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What is the best flav... you all know what this question is:
This poll is closed.
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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JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

ultrabindu posted:

Is this from the Jackie Chan film where Brosnon plays Gerry Adams?

No brosnan was going to Comicon cosplaying as adams

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R. Mute
Jul 27, 2011

Skinty McEdger posted:

It's the worst loving argument. I hate most that I know of it because my ma is sincerely pushing it.
Nobody likes hearing this, but you might have to dropkick your ma.

Pistol_Pete
Sep 15, 2007

Oven Wrangler
Oh god, May's making a 'fair and serious' offer to allow EU citizens in the UK the chance to build up the same rights as existing citizens. So generous!


She'll be laughed into a u-turn by the EU27 within 24 hours.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Pistol_Pete posted:

Oh god, May's making a 'fair and serious' offer to allow EU citizens in the UK the chance to build up the same rights as existing citizens. So generous!


She'll be laughed into a u-turn by the EU27 within 24 hours.

It's ok, here's a clip of her being booed after meeting Grenfall Tower residents yesterday

e: Wow, the offer only applies to EU citizens who've been living here for 5 years. gently caress off.

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)
I was saying Boo-urns Victims deserve justice.

CoolCab
Apr 17, 2005

glem

Rarity posted:

It's ok, here's a clip of her being booed after meeting Grenfall Tower residents yesterday

e: Wow, the offer only applies to EU citizens who've been living here for 5 years. gently caress off.

why is it only children booing? not that i'm complaining

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


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

CoolCab posted:

why is it only children booing? not that i'm complaining

It's not, start of this has a different angle and better audio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzr0Zf6JEes

Ms Adequate
Oct 30, 2011

Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling




I'm the cat at 1:13

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

Skinty McEdger posted:

Right wing social media and fake news sites are pushing this idea that some of the flats were being sublet (without any specific evidence to back it up) and thus as a result some of the people rehoused in the new development will be the subletters as opposed to people who were in the building at the time, thus meaning none of the families should be rehoused less one subletter benefits from this.

It's the worst loving argument. I hate most that I know of it because my ma is sincerely pushing it.

just ask them who in particular they're talking about and tell them to go find out who these subletters are if they're still enthusiastic despite having no loving idea.

Praseodymi
Aug 26, 2010

Skinty McEdger posted:

Right wing social media and fake news sites are pushing this idea that some of the flats were being sublet (without any specific evidence to back it up) and thus as a result some of the people rehoused in the new development will be the subletters as opposed to people who were in the building at the time, thus meaning none of the families should be rehoused less one subletter benefits from this.

It's the worst loving argument. I hate most that I know of it because my ma is sincerely pushing it.

Tories will put the rights of landlords above all else, unless they might be brown landlords.

ShaneMacGowansTeeth
May 22, 2007



I think this is it... I think this is how it ends

Praseodymi posted:

Tories will put the rights of landlords above all else, unless they might be brown landlords.

:discourse:

Pencils R Cool
Feb 16, 2011

I'm the Theresa May face in his trouser leg

Namtab
Feb 22, 2010

Do people get to complain about BBC news not reporting a story, is there a process for that, somebody should do that.

Maugrim
Feb 16, 2011

I eat your face

Namtab posted:

Do people get to complain about BBC news not reporting a story, is there a process for that, somebody should do that.

I think your ongoing seduction of Pissflaps would be better suited to a documentary than rolling news.

jabby
Oct 27, 2010

https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/877994898783326208
https://twitter.com/SamCoatesTimes/status/877994959365824512

Josef bugman
Nov 17, 2011

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Vitamin P posted:

http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/shelagh-fogarty/if-grenfell-residents-move-into-my-flats-ill-move/

How Shelagh resisted the urge to say "...gently caress off then?" I've not idea.

I know this might sound like a daft question but, why are people phoning in and making themselves out to be such utter shits?

I mean if you want to be a poo poo that's fine, but why is there no little voice saying "Maybe this won't look good no matter how much you explain it"? Does it just vanish in people who are earning above a certain amount?

ShaneMacGowansTeeth
May 22, 2007



I think this is it... I think this is how it ends

but how the gently caress did her approval rating go up this week after Grenfell? Oh right, hope....

jabby
Oct 27, 2010

ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:

but how the gently caress did her approval rating go up this week after Grenfell? Oh right, hope....

Did they? I thought the change listed was with the most recent YouGov poll.

Raeg
Jul 7, 2008

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

ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:

but how the gently caress did her approval rating go up this week after Grenfell? Oh right, hope....

Is there a new approval poll too? Best PM doesn't always match approvals.

ShaneMacGowansTeeth
May 22, 2007



I think this is it... I think this is how it ends

jabby posted:

Did they? I thought the change listed was with the most recent YouGov poll.

gently caress, I misread it, I had Corbyn dropping 9 and May increasing by 3. My mistake!

marktheando
Nov 4, 2006

That's a 'who would make the best prime minister' poll, not an approval poll. This is the first time Corbyn has been ahead on that question.

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes
I'm eagerly awaiting the next approval poll given that the last one was before the fallout from the fire. Am hoping the graph of approval over time gets even more hilarious.

spectralent
Oct 1, 2014

Me and the boys poppin' down to the shops

Josef bugman posted:

I know this might sound like a daft question but, why are people phoning in and making themselves out to be such utter shits?

I mean if you want to be a poo poo that's fine, but why is there no little voice saying "Maybe this won't look good no matter how much you explain it"? Does it just vanish in people who are earning above a certain amount?

As someone said earlier, "polite conversation" for most people involves not challenging beliefs to prevent debate. For a lot of people this means a truce on not discussing politics ("politics or religion", but I think religion's become less relevant for most). The trouble is, what's "politics" for one group is just How Stuff Is for another; for an all-straight-male group, discussing women is just "banter", though how the world treats and sees women is an obviously politicised issue.

For a lot of super-rich people, How Stuff Is involves being passively selfish and closed-minded. Their friends will just politely laugh and nod or tut along when they talk about how incredibly rude poor people are or how alienating it is to see so many muslims down the road, and so they literally don't realise that to most of the world, they sound like monsters, and worse, because you brought up politics they're mad at you for breaking the "truce".

Hidingo Kojimba
Mar 29, 2010

Skinty McEdger posted:

Right wing social media and fake news sites are pushing this idea that some of the flats were being sublet (without any specific evidence to back it up) and thus as a result some of the people rehoused in the new development will be the subletters as opposed to people who were in the building at the time, thus meaning none of the families should be rehoused less one subletter benefits from this.

It's the worst loving argument. I hate most that I know of it because my ma is sincerely pushing it.

Doubly stupid because it's piss easy for the council to evict absentee tenants who are subletting their property, but when have the tabloids ever let not knowing how the law on housing actually works stop them? The right-wing snobbery is revolting.

DepoProvera
May 3, 2011
So regardless of the fact that the Tories will probably get away with it, what are the possible outcomes of the investigation into illegal canvassing? Would it just be a fine? Surely it means they potentially gained votes illegally throwing the result of the election into doubt..

Namtab
Feb 22, 2010

Maugrim posted:

I think your ongoing seduction of Pissflaps would be better suited to a documentary than rolling news.

Pissflaps is a Corbyn fan now. Seduction complete. I'm corbyntab.

Guavanaut
Nov 27, 2009

Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998



Toilet Rascal

Skinty McEdger posted:

Right wing social media and fake news sites are pushing this idea that some of the flats were being sublet (without any specific evidence to back it up) and thus as a result some of the people rehoused in the new development will be the subletters as opposed to people who were in the building at the time, thus meaning none of the families should be rehoused less one subletter benefits from this.

It's the worst loving argument. I hate most that I know of it because my ma is sincerely pushing it.
There will be some 'sublets' in terms of sharing and couch surfing, I can almost guarantee it. There may or may not be more formal sublets. Those people still lost their homes and should have homes and just because the system is so poo poo that they had to exist on the verges of it doesn't mean they shouldn't. That's about the long and short of the argument for me.

Brovine
Dec 24, 2011

Mooooo?
So last week I wrote to my local (Tory) MP on the subject of the DUP. I didn't expect anything useful as a reply but I thought it might at least be amusing. I seem to have lost a copy of what I wrote, but it was basically "The DUP are homophobic creationists, why the hell are you doing this" in more flowery language.


Mark Prisk posted:

You recently wrote to me concerning talks between the Conservative Party and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). I apologise for my delay in responding to you.

Let me be clear about any discussions with the DUP. The Prime Minister has said any agreement will focus on countering terrorism, on the economy and on making Brexit work. I would not countenance a deal that sought in any way to undermine our settled position over social matters. I do not share the DUP's social agenda and nor do my colleagues. There is merit in having known support on a motion of no confidence and on budgetary matters, but beyond that we are the largest party - especially within England - and should get on and govern.

Thank you again for writing to me on this matter.

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes
That "especially within England" is an interesting one, why does he feel the need to mention that, why does that matter regarding this issue exactly

ShaneMacGowansTeeth
May 22, 2007



I think this is it... I think this is how it ends
Parliawint still doing The Lord's work

https://twitter.com/parliawint/status/878008036698148864

Bobstar
Feb 8, 2006

KartooshFace, you are not responding efficiently!

For some reason the spelling "judgementle" is cracking me up tonight.

Mr. Nemo
Feb 4, 2016

I wish I had a sister like my big strong Daddy :(

Angepain posted:

That "especially within England" is an interesting one, why does he feel the need to mention that, why does that matter regarding this issue exactly

So you are aware that when Brexit becomes a clusterfuck, Ireland is reunited and Scotland seceded they'll be able to rule with a majority over the smoking ruins of the former British Empire.

cosmically_cosmic
Dec 26, 2015
"Even though we weren't elected to government, who cares just let us govern anyway"

Angepain
Jul 13, 2012

what keeps happening to my clothes

cosmically_cosmic posted:

"Even though we weren't elected to government, who cares just let us govern anyway"

breaking news: whole queen's speech and budget palaver to be abolished, government will now be determined by which party's talking heads can give the most convincing speech to news anchors on results night explaining why the way in which they did better than the other lot is the way that should really matter for declaring "the winner", of which there must be one, and precisely one, which must govern with an iron fist for 5 or so years as is proper

EmptyVessel
Oct 30, 2012

Angepain posted:

That "especially within England" is an interesting one, why does he feel the need to mention that, why does that matter regarding this issue exactly

Insecurity making him look around for something his reptile brain can grab as 'positive'.

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames

Being deeply unfunny is the Lord's work? He really does move in mysterious ways.

Trickjaw
Jun 23, 2005
Nadie puede dar lo que no tiene



I'm getting a little confused with QT. I love pissed up Peter Obourne, but Wendy from Plymouth, but I hope she dies in one of those carehomes where they leave inmates on a window sill in January.


E: misspelled Obourne, and its all kicking off! Good lads andl asses

Trickjaw fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Jun 22, 2017

ShaneMacGowansTeeth
May 22, 2007



I think this is it... I think this is how it ends

Pissflaps posted:

Being deeply unfunny is the Lord's work? He really does move in mysterious ways.

you seem to manage

Fans
Jun 27, 2013

A reptile dysfunction

marktheando posted:

That's a 'who would make the best prime minister' poll, not an approval poll. This is the first time Corbyn has been ahead on that question.

It's very rare for the opposition to ever be ahead in this question because people tend to say the current Prime Minister would make the best because they got elected. The fact May can't win this question after just winning an election is disastrous for her.

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Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames
The people asked don't seem overly impressed with either option.


Fans posted:

It's very rare for the opposition to ever be ahead in this question because people tend to say the current Prime Minister would make the best because they got elected. The fact May can't win this question after just winning an election is disastrous for her.

Could you please post a list of all my voters so that I can thank each of them personally? Probably best wait until the end of the month in case I have a late surge in support.

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