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I see. Thank you everyone. I’m sorry for bogging down the thread with basic questions, it’s hard to learn the jargon of another country’s politics.  Edit: oh so you mean backbenchers actually sit in the literal back? That’s hilarious lol.
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Noxville posted:Which one? I’ve been to a single one also but my girlfriend and her friends try to do as many as they can so have probably eaten at dozens House of tides since its the only one in newcastle Bardeh posted:posting about getting on the dole one day and then eating at a michelin star restaurant the next lol it was my dads birthday today but i also never got anything back from my parents when it was my 30th because who loving knows what to get as a present and this had been planned for ages just never with the timing being right
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Lightning Knight posted:I see. Thank you everyone. I’m sorry for bogging down the thread with basic questions, it’s hard to learn the jargon of another country’s politics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJf5wDGEiug&t=183s
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Lightning Knight posted:I see. Thank you everyone. I’m sorry for bogging down the thread with basic questions, it’s hard to learn the jargon of another country’s politics. Yes. Because parliament is basically school.
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Pound_Coin posted:I used to work in a kitchen years back, one friday the chef decided he wanted to do battered fish, but we had no deep fryer, this lead to two massive catering pans of oil sat on top of the hob. I've worked in kitchens before and I think every kitchen has the "Wait, what's stopping us from deep-frying <x>" fever descend upon them occasionally. (Deep fried bananas are legitimately great, by the way, especially when you dip them in chocolate.)
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The prime minister is not like the US president, it's not a separate office because our government isn't designed to do that weird executive/legislative/judiciary thing the US one does. It all runs on spit and baling wire because it's been going in some form or another for centuries.
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serious gaylord posted:Yes. Because parliament is basically school. Its basically Eton's seventh form when you think about it.
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Jose posted:House of tides since its the only one in newcastle If you ever fancy going a bit further afield the Black Swan at Oldstead (north York moors) is loving fantastic, they did a 14-course taster menu for like £100 and it was almost all phenomenal
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Nov 16, 2018 00:26
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How long until Jeremy Corbyn is Prime Minister?
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Parliament as an institution inherits directly from when it was just an advisory to the king. And it technically still derives it's de jure authority from the queen. That's why the queen has to assent to government formation and stamp the laws through. Also if you want to resign from it you do some weird thing where you take a centuries-since-defunct office which technically puts you under the direct pay of the monarch and thus renders you unable to be an MP. And nobody's felt the need to change this because it works. If you want to get a feel for how the british government works it's helpful to assume that almost anything you would normally look to say, your national constitution to figure out, is not written down anywhere for the UK and we do it all based on habit instead.
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Nov 16, 2018 00:28
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#throwbackthursday
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Nothingtoseehere posted:Onto actual content, I think this article speaks true to alot of things in the UK aswell, and speaks true to me in places. https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/573949/ This was quite interesting. If sad. Part of me does seem to think I might need to start thinking about some stuff though.
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hahahahahaha https://twitter.com/DanaSchwartzzz/status/1062947682530938886
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Lightning Knight posted:
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Ha, is QT always this angry? I see why people watch it now
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McDragon posted:Ha, is QT always this angry? I see why people watch it now What's happening
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McDragon posted:Ha, is QT always this angry? I see why people watch it now Speaking of, Claire Perry just did a libel?
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Lightning Knight posted:I see. Thank you everyone. I’m sorry for bogging down the thread with basic questions, it’s hard to learn the jargon of another country’s politics. Basically. So our MPs sit staring at each other, government MPs on one side of the chamber and the various opposition parties opposite them. The front benches by the dispatch box (where there's a big ceremonial mace for some reason) are where the cabinet and shadow cabinet members sit (though during a specific Minister's Question Time some more minor ministers will sit there and answer some of the questions). The row behind them is often junior ministers and PPS (Parliamentary Private Secretary, an even more junior role) who will pass notes to their minister and poo poo like that if needed. Other than that, you end up with groups sitting together, vocal Tory Remainers are mostly in the back right of the government benches, Jacob Rees Mogg is always on the left side of the chamber, in about the middle, Labour's Dennis Skinner is often next to the SNP on the front opposition bench that's next to the shadow cabinet bench. And yeah, the opposite sides of the chamber are I believe designed to be two sword lengths apart so MPs can't duel in the chamber. It's very silly and full of antiquated terms to confuse the poo poo out of people. You can bray and howl but clapping is bad apparently?
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Lightning Knight posted:I see. Thank you everyone. I’m sorry for bogging down the thread with basic questions, it’s hard to learn the jargon of another country’s politics. It's OK, we secretly love explaining our weird political system to outsiders. See if you can get someone to talk you through the class system next, that's always good for a laugh.
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Gum posted:#throwbackthursday the stupidity of "HEALTHY GLOW" briefly distracted me from the two Tories in the back who are going to celebrate the referendum by shagging
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baka kaba posted:What's happening Lots of yelling, the Tory MP said Corbyn is an anti-Semite, more yelling. Just really angry and cross
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Pound_Coin posted:Speaking of, Claire Perry just did a libel? Yup. If Corbyn's lawyers do the same number on her as they did on Ben Bradley, May might be forced to ask for Perry's resignation.
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Nothingtoseehere posted:Onto actual content, I think this article speaks true to alot of things in the UK aswell, and speaks true to me in places. https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/573949/ quote:(It may or may not have helped that a course with overlapping appeal, Human Sexuality, was discontinued some years back after its professor presided over a demonstration of something called a fucksaw.) this article is a hoot
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Wolfsbane posted:It's OK, we secretly love explaining our weird political system to outsiders. Yeah honestly, it's always fun watching people coming from countries with formalized governments looking at ours and seeing the alternative 
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McDragon posted:Lots of yelling, the Tory MP said Corbyn is an anti-Semite, more yelling. Just really angry and cross What's the gammon vibe?
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Pound_Coin posted:Speaking of, Claire Perry just did a libel? She was so shook. She knew very well she'd dropped a bollock
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McDragon posted:Ha, is QT always this angry? I see why people watch it now This was shoutier than normal, Claire Perry seems like an absolute twat (and not because she's a woman thank you) Not So Fast fucked around with this message at 01:04 on Nov 16, 2018 |
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Pound_Coin posted:Speaking of, Claire Perry just did a libel? I'm not watching Question Time because I don't hate myself quite that much, can someone who is and does please share the juicy gossip re: what libel was it she did? your sacrifice is appreciated
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Angepain posted:I'm not watching Question Time because I don't hate myself quite that much, can someone who is and does please share the juicy gossip re: what libel was it she did? your sacrifice is appreciated She called Corbyn an Anti-Semite.
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Here's the specific clip of Claire Perry's slanderous statement, that was not recanted at any point, and in fact was something she stood by in later comments. https://twitter.com/GraemeDemianyk/status/1063217597343297536
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mehall posted:Here's the specific clip of Claire Perry's slanderous statement, that was not recanted at any point, and in fact was something she stood by in later comments. and the BBC could have cut that before broadcast as well
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mehall posted:Here's the specific clip of Claire Perry's slanderous statement, that was not recanted at any point, and in fact was something she stood by in later comments. gross hope Jezza throws the book at her
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