DancingShade posted:

It makes more sense if you imagine the accusation was from May or a Tory landlord.

mycomancy posted:

How could you have missed this?

Apraxin posted:

I know it's pointless to be surprised by the new lows the Express sinks to, but I'm still... peeved, shall we say, that under their big splash of 'Queen Good' tomorrow's edition is leading with:

a) Brave May admits mistakes, takes charge
b) Pinko sicko Corbyn sponsors mob violence
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/876185874635120642

Mister Adequate posted:

i hosed up, you guys

Ewan posted:

https://twitter.com/GuidoFawkes/status/876118946314932224

Mister Adequate posted:

i hosed up, you guys

Miftan posted:

What a load of crap. Are we just supposed to believe that Ed Balls has perfect reception in an elevator? This is why nobody trusts politicians, at least put some thought into your skits. God drat.

Apraxin posted:

UrbicaMortis posted:

Careful, Miftan. You're safe here but start that kind of slanderous talk about Ed Balls in the C-SPAM Trump thread and it won't go well for you.

Mr. Flunchy posted:

Michael Sheen is clearly the only guy with the right look and political cred to play Corbyn. Or at minimum young Corbyn.



Just a shame that playing Blair might discount him by default.

Baron Corbyn posted:

Why? Do they like him there?

R. Mute posted:

Good post, but I'd also like to ask everyone to spare a thought (and a pound) for the less "sexy" charities. I was manning an info booth for one of those at a hippy festival the other week. They're an organisation that focuses on improving healthcare in a couple of African countries - but they don't focus on a specific disease, they don't build hospitals, none of that. They're all about organising transport/access to healthcare, setting up healthcare funds, providing additional training for local medical staff, sharing knowledge - real broad structural stuff. Hard to measure, but incredibly vital. A big part of their goal is to not only keep people alive, but to also make sure staying alive doesn't cost them everything they own.

Mr. Flunchy posted:

Michael Sheen is clearly the only guy with the right look and political cred to play Corbyn. Or at minimum young Corbyn.



Just a shame that playing Blair might discount him by default.

Ludicro posted:

Touching on some discussion earlier regarding trains and their costs, I have to say it is unbelievable just how expensive rail travel has become for anyone living outside London. A one year season ticket just to get to my girlfriend's costs a hair under £1000 more than a years worth of PCP payments for my car. Take away insurance and road tax, and that leaves me about £400 to go towards petrol and consumables. Take into consideration all the times I have to go to places other than my girlfriends, and all the times she comes with me (thus requiring her own ticket if we went by train), and I am convinced if we were stuck using trains and busses I would be considerably more out of pocket. The main issue is stumping up a deposit to get the whole thing off the ground.

Xaerael posted:

It's cost me £42 for a round trip to visit my sister who's making a short unexpected visit to the country. The distance each way is like 60 miles.

That's almost more expensive than renting a car and fuelling it for the weekend, and far less convienient. Trains are a sad joke these days.

Baron Corbyn posted:

Why? Do they like him there?

Acaila posted:

Derek Jacobi as John McDonnell am I right or am I right?

Edit: I reckon Daniel Day-Lewis, while a bit on the young side, would be interesting as our Jezza. And Hugh Grant as Cameron of course.

Rarity posted:

Eddie Redmayne as BoJo

Rarity posted:

Eddie Redmayne as BoJo

Mister Adequate posted:

i hosed up, you guys

Xaerael posted:

It's cost me £42 for a round trip to visit my sister who's making a short unexpected visit to the country. The distance each way is like 60 miles.

That's almost more expensive than renting a car and fuelling it for the weekend, and far less convienient. Trains are a sad joke these days.

Ludicro posted:

That's better than what I would get, if the trip I used in my post was a one off rather than a season ticket, it would be £42.70 for a journey that is by road 37 miles each way. Keep in mind as well that I drive a 1 Series, so it's possible to bring the cost difference of car vs train down even more.

It's really frustrating because the housing market problems have effectively forced a lot of people to live far from where they work forcing them to commute. Trains are so expensive (and there is the added inconvenience if you aren't close to the nearest station) that more people have opted to travel by car, contributing to the increased environmental impact.

It seems that over time policies to deal with this have focused on making car travel worse as opposed to making public transport better, which just pisses people off.

Ludicro posted:

Touching on some discussion earlier regarding trains and their costs, I have to say it is unbelievable just how expensive rail travel has become for anyone living outside London.

TACD posted:

Train tickets for visiting my folks down south are now so expensive that they're now pretty much at parity with air travel. Air travel also saves several hours and guarantees you a seat.

Baron Corbyn posted:

If Ian Beattie can play both Gerry Adams and Michael Stone then Sheen can play both Corbyn and Blair.

Ludicro posted:

That's better than what I would get, if the trip I used in my post was a one off rather than a season ticket, it would be £42.70 for a journey that is by road 37 miles each way. Keep in mind as well that I drive a 1 Series, so it's possible to bring the cost difference of car vs train down even more.

It's really frustrating because the housing market problems have effectively forced a lot of people to live far from where they work forcing them to commute. Trains are so expensive (and there is the added inconvenience if you aren't close to the nearest station) that more people have opted to travel by car, contributing to the increased environmental impact.

It seems that over time policies to deal with this have focused on making car travel worse as opposed to making public transport better, which just pisses people off.

goddamnedtwisto posted:

Yeah, I got into a Facebook fight after the Labour manifesto dropped with someone who kept going on about how train passenger numbers have gone up since privatisation and he refused to believe it had anything to do with the fact that it's to do with the amount of people who are having to move outside the M25 just to afford to live. Normal poo poo except for the fact that he himself was in this exact position, having been gentrified out of the nice little place he had in Hackney (from where he had a 20 minute walk to his office) to some godawful dormitory town out past Crawley.

He also claims Southern would be the best-performing franchise but for those commie drivers and guards (and nationalised Network Rail doing something evil to hold them back). I have to admit I stopped paying attention at this point - how can you debate with someone who's so completely invested in dogma that they discount their own actual experiences of it's effects?

Raeg posted:

Shergar is back to create a strong and stable government in the national interest.

Elliptical Dick posted:

Obligatory Grauniad trigger warning

Revealed: the tower block fire warnings that ministers ignored

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/17/tower-block-fire-warnings-grenfell-victims