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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% |
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https://www.wikihow.com/do-mass-car-murder I mean I kind of feel like I should read that guide because currently I have to concentrate really hard not to inadvertently do mass murder with a car so if I read that I can only assume it rewires your brain so that you are a natural stunt driver who has to concentrate to get the opposite effect.
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jabby posted:https://twitter.com/gracepetrie/status/845058455434133504 I bet more people have been killed by their readership insisting that they can still drive safely at 79 and barely concentrating on the road due to a moment of spite fueled rage at one of their half remembered articles than by people googling 'how to drive car over people'.
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Mar 24, 2017 00:56
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jabby posted:https://twitter.com/gracepetrie/status/845058455434133504 There are people who make a living teaching you how to use a car, a weapon that can be used for mass murder. Some sickos out there will even teach you how to use a plane, which if you remember is what did 11/9.
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Mar 24, 2017 00:57
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Jedit posted:In my experience people usually have something inciteful to say about terror attacks. Classic freudian slip. Also amazingly we got through a whole episode of QT without a political giveaway question about how poo poo the Labour party is.
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Mar 24, 2017 01:04
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The Mail have a real hate boner at the moment for google. They've been running editorials and opinion pieces for the last couple of weeks about the evils of them, so it's no wonder they found a way to jam the two stories together.
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Mar 24, 2017 01:09
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Why? I'm surprised it's not for Facebook over the whole fake news thing.
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Mar 24, 2017 01:09
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Im guessing it's a way they see to wrestle back control from "new media" and in the long run, push the government into harsh controls on internet access.
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Mar 24, 2017 01:23
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Guavanaut posted:Why? I'm surprised it's not for Facebook over the whole fake news thing. I don't know the whole story behind the reasons why, but it apparently was a dictate from on high. I'm going to assume its something to do with advertising as it's that time of year. They went after facebook at the same time initially, but backed off after the whole clusterfuck where Facebook reported the mail's reporters to the police.
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Mar 24, 2017 01:26
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https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/845068856813146112
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Mar 24, 2017 01:30
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Is that one of the seats the tories fiddled?
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Mar 24, 2017 01:35
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Labour ward. Apparently the Labour candidate was in a politically restricted job. The eejit.
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Mar 24, 2017 01:37
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Skinty McEdger posted:They went after facebook at the same time initially, but backed off after the whole clusterfuck where Facebook reported the mail's reporters to the police. OwlFancier posted:Is that one of the seats the tories fiddled? Kokoro Wish posted:and in the long run, push the government into harsh controls on internet access. 
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Mar 24, 2017 01:39
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TinTower posted:Labour ward. How did this not come out until right after the count was complete? Guessing that ward isn't gonna go to Labour now (if it was before).
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Mar 24, 2017 01:47
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Free inside: Full colour supplement on how to do a terrorism
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Mar 24, 2017 01:47
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Information suppression is a dark path. Take bomb making, for example. What do you suppress? How to make a bomb? So do you also have to surpress knowledge of electronics? What about the explosive itself? Are we going to suppress chemistry knowledge? How much? Bombs are not wizardry. It's nitrates and enthralpy. Oh enthralpy, surpress that as well. I don't know what the mail is going on about car terrorism unless they mean you can look up what pedal makes the car go on Wikipedia. But I assume their actual motive is mass censorship.
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Mar 24, 2017 06:40
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Regarde Aduck posted:But I assume their actual motive is mass censorship. No, their actual motive is to spread terror by letting everyone know how easy it is to be a terrorist. After all, if it's so easy to be a terrorist, why, anyone could be a terrorist. Even, by some definitions, the editor of the Daily Mail.
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Mar 24, 2017 06:53
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PiCroft posted:Financial advice on a comedy forum etc but I use an investment ISA. It's managed for me, free under £10,000 and has a return slightly higher than 0.00000001% that every other savings account has. Oh yeah I have an ISA that I use anyway but obviously the problem is that if the pound goes full hyperinflation your savings are still wiped out. I'm not looking for an investment for a return, I'm just looking for something to convert my currency into to avoid this. I had considered swapping it all into dollars for example. But then I did some reading and gold seems to be reasonably stable as far as commodities go (more than any currency at least) and is also sufficiently value-dense that you can reasonably store it (unlike lead or whatever). I'm also kind of uncomfortable with the idea of going the stock/share route on principle - I'm not really exploiting anyone buying a metal any more than I am by general consumption. (I admit the thought of having actual treasure does appeal to the child in me too) But yes, probably a dumb think to ask advice for on internet comedy forum something awful dot com so nevermind!
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Mar 24, 2017 08:10
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ThomasPaine posted:Oh yeah I have an ISA that I use anyway but obviously the problem is that if the pound goes full hyperinflation your savings are still wiped out. I'm not looking for an investment for a return, I'm just looking for something to convert my currency into to avoid this. I had considered swapping it all into dollars for example. But then I did some reading and gold seems to be reasonably stable as far as commodities go (more than any currency at least) and is also sufficiently value-dense that you can reasonably store it (unlike lead or whatever). I'm also kind of uncomfortable with the idea of going the stock/share route on principle - I'm not really exploiting anyone buying a metal any more than I am by general consumption. Give me your money I will take good care of it honest.
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Mar 24, 2017 08:16
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Enthalpy, industrial shotguns... I'm learning lots of new stuff today! As far as savings go, I wouldn't fret too much. If you've actually got more than a few grand spare that you're not likely to need in the immediate future, best thing you can do is invest it in a range of funds spread around the globe and leave it to do its thing. Do some of these in other currencies if you want to get clever. People are poking fun a bit in this thread because investors in gold, bitcoins etc. are often... well, let's say naive, to be kind. Despite being obsessed with the performance of their investments and constantly fiddling around with them, they tend not to really understand the financial markets and fall back on these 'One Weird Trick to give you a massive return on your cash!' pieces of nonsense.
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Mar 24, 2017 08:29
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IF you are really worried about sterling just get a dollar and or euro account and start accumulating those
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Mar 24, 2017 08:49
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Regarde Aduck posted:I don't know what the mail is going on about car terrorism unless they mean you can look up what pedal makes the car go on Wikipedia. But I assume their actual motive is mass censorship. Well they're outraged that Google is allowing people to say "it's a hoax" without punishment so yeah. But the Mail exists to scare old people about how terrible/precocious the world today is, so handwavey poo poo about That Internet, Are Boys and The Terrorisms is like slot machine reels lining up They might be lining up for a 'crusade' too, that's what the print edition likes to focus on to keep its circulation up
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Mar 24, 2017 09:07
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jabby posted:https://twitter.com/gracepetrie/status/845058455434133504 This guy by the sounds of it. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/23/antwerp-belgium-police-arrest-man-drive-crowd-high-speed
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Mar 24, 2017 09:10
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Double post, but more on hopkins. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...tminster-attack
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Mar 24, 2017 11:20
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Inspirational stuff https://twitter.com/MirrorCeleb/status/845052312594927617
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Mar 24, 2017 11:30
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Whatever happened to Gordon the Gopher?
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Mar 24, 2017 11:32
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ThomasPaine posted:Oh yeah I have an ISA that I use anyway but obviously the problem is that if the pound goes full hyperinflation your savings are still wiped out. I'm not looking for an investment for a return, I'm just looking for something to convert my currency into to avoid this. I had considered swapping it all into dollars for example. But then I did some reading and gold seems to be reasonably stable as far as commodities go (more than any currency at least) and is also sufficiently value-dense that you can reasonably store it (unlike lead or whatever). I'm also kind of uncomfortable with the idea of going the stock/share route on principle - I'm not really exploiting anyone buying a metal any more than I am by general consumption. Don't buy physical gold to counter a rise in rates; there is no conceivable scenario, apocalyptic or otherwise, where gold sovereigns under the bed is a sensible investment. I don't know what you're reading that suggests the pound will hyper inflate as a consequence of brexit but i wouldn't trust a word of it.
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Mar 24, 2017 11:36
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Guavanaut posted:Whatever happened to Gordon the Gopher? Converted to Islam, changed his name to Mohammed al-Gopheri and last seen travelling to Syria.
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Mar 24, 2017 12:12
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The good news is he couldn't reach the pedals.
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Mar 24, 2017 12:46
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ThomasPaine posted:Oh yeah I have an ISA that I use anyway but obviously the problem is that if the pound goes full hyperinflation your savings are still wiped out.
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Mar 24, 2017 12:52
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Guavanaut posted:Whatever happened to Gordon the Gopher? Operation Yew Tree
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Mar 24, 2017 13:10
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Corbyn's script writer has quit after three months. Anybody here feel uk to the job ?
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Mar 24, 2017 13:17
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If US dollars suddenly lost a ton of value money wouldn't really be money anymore anywhere in the world, so it's as safe as you're gonna get. Gold is just a commodity, but the USD is backed by aircraft carriers, stealth bombers, fleets of nuclear ICBM armed subs, the CIA, the NSA, and the whole institution of global capitalism. If you believe that this time the sky really is falling, for sure, you can make a wager on it by taking out as much debt as you possibly can, then converting it all to commodies like gold or other easy to sell valuables, or even just USD if you think it's just the pound that's going. If the pound loses half its value, you can pay the loan back with half of what you borrowed and keep the other half. If the pound doesn't collapse you're bankrupt.
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Mar 24, 2017 13:25
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Pissflaps posted:Inspirational stuff Big phil would have sorted that fucker out if he was near westminster at the time.
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Mar 24, 2017 13:29
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That link appears not to work any more. What was in it?
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Mar 24, 2017 13:37
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Simon Jenkins in good article shocker: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/24/coverage-westminster-attack-media-politiciansquote:Don’t fill pages of newspapers and hours of television and radio with words like fear, menace, horror, maniac, monster. Don’t let the mayor rush into print, screaming “don’t panic”. Don’t have the media trawl the world for pundits to speculate on “what Isis wants” and “how hard it is to protect ourselves from attack”. Don’t present London as a horror movie set. Don’t crave a home-grown Osama bin Laden. In other words, don’t pretend you are “carrying on as usual” when you are doing the precise opposite. When the prime minister stands up in parliament to announce, “We are not afraid,” the response is “why then is the entire government machine behaving as if it’s poo poo-scared?”
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Mar 24, 2017 13:41
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Oberleutnant posted:Simon Jenkins in good article shocker: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/24/coverage-westminster-attack-media-politicians quote:Tony Blair in 2003 sought an easy headline by sending tanks to Heathrow to “counter terrorism”
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Mar 24, 2017 13:48
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feedmegin posted:That link appears not to work any more. What was in it? Council by-election declared null and void, in a tiny bit of local authority drama.
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Mar 24, 2017 13:48
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Jippa posted:Double post, but more on hopkins. Marina's the best
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Mar 24, 2017 14:25
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hakimashou posted:Gold is just a commodity, but the USD is backed by aircraft carriers, stealth bombers, fleets of nuclear ICBM armed subs, the CIA, the NSA, and the whole institution of global capitalism. If it wasn't for Brexit, the City would be caning it right now, being based an island with most of those things, and no Trump or Putin.
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Whoever it was that was posting about pensions earlier, thanks. I just realised my employer hadn't done what I'd asked with my pension so I'm now contributing 12.5% rather than 3% to my pension (I'm 25) 
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