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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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big scary monsters posted:Yeah I realise that and of course intellectually I knew that these kinds of calculations must take place. But it's still quite another thing to be sat in a room and there's some guy going "well our 737 carries X number of people, expected legal liability per fatality $Y, so we're willing to spend $Z per plane on improving security this year". The really weird thing is how we accept this as necessary for day to day running of society and commerce but you apply it to running a government and suddenly hoxhas the bad guy
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There's a bit of a barney going on outside parliament - some kind of standoff with armed police and at least one dead guy. https://twitter.com/sikorskiradek/status/844561194207920130 https://twitter.com/tnewtondunn/status/844561615731249152 https://twitter.com/westicles69/status/844560649745301505
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https://www.theguardian.com/politic...r-politics-live 5m ago Reports of shooting at House of Commons What the gently caress? https://twitter.com/JasonGroves1/status/844560104154419200
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Spangly A posted:The really weird thing is how we accept this as necessary for day to day running of society and commerce but you apply it to running a government and suddenly hoxhas the bad guy
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I was wondering how long it'd take, nowhere near the full year I gave itGuavanaut posted:I thought we were applying it to the running of society? "The local hospital treats X number of people, but we can save $Y per year by letting Z of them die, which will allow us to reduce corporation tax by Z% for 'economically productive' people" seems to be happening a lot lately. yeah but when you do that the maths does not add up. Nobody is "economically inactive" unless they live in the woods and eat berries. Existence is a net corporate profit because it's all about that lovely velocity.
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Here's a great speech by Chris Hedges. It's got a US bent, but is actually about general trends of facism, neo-liberalism, how the two are linked; the failure of the liberal centrists and how they've actually just pushed the corporate agenda, corporatism, nationalism and a whole bunch of other isms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na_jAtxpmiI
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Mar 22, 2017 15:52
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Journalists on twitter are reporting an explosion followed by gunfire - one guy said someone had a knife?
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Mar 22, 2017 15:52
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someone OP that blythe piece yo, it's like a reference cheatsheet for dishonest "centrists"
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Mar 22, 2017 15:53
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Other reports saying someone drove up onto the pavement on Westminster Bridge and was shot by Plod outside Parliament after crashing into the barriers there.
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Mar 22, 2017 15:54
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Other reports saying someone drove up onto the pavement on Westminster Bridge and was shot by Plod outside Parliament after crashing into the barriers there. worst possible outcome
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Mar 22, 2017 15:54
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Talk of explosions seems erroneous so far, considering there was apparently a car crash and police gunfire to account for the loud bang. Possibly 12 injured?
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Mar 22, 2017 15:56
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https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/844561948465418241
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This is from the Press Association. There was a major security alert at the Palace of Westminster after a man apparently carrying a knife charged through the gates into the front yard of the parliamentary compound. Amid shouts and screams, sounds similar to gunfire rang out. Two people were seen to be lying within Old Palace Yard, immediately outside Westminster Hall. The sitting in the House of Commons was suspended while police officers sealed off the area around the incident. Immediately before the incident, at around 2.45pm, a crowd of passers-by was seen running from the direction of Westminster Bridge and around the corner into Parliament Square.
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This journo is providing some tweets in his feed https://twitter.com/CharlieCooper8/status/844563633942286336
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has this turned into some
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Pretty sad smugcuntery going around on all sides hoping the incident supports their narrative, this is where we've gotten to nowadays.
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I can't get enough of are Dan
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I'm entirely in favour of directed violence at capital but what the gently caress is this amateur hour nonsense fantastic, this oval office has killed some random protestors and non-fatally injured a cop. Better start banning everything in sight. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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What was their plan, ram the fence and then stab the building? That's about the only thing they could realistically have achieved given the security there.
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HJB posted:Pretty sad smugcuntery going around on all sides hoping the incident supports their narrative, this is where we've gotten to nowadays. literally the only person mentioning anything but the immediate circumstance is me and that should be predictable. Kill all cops, kill yourself, kill me, end humanity. This is going to have serious consequences and these are not going to be good. The only smug oval office here is you at the mo
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Mar 22, 2017 16:07
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This all sounds quite bad. Wonder who did it & why.
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Mar 22, 2017 16:09
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I can't tell if this Mail guy is being sarcastic https://mobile.twitter.com/thequentinletts/status/844561262889586688
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Spangly A posted:literally the only person mentioning anything but the immediate circumstance is me and that should be predictable. Kill all cops, kill yourself, kill me, end humanity. I didn't mean this thread but it's interesting you instantly leapt to your own defence.
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Mar 22, 2017 16:09
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Spangly A posted:I'm entirely in favour of directed violence at capital but what the gently caress is this amateur hour nonsense
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Mar 22, 2017 16:10
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HJB posted:I didn't mean this thread but it's interesting you instantly leapt to your own defence. there's a terrorist attack and you're talking about people's posting and twitter or some bullshit, the gently caress is wrong with you
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Mar 22, 2017 16:10
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Guavanaut posted:What was their plan, ram the fence and then stab the building? That's about the only thing they could realistically have achieved given the security there. I think you're trying to rationally investigate the actions of a nutter jBrereton posted:Have a quality day that doesn't involve getting stabbed/shot at, UKMT posters. 
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Mar 22, 2017 16:11
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Have a quality day that doesn't involve getting stabbed/shot at, UKMT posters.
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Mar 22, 2017 16:11
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Probably close the street in front of Parliament for cars but keep it open for rich people, a common occurrence
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Mar 22, 2017 16:12
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WeAreTheRomans posted:I think you're trying to rationally investigate the actions of a nutter Let's not go down that path again.
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Mar 22, 2017 16:13
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Mar 22, 2017 16:12
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Apparently there were at least two separate incidents: one man rushed into the parliamentary compound with a knife and injured a policeman before being shot by the other officers stationed there, and another person used an SUV to run over multiple people on Westminster bridge before driving away. The second person may still be at large.
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Mar 22, 2017 16:14
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That makes sense given the conflicting reports. Oh dear...
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LemonDrizzle posted:Apparently there were at least two separate incidents: one man rushed into the parliamentary compound with a knife and injured a policeman before being shot by the other officers stationed there, and another person used an SUV to run over multiple people on Westminster bridge before driving away. The second person may still be at large. source that there were multiple people?
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Spangly A posted:there's a terrorist attack and you're talking about people's posting and twitter or some bullshit, the gently caress is wrong with you You just posted *in support* of the terrorists, so please shut the gently caress up.
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Mar 22, 2017 16:14
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this is bad for jeremy corbyn
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Mar 22, 2017 16:14
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The timelines aren't certain yet, like did the knifer get out of the car and get the driver to cause a distraction?
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BarbarianElephant posted:You just posted *in support* of the terrorists What?
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Looke posted:this is bad for jeremy corbyn I'm pretty sure he has an alibi
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BarbarianElephant posted:You just posted *in support* of the terrorists, so please shut the gently caress up. no I'm not generally in favour of unannounced 5 civilian car incidents and getting yourself shot for injuring a cop
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BarbarianElephant posted:You just posted *in support* of the terrorists, so please shut the gently caress up.
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Spangly A posted:literally the only person mentioning anything but the immediate circumstance is me and that should be predictable. Kill all cops, kill yourself, kill me, end humanity. nah, you're definitely a smug oval office
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