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Poll: Who Should Be Leader of HM Most Loyal Opposition? This poll is closed. |
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| Jeremy Corbyn |
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95 | 18.63% |
| Dennis Skinner |
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53 | 10.39% |
| Angus Robertson |
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20 | 3.92% |
| Tim Farron |
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9 | 1.76% |
| Paul Ukips |
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7 | 1.37% |
| Robot Lenin |
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105 | 20.59% |
| Tony Blair |
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28 | 5.49% |
| Pissflaps |
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193 | 37.84% |
| Total: | 510 votes | ||
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i kind of want brexit to be as catastrophic as possible so everyone learns a lesson but i know that its extremely bad for everyone if that happens and nobody will learn a lesson anyway
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Mar 15, 2017 11:37
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LemonDrizzle posted:rigorous feels-based economic planning and analysis rooted in a firm foundation of baseless optimism. how can we possibly lose? He said he did but the whole thing is waffly as hell. "Everything should just work out fine we don't anticipate any problems, this sort of underpins the peace process after all!" Then the Tory who asked about this said "ok so this is a work in process as well" and he got real mad
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Mar 15, 2017 11:41
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Private Speech posted:When I hear North Korea I think agricultural success. Well we're not all there but Finland's 80% agriculturually self-sufficient. We're also not large population wise.
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Mar 15, 2017 11:42
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Private Speech posted:When I hear North Korea I think agricultural success. Lord of the Llamas posted:Also, everyone rates their own congressperson higher than congress as a whole. So it's always the other people's congressperson's fault. 
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Mar 15, 2017 11:43
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Guavanaut posted:Hermit kingdoms have the choice between agricultural self-sufficiency and famine. We have the technology for either, but one of the two is objectively more pleasant. I can imagine us picking the other out of spite though. it would be very british to continue to inflict ourselves on the rest of the world its true
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Mar 15, 2017 11:45
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Jose posted:i kind of want brexit to be as catastrophic as possible so everyone learns a lesson but i know that its extremely bad for everyone if that happens and nobody will learn a lesson anyway I really want it to succeed now, I'd never be so happy in my life as to be wrong about the disaster it's going to be. But, no, no-one will learn any lesson at all, because it's never their fault. Remember: Brexit cannot fail, it can only be failed. It's those filthy remoaners fault for not getting behind it.
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Mar 15, 2017 11:48
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Jose posted:i kind of want brexit to be as catastrophic as possible so everyone learns a lesson but i know that its extremely bad for everyone if that happens and nobody will learn a lesson anyway The big problem with accelerationism is that it presumes a good amount of the damage inflicted will be reversible once people come to their senses. That doesn't tend to work out so well in real life.
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Mar 15, 2017 11:49
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jabby posted:It's great that the Lib Dems are at least pretending to stand on principle, but they kind of give the game away by incessantly blaming Labour for everything rather than the party in power. I've noted this a lot from my own Lib Dem friends, actually. Like, you guys want to say you're the real opposition? How about saying nasty stuff about the guys you were in coalition with for 2 years rather than having 90% of your tweets be about Labour.
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Mar 15, 2017 11:49
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"Agricultural self-sufficiency" sounds good until you realise you're going to have to eat a lot of parsnips and stuff like that. Well I guess there's black pudding. British black pudding is really good.
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Mar 15, 2017 11:50
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Red Oktober posted:I really want it to succeed now, I'd never be so happy in my life as to be wrong about the disaster it's going to be. But, no, no-one will learn any lesson at all, because it's never their fault. Remember: Brexit cannot fail, it can only be failed. It's those filthy remoaners fault for not getting behind it. It won't even be the filthy remoaners fault, it will be Corbyns fault.
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Mar 15, 2017 11:51
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Pochoclo posted:"Agricultural self-sufficiency" sounds good until you realise you're going to have to eat a lot of parsnips and stuff like that. edit because holy poo poo this man is actually in charge of the biggest upheaval of this country's international relations and trading position since ww2: https://twitter.com/IanDunt/status/841960790206869504 oh well that's ok we just have to want things hard enough and they become real silly me how did i forget that LemonDrizzle fucked around with this message at 11:58 on Mar 15, 2017 |
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Mar 15, 2017 11:52
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Parsnips are great! Roast 'em with a drizzle of honey, mmmm, lovely!
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Mar 15, 2017 11:57
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Pochoclo posted:"Agricultural self-sufficiency" sounds good until you realise you're going to have to eat a lot of parsnips and stuff like that. We might not be able to ruin the economy of Peru with the quinoa-to-hipsters pipeline anymore, or pluck quite so many avocados from the mouths of mestizo children, but that might not be the worst thing.
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Mar 15, 2017 12:01
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Aye, not going to stand for this besmirching of the noble parsnip, a perfectly nice vegetable.
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Mar 15, 2017 12:01
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Guavanaut posted:If people got their poo poo together we could grow a lot of stuff by community scale aquaponics that wouldn't normally be considered native, and I have no issue with falling back on neeps and tatties as a staple. Nah yeah, you can grow anything, even quinoa. I'm not even joking, you absolutely can. See e.g. weed, or the whole spanish winter strawberries thing, or, well, just about whatever. It does get a bit more expensive if you don't have enough natural sunlight though, and crops that need a lot of land (so, quinoa) can be expensive.
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Mar 15, 2017 12:09
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Parsnips are extremely good and sometimes even amusingly shaped.
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Mar 15, 2017 12:09
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Britain shall endure by moving towards a parsnip based economy
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Mar 15, 2017 12:11
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Mar 15, 2017 12:12
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Implying there are significant challenges in maintaining a border in Ireland is only spreading fear that will inflame the tempers of the savage norn ironer and will lead to terrorism. Why do you support terrorism?!
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Mar 15, 2017 12:12
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Gove's contribution to this select committee so far has been 'what great things do our friends in Europe want to see Britain achieve' and 'what exciting, scintillating, incredible opportunities does Britain face'
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Mar 15, 2017 12:16
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Unless this David Davis guy is playing 8 dimensional chess and is actually insanely good at acting like an incompetent, the press was right, he is a wastrel lol
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Mar 15, 2017 12:17
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What the gently caress has DD actually been doing with his time? He doesn't have the answers to any questions, has he just been napping since the result?
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Mar 15, 2017 12:17
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Private Speech posted:Nah yeah, you can grow anything, even quinoa. I'm not even joking, you absolutely can. See e.g. weed, or the whole spanish winter strawberries thing, or, well, just about whatever. It does get a bit more expensive if you don't have enough natural sunlight though, and crops that need a lot of land (so, quinoa) can be expensive.
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Mar 15, 2017 12:18
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jBrereton posted:Unless this David Davis guy is playing 8 dimensional chess and is actually insanely good at acting like an incompetent, the press was right, he is a wastrel lol "All forecasts are bullshit"
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Mar 15, 2017 12:20
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Comrade Cheggorsky posted:Britain shall endure by moving towards a parsnip based economy NO!!! Turnips  Dead Goon posted:Parsnips are great! Roast 'em with a drizzle of honey, mmmm, lovely! This however is God's truth. Perhaps those of Her Majesty's subjects who are deemed to have toiled sufficiently may be rewarded with a sweetened parsnip on Independence Day. crispix fucked around with this message at 12:27 on Mar 15, 2017 |
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Mar 15, 2017 12:21
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jBrereton posted:Finally, Yorkshire Tea will in fact be grown on the terraced foothills of Nidderdale Red Oktober posted:What the gently caress has DD actually been doing with his time? He doesn't have the answers to any questions, has he just been napping since the result? crispix posted:NO!!! Turnips
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Mar 15, 2017 12:22
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learnincurve posted:Why do people assume people voted to leave because of racism? I'm sick of the London based media portraying the majority of the country as being ignorant racists because they want to leave Europe. Your average racist is fully aware that Asia isn't in Europe and that won't make any difference to immigration from those countries. If you want a more accurate stereotype then try " being sick of the UK paying in to prop up Eastern European countries who don't contribute poo poo" As an outsider the UK was always considered a burden to the EU around me. Always wanted the advantages without the inconvenients, was sold out to the US (like Poland) and stopped progress on anything outside of the economic union. Most people around here think you are stupid to leave when you had the best position in the EU and hope/know that you'll regret it. Also if you ever come back at least you won't have any of the special advantage you had before so that's good for the rest of us. The only problem is with the timing, those are quite uncertain times and EU is weaker than ever so it clearly does not help. Also racism. (which is on the rise everywhere to be fair)
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Mar 15, 2017 12:22
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Uh, to all the people touting aquaponics or whatever: that poo poo is super expensive at the scales needed to feed a country. I mean, if you can afford paying £20 for a bunch of tomatoes, by all means, but I don't think that's going to be very popular. Also I'm not even sure how you would deal with stuff that grows on trees. I know I'm obsessed about tangerines but could you really grow a goddamn tree farm indoors? Pochoclo fucked around with this message at 12:30 on Mar 15, 2017 |
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Mar 15, 2017 12:27
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War criminal Alexander Blackman who admitted to committing a war crime on tape has had his murder conviction overturned and his sentence for manslaughter commuted lmao.
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Mar 15, 2017 12:29
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Pochoclo posted:"Agricultural self-sufficiency" sounds good until you realise you're going to have to eat a lot of parsnips and stuff like that. Parsnips are great get to gently caress. What else can we grow? Onions. Sprouts. Poratoes. Carrots. Cabbage. Leeks. Etc etc. I think we'd be fine. Also with investment there's no reason we couldn't become agriculturally self-sufficient. Would have to involve a move away from traditional farming though. Vertical farms are looking super interesting.
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Mar 15, 2017 12:30
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Pochoclo posted:Uh, to all the people touting aquaponics or whatever: that poo poo is super expensive at the scales needed to feed a country. Glasshouses mostly. You don't have to actually do aquaponics, just provide more (artificial) sunlight and temperature/climate control. That said it is hella expensive, and not very good for the environment too, because of all the energy needed. e: Also vertical farms are kinda silly unless you really need the space. Like yeah if you have an unlimited budget then sure they are neat in theory, but then so is a lot of other stuff (starting with more nuclear powerplants, public transport infrastructure and housing for everyone) Private Speech fucked around with this message at 12:54 on Mar 15, 2017 |
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Mar 15, 2017 12:31
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I don't like parsnips but if you started offering actual white turnips I would eat those. I appear to be the only person who likes them though.
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Mar 15, 2017 12:32
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During many years of my childhood, my dinners were either potato-based, pasta-based, or just tea and crackers when poo poo was really bad. Sure, you can survive, but it loving sucks and I don't see why anyone would willingly face that kind of situation.
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Mar 15, 2017 12:33
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ThomasPaine posted:Parsnips are great get to gently caress. What else can we grow? Onions. Sprouts. Poratoes. Carrots. Cabbage. Leeks. Etc etc. I think we'd be fine. You'd poison yourselves with over spraying your crops within a generation.
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Mar 15, 2017 12:36
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that marine is no longer guilty of murder. its now manslaughter due to diminished responsibility
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Mar 15, 2017 12:37
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Jose posted:that marine is no longer guilty of murder. its now manslaughter due to diminished responsibility What became of the whole war crimes thing anyway? Wasn't it supposed to be handled differently than just normal murder.
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Mar 15, 2017 12:38
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Good thing nobody delayed triggering Article 50, now the government can get down to the hard work of thinking about what they maybe might want
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Mar 15, 2017 12:39
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kustomkarkommando posted:Good thing nobody delayed triggering Article 50, now the government can get down to the hard work of thinking about what they maybe might want They'll need to assess the concept of "wanting" first. I mean they have a general good feeling about it, but haven't actually run the numbers.
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Mar 15, 2017 12:40
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Private Speech posted:What became of the whole war crimes thing anyway? Wasn't it supposed to be handled differently than just normal murder. War crimes are something foreigners do not are boys.
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Mar 15, 2017 12:41
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Pochoclo posted:Uh, to all the people touting aquaponics or whatever: that poo poo is super expensive at the scales needed to feed a country. It's still expensive compared to paying starvation wages to the developing world to deforest their country to monoculture food they will never eat, but I'm not convinced that's a good model either. Pochoclo posted:During many years of my childhood, my dinners were either potato-based, pasta-based, or just tea and crackers when poo poo was really bad.
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