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fuf posted:Thanks. I guess I'll go for UCU. I'm in an IT department at a university. Unite is run by wannabe dictator Big Len. He's not outright fash but he's no Bob Crow.
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fuf posted:Thanks. I guess I'll go for UCU. I'm in an IT department at a university. Unless there's a good reason not to, always join the most militant union you can
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Norn Iron court finds prorogation lawful https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/12/northern-irish-judges-rule-boris-johnson-prorogation-is-lawful Not lookin' good for Tuesday's ruling (not that it was likely to pass anyway), but at least blowjo gets a week of being accused of misleading the sovereign
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Challenging the legality rather than the morality of the government's actions always seems to be a trap that people fall into. People seem to have this belief that the law is inherently moral and it definitely isn't (source: am a lawyer)
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*bodies start piling up in the streets* Project Fear is really ramping up the scare tactics now! *I'm literally dying* You can't get me Project Fear!! I'm onto you!!
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RockyB posted:Not exactly UK related, but I'm doing my morning hate read of the guardian while pretending to work and look at the absolute state of this You can see his brain deteriorate in real time during the campaign and also lol https://twitter.com/PpollingNumbers/status/1166033201850175488?s=19 Edit: lmao that article is by a George Bush SR adviser
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Ratjaculation posted:I assume anyone itt who willingly reads anything but the 1% of the guardian that isn't poo poo is into electric nipple clips and those spikey prison penis things I also subscribe to the spectator. Seriously though, it's good to have a wide range of things to hate read. As much as I agree with the majority of this thread I'm conscious that it isn't just FBPEs at risk of bubbling themselves off from reality. So spectator for right wing nut jobs and book reviews. Guardian for FBPE champagne socialism. BBC for utter blandness. And this thread for incorrect opinions on monster munch.
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Aphex- posted:post/username It's probably a technicality. "I didn't lie, but my ministers I sent to Balmoral? Cripes, pants on fire all round what what" *pushes reporter off HMS Belfast as a lark* If he does get arrested and thrown in clink, I'll visit him every week in the Yaxley-Lennon wing. Trickjaw fucked around with this message at 11:59 on Sep 12, 2019 |
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:She slaps each and every prime minister right in the face. She gets away with it because no PM would ever mention being slapped by the Queen, and so no PM is ever prepared for the slap. Finally an answer to the question of "how can she slap?"
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mfcrocker posted:Unless there's a good reason not to, always join the most militant union you can a pipe smoking dog posted:Challenging the legality rather than the morality of the government's actions always seems to be a trap that people fall into. People seem to have this belief that the law is inherently moral and it definitely isn't (source: am a lawyer)
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Any suggestions for a good union for hospitality/hotel workers?
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RockyB posted:I also subscribe to the spectator. Personally, I enjoy the Economist for this, as they are so unashamedly liberal that the brain worms are in prominent display.
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Jose posted:You can see his brain deteriorate in real time during the campaign and also lol no look i found the PERFECT solution https://twitter.com/kgopinion/status/1171737020206637056
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Apropos of nothing, the Pixies live appearance on 6Music gets almost Partridge-esque at times - Lamacq gushes for minutes about how clever a reference Daniel Boone is in one of their new songs, and Frank Black just answers "Nah it's because his name rhymes with moon".
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Liking the look of that Watch casting. Everyone has their own fantasy casting (Hugh Laurie for Vimes, do not mock me!) but if there's one thing this country isn't short of, it's good actors, virtually all unknown of course. Having said that, Harriet Walter for Granny Weatherwax in a theoretical Witches project please, based on her performance as Henry IV. And yes Miriam Margolyes is the only possible Nanny Ogg.
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fuf posted:Thanks. I guess I'll go for UCU. I'm in an IT department at a university. im in UCU and we're currently having a ballot about a possible strike cause they're trying to gently caress with our pension again its prob not hte most militant trade union but its good imho
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bump_fn posted:who plays the space turtle Mitch Mcconnell.
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Bobstar posted:Liking the look of that Watch casting. Everyone has their own fantasy casting (Hugh Laurie for Vimes, do not mock me!) but if there's one thing this country isn't short of, it's good actors, virtually all unknown of course. Washed-up House era Hugh Laurie would have made a good Vimes. Really though you just need a classic alcoholic gumshoe down on his luck. Guards! Guards is such a good book. E: There’s a concept, the nobility of failure, that you don’t hear about so much these days; early Vimes has it in spades, and it’s pretty much the foundation of noir.
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bump_fn posted:who plays the space turtle Every single casting director in the land would put Stephen Fry in the role and we would be powerless to stop them. Edit: spelling madey fucked around with this message at 12:35 on Sep 12, 2019 |
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RockyB posted:I also subscribe to the spectator. I get that a broad range of political perspectives is useful, but the Spectator has active fash on its payroll. Please don't give it money.
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a pipe smoking dog posted:Challenging the legality rather than the morality of the government's actions always seems to be a trap that people fall into. People seem to have this belief that the law is inherently moral and it definitely isn't (source: am a lawyer) It always will be though, people want to believe that the law is closely aligned with morality and just needs tweaks here and there occasionally (which is what Parliament is for). This is really easy to then play off if someone powerful does something and is found not to have broken the law in the process - "I've done nothing wrong" is a legal statement but people want to take it as a moral statement. If you want to challenge that you have to beat the just world hypothesis.
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madey posted:Every single casting director in the land would put Stephen Fry in the roll and we would be powerless to stop them. Monsterhood aside I'm getting real bored of fry appearing in everything and reading audiobooks and stuff. His only gimmick is the plummiest voice in the world, his reading of Hitchhikers Guide just makes everyone sound like theyr bored aristocrats.
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Beefeater1980 posted:Washed-up House era Hugh Laurie would have made a good Vimes. Really though you just need a classic alcoholic gumshoe down on his luck. Yeah he's probably too old now. I'm currently in bed recovering from having a butt operation on my butt, maybe I'll re-read the Watch books, haven't done that for ages.
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It's a crying shame Pete Postlethwaite is dead or he'd have been an excellent Vimes.
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Gort posted:So our glorious future is as a bomb factory for racists It’s quality branding. These are the weapons that killed your grandparents. That was then. This is now; you are on the other end of the barrel. For just a few billion, that troublesome cousin will bother you no more.
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Gort posted:It's a crying shame Pete Postlethwaite is dead or he'd have been an excellent Vimes. Ooh yes. Shame he's dead generally. I wasn't the only one who thought of Paul Blackthorne from Arrow when I saw him, and he's conveniently British too! But that's mainly just based on 1) Is playing cop and 2) looks right.
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Stephen Dillane would be best Vimes.
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Darth Walrus posted:I get that a broad range of political perspectives is useful, but the Spectator has active fash on its payroll. Please don't give it money. I think you'd be hard pressed to find any media company these days that doesn't employ someone loathsome. Don't worry though, I counter balance the £1 a month for the kindle edition (although I think they just put the price up) by donating to the SWP. ... No, not really. Jesus.
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jackhunter64 posted:Stephen Dillane would be best Vimes. Got a lot of time for Stephen Dillane - he got hosed over as Stannis, but gave as best he could. And his villain in Touch of Cloth was the deadest of deadpan. "guns can be very loud in enclosed spaces, that's why you've gotta wear ear defenders. " but you're not wearing eardefenders" "pardon?"
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It was suggested years ago, somewhere else, but ever since hearing the suggestion I can't help but think of anyone else as these characters: Jeff Stewart, i.e. Reg from The BIll as Nobby Nobs, and Graham Cole, i.e. Tony Stamp from The Bill as Fred Colon.
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RockyB posted:I think you'd be hard pressed to find any media company these days that doesn't employ someone loathsome. Don't worry though, I counter balance the £1 a month for the kindle edition (although I think they just put the price up) by donating to the SWP. Most British media hire some pretty bad people, yes, but I can't think of many that hire actual, literal Nazis like Taki Theodoracopulos as regular columnists. I mean, if you have other examples (ideally from publications that might otherwise be worth subscribing to for a more usefully complete picture of the world), feel free to share 'em.
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Gort posted:It's a crying shame Pete Postlethwaite is dead or he'd have been an excellent Vimes. Given that he's literally the actor Pratchett had in mind to play Vimes, and to an extent wrote vimes around... yeah. Mark Strong would be my choice at the moment. Nobbs and Colon should be Pegg and Frost.
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Rarity posted:Especially if you are not a straight white dude! It would be great to have female/BAME/LGBTQ+/disabled voices on there so please feel welcome to take part! And if there's anything we can do to make being part of the podcast easier for you just let us know Inclusivity is excellent and I hope you get some disabled people on spitting fire about this shite government. Unfortunately they won't be me as podcasts are inherently inimical to us deaf folks  E: not having a go at all if that wasn't clear, I think UKMT having a podcast is Very Good
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Slightly left field but Stephen Rea as Vetinari. I also read this whole thread, slow work week. Don't AMA though.
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thespaceinvader posted:Given that he's literally the actor Pratchett had in mind to play Vimes, and to an extent wrote vimes around... yeah. Mark Stong has that quiet menace that makes him perfect for Vetinari, imo.
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