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DesperateDan posted:I loving hate smarmy doctors receptionists- had to call 41 times in a row at opening to even have a chance at an appointment- then had to justify my medical needs in detail over the loving phone to someone who seems to have no medical nous or training whatsoever. That was bad enough till there was then a bored sigh and "you will have to call back Monday morning" before he hung up on me. Is your local health authority not embracing Patient Access? Joined when I moved to Lancashire, schedule GP appointments and order repeat prescriptions online without talking to anyone, seems to make a lot more sense! I am enjoying the Back to the Future memes beig spawned by Boris' chicken rhetoric.
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Pablo Bluth posted:I've pondered the idea of having the Lords elected but done via the members of specialist bodies (so a lord representing doctors, one representing civil engineers, one for nature orgs, one for social charities, etc). Also make it single ten year terms only and a ban on politicians (nobody who been elected to HoC, or the devolved parliaments). This presupposes politics does not exist within specialist bodies which is blatantly not true - you'd simply have qualified politicians who have not yet run for the commons, or more likely failed to get elected, who are members put forward by the party who would then run targeted limited franchise campaigns. You'd probably get more independenrs but I highly doubt the results would favour "the most qualified" The Irish senate nominally functions under this conceit, with vocational panels selecting candidates nominated for specific sectors by parties who are subsequently voted on by a franchise of all councillors and elected reps and the senate is largely a dumping ground for also rans that most people simply ignore
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Guavanaut posted:Would the Engineering Council appoint a STEMlord? We can cut that off at the root by giving the stemlord position to the botanists instead.
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xtothez posted:My worry is that once he can't get a pre Oct 31st election, Boris will turn around and say "you had your chance" and try to cling on as long as possible. if he does that he's dead in the water getting anything through the commons with a majority of -43 https://twitter.com/tnewtondunn/status/1169536421671198722 BLUE ON BLUE 
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thespaceinvader posted:Revoke article 50 and guillotine all the billionaires. Congratulations, you win an anglicised Operation Condor!
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Doccykins posted:BLUE ON BLUE  Some of the more delicious trauma of all this is seeing the Tories just absolutely butcher each other.
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Pablo Bluth posted:I've pondered the idea of having the Lords elected but done via the members of specialist bodies (so a lord representing doctors, one representing civil engineers, one for nature orgs, one for social charities, etc). You know who also thought that was a wizard idea? Mussolini 
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Can we all take a moment to appreciate Corbyn's official portrait, especially in stories like these. He looks so goddamn smug and he deserves to be that smug
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NewMars posted:We can cut that off at the root by giving the stemlord position to the botanists instead. Clearly the botanist is the WeedLord
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Bacon Terrorist posted:Is your local health authority not embracing Patient Access? Patient Access is loving amazing. Being able to do bookings and prescriptions online without calling my GP has been a revelation
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Delthalaz posted:I guess I mean hypothetically - - wouldn't the queen need to give her assent to the law abolishing the queen? Monarchy isn't, like, the laws of physics or something. Our constitution is whatever the Parliament/the government can make stick. Just ask Tsar Nicholas II 
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lol it seems The got punched in the dick on Nick Robinson's show this morning: https://twitter.com/Dorset_Owl/status/1169511017778429952 https://twitter.com/warmatters/status/1169510927441498115 https://twitter.com/MattChorley/status/1169511166600765441
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GreyjoyBastard posted:this but... unironically? Something something English bias something something SNP...
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Pesky Splinter posted:https://twitter.com/Claire_Phipps/status/1169527194101719040 God I want Corbyn to just accept the blouse, put it on, and turn up to Parliament in it.
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lol I just realised I started to type 'The Saj' but lost interest in him before I finished it in my previous post
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OddObserver posted:If you pardon this ignorant American for asking, what would it take to get rid of the whole "House of Lords" thing? Reenacting this. It's been done before.
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Tesseraction posted:lol it seems The got punched in the dick on Nick Robinson's show this morning: No. Stop. You are going. To kill him.
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thespaceinvader posted:God I want Corbyn to just accept the blouse, put it on, and turn up to Parliament in it.
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Jeremy Corbyn... good? Guavanaut posted:Would the Engineering Council appoint a STEMlord? Hell yeah! 
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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Pesky Splinter posted:https://twitter.com/Independent/status/1169400093256159233
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What is the UK thread's opinion on Skins? I never saw it during its original airing and I've seen it being pushed to me on Netflix.
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Guavanaut posted:This is the Brexit Sajid Javid wants. Breakfast Meanz Beanfast. --- Unrelated, there's quite an eclectic set of hashtags today.  Democracy is DEAD is pretty great for some salty gammon tears.
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kanonvandekempen posted:What is the UK thread's opinion on Skins? I never saw it during its original airing and I've seen it being pushed to me on Netflix. 1,2, maybe 3 then stop. Do the same with Shameless as well
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kanonvandekempen posted:What is the UK thread's opinion on Skins? I never saw it during its original airing and I've seen it being pushed to me on Netflix. Digital skateboard turd spliff text trilby swearing indie-rock community-police-ponce pub-lady.
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kanonvandekempen posted:What is the UK thread's opinion on Skins? I never saw it during its original airing and I've seen it being pushed to me on Netflix. Pretty over the top but I found parts of it relatable
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My grandmother used to call me a big girl's blouse when I was a kid. I've never heard anyone else use it since then so thanks boris.
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Pesky Splinter posted:https://twitter.com/Claire_Phipps/status/1169527194101719040
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Also launching my new cybernetic government hashtag #DemocracyIsDEADBEEF
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 kanonvandekempen posted:What is the UK thread's opinion on Skins? I never saw it during its original airing and I've seen it being pushed to me on Netflix. Haven't watched it since its original run, but the kind of horny melodrama was okay for the first series or so, and then got bored with it. Now its only notable when an familiar-faced, 30-something British actor pops up from somewhere, and it turns out I recognise them from being in Skins at some point.
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Good to see the balanced UK press treating Boris' sexist comments with the same scrutiny they did with Corbyn calling a stupid woman a stupid woman.
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 D. Ebdrup posted:He does seem like the kind of person who could totally rock a pink blouse, and I mean that in the best way possible. A pinko blouse.
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