional story had ended they put up a "All events portrayed are fictional" screen. It wasn't even a recreation thing like Crimewatch, it may indeed have been Law & Order. Are yank audiences now so bovine that they have to have it spelled out to them that the moving pictures dun told uh story?

The "all events are fictional" screen is Law & Order's trademark, moron.

# ? May 22, 2014 06:38

Plasmafountain: Jun 17, 2008

Quick question: can I vote without a polling card? I cant remember where I've put mine since it came in the post.

# ? May 22, 2014 07:06

LemonDrizzle: Mar 28, 2012; neoliberal shithead

Zero Gravitas posted:

Quick question: can I vote without a polling card? I cant remember where I've put mine since it came in the post.

Yes you can. The card makes things a little quicker but is absolutely not required.

# ? May 22, 2014 07:12

some plague rats: Jun 5, 2012; by Fluffdaddy

So our Glorious Leader stuck his foot in it with regards to Russia and apparently it's serious enough to reignite tensions in Ukraine? What?

quote:

Prince Charles proves he's a chip off the old block after Hitler-Putin gaffe
Heir to British throne compares Russian leader to Nazi dictator in 'private' remark that stirs up storms from Halifax to Moscow

It was, said Marianne Ferguson, "just a little remark. I didn't think it was going to make such a big uproar."

But � after the Prince of Wales told the 78-year-old during a royal visit to Canada that he thought Vladimir Putin was behaving like Adolf Hitler � Downing Street, Buckingham Palace, Ed Miliband, the Kremlin and even Nigel Farage were sucked into a controversy that sparked a call for Charles to abdicate.

Ferguson, a volunteer at the Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax, had told the heir to the throne about her flight from Poland to Canada in 1939 and how the family she left behind perished in Nazi camps. He then reportedly said: "And now Putin is doing just about the same as Hitler."

In a flash of royal diplomacy worthy of his father's famous gaffes, Charles had blundered far beyond his usual "meddling" interventions in architecture, the environment and medicine into a simmering international conflict.

Ferguson said she agreed with him and said his comments were "very heartfelt and honest", but the royal remarks swept around the world.

Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Putin, who was in China, said the Kremlin was "not commenting right now", but the popular Russian daily paper Moskovskij Komsomolets said the remarks risked "triggering an international scandal" and complicated "clouded" UK-Russian relations.

"Good old Charley," commented one anti-Russia activist in Ukraine on the Facebook page of Euromaidan, which helped organise the protests in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, that led to the ousting of the pro-Russia president Viktor Yanukovych.

Labour MP Mike Gapes, a current member and former chairman of the House of Commons foreign affairs committee, said the prince should have kept his views private. The Ilford South MP tweeted: "If Prince Charles wants to make controversial statements on national or international issues, he should abdicate and stand for election."

There was no sign that Charles was perturbed by the uproar. During a visit to an aircraft hangar in Winnipeg he good-naturedly aimed paper aeroplanes at the press corps.

In London, David Cameron and Ed Miliband offered Charles some backing, if only for his right to the freedom of expression, in private at least. The Labour leader told Sky News: "I think lots of people across the country will share Prince Charles's concern about President Putin and his actions in the Ukraine. I think it's also the case that Prince Charles should be entitled to have private conversations with an individual and those are private conversations. I'm not going to comment on the detail of those conversations.

"I think he has got a point about President Putin's actions and I think he is absolutely entitled to say that there are real concerns about that."

Cameron tried to avoid commenting on the issue despite being asked repeatedly in an interview on Radio 4's The World at One. "Everyone is entitled to their private views," he said, a position echoed by the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, who said Charles should be "free to express himself".

Clegg would not be drawn on whether the Hitler/Putin comparison was fair, but said: "Right now I think the behaviour of Putin is not only menacing to Ukraine but it is very destabilising for Europe more generally."

Why the gently caress did we vote for this guy again?

Oh and I can't vote because I'm out of the country and all so spoil a ballot for me

some plague rats fucked around with this message at 07:20 on May 22, 2014

# ? May 22, 2014 07:17

Plasmafountain: Jun 17, 2008

And is there a website to check for the nearest polling station? I know mine is a church somewhere nearby but I have a choice of four. :/

EDIT: I was about to post "Nevermind, found one!It only works for London though (http://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/where-vote)" and then:

What a loving useless website.

Plasmafountain fucked around with this message at 07:20 on May 22, 2014

# ? May 22, 2014 07:17

some plague rats: Jun 5, 2012; by Fluffdaddy

Zero Gravitas posted:

And is there a website to check for the nearest polling station? I know mine is a church somewhere nearby but I have a choice of four. :/

EDIT: I was about to post "Nevermind, found one!It only works for London though (http://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/where-vote)" and then:

What a loving useless website.

Space is great and all but I just don't recognise your posts since you gave up the fight against liberalism

# ? May 22, 2014 07:22

Plasmafountain: Jun 17, 2008

If I could find a way to combine the two that would magnificent. :getin:

# ? May 22, 2014 07:25

some plague rats: Jun 5, 2012; by Fluffdaddy

Just wait a couple months, if the Republicans sweep the US elections in November it's only a matter of time before they start launching eagles into space to show the Chinese who's boss

# ? May 22, 2014 07:27

Cerv: Sep 14, 2004; This is a silly post with little news value.

Polls are open. Get out and vote Labour - the only viable left wing alternative to the Tories.

# ? May 22, 2014 07:27

Lady Gaza: Nov 20, 2008

Cerv posted:

Polls are open. Get out and vote Labour - the only viable left wing alternative to the Tories.

...Owen Jones??

# ? May 22, 2014 07:33

Plasmafountain: Jun 17, 2008

Laurie Penny? Some other idiot on the Guardian payroll?

# ? May 22, 2014 07:37

Bozza: Mar 5, 2004; "I'm a really useful engine!"

Having just looked at the loving candidate list for the South East, Cerv, you're probably nearly right :smith:

Voting Green or maybe Socialist Party of Great Britain (even though they're anti-Leninist shitters) cos lol

# ? May 22, 2014 08:11

Whitefish: May 31, 2005; After the old god has been assassinated, I am ready to rule the waves.

loving hell, someone on Facebook is sharing Britain First crap with me. This is what it get for friending people on my law course.

# ? May 22, 2014 08:16

Cerv: Sep 14, 2004; This is a silly post with little news value.

Lady Gaza posted:

...Owen Jones??

Zero Gravitas posted:

Laurie Penny? Some other idiot on the Guardian payroll?

Me.

# ? May 22, 2014 08:20

DesperateDan: Dec 10, 2005; Where's my cow?

Is that my cow?

No it isn't, but it still tramples my bloody lavender.

Well, it's a lovely day, I'm off to the garage, then to spoil my vote. Hoping I can passive aggressively mutter "fascist" if there's a party rep monitoring the vote.

Whitefish posted:

loving hell, someone on Facebook is sharing Britain First crap with me. This is what it get for friending people on my law course.

Straight up ask them why they are sharing stuff from a bunch of wannabe nazis. A fucktonne of evidence is available (BF/EDL marchers nazi saluting war memorials is a great start if they have even a hint of the "aaaar boys" mentality) If the answer is anything but shocked apologies and claims of ignorance, bash that fash (with your words) and then a loving bat _{or just delete them, whatevs}.

**EDIT

And be careful when taking snaps of your vote comrade, it isn't technically allowed or disallowed but you can get in a fuckload of trouble if it somehow makes someone elses vote public.

# ? May 22, 2014 09:07

Jack the Lad: Jan 20, 2009; Feed the Pubs

Is anyone else even close to as liberal as the Greens?

# ? May 22, 2014 09:44

Heisenberg1276: Apr 13, 2007

I just left the polling station (south east). Very surprised at how many right wing parties are running. Basically the whole first half of the sheet.

# ? May 22, 2014 09:57

Trickjaw: Jun 23, 2005; Nadie puede dar lo que no tiene

Voted green. Place was dead.

# ? May 22, 2014 09:59

Rude Dude With Tude: Apr 19, 2007; Your President approves this text.

I voted for the greens as they have the Least Worst Policies. Nuclear/sciences they're a bit poo poo on but at least they're not fill-yer-boots privatise everything bastards, liars, warmongers or racists.

# ? May 22, 2014 09:59

Jack the Lad: Jan 20, 2009; Feed the Pubs

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:

I voted for the greens as they have the Least Worst Policies. Nuclear/sciences they're a bit poo poo on but at least they're not fill-yer-boots privatise everything bastards, liars, warmongers or racists.

Yeah they are pretty okay overall but their views on stuff like GM crops and nuclear power are distinctly :confused:

# ? May 22, 2014 10:02

SybilVimes: Oct 29, 2011

Heisenberg1276 posted:

I just left the polling station (south east). Very surprised at how many right wing parties are running. Basically the whole first half of the sheet.

You mean you didn't vote for Ms Crazy?

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/05/01/south-east-england-mep-candidate-daniel-radcliffe-and-the-pope-bullied-mozilla-ceo-into-quitting/

# ? May 22, 2014 10:03

Mr N: Oct 20, 2010

So, would anyone here consider voting Lib Dem again, ever?

I'm voting green for EU (south east) and Lib Dem for the locals as it's them or the Tories.

# ? May 22, 2014 10:15

tdrules: Jan 12, 2014

Quite happy I voted for the Greens, can see their presence in the EU being quite positive for certain directives.
Won't be going anywhere near them next year though.

# ? May 22, 2014 10:15

SybilVimes: Oct 29, 2011

Mr N posted:

So, would anyone here consider voting Lib Dem again, ever?

I'm voting green for EU (south east) and Lib Dem for the locals as it's them or the Tories.

Nope, but then we have a TUSC candidate for the locals, so there's that.

# ? May 22, 2014 10:16

Answers Me: Apr 24, 2012

Mr N posted:

So, would anyone here consider voting Lib Dem again, ever?

If I'd been less ignorant about politics at the time I never would have voted for them in the first place. It makes me cringe just thinking about it

# ? May 22, 2014 10:17

tentish klown: Apr 3, 2011

Trickjaw posted:

Voted green. Place was dead.

This, in London.

# ? May 22, 2014 10:21

Cerv: Sep 14, 2004; This is a silly post with little news value.

frankly i don't trust anyone who gets up early to vote before work.

# ? May 22, 2014 10:26

forkboy84: Jun 13, 2012; Corgis love bread. And Puro

Mr N posted:

So, would anyone here consider voting Lib Dem again, ever?

I'm voting green for EU (south east) and Lib Dem for the locals as it's them or the Tories.

I voted Lib Dem once, in 2005, because the incumbent here was a do-nothing New Labour shiter (now happily ensconced at Holyrood as a list MSP) and the Lib Dems were the only party with a chance of beating them then. Obviously I quickly came to regret that, what with that MP now the Chief Secretary To The Treasury in a Tory government. Yeah, I learnt my lesson the hard way. Voting solely to remove an incumbent often results in new guys just as bad or even worse. So thanks Danny Alexander, you really opened my eyes.

# ? May 22, 2014 10:27

Rude Dude With Tude: Apr 19, 2007; Your President approves this text.

Heisenberg1276 posted:

I just left the polling station (south east). Very surprised at how many right wing parties are running. Basically the whole first half of the sheet.

Apparently already there have been a few people who've voted for "the wrong ukip" because of there being so many similar sounding parties. https://twitter.com/oakeshottm/status/469381165829586944

ha ha ha gently caress 'em

Cerv posted:

frankly i don't trust anyone who gets up early to vote before work.

I did because there's the wrap party for a show I worked on months tonight and I'm gonna GET ENDGAME SHITFACED FOR FREE.

# ? May 22, 2014 10:36

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Prism Mirror Lens: Oct 9, 2012; ~*"The most intelligent and meaning-rich film he could think of was Shaun of the Dead, I don't think either brain is going to absorb anything you post."*~

Trickjaw posted:

Voted green. Place was dead.

tentish klown posted:

This, in London.

Well yeah it's a weekday morning, most people are at/going to work surely... (surprised that capitalist ubermensch tentish klown wasn't tbh)

Will probably go green in the European one, but we've got an ok-sounding independent councillor guy here who I spotted on twitter calling a libertarian UKIP-y rival a childish, abusive idiot who he would rather shoot himself in the balls than have anything to do with :allears:

# ? May 22, 2014 10:37

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