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Current Tory policy: Jeremy Corbyn is unelectable!!! *shitts into hands, rubs it all over the country*
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StoneOfShame posted:http://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/apr/02/backbench-pressure-on-osborne-academy-scheme I love the fact that the row is over how much it would cost, not over the fact that it's batshit insane. "I agree with the demolition of state education, removal of local and national accountability, removal of pay and conditions protection for teachers, and removal of the requirement to teach the national curriculum. I just think it would be TOO EXPENSIVE!" A Tory MP, probably.
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Jose posted:it was an absolutely insane idea. more so than most of their insane ideas and i can't believe they actually proprosed it It makes Nicky Morgan stridently telling NASUWT there is 'no reverse gear' on acadamisation particularly hilarious if it turns out they can't even get it through parliament.
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So this would be the 2nd U-Turn from the budget in less than a month? It really looks like they're going for the jugular and shanking Osborne before the inevitable leadership election this year.
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Unless Leave wins the EU debate, Cameron isn't stepping down for another two or three years. They won a majority less than a year ago. Candidates are starting to put their plans in motion to position themselves for it when it does happen, but there's no indication there will be a leadership election until probably 2019. What was he comparing terms to when he said "two are great, three may be too many", was it Weetabix?
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I don't think cameron ever expected to stand down so early unless we vote to leave
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Jeremy Corbyn Denton: I know your UNATCO killphrase: Laputan economist. George Osborne: I am not a econo... Jeremy Corbyn Denton: Sticks and stones. [Osbourne explodes]
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The current climate makes me think Cameron will accelerate his plans to leave. Rats off a sinking ship and all that. Even if the UK votes remain the Tory party will have caused irredeemable harm to itself in the process and we're seeing now that they're more than willing to poison the well. It's going to get even worse the closer we get to the vote.
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The shine is starting to come off a bit now that people are remembering that, hosed up as FPTP and the Westminster system are, winning a majority of 12 actually isn't the same thing as being voted immortal god-emperors of the universe.
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Hoops posted:Unless Leave wins the EU debate, Cameron isn't stepping down for another two or three years. They won a majority less than a year ago. Candidates are starting to put their plans in motion to position themselves for it when it does happen, but there's no indication there will be a leadership election until probably 2019. I can see the appeal of Cameron holding on, since he knows his smarmy brand of Blairism is all that's keeping a somewhat palatable face on the Tory party. But isn't it an equally risky strategy to leave the leadership change to near the election? He might hold on to popularity now, but he would be banking on people voting for someone they barely know as a leader.
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its thought that anyone who takes over will call an election despite the fixed term parliament act to legitimize them being leader.
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serious gaylord posted:The current climate makes me think Cameron will accelerate his plans to leave. Rats off a sinking ship and all that. Even if the UK votes remain the Tory party will have caused irredeemable harm to itself in the process and we're seeing now that they're more than willing to poison the well. It's going to get even worse the closer we get to the vote. Yeah, one way or another I think Cameron's going to jump soon. He'll get his somehow, and then abandon the lot of them to battle for the title once he's gone. Unless it's the pig photo that's keeping him there...
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Jose posted:its thought that anyone who takes over will call an election despite the fixed term parliament act to legitimize them being leader. I dunno, I could see the media doing absolutely nothing like the UNELECTED PM shitshow they broke out for poor auld Gordie Broon. Boris will just ruffle his hair and cruise through to 2020.
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sebzilla posted:I dunno, I could see the media doing absolutely nothing like the UNELECTED PM shitshow they broke out for poor auld Gordie Broon. Boris will just ruffle his hair and cruise through to 2020. the media might not but i imagine his replacement candidates will campaign on it because they expect it to be a big deal
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Not Operator posted:Not quite on par, but I saw my first UKIP sticker in the wild today while visiting family near Glasgow. I wish I'd taken pictures, because it was on the worst minivan I've ever seen. It had decals and stickers on it for Campbell's Ozone Therapy Trust, theguysname.faithweb.com, electromedicine(?), and one that just said "Guysname Reborn". The guy that eventually got into it was wearing a t-shirt with the virgin Mary on the front. Still better then the Scottish Republican Caz Paul bastard.
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"young voters could hold key" in the EU referendum vote, according to the Guardian. So that'll be a victory for Leave, then.
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Angepain posted:"young voters could hold key" in the EU referendum vote, according to the Guardian. I still think Mandatory voting should be a thing.. And it would be even more concrete if pro-eu young people didn't actually vote.
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He looks like he smells terrible.
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I feel like I'm a bit late to the party in noticing that the best thing they could come up with as a symbol for their vote leave campaign is a ballot box. They must have been up all night thinking of that one.
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Kaislioc posted:I feel like I'm a bit late to the party in noticing that the best thing they could come up with as a symbol for their vote leave campaign is a ballot box. They must have been up all night thinking of that one. oh, I've genuinely been seeing it as one of the autosave icons from Assassin's Creed. Brexit(tm) by Abstergo
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Kaislioc posted:I feel like I'm a bit late to the party in noticing that the best thing they could come up with as a symbol for their vote leave campaign is a ballot box. They must have been up all night thinking of that one. I genuinely didn't even notice.
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Guavanaut posted:Isn't that better than the opposite case, where Google was accused of keeping people in a filter bubble based on their demographic? Wow, I had no idea things like this happened. I guess it's inadvertent and just based off predominant searches in your area or something, but still really, really creepy.
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Prince John posted:Wow, I had no idea things like this happened. I guess it's inadvertent and just based off predominant searches in your area or something, but still really, really creepy. Google does a lot of things like that. You can see what google's specific profile assumptions are for you (or turn off profiling) here
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Prince John posted:Wow, I had no idea things like this happened. I guess it's inadvertent and just based off predominant searches in your area or something, but still really, really creepy. Nah, it's just analysis of search history vs. click-through. It's meant to try and tailor results for things like technical experts vs. luddities or history experts vs. people just wanting to find if Hitler had one ball. It makes sense in that regard, just led to political bubbles.
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blunt posted:Google does a lot of things like that. You can see what google's specific profile assumptions are for you (or turn off profiling) here That's really quite interesting, and its almost 100% correct for me, apart from the leading subject of interest "Brazilian Music". Wut? If you have location services turned on on your android phone this is an interesting link (if you are logged in with the same account) https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/
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Zeppelin Insanity posted:Both/neither. I had to wait ages. If you've definitely failed, you get told quite quickly. If you've absolutely excelled, you get told quite quickly. If you're in the middle where they actually have to conduct a thorough review to weigh you up against the other candidates, it takes a hell of a long time. that's what I figured: which means that I've gone better than I thought I did since I thought that I royally hosed it up
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TheHoodedClaw posted:That's really quite interesting, and its almost 100% correct for me, apart from the leading subject of interest "Brazilian Music". Wut? Mine said that I was into Bollywood & South Asian cinema. Which is pretty far from true & I have no idea how they got that. Also "dolls & accessories"? But yeah. Broadly speaking Google is pretty good at data mining or whatever they call it
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Mines all messed up mostly due to having a media pc hooked up in the front room which anyone will use to make searches. It's good to keep Google on their toes
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The only thing it guessed about me was an age range, nothing else.
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OwlFancier posted:The only thing it guessed about me was an age range, nothing else.
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It's not guessing, it's goes off your google accounts. Gmail, Google+, etc.
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Hoops posted:What was he comparing terms to when he said "two are great, three may be too many", was it Weetabix? Kaislioc posted:I feel like I'm a bit late to the party in noticing that the best thing they could come up with as a symbol for their vote leave campaign is a ballot box.
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otoh the Remain logo is like a shitter version of the ITN logo with the T removed, and looks more like a font for a chip shop sign at some godforsaken seaside town. Of course it looks a lot better as part of it's full logo, BRITAIN STRONGER IN EUROPE, where it just looks like boilerplate pseudo-fascism. I can only imagine what was going on in that meeting. "Hey, should we address some of the key good things about the EU? How about 'Britain Fairer In Europe'?" "Why don't we look at the human rights angle? Put 'right' in there or something. 'Remain: It's the Right Way'" "It's nearly lunch, why don't we just reuse the last one? 'Europe: Better Together'" *murmurs of agreement begin around the table, but are interrupted by Osborne railing a massive line of coke off a place card and slamming both fists on the table* "BRITANE STRONG! BRITANE SMASH!" "Yeah, gently caress it, let's go with that."
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Which is why, despite it probably being overall less effective, I'm glad Labour has its own in campaign.
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TheHoodedClaw posted:If you have location services turned on on your android phone this is an interesting link (if you are logged in with the same account) https://maps.google.com/locationhistory/  It's so conflicting - on the one hand it's really neat to see where you've been, but...but...but.Guavanaut posted:"BRITANE STRONG! BRITANE SMASH!" This is brilliant.
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serious gaylord posted:So this would be the 2nd U-Turn from the budget in less than a month? It really looks like they're going for the jugular and shanking Osborne before the inevitable leadership election this year. He's on his arse. I'd love it if Labour went after the smug-faced shitweasle big time now. And where are all the journos who were falling over themselves to tell us what a fantastic tactical politician he is? George has completely poo poo the bin with his latest budget and you would expect the Graun, at the very least, to start giving the useless oval office a proper kicking. Fake edit: At least the New Statesman is having a go: Three centuries of data debunks Osborne’s economic theories
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thespaceinvader posted:Which is why, despite it probably being overall less effective, I'm glad Labour has its own in campaign. It might piss off the SNP, but I'm not sure if that's a plus or a minus. 
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Well, "Better Together" had to hastily rename itself to "No Thanks" a few months before the election, so I guess they didn't think it was working as well as they'd like.
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They could bring a beloved British former EU leader out of retirement at the last minute for a rousing speech. The only heads of government during a British presidency of the CoE still alive are Tony Blair and John Major though  There's probably someone working hard behind the scenes to resurrect Jim Callaghan using Keith Richards technology.
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