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Bacon Terrorist posted:They would hold an election after they have forced this through? "We're only seizing power until the present emergency has passed" is the standard justification for a coup.
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Welcome to Britain's Reichstag Fire Decree. I'll see you all in the gulag.
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Vlex posted:GOOD THING THE LIBDEMS HAVE BEEN PISSING ABOUT ON A TECHNICALITY This prevents Jeremy Corbyn from Being Bad in No. 10. All worth it!
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Could someone save and cache the names of everyone that didn’t support the last vonc, there will be uses for it down the line.
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thespaceinvader posted:Welcome to Britain's Reichstag Fire Decree. Gulags are the good camps that we get to run. It'll be the konzentrationslager for us.
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Will she, though? This feels a bit politically involved for her tastes.
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Jedit posted:Which they can't be, because Parliament isn't sitting. Correct me if I'm wrong but can't Parliament say 'gently caress you Queenie' and sit anyway? ISTR the Speaker has said words along those lines, and there is definitely precedent (  )
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Nothingtoseehere posted:Will she, though? This feels a bit politically involved for her tastes. Asking is a formality. Political involvement would be her saying no.
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Remember a few pages ago when I said don't get your hopes up... guess who is feeling  right nowSmug and petrified. Heres me on the last flight out of heathrow on oct 31st 
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Chuka Umana posted:btw can anyone tell me why all high streets look like rear end? There’s not an aesthetically pleasing place to shop (or get non corporate chain poo poo) outside of London They're like any other ancient relic, they exist to gawp at and to appease the olds, not to serve a functional purpose.
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thespaceinvader posted:And you also have to bear in mind just how many of your support structures and mechanisms you rely on, and eliminate them from consideration when you're answering. Like, for her, the questions of 'can you prepare a meal unaided' is complex, because she can - with the aid of her wheelchair, the adaptations we've made to our kitchen, and a lot more time and effort for a worse meal than average. So the answer, strictly, is no - because all the aids she uses to prepare that meal, aren't HER, and she, on her own, absolutely cannot prepare a meal. But if you're not prepared to be that aggressively defensive, you might say yes - which is the answer they're looking for, to mark off against your chance of getting benefits. I have been told I should be applying for at least PIP, but honestly reading the stories of people who were turned down I have absolutely no confidence that I'd get it. I look normal. My condition is high functioning and the whole point is that I have learned to hide that I struggle - this does not mean however that I'm not struggling. Ian Duncan Smith is the most evil bastard imaginable. Bobby Deluxe fucked around with this message at 09:45 on Aug 28, 2019 |
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Ratjaculation posted:Remember a few pages ago when I said don't get your hopes up... I literally fly out at 10pm 31st October for three weeks. I'm wondering if there will be a country to return to at this rate.
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HJB posted:They're like any other ancient relic, they exist to gawp at and to appease the olds, not to serve a functional purpose.
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Sharpen your pointy sticks gentlegoons. It's going to get nasty in Blighty.
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josh04 posted:This is surely going to kick off. It's basically a coup? Holy poo poo. We should never have let the nobility estate get influence to 100%
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Lol, there's already an article in the New Statesman saying that opposing Johnson's proroguing of parliament is playing into his hands.
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Jedit posted:Asking is a formality. Political involvement would be her saying no. The Queen has tried to make everything she has to do a formality, but the problem is the royals take political damage regardless of which side of this line she jumps down on - the FBPEs will be calling for a republic as soon as the queen doesn't save them. Edit: how long till protests in London start, if at all?
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josh04 posted:Lol, there's already an article in the New Statesman saying that opposing Johnson's proroguing of parliament is playing into his hands. If its the Stephen Bush one it looks to me like it's actually arguing "lol, we're hosed anyway this doesn't change how hosed we are significantly"
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Nothingtoseehere posted:The Queen has tried to make everything she has to do a formality, but the problem is the royals take political damage regardless of which side of this line she jumps down on - the FBPEs will be calling for a republic as soon as the queen doesn't save them. As discussed last time, they won't start in any meaningful (i.e. actually disruptive to the business of capitalism) way until afterwards. Unfortunately.
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josh04 posted:Lol, there's already an article in the New Statesman saying that opposing Johnson's proroguing of parliament is playing into his hands. Not sure if you meant Stephen Bush's article, but I think this is a pretty reasonable take: https://twitter.com/stephenkb/status/1166634302479769601 quote:But what it does do is it sets up a showdown in Parliament next week that would give Johnson the pretext to stand outside Downing Street, decry the bad behaviour of MPs and go to the country on a “don’t let politicians steal Brexit” ticket before 31 October – which increasingly looks like the government’s real first preference, rather than pursuing a no-deal Brexit with such a fragile parliamentary majority.
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Nothingtoseehere posted:he FBPEs will be calling for a republic as soon as the queen doesn't save them. LMAO, no they won't. Like five of them will but the rest are all Loyal Subjects.
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Nothingtoseehere posted:The Queen has tried to make everything she has to do a formality, but the problem is the royals take political damage regardless of which side of this line she jumps down on - the FBPEs will be calling for a republic as soon as the queen doesn't save them. You think they'll blame someone other than Corbyn? Optimistic of you.
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Nothingtoseehere posted:The Queen has tried to make everything she has to do a formality, but the problem is the royals take political damage regardless of which side of this line she jumps down on - the FBPEs will be calling for a republic as soon as the queen doesn't save them. https://twitter.com/EmmaKennedy/status/1166623220352634880?s=19 Lol
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Niric posted:Not sure if you meant Stephen Bush's article, but I think this is a pretty reasonable take: It's a continuation of what was consistently the wrong take with Theresa May: that some minor strategic advantage is the "real reason" the PM keeps doing exactly the things that the hard Brexiteers want to happen.
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Niric posted:Not sure if you meant Stephen Bush's article, but I think this is a pretty reasonable take: Yeah Boris would absolutely trade Brexit happening this year or even ever for a large majority. This is why I've been so against Labour siding with Remain, there's enough right wing and Leaver sentiment to make Labour lose any election if they are seen as stopping Brexit against the will of the people.
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Paul.Power posted:Then again I always thought Swansea city centre looked all right while my parents hate it, so maybe I'm not the best judge  are you like 90? Because Swansea centre used to be gorgeous, before it got levelled in the war & never quite put right again since the copper mines had dried up so nobody cared. Here's what the High Street used to look like:(e: non-Jacks might be imagining a regular ol' High Street there now. It is not that. Better than it used to be in that there's actually a few non-boarded up buildings and I haven't seen anyone openly smoking crack in broad daylight there in a few years, but it is not good)  And the old Kingsway roundabout, before they turned it into an underpass/heroin dungeon in the '70s (it's now basically a pile of traffic cones marking out whatever complex junction the Council has decided it's gonna be this week):  I've had loads of friends visit from elsewhere who go home convinced Swansea's beautiful though, but that's because I'll carefully curate the bits that they get to see. I'll take them round the marina, maybe up to Rosehill or round to Mumbles, possibly Clyne Gardens if they feel like a walk. Never the loving centre. There's loads of pretty places to shop in England though, basically any market town, plus every village in the South East (where the money is) Paul.Power posted:I understand good things are happening in Preston? Borrovan fucked around with this message at 10:14 on Aug 28, 2019 |
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Paul.Power posted:"Aesthetically pleasing" is kind of subjective, mind. Like, I reckon Barry town centre looks pretty good, all things considered. But I'm also not expecting someone to cross half the country to shop there.  Shame about the locals mind (I say, living in Barry).
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Totnes seems to have a decent high street, due to its fending off most chains. But it does have a massive toff problem and a really lovely mp
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josh04 posted:It's a continuation of what was consistently the wrong take with Theresa May: that some minor strategic advantage is the "real reason" the PM keeps doing exactly the things that the hard Brexiteers want to happen. Ok, I see what you mean now, that's a fair point. I suppose I see a slight distinction now though in that commentators seem to at least vaguely grasp, at long last, that no deal is a plausible (even most likely) option in a way that they didn't seem to with May - and to be fair to Stephen Bush he's been saying that for a while. Previously you got the impression from Sensible Opinion Havers that they thought May was doing something clever by giving Brexiters what they want as part of a wider manoeuvre specifically away from No Deal. The suggestion here is less "Johnson is cleverly avoiding no deal" than "Johnson wants to play the victim in front of the electorate." Which might work. Also, as someone pointed out in the office the other day, October 31st is a Thursday... Niric fucked around with this message at 10:21 on Aug 28, 2019 |
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LongLongView CIF posted:I live in Opposite Land: (bolded in original)
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Ratjaculation posted:Totnes seems to have a decent high street, due to its fending off most chains. But it does have a massive toff problem and a really lovely mp Yeah it's a nice high street but it didn't stop me from getting jumped by the local drunks outside the pub in that photo.
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Vlex posted:Yeah it's a nice high street but it didn't stop me from getting jumped by the local drunks outside the pub in that photo. Can you blame me... have you seen yourself 
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