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What is the best flav... you all know what this question is:
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Labour 907 49.92%
Theresa May Team (Conservative) 48 2.64%
Liberal Democrats 31 1.71%
UKIP 13 0.72%
Plaid Cymru 25 1.38%
Green 22 1.21%
Scottish Socialist Party 12 0.66%
Scottish Conservative Party 1 0.06%
Scottish National Party 59 3.25%
Some Kind of Irish Unionist 4 0.22%
Alliance / Irish Nonsectarian 3 0.17%
Some Kind of Irish Nationalist 36 1.98%
Misc. Far Left Trots 35 1.93%
Misc. Far Right Fash 8 0.44%
Monster Raving Loony 49 2.70%
Space Navies Party 39 2.15%
Independent / Single Issue 2 0.11%
Can't Vote 188 10.35%
Won't Vote 8 0.44%
Spoiled Ballot 15 0.83%
Pissflaps 312 17.17%
Total: 1817 votes
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Communist Thoughts
Jan 7, 2008

Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!


baka kaba posted:

I dunno, that looks more like "if you're part of any disturbance/make life difficult for anyone who might visit the area for any reason, you'll pay for it". The ball bit is the 'official' reason for sending the letter with the threats - it gives them deniability and sends a message that isn't an explicit challenge

I imagine this is probably true, although from a more scared shitless clusterfuck position than a mob-boss break-your-legs position.
I was doing some work with people working in social care back when the Baby P disaster hit, I bet this will be like that times a thousand behind the scenes.

Basically people trying to sort it out frantically but not really beleiving its their fault and saying they require more money. Actually "we don't have enough money to do this properly" is basically an eternal refrain in the UK public sector unless you lucked into decent EU funding. Uh oh.

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WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)


Crossposting from Auspol where we know even less about NI than the British.

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

TomViolence posted:

Nah, Liz was into Public Enemy. Fight the Power was her favourite song. I'm not making this up.

I mean to be fair this was released in 1990

Communist Thoughts
Jan 7, 2008

Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!


WhiskeyWhiskers posted:



Crossposting from Auspol where we know even less about NI than the British.

a jpeg of a jpeg of a facebook post about a story from australia about ireland?

communism bitch
Apr 24, 2009

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:



Crossposting from Auspol where we know even less about NI than the British.
This is not only not right, it's not even wrong.

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)

nopantsjack posted:

a jpeg of a jpeg of a facebook post about a story from australia about ireland?

Just be glad I didn't quote the post I stole it from.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
spurious election data correlations



whoops that was frucking huge

Sarah Bellum
Oct 21, 2008
To add to the corvid conversation:
A couple of days ago we found a fledgling jackdaw wandering around our garden with all the feathers on top of its head pecked off. After keeping it secure with access to food and watching for cats and gulls for a few hours, we consulted with a friend who works in wildlife rescue who told us that it had probably been evicted from the nest for some reason, so we took it to a bird rescue place. They said the same thing, it was underweight and had been violently ejected from it's nest to die. The next morning I saw the jackdaws that live in our chimney take their other children out for a walk/fly.

So now we call them the McCawnns.

TACD
Oct 27, 2000

Tesseraction posted:

Hahaha Kensington and Chelsea Council have announced that the previous press release was the wrong one, and that the survivors will be rehouse within the borough after all.

Weird that they had such a misleading press release lying around where it could be accidentally announced.

:thunk:
Didn't the government accidentally release an incorrect press release just a few days ago about having already done the DUP deal? Why would you write a press release for an imaginary situation?

Edit: Haha I took another read of that headline, that's some good poo poo.

communism bitch
Apr 24, 2009

Sarah Bellum posted:

So now we call them the McCawnns.

yikes *tugs collar*

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug

I wouldn't be surprised there will be redrafted rent agreements with 'you can not sue us no matter what' soon.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
ok hopefully this isn't huge

https://im2.ezgif.com/tmp/ezgif-2-58db275b98.webm

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf

TomViolence posted:

Nah, Liz was into Public Enemy. Fight the Power was her favourite song. I'm not making this up.

Over in the US, Paul Ryan said his favorite band is Rage Against The Machine, but he doesnt listen to the lyrics

Tsaedje
May 11, 2007

BRAWNY BUTTONS 4 LYFE
I'm inclined to think the notice was a balls up in timing rather than a threat. Given it's dated the 14th, it was probably queued up earlier. It's terrible timing and they should've put a stop on sending out stuff like that, but I don't think it's anything more than a total lack of tact.

goddamnedtwisto
Dec 31, 2004

If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you
Fun Shoe

TACD posted:

Didn't the government accidentally release an incorrect press release just a few days ago about having already done the DUP deal? Why would you write a press release for an imaginary situation?

Serious answer - it's because press offices will try and have most eventualities covered so they can rush out a pre-approved release the moment something happens. There's all kinds of bullshit around "getting in front of the story" and "seizing narratives" and poo poo but it's actually because PRs are lazy twats who can't actually write so need fifteen layers of approval and editing before they can release anything.

Of course this also allows you to slip out a release "accidentally" either as a trial balloon or in the hope of forcing your opponents to react.

deletebeepbeepbeep
Nov 12, 2008
What are the odds of the protest tonight properly kicking off.

Flatscan
Mar 27, 2001

Outlaw Journalist

TACD posted:

Didn't the government accidentally release an incorrect press release just a few days ago about having already done the DUP deal? Why would you write a press release for an imaginary situation?

The same reason the papers have pre-written obituaries ready to go for load of famous people, so that when it does happen you can just change the dates and get the story out.

Though obviously this "accident" is just a blatant loving lie to cover furious back-peddling.

Tsaedje
May 11, 2007

BRAWNY BUTTONS 4 LYFE

deletebeepbeepbeep posted:

What are the odds of the protest tonight properly kicking off.

20+ degrees and humid -- highly likely to kick off

Communist Thoughts
Jan 7, 2008

Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!


The Glumslinger posted:

Over in the US, Paul Ryan said his favorite band is Rage Against The Machine, but he doesnt listen to the lyrics

This is the opinion of a child.

WeAreTheRomans
Feb 23, 2010

by R. Guyovich

nopantsjack posted:

Jeremy Corbyn: I slap and I suck clits, I gently caress in my church shoes.

Jeremy Corbynista: I got banana-dick, your girl go apeshit when she hit it

goddamnedtwisto
Dec 31, 2004

If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you
Fun Shoe

deletebeepbeepbeep posted:

What are the odds of the protest tonight properly kicking off.

Yesterday I'd have definitely thought the chances were near 100%, there seemed to be a genuine fury in the air, today people seem more restrained. Still angry, but there's a lot more depression and despair there. Compare the receptions that Khan and Leadsom got - I thought there was a pretty good chance it could all have kicked off yesterday afternoon, but while Leadsom still got a hostile response it wasn't a "Oops, better start boarding up the windows" hostility.

Of course I'm basing all this off what I'm seeing on the telly so we don't know how much of a filter there is there, and of course there's always a chance that the police could do something very silly.

HJB
Feb 16, 2011

:swoon: I can't get enough of are Dan :swoon:

nopantsjack posted:

This is the opinion of a child.

Liking RATM, or not listening to lyrics?

Junior G-man
Sep 15, 2004

Wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma


Most of charing cross hospital services to be disbanded and sprinkled all over london. Charing Cross grounds to be sold for development. Only 13% of the original services to remain.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jun/16/most-of-central-london-hospital-to-be-sold-off-secret-plans-reveal

Firos
Apr 30, 2007

Staying abreast of the latest developments in jam communism



Junior G-man posted:

Most of charing cross hospital services to be disbanded and sprinkled all over london. Charing Cross grounds to be sold for development. Only 13% of the original services to remain.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jun/16/most-of-central-london-hospital-to-be-sold-off-secret-plans-reveal

Hospital sprinklers are probably less effective than water sprinklers imo.

i am harry
Oct 14, 2003

According to the Australian news network, Sinn Féin is a person, and he's also a member of the DUP.

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)
Someone here writes for Derry Now and hasn't called for Full Communism Now yet? :colbert:

WeAreTheRomans
Feb 23, 2010

by R. Guyovich

Sinn Féin is real, strong, a DUP councillor, and he's my friend

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug

Junior G-man posted:

Most of charing cross hospital services to be disbanded and sprinkled all over london. Charing Cross grounds to be sold for development. Only 13% of the original services to remain.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jun/16/most-of-central-london-hospital-to-be-sold-off-secret-plans-reveal

hahahahahahahahhhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaahhahahahahahha

Cant have a hospital take up valuable space we can flog off for short term gains!
Now away with you, go hire some prefabs and fill beds with them.
Let the oiks be sick somewhere poorer.

communism bitch
Apr 24, 2009
https://twitter.com/GerryAdamsSF/status/396395987771867136

Any excuse.

Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

asymptotically approaching one

That's too wrong to even be offensive.

GEORGE W BUSHI
Jul 1, 2012


he's caring for a sick crow right now just as this thread was talking about crows. Could Gerry be one of us?

feedmegin
Jul 30, 2008

Hexyflexy posted:

That's too wrong to even be offensive.

I mean, you can change name pretty easily in this country. It'd be funny if one of the DUP guys actually made it true.

Intrinsic Field Marshal
Sep 6, 2014

by SA Support Robot

What did he intend to communicate with this piece of social media?

WeAreTheRomans
Feb 23, 2010

by R. Guyovich

Gerry's combo of literal murderer terrorist and developmentally-arrested teddy-loving manchild troll is certainly...unique

number one pta fan
Sep 6, 2011

my work is my play play
every day pay day
It feels like whatever surfaces apply the friction that slows down events like expressions of social dissent have been thoroughly greased in the last few weeks. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if something terrible and/or wonderful happened in the area very soon.

Edit

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/875736612185001984

That was fast.

communism bitch
Apr 24, 2009

Intrinsic Field Marshal posted:

What did he intend to communicate with this piece of social media?

"Ducky's day will come", it's a rephrased revolutionary slogan.

communism bitch
Apr 24, 2009

number one pta fan posted:

It feels like whatever surfaces apply the friction that slows down events like expressions of social dissent have been thoroughly greased in the last few weeks. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if something terrible and/or wonderful happened in the area very soon.

Edit

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/875736612185001984

That was fast.

:stare:

bessantj
Jul 27, 2004


Helmut Kohl has died. There's a blast from the past.

Overminty
Mar 16, 2010

You may wonder what I am doing while reading your posts..


https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/875736709840814080

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Nuclearmonkee
Jun 10, 2009



"Stormed" "Charged"

*large group of people walk in an orderly fashion*

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