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hakimashou posted:But it wouldn't be unfair even a little bit to say that the folks who reelected Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party, after the brexit referendum no less, have lost touch with reality in a big way. I don't think I've ever been more relieved to have been born on this side of the Atlantic. we're all relieved about that 1967: the British government nationalises 90% of the steel industry. GEORGE W BUSHI fucked around with this message at 14:31 on Feb 10, 2017 |
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hakimashou posted:What are you guys gonna do if it turns out that Britain has become just well and truly anti-immigrant anyway? Like if no party that isn't hostile to immigration can win? 'if'? Britain has been like that for ages, have you been living on the moon?
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Cambridge student filmed burning cash in front of homeless manquote:A member of the prestigious Cambridge University Conservative Association has been expelled from the organisation after he was filmed burning a £20 note in front of a homeless person.
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jabby posted:'if'? What I mean is, what's the game plan for the British left? Die on the hill or make the best of a bad situation?
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Feb 10, 2017 14:26
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What cabinet position do you think he'll get in 30 years?
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kustomkarkommando posted:We are number one but every one keeps voting for right wingers  The Mail were trying to tie this to Nicola Sturgeon as he's her nephew's sister-in-law's ex-boyfriend or some poo poo. It's all very Spaceballs.
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Feb 10, 2017 14:27
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This was the lil oval office who was distantly related to NIcola Sturgeon, it was posted a while back. Not sure what ""some homeless shelter"" even means in that context
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Feb 10, 2017 14:28
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kustomkarkommando posted:Any anointed successor is going to have to contend with accusations of being a puppet for shadowy master Corbyn, a first term parliamentarian especially - the act of attempting to select a clear successor will be enough to rile people up. I don't really buy that. We're talking about Jeremy Corbyn here. Literally nothing the man has ever done gives even the slightest hint that he is capable of being a puppet master of any sort. And even if he had that in his box of tricks I seriously doubt he'd want to be a puppet master. Seems out of character, this is a man who ran to be leader out of a sense of resigned obligation to his colleagues on the left. Baron Corbyn posted:lol at thinking the Democrats are good guys, and not the not-cartoon-villain guys. Bigger lol at thinking you're going to have real elections in America under Trump. He's already laying the foundations for massive voter suppression with his 3-5 million illegal voters poo poo. PLEASE STOP.
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forkboy84 posted:I don't really buy that. We're talking about Jeremy Corbyn here. Literally nothing the man has ever done gives even the slightest hint that he is capable of being a puppet master of any sort. And even if he had that in his box of tricks I seriously doubt he'd want to be a puppet master. Seems out of character, this is a man who ran to be leader out of a sense of resigned obligation to his colleagues on the left. he isn't saying Corbyn will be a puppet master. He's saying people will accuse him of being one. Accusations don't have to have any basis in reality for the press to print them.
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You know who else whines absolutely non-stop about the media being to blame for all their Party/movement/candidate's ills? Like to the extent it is their biggest talking point? Trump supporters. Before trump the rest of the wacko far right here. I knew the blame-the-media line seemed familiar.
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hakimashou posted:You know who else whines absolutely non-stop about the media being to blame for all their Party/movement/candidate's ills? Like to the extent it is their biggest talking point? have you even seen the british press? also the media was totally out for trump
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JFairfax posted:have you even seen the british press? And yet we've got trump stinking up the White House. Can you blame the media for recognizing a big juicy shitshow when they see one and sitting down to enjoy their meal? hakimashou fucked around with this message at 14:47 on Feb 10, 2017 |
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Feb 10, 2017 14:44
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hakimashou posted:And yet we've got trump stinking up the White House. the relationship between the media and trump is a little more complicated than that between corbyn and the british press. the american media knew trump was ratings gold, they gave him lots of airtime to spout what he wanted, and the length of the primary campaign meant he got a lot of coverage. now a lot of the commentary was negative, but he benefited from saturating the airwaves. the press in the UK willfully misrepresents Corbyn and does not let people see him present his case regularly on prime time. the media was ultimately hostile to trump, but because he was ratings gold they also gave the oxygen his campaign needed to catch fire.
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hakimashou posted:Can you blame the media for recognizing a big juicy shitshow when they see one and sitting down to enjoy their meal? Yes. By broadcasting entire speeches by Trump, cutting away from other candidates to go to him, by just rubbernecking at the freakshow, the media totally loving abandoned its duty. There has been such a cataclysmic dereliction of duty by the media in the last five years that all you can do is blame them for their piss poor reporting. Sion fucked around with this message at 14:57 on Feb 10, 2017 |
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even when he's probated someone fills the void
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hakimashou posted:Can you blame the media for recognizing a big juicy shitshow when they see one and sitting down to enjoy their meal?
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nopantsjack posted:Its also just the papers don't report the on going Tory project to quietly kill the NHS, most of them for obvious reasons but then you've even got the guardian who run stories like Jeremy hunt criticizing the NHS without the headline or much of the story addressing the fact that he has been bullish about loving the NHS in full sight of everybody for years now. Jeremy Hunt comes across as one of the most evil fuckers in the cabinet. At least with IDS you can make the argument that he actually believed his poo poo and his actions came from delusion and sheer irresponsibility. Hunt gives the impression he knows exactly what he's doing and has no qualms about it, every statement he makes is a coldly calculated distortion meant to manipulate the media coverage, and it's working really well. Even with the growing concern there's barely any direct criticism of him and his department, or even the government in general Can't wait for him to be PM!
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Guavanaut posted:I agree with your implication that the media eats poo poo. The Pope also agrees.
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hakimashou posted:What cabinet position do you think he'll get in 30 years? He won't get anywhere near the cabinet with this incident in the public record. The tories do have some standards. They won't put up with someone who can only afford to burn £20. Need to incinerate at least £50 to get a cabinet position.
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WeAreTheRomans posted:This was the lil oval office who was distantly related to NIcola Sturgeon, it was posted a while back. Well. https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/829978157377847296
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Feb 10, 2017 15:20
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hakimashou posted:What I mean is, what's the game plan for the British left? Die on the hill or make the best of a bad situation? Leave the UK and make a new country.
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Coohoolin posted:Leave the UK and make a new country. I know it's a super long shot but I'd really loving love to see an independent, EU-member Scotland gain all the prosperity that England will lose, just to spite all those loving brexiter racists. I'd also move there in a heartbeat because let's face it, Scotland is cool as heck.
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JFairfax posted:the relationship between the media and trump is a little more complicated than that between corbyn and the british press. Not to mention that everytime the MAINSTREAM LIBERAL MEDIA!!! took their shots at Trump, he moved a little bit closer to the "outsider" status people loved him for. Same thing with Farage in a lot of ways.
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Came to check this thread but there's not nearly enough gags about that kid burning a twenty quid note in front of a homeless person.
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Jeza posted:Came to check this thread but there's not nearly enough gags about that kid burning a twenty quid note in front of a homeless person. Only part of that story we were ever likely to discuss was how Jeremy Corbyn failed to stop him burning the note unfortunately.
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Damning evidence indeed.
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Jeza posted:Came to check this thread but there's not nearly enough gags about that kid burning a twenty quid note in front of a homeless person. Nobody gave a gently caress when our last Prime Minister burnt a £50 in front of a tramp, so some nobody burning a £20 was unlikely to make much of a stir.
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Oh dear me posted:You see it in places where LibDems were stronger than Labour before the Coalition, as evidenced above. Known Lib Dem strongholds of Rotherham, Bolsover, and Sunderland.
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marktheando posted:Nobody gave a gently caress when our last Prime Minister burnt a £50 in front of a tramp, so some nobody burning a £20 was unlikely to make much of a stir. He also hosed a dead pig in the mouth, to completion
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marktheando posted:Nobody gave a gently caress when our last Prime Minister burnt a £50 in front of a tramp, so some nobody burning a £20 was unlikely to make much of a stir. Austerity in action.
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Lord of the Llamas posted:Austerity in action. Got to live within your means.
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forkboy84 posted:Only part of that story we were ever likely to discuss was how Jeremy Corbyn failed to stop him burning the note unfortunately. marktheando posted:Nobody gave a gently caress when our last Prime Minister burnt a £50 in front of a tramp, so some nobody burning a £20 was unlikely to make much of a stir.
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Guavanaut posted:Jeremy Corbyn burned a homeless person. I heard him talking about it in Nando's. Wiki says the old £50 notes were released in 1981 which was before he went to uni.
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Feb 10, 2017 16:27
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I heat Jeremy Corbyn burns all paper money cos he hates the queen
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kustomkarkommando posted:I heat Jeremy Corbyn burns all paper money cos he hates the queen It's about sending a message
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he's got old copies of Razzle in his allotment shed
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Jeza posted:Wiki says the old £50 notes were released in 1981 which was before he went to uni. It makes it unlikely that it was a 'long standing tradition' though. Maybe it's something that he just decided to do that wasn't a tradition at all. Like loving a dead pig on camera. e: VVV 
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Guavanaut posted:I thought he went to uni earlier than that, but I guess not. They might have burned different denominations before then. Catholics, for example
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