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Ojo posted:I just saw someone on Facebook say that they support Johnson because "he's a down to earth guy!" and my mind is completely blown. How does anyone believe that? Same way Trump is a "man of the people" as he's making GBS threads into a gold toilet. these people are morons
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Ojo posted:I just saw someone on Facebook say that they support Johnson because "he's a down to earth guy!" and my mind is completely blown. How does anyone believe that? It's been his shtick for probably 15 years. If it didn't work he'd have done something different.
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Sodomy Hussein posted:Once more Labor will rule the galaxy. Corbyn after tonight’s vote: I love democracy
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Ojo posted:I just saw someone on Facebook say that they support Johnson because "he's a down to earth guy!" and my mind is completely blown. How does anyone believe that? bozza legerrrrnd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WJuejPFxF0
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Ojo posted:I just saw someone on Facebook say that they support Johnson because "he's a down to earth guy!" and my mind is completely blown. How does anyone believe that? Last thing on FB this afternoon was a friend who claimed to be a lifelong labour supporter, but who is a no dealer, saying he would rather 5 years of Johnson than have a Corbyn government because Corbyn will destroy Britain (hello - is Britain being destroyed as we speak?) Then the claims that deals were an invention of remoaners which I've seen quite a few make. Another friend contradicted him by posting a link to a Vote Leave document from before the referendum showing quite clearly that Vote Leave were talking about deals before the referendum. Haven't checked the reaction to this yet. Been far too exciting on here tonight! And a big thanks to those who put themselves through watching the live action and report back because I can't bear to!
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Ojo posted:I just saw someone on Facebook say that they support Johnson because "he's a down to earth guy!" and my mind is completely blown. How does anyone believe that? I mean he is demonstrably very stupid, that's relatable for some people 
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drat I didn't know there was a Twitter: Live! show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWURk8Bo5bY Ash calling people out left and right, and Jeremy Vine made a face
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Last thing on FB this afternoon was a friend who claimed to be a lifelong labour supporter, but who is a no dealer, saying he would rather 5 years of Johnson than have a Corbyn government because Corbyn will destroy Britain (hello - is Britain being destroyed as we speak?) Maybe I'm just drawing a blank here, but since any prospective Corbyn caretaker government majority would presumably be razor-thin (given the number of people both within and outside Labour who are loudly skeptical of the concept), what exactly is it that he would be able to get majority support for that would Destroy Britain[tm] without umpteen MPs doing to him what happened to Boris today?
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baka kaba posted:drat I didn't know there was a Twitter: Live! show Lmao just calling out chuka to his face, Ash is fuckin great.
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Chuka Umana posted:It’s more likely we are going to see a Con-Lib-DUP coalition That's fine, it'll ruin all three of them
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OwlFancier posted:I just caught up. Ah, someone with true taste in waking hours
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OwlFancier posted:I am in favour of sleep but I do not intend to simply allow boris johnson to tell me when I will sleep, I will sleep at a time that is convenient for me. I am sure he will oblige and will continue melting down 24/7.
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Ms Adequate posted:Ah, someone with true taste in waking hours Being awake at night is just nicer, somehow. Definitely makes me feel more at ease. Not good for interacting with the outside world, but that's something I only have the energy for a couple of times a week anyway.
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Night owls of the UKMT represent!
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Early mornings are great for retail cos only the weirdos are waiting at six for the store to open.
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So, as someone who isn't 100% tuned in to this side of the pond, what exactly happened that caused such a rebellion? I thought there wasn't much hope of anything getting passed before the deadline?
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Roluth posted:So, as someone who isn't 100% tuned in to this side of the pond, what exactly happened that caused such a rebellion? I thought there wasn't much hope of anything getting passed before the deadline? Not a single person seriously expected 21 conservatives to actually grow a loving spine and put their jobs on the line.
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Mebh posted:Night owls of the UKMT represent! WHERE IS MY NIGHT TUBE?????
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Ratjaculation posted:Can't really call this a brilliant Labour long play superplan This is a common take but like, the government wouldn't be in such shambles without a strong opposition that they're clearly making GBS threads themselves about, and they wouldn't be anywhere near to the situation they've found themselves in unless Corbz destroyed their majority in 2017.
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Roluth posted:So, as someone who isn't 100% tuned in to this side of the pond, what exactly happened that caused such a rebellion? I thought there wasn't much hope of anything getting passed before the deadline? Essentially, as repeatedly happens whenever Boris actually fails into any position of power, everyone realises he's actually a massive loving moron with no social skills so he managed to actually alienate 20 odd tory MPs to deselect themselves and vote him down lol. Boris is exactly as stupid as he looks, he only ever gets anywhere by people occasionally forgetting that, or by the force of more competent organizations putting their PR weight behind him. The tory party at the moment has no competent people, it hasn't since Cameron left. May was the least poo poo option they could manage.
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OwlFancier posted:Early mornings are great for retail cos only the weirdos are waiting at six for the store to open. and the night shift workers the best thing about working overnight for Domino's was getting fresh croissants from the bakery next door for "breakfast"
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OwlFancier posted:Early mornings are great for retail cos only the weirdos are waiting at six for the store to open. Hurtful and yet truthful
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Julio Cruz posted:and the night shift workers Night shift IME are definitely all weirdos lol. There's a noticeable shift between the night crew and the day crew and that's that the night crew probably wouldn't be allowed anywhere near the customers Which is another good reason to work at night!
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Sanitary Naptime posted:Lmao just calling out chuka to his face, Ash is fuckin great. She really is. Wonder if she'll ever go into politics.
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Comrade Fakename posted:If this election goes ahead and the Tories lose, will tomorrow’s PMQs be Johnson’s only one? Probably, actually. If parliament breaks up before next Wednesday due to prorogation or VONC, then it will be unless him somone manages to prorogue and then win a queens speech in a month. EDIT: no night shifts for me, just living halfway around the world now so didn't get to watch BoJo's humiliation. Nothingtoseehere fucked around with this message at 03:31 on Sep 4, 2019 |
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I started working overnights a month ago now and time has ceased to mean things. I eat breakfast at 4pm.
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AceClown posted:Not a single person seriously expected 21 conservatives to actually grow a loving spine and put their jobs on the line. It's truly, truly amazing. Most people were expecting that if we won this vote at all, it would be by a margin of like, one. If one wished to be very optimistic, you'd push that as high as five! Everyone was convinced that we'd be lucky to see more than one Tory do this, half a dozen would be at the very wildest bounds of plausibility; 21 was bonkeys Looney Tunes talk. As to what actaully caused it, the government essentially issued a blanket threat to their entire set of MPs that disobeying would be punished with withdrawal of the whip, i.e. expulsion from the Tory party. The rebels promptly turned around and said "gently caress you I won't do what you tell me". There are Tories who think No Deal Brexit is a terrible idea and want to stop it, some who think it's okay in itself but only as a last resort and see that de Pfeffel was making no effort at all to avert it, and some who don't really care about that but do care about the methods he's trying to use to get it. Combine all those with him being an unbelievably unlikable wanker who is advised by a couple of the only people in town who are even less pleasant than he is, all of them convinced of their own genius and capability, and they've managed to gently caress off enough of their own people to cause an absolutely huge (And hilarious) rebellion. In short, Boris Johnson is so incompetent, so stupid, and so hated that he may have actually caused irreperable damage to the Conservative Party.
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It's absolutely on boris, that's the wonderful bit. He's singlehandedly managed to obliterate the tory majority. He probably should have said OK we won't remove the whip and tried to work out some concessions. He wouldn't have got what he wanted but he could conceivably have held the government together a bit longer. As it stands though he's completely hosed it, because he can't back down. He's gonna keep stamping his foot and annoying more and more tories until they're a wreck, and it's absolutely wonderful. Especially because the brexit party is waiting in the wings to split their vote when he looks completely incompetent. The great blonde hope of the tories in the early 00s is now the man sticking the stake through the heart of the revenant that is the tory party and you could not write a funnier twist.
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Can't sleep, don't know why. Might have been going deep on developments and indecision over booking a holiday (solo travel suggestions welcome) Maybe I'm making it worse by picking up my phone in my boredom. https://twitter.com/VauxhallLabour/status/1168830751607021568?s=19
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I'm in Japan enjoying some hot springs and good scenery, and now I hear that Boris is imploding the Tories? Keep it coming, this day is going prettttyy good
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This is why I tell people never to lock themselves into an escalation strategy, because it usually fails. If Boris had ever had to negotiate for anything real in his life, he would have learned this a long time ago.
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Beefeater1980 posted:This is why I tell people never to lock themselves into an escalation strategy, because it usually fails. If Boris had ever had to negotiate for anything real in his life, he would have learned this a long time ago. Like I said earlier, the whole Dominic Cummings-style "Downing Street tough guy" shtick is really showing its age here.
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Boris has monkey-pawed his way into executing one of his wishes - because a couple of months from now it seems certain Corbyn won't be leader of the opposition.
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Looking forward to boris rolling around on the floor of the commons covered in his own piss and poo poo and screaming I'M THE PRIME MINISTER LISTEN TO MEEE!
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Hey folks, I kinda missed it with all the Commons stuff happening but now would be a real good time to donate to hurricane relief. I feel kinda bad about sitting here cackling my head off over Boris' misery when while it was happening half the Bahamas got wiped off the map you know? Red Cross is saying 99% of the population needs emergency assistance and 45% are now homeless. EDIT: I know we basically just avoided a massive disaster of our own and that's cause for celebration but it still leaves me conflicted. Maybe I just need some sleep to get my feelings straight. Captain Fargle fucked around with this message at 04:19 on Sep 4, 2019 |
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