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I thought No to EU was the Lexit campaign. Not that I don't think it was kinda dumb mind you. they got 0.19% of the vote in the last EP elections. I think that's possibly less than BNP. e: Looking it up like that's like 4 times less than the english democrats and independence from europe apparently even. Kinda impressive. Though they did narrowly beat Britain First and Yorkshire First (both got about 20k votes). e2: Other parties over 20k votes include Animal Welfare Party and National Health Action Party Private Speech fucked around with this message at 15:16 on Feb 6, 2017 |
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Cerv posted:23/02 Plenty of posts about it though.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38QuMtv5KyY this is stewart lee's finest work
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Private Speech posted:I thought No to EU was the Lexit campaign. That's No2EU who are the EU parliamentary candidates for the Trade Union/Socialist Coalition, who are the main opposition to Left Unity. The Lexit group was Left Leave http://www.leftleave.org/
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Gorn Myson posted:Its too bad that Britain will never be able to produce a show like Rick and Morty because any TV commissioner looking at it would throw it out unless its re-written to be a talent competition or a panel show. That and we don't have any actual quality writers. This is what happens when everyone in entertainment has to go to the same university and be molded the same way. And then you get bored of that particular style.
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Gorn Myson posted:Its too bad that Britain will never be able to produce a show like Rick and Morty because any TV commissioner looking at it would throw it out unless its re-written to be a talent competition or a panel show. What now Soooo youre not going to SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT
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https://twitter.com/mattbcooper/status/828380210827497473
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JFairfax posted:mid-life crisis, he's got himself a Ferrari lol
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Regarde Aduck posted:There aren't really any right wing animes. That's the strange thing. Maybe Berserk because Guts is really loving manly and doesn't afraid of anything? Toho (their loving mascot) is about fairies and shrine maidens, what the gently caress does that have to do with the right? Guts has his life saved by women on many occasions, I don't think the anime hitlers would like that </weebchat>
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"first aid must be reserved to elite clubs"
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Oberleutnant posted:Christ there are some twats posting in here these days. ..but enough about Pissflaps, really.
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Tesseraction posted:That's No2EU who are the EU parliamentary candidates for the Trade Union/Socialist Coalition, who are the main opposition to Left Unity. The Lexit group was Left Leave http://www.leftleave.org/ I like how weaselly their leaflet is (not that I don't agree with the other half of it, but they're more problems_with_nationalist_capitalism.txt than the EU): quote:The left defends the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) quote:Most health and safety legislation originates quote:“Fortress Europe” is also developing a military dimension, which EU quote:If Britain votes to leave, it won’t automatically mean a move to quote:Not only will the government be weakened. The rich and powerful Also they also seem to be mainly composed of SWP and RMT (to be fair the latter of which I do have respect for). Private Speech fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Feb 6, 2017 |
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Private Speech posted:I like how weaselly their leaflet is (not that I don't agree with the other half of it, but they're more problems_with_nationalist_capitalism.txt than the EU): Yeah, the SWP will stick their parasitic grasp on anything of prominence. Left Leave did at least point out that the left shrinking away from the referendum result will just leave a vacuum for the right wing to fill, which has unsurprisingly come true.
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Spuckuk posted:Guts has his life saved by women on many occasions, I don't think the anime hitlers would like that Berserk is basically a study of the dangers of toxic masculinity and blind objectification, plus occasional derails from the author's weird and uncomfortable fetishes.
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"Stewart Lee, a Comedian writing a habitually comedic column in a national newspaper posted:My constituency voted 78% remain. On Wednesday, my MP was too ill to vote. I’m joining the Liberal Democrats, itself on some level a hopeless admission of defeat. This has to be 100% serious. Stewart Lee is dead to me. quote:Public objections to Trump’s state visit are understandable, but are denounced as hypocrisy by shrill Brexit bullies pointing out that no one complained when the Queen hosted the entire entourage of Doctor Victor Von Doom, iron-faced autocratic dictator of Latveria, a totalitarian state policed by Doom’s flying sentinels, the Doombots. This actually happened, this is also 100% serious.
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# ? Feb 6, 2017 16:39 |
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The Beeb have an interesting breakdown of EU referendum voting trends. They've been piecing things together with lots of FoI requests - the main trends identified before concerning education and age are replicated here, but they've also managed to obtain a much more granular picture than that available previously, even down to the individual ballot box in some places. Worth a read if you have a few minutes. I also found it interesting that the education correlation with a remain vote was also present for levels of education below that of a degree, so it's not simply about campus contact with ~~foreigns~~.
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# ? Feb 6, 2017 17:00 |
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Saw the phrase "GOOD START TRUMP" scrawled near the Astoria in Portsmouth and genuinely couldn't tell if it was being sarcastic, ironic or serious. The posters inviting to a meeting of "HOW TO STOP TRUMP" were along the same lines
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Stewart Lee is still very funny. Liberals are capable of being politically wrong & yet still funny. Seems like the Libs would always have been a good fit for him really. But I bet Stewart Lee the character would like Jeremy Corbyn.
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Well yeah that's his cat
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forkboy84 posted:Stewart Lee is still very funny. Liberals are capable of being politically wrong & yet still funny. Seems like the Libs would always have been a good fit for him really. But I bet Stewart Lee the character would like Jeremy Corbyn. Jeremy Corbyn the cat, or Jeremy Corbyn the Labour leader? e:f,b
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forkboy84 posted:Stewart Lee is still very funny. Liberals are capable of being politically wrong & yet still funny. Seems like the Libs would always have been a good fit for him really. But I bet Stewart Lee the character would like Jeremy Corbyn. You realise that his column is written in character?
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Stewart Lee is a good lad and I dont blame him for joining a pro remain party when his own MP failed to represent the wishes of their constituency because she had too many G&TS
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Gorn Myson posted:I hate Stewart Lee with a passion. He is like Ian Huntley to me. A poo poo-haired oval office, who resides at the very apex of all that is absolute patience testing wank.
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I've met Stewart Lee. He's much fatter IRL.
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UKIP MEP ordered to pay £160,000 in libel damages to three Labour MPs she accused of covering up the Rotherham child abuse scandal.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...n-a7565316.html I'm becoming increasingly convinced that for May, getting rid of any bits of the 'social charter' she doesn't like, and crashing the economy so as to be able to sell off the NHS is really the big win for her out of Brexit. Hence the whole 'not giving a poo poo about the economy' part.
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dex_sda posted:A poo poo-haired oval office, who resides at the very apex of all that is absolute patience testing wank. Don't sign your posts.
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# ? Feb 6, 2017 18:00 |
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Went hunt sabbing for the first time Saturday. gently caress the rich...
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Prince John posted:The Beeb have an interesting breakdown of EU referendum voting trends. Thanks for posting this, its really interesting. The strength and consistency of the education correlation is quite remarkable, especially the lack of outliers to the top right: I definitely think the "culture wars" thesis is the most persuasive. It'd be fascinating to get some polling for even just a few of those wards to see how closely death penalty support etc lines up at that micro level
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Does anyone have any read on the momentum NGC elections? I've not remotely been touching the drama with a barge pole and there are a dozen or so candidates in my region and four votes and gently caress knows what to do with them. Any help available?
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TinTower posted:UKIP MEP ordered to pay £160,000 in libel damages to three Labour MPs she accused of covering up the Rotherham child abuse scandal. quote:In her defence, she argued that it was a political speech that did not contain any allegation of fact but merely expressed an opinion. Bonus extra quote:The issue of costs is still to be decided. It is understood that Collins faces having to meet the entire bill herself, with Ukip not expected to contribute. I wonder if this will make kippers more wary of spouting non-allegations-of-fact, I mean that's sort of their thing
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Gorn Myson posted:Whats the best anime video game One of the many anime versions of the dynasty warriors games.
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Gorn Myson posted:Whats the best anime video game Chrono Trigger?
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Cool that this thread is focussing on anime and video games when the Speaker has literally just denounced Trump in the House of Commons.
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Gorn Myson posted:Whats the best anime video game a dead one haha
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Just in case you thought the NI elections where suspiciously civil the DUP launched their campaign today by comparing Sinn Fein to a ravenous crocodile, swearing never to pass an Irish Language Act and repeatedly shouting Gerry Adams while making spooky hand gestures okay maybe they're weren't spooky hand gestures but still
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# ? Feb 6, 2017 18:44 |
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Bercow is a pretty decent guy tbh. I can see why Cameron et al. tried to unseat him. How often do foreign heads of state actually address Parliament though? I remember Merkel doing it a few years ago but can't recall Obama/Bush doing similar.
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kustomkarkommando posted:Just in case you thought the NI elections where suspiciously civil the DUP launched their campaign today by comparing Sinn Fein to a ravenous crocodile
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Pissflaps posted:Cool that this thread is focussing on anime and video games when the Speaker has literally just denounced Trump in the House of Commons. Here is some more detail for everyone else: quote:"An address by a foreign leader to both houses is not an automatic right. It is an earned honour. There are many precedents for state visits to our country that do not include an address to both houses. In relation to Westminster Hall, there are three key-holders: the Speaker of the Commons, the Speaker of the Lords and the Lord Great Chamberlain. Ordinarily we are able to work by consensus and the hall would be used for a purpose such as an address by agreement of the three key holders. Before the imposition of the migrant ban, I would myself have been strongly opposed to an address by president in trump in Westminster Hall. After the imposition of the migrant ban I am even more strongly opposed to an address by President Trump in Westminster Hall. So far as the royal gallery is concerned... I do not perhaps have as strong a say in that matter...although customarily an invitation to a visiting leader to issue an address there would be issued in the names of the two speakers. I would not wish to issue an invitation to President Trump to speak in the royal gallery. We value our relationship with the united states. If a state visit takes place, that is way beyond and above the pay grade of the Speaker. However, as far as this place is concerned, I feel very strongly that our opposition to racism and sexism and our support for equality before the law and an independent judiciary are hugely important considerations in the House of Commons." Hadn't realised he had that kind of authority, and pretty decent of him to put his neck out like that - not sure if it's too political for the office of speaker? Some more info on the visit: quote:Speaker Bercow can't block President Trump from addressing both Houses of Parliament in the Royal Gallery, since invitations for speakers in that room are issued by the Lord Great Chamberlain. Looks like he may have stopped Trump from speaking in parliament, which isn't too shabby. Here's the latter part of his response should anyone want to watch the video. Hilarious to see the Tory side of the house sat there stony-faced. Edit: Updated with full quote from Bercow. Prince John fucked around with this message at 18:56 on Feb 6, 2017 |
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Pissflaps posted:Cool that this thread is focussing on anime and video games when the Speaker has literally just denounced Trump in the House of Commons. Denouncing Trump is so last week 'flaps.
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