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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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OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

Lobster God posted:

Given the number of postboxes and post box doors that get nicked for cast iron, i don't think copper handles would last long...

How the poo poo do you nick a pillarbox without a JCB?

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Obliterati
Nov 13, 2012

Pain is inevitable.
Suffering is optional.
Thunderdome is forever.

JFairfax posted:

also I've a friend who commutes into Kensington and told me that the apartment building is clearly visible from the train line. It's about 60 meters from the train line and 110 from the station.

Hundreds of thousands of people are going to see this building every day.

It's a monument to Tory incompetence and greed

A poster a while back suggested shoring up the structure and leaving it like that permanently, which I think is a fantastic idea

spectralent
Oct 1, 2014

Me and the boys poppin' down to the shops

Obliterati posted:

The political class have, in most cases, no other goals in life other than the pursuit of power and the benefits that come with it: if you don't think this crop of Lib Dem MPs would happily end the party in exchange for five years in Cabinet, a future of lucrative after-dinner lectures and a few stuffed brown envelopes I don't know what to say

I'd assume even the more cynical ones had the interests of continued existence of a party loyal to them in mind. It's all speculation at this point, anyway.

Marenghi posted:

May wouldn't let up that they shouldn't jump to conclusions until the source of the fire is known. What would the source matter when the cladding went up like tinder.

If it was terrorist arson she can politicise it the way she prefers to.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

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

JFairfax posted:

also I've a friend who commutes into Kensington and told me that the apartment building is clearly visible from the train line. It's about 60 meters from the train line and 110 from the station.

Hundreds of thousands of people are going to see this building every day.

It's a monument to Tory incompetence and greed

Theres no loving way its going to be up for long.
Torn down and sold off for yuppie flats within a year.

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes

Intrinsic Field Marshal posted:

People who dont wash their hands after having a piss need a slap

we may disagree on many things sir but not this, not this. coliform bacteria, fellow penis havers. Also possibly vulva havers I've not asked as many questions on that subject so do your own research kthx.

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

happyhippy posted:

Theres no loving way its going to be up for long.
Torn down and sold off for yuppie flats within a year.

it's going to be up for a good couple of months at least while they investigate and identify

Catzilla
May 12, 2003

"Untie the queen"


feedmegin posted:

Welcome, comrade, which CLP? Someone in here might be able to show you the ropes.

Literally signed up online just now, but would be the one that represents the Havant/Portsmouth area I should think.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008

OwlFancier posted:

How the poo poo do you nick a pillarbox without a JCB?

Tends to be these '70/80s ones:



Though I'm in Lincolnshire and agricultural equipment is readily available: http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2017/05/thieves-ram-raid-branston-co-op-store-steal-cash-machine/

jabby
Oct 27, 2010

happyhippy posted:

Theres no loving way its going to be up for long.
Torn down and sold off for yuppie flats within a year.

I'd happily go down to London and human chain the fucker to stop them tearing it down. No way should grasping developers make money out of this tragedy.

ContinuityNewTimes
Dec 30, 2010

Я выдуман напрочь

pumpinglemma posted:

Is there any actual advantage to seizing vacant homes over just relegalising squatting besides gently caress The Oligarchs?

I don't think it'd be flippant to say that hurting those people for even a second is an end unto itself.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

Lobster God posted:

Tends to be these '70/80s ones:



Huh, I don't think I've ever seen one of those except integrated into the side of a building.

spectralent
Oct 1, 2014

Me and the boys poppin' down to the shops

Angepain posted:

we may disagree on many things sir but not this, not this. coliform bacteria, fellow penis havers. Also possibly vulva havers I've not asked as many questions on that subject so do your own research kthx.

They do. Coliforms are pretty standard in the nethers.

Cabal Ties
Feb 28, 2004
Yam Slacker

Marenghi posted:

May wouldn't let up that they shouldn't jump to conclusions until the source of the fire is known. What would the source matter when the cladding went up like tinder.

I think based on those non answers and neglect to hold any responsibility considering you proposed the interview and the public response... It feels like the end for her. The whole country reels from this and she hasn't been able to look anyone at all in the eyes as we draw conclusions. Worse than bad.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

Please be excited.



jabby posted:

I'd happily go down to London and human chain the fucker to stop them tearing it down. No way should grasping developers make money out of this tragedy.

I mean... How long should it stay up?

It'd be good if they eventually tore it down and replaced it with subsidised super affordable, super safe flats.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008

OwlFancier posted:

Huh, I don't think I've ever seen one of those except integrated into the side of a building.

Those are actually a different design again. You can tell because the integrated ones have access from the back (although that's often only visible when you open them, unless it's in a post office).

Actually new ones of the model above are made out of cheaper materials anyway and don't get nicked.

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you


Steve2911 posted:

I mean... How long should it stay up?

It'd be good if they eventually tore it down and replaced it with subsidised super affordable, super safe flats.

hahahhahahahahah

it's going to be condos.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

Steve2911 posted:

I mean... How long should it stay up?

It'd be good if they eventually tore it down and replaced it with subsidised super affordable, super safe flats.

I mean I'd suggest keeping it there indefinitely and just appropriating all the neighbouring rich gently caress flats as social housing.

jabby
Oct 27, 2010

Steve2911 posted:

I mean... How long should it stay up?

I reckon they should move parliament there while Westminster gets renovated. I hear there's space on the top floor.

feedmegin
Jul 30, 2008

Catzilla posted:

Literally signed up online just now, but would be the one that represents the Havant/Portsmouth area I should think.

If nothing else when you get your Party card it will have your local CLP contact details on it.

I was born in Fareham myself :shobon:

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Make it a memorial park with a gigantic cenotaph with the victims names on it that people in the posh towerblocks can see.

Gonzo McFee
Jun 19, 2010
What the actual gently caress.

https://twitter.com/lindasgrant/status/875773165267496960

Edit: Also blast from the past from one of the thread favourites.

https://twitter.com/LondonFBU/status/623808119295078400

Check the thread for McTernan angrily arguing that firefighters don't even fight that many fires, eh?

Gonzo McFee fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Jun 16, 2017

Josef bugman
Nov 17, 2011

Pictured: Poster prepares to celebrate Holy Communion (probablY)

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Is it loving match fixing at this point? Even at the most rattled virtually any other PM in the past 100 years would have known what to do in this situation.

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes

spectralent posted:

They do. Coliforms are pretty standard in the nethers.

see normally i'd feel embarrassed about not knowing that as a matter of course but luckily we have actual people pulling the "they taught me not to piss on my hands :smug:" thing on the page previous so I'm still some steps ahead of the low, low goon bar

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Josef bugman posted:

Is it loving match fixing at this point? Even at the most rattled virtually any other PM in the past 100 years would have known what to do in this situation.

well she just fired her closest advisors lol

XMNN
Apr 26, 2008
I am incredibly stupid
theresa may is trapped in a hell of her own making

its just a shame we're stuck in here too

big scary monsters
Sep 2, 2011

-~Skullwave~-

Angepain posted:

see normally i'd feel embarrassed about not knowing that as a matter of course but luckily we have actual people pulling the "they taught me not to piss on my hands :smug:" thing on the page previous so I'm still some steps ahead of the low, low goon bar

Actually

I heard that piss is sterile so I generally just piss on my hands, dry them off and walk out.

:goonsay:

Marenghi
Oct 16, 2008

Don't trust the liberals,
they will betray you

Catzilla posted:

Emily Maitlis looked like she wanted to rip the prime minister a new one.

Yes she genuinely looked upset about the disaster and angry at May for dancing around the questions.

XMNN
Apr 26, 2008
I am incredibly stupid
I think she was at the fire when it was at its height so she probably saw a lot of horrible poo poo

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Marenghi posted:

Yes she genuinely looked upset about the disaster and angry at May for dancing around the questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84KZJGz37-c

Intrinsic Field Marshal
Sep 6, 2014

by SA Support Robot

big scary monsters posted:

Actually

I heard that piss is sterile so I generally just piss on my hands, dry them off and walk out.

:goonsay:

Until it enters your bloodstream and JUST FUCKS YOUR poo poo UP FAM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikid%C5%8Dzan

Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012

Josef bugman posted:

Is it loving match fixing at this point? Even at the most rattled virtually any other PM in the past 100 years would have known what to do in this situation.

I think she's actually, properly lacking in social skills. Which I would have a lot more sympathy for if the issue she was trying to defend with those nonexistent social skills wasn't her and her government's phenomenal callousness, arrogance, and greed.

Raeg
Jul 7, 2008

The top 1% of ducks have control of 99.9% of the bread.

gently caress me, she really is just a talking points spewing machine. I can't believe the answer to the lack of support when it was needed the most was that she was going to aim to toss money at it at some point in the future.

ContinuityNewTimes
Dec 30, 2010

Я выдуман напрочь
Theresa May is like one of those blackwater pricks who got killed in Iraq. What we're seeing now is the gruesome scene where the crowd is beating on the charred corpse live on TV.

XMNN
Apr 26, 2008
I am incredibly stupid
yeah i just watched that interview, shes doing her sneering, almost-laughing thing where she answers every question like she cant quite believe the interviewer is dim enough to ask it

vile

Intrinsic Field Marshal
Sep 6, 2014

by SA Support Robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJDQ31tkY8

lol

He was calling for antifa dox a couple of weeks ago

BobbyThompson
Mar 23, 2001

Gonzo McFee posted:


https://twitter.com/LondonFBU/status/623808119295078400

Check the thread for McTernan angrily arguing that firefighters don't even fight that many fires, eh?

didn't he direct Die Hard?

Prince John
Jun 20, 2006

Oh, poppycock! Female bandits?

The Express thinks it might be the EU';s fault:

https://twitter.com/RupertMyers/status/875610702693580801

jabby
Oct 27, 2010

XMNN posted:

I think she was at the fire when it was at its height so she probably saw a lot of horrible poo poo

Quite a few journalists who've been at the scene during or after the fire have looked extremely rattled. Every one I've seen reporting from the protests today have looked nervous in a way I don't remember seeing from reporters in this country today.

Obliterati
Nov 13, 2012

Pain is inevitable.
Suffering is optional.
Thunderdome is forever.

Josef bugman posted:

Is it loving match fixing at this point? Even at the most rattled virtually any other PM in the past 100 years would have known what to do in this situation.

It's my own pet theory, but as politicians get ever more reliant on pliant media to do their campaigning for them, ever less competent/personable people can get to the top. Campaigners like May would have gone down in flames fifty years ago, where some degree of talking to unconvinced voters was required. Thatcher, for all her faults, would never have made unforced errors like May/Cameron. Instead you get folk like May, who are really good at the closed-door scheming needed to get handed a safe seat, into the Cabinet, positive media coverage from friendly journos, plunging knives into her colleagues, etc. May has never faced a serious political challenge in her life - this is literally the first time she's had to seriously engage with the electorate.

The political class self-selects for incompetence, and it's only ever going to get worse.

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stev
Jan 22, 2013

Please be excited.



Intrinsic Field Marshal posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJDQ31tkY8

lol

He was calling for antifa dox a couple of weeks ago

Never seen that Youtuber before but what an insufferable waste of flesh. His sneering voice alone made me want to scratch my ears off.

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