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Oberleutnant posted:Did you see the gov statement over new year about how May is "concerned" about people on trains wearing headphones instead of being vigilant for terrorists? There was something else equally ridiculous too. Wait, what? e: 1540 Henry VIII of England marries his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. Poison Jam fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Jan 6, 2016 |
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Honestly, leaving the EU could be good for Labour (even though Labour would never argue for it), simply because it would most likely end or severly reduce immigration as an issue in the public conciousness, and would cause enough economic damage that the Tories credibility would be damaged. Wether it's a good idea is another matter, but if it did happen it would benefit labour, I believe.
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nothing to seehere posted:Honestly, leaving the EU could be good for Labour (even though Labour would never argue for it), simply because it would most likely end or severly reduce immigration as an issue in the public conciousness, and would cause enough economic damage that the Tories credibility would be damaged. Wether it's a good idea is another matter, but if it did happen it would benefit labour, I believe. I'd love to see what happens if we pull out, tell the rest of the EU to bog off, they obviously do the same in return, and so all the UKIPers' aunts and uncles and whatever that retired to Spain or France are forced to come back home.
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Nothing like a disaster to bring people together on the Left. A good genocide ought to do it as well.
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Poison Jam posted:Wait, what? Will try to dig it up once i finish work
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Poison Jam posted:Wait, what? http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/02/mobile-and-headphone-use-in-public-a-barrier-to-terror-alertness quote:Official guidance is for people to be “alert but not alarmed” at the threat from terrorism, but Lady Neville-Jones suggested citizens were not as vigilant as they could be. This seems to get perilously close to blaming victims for not spotting terrorists ahead of time. Certainly, England has a problem with not being suspicious enough of anybody who looks terrorist-y and we need to make sure this is addressed.
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So the labour party imploded while I was a work then? More excuses to go for FULL IDEOLOGICAL PURITY in the cabinet. TACD posted:This seems to get perilously close to blaming victims for not spotting terrorists ahead of time. Certainly, England has a problem with not being suspicious enough of anybody who looks terrorist-y and we need to make sure this is addressed. If you are not walking around with your hand on your katana at all times I don't know what to tell you.
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I'm glad the free thinkers of the thread have decreed that Labour needs to go UKIP on immigration and Tory on everything else. Then we can get the party Britain needs in 2020.
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Be constantly on the verge of making GBS threads yourself on the tube but don't go through with it. Constantly have the turtle poke it's head out but don't let him leave a mark.
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TACD posted:This seems to get perilously close to blaming victims for not spotting terrorists ahead of time. I'd argue that is actually worse than this, especially when you take into account a particular clause from the Investigatory Powers Bill. The clause in question is defining what a Bulk Personal Dataset is, which is the thing the spooks want to collect on all of us. It is any collection of personal data, where the quote:“majority of the individuals are not, and are unlikely to become, of interest to the intelligence service” (Clause 150(1)(b) of the Bill). So on the one hand the spooks are admitting they want all your data even though they know you'll almost certainly never be a threat, but on the other hand they want to start disseminating the idea that it is us who should be vigilant for signs of terrorists, rather than the security services.
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Oberleutnant posted:Did you see the gov statement over new year about how May is "concerned" about people on trains wearing headphones instead of being vigilant for terrorists? There was something else equally ridiculous too.  I did not see that but I can believe it. How far do they have to go before the whole security über alles thing becomes a parody of itself and gets thrown out?TACD posted:This seems to get perilously close to blaming victims for not spotting terrorists ahead of time. Certainly, England has a problem with not being suspicious enough of anybody who looks terrorist-y and we need to make sure this is addressed. OwlFancier posted:If you are not walking around with your hand on your katana at all times I don't know what to tell you.
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Not with my diet. Edit: thread moved fast, so long context
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Regarde Aduck posted:I'm glad the free thinkers of the thread have decreed that Labour needs to go UKIP on immigration and Tory on everything else. Then we can get the party Britain needs in 2020. Before Corbyn they were talking about having to attract the Waitrose shopper and Cooper, Burnham and Kendall were trying to out tory each other. There's no hope.
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The far right of Europe must be so jealous of our choice of 3! Far right parties! Do you hate "those people" A) A bit B) A lot C) ARRRGLLELELEL loving JEWS/MUSLIMS/MUSLIM JEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A party for every outlook.
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Regarde Aduck posted:Not with my diet. Gonzo McFee posted:Before Corbyn they were talking about having to attract the Waitrose shopper and Cooper, Burnham and Kendall were trying to out tory each other. There's no hope.
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Regarde Aduck posted:The far right of Europe must be so jealous of our choice of 3! Far right parties! Do you hate "those people" A) A bit B) A lot C) ARRRGLLELELEL loving JEWS/MUSLIMS/MUSLIM JEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Guavanaut posted:Less of this illegal sedition. Straight British short swords only. Bonus points if it has a royal cypher on the hilt so you can shout "Clean with the Queen" while you stab a terrified Indian who is putting his backpack on a train rack. Sorry, hands on Seaxes then. Which are DEFINITELY NOT GERMAN LIKE OUR GLORIOUS ROYAL FAMILY ARE NOT EITHER.
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I remain disappointed that no one has vandalised the "Seax House" sign in Chelmsford yet.
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OwlFancier posted:Sorry, hands on Seaxes then. Which are DEFINITELY NOT GERMAN LIKE OUR GLORIOUS ROYAL FAMILY ARE NOT EITHER. Pah get away with your foreign nonsense. Proper artisanal sickles and druid costumes for all.
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Pork Pie Hat posted:I remain disappointed that no one has vandalised the "Seax House" sign in Chelmsford yet. If you go up into Northumberland there's a little village called Shilbottle to whose road sign some enterprising individual has added the pertinent horizontal line. 
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OwlFancier posted:If you go up into Northumberland there's a little village called Shilbottle to whose road sign some enterprising individual has added the pertinent horizontal line. Always used to laugh at that whenever I took the Alnwick to Newcastle bus as a kid.
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There's also a small village near where I live called Sexhow which would benefit from becoming an interrogative.
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I lived near a Southall Road that got changed to SourBalls Road. Always appreciated the creativity
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There's a place called Bellend Farm.
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baka kaba posted:Why do you think the people doing (2) would register it as a problem? They lost the election so they're out to overthrow the leader, it's open warfare. As the great philosopher Kendall once said I don't really expect them to. They've given few signs of doing so so far. I think one of the best things Corbyn could do right now is reform internal party procedures such that they don't have a choice because they don't have the ability to impose their will on the membership, but how and whether that's possible goes beyond my knowledge of the Labour Party.
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Pissflaps posted:There's a place called Bellend Farm.
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Bellend Peppers presumably.
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Pissflaps posted:There's a place called Bellend Farm. Could not confirm. Did you mean Low Bell End Farm?
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OwlFancier posted:If you go up into Northumberland there's a little village called Shilbottle to whose road sign some enterprising individual has added the pertinent horizontal line. Hahahaha nice! What would make "Se
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Angus Robertson asked a good PMQ. David Cameron LIED HIS loving TITS OFF in response. It's disgusting that he gets away with this. E: I mean, I really am forced to wonder whether he's even aware of the realities of the Junior Doctors' contract, or whether he's just believing the spin Hunt is spinning. thespaceinvader fucked around with this message at 18:46 on Jan 6, 2016 |
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Dead Goon posted:Could not confirm. And you people call me a pedant.
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thespaceinvader posted:Angus Robertson asked a good PMQ. David Cameron said he was worried about his children being unable to get on the housing ladder and then didn't stop to think about how this might sound to people who don't have parents with four houses and millions of pounds. I don't think he's able to see outside of his own experience. Nae empathy.
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Regarde Aduck posted:A party for every outlook. Unrelated, but is your username a pun on the French for 'two faced'?
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Tesseraction posted:Unrelated, but is your username a pun on the French for 'two faced'?
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Tesseraction posted:Unrelated, but is your username a pun on the French for 'two faced'? I just always thought they were really keen on ducks. Because ducks rule all.
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Gonzo McFee posted:David Cameron said he was worried about his children being unable to get on the housing ladder and then didn't stop to think about how this might sound to people who don't have parents with four houses and millions of pounds. Possibly it's paranoia from reading Jon Ronson's book, but he may actually be a psychopath.
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BizarroAzrael posted:Possibly it's paranoia from reading Jon Ronson's book, but he may actually be a psychopath. He's a Tory, yes.
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Gonzo McFee posted:David Cameron said he was worried about his children being unable to get on the housing ladder and then didn't stop to think about how this might sound to people who don't have parents with four houses and millions of pounds. Alternatively, he's just bullshitting. "I, too, am a parent with parental concerns. I understand your worries, huddled masses".
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OwlFancier posted:Or an idiot. He's a Tory, yes.
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