UKMT Red October 2019: Lies, dem libs, and polling companies.

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The Deleter: May 22, 2010

Guavanaut posted:

So does that mean "PM will seek Brexit extension if a deal isn't agreed by 19 October" or "PM will seek Brexit extension if No Deal agreed by 19 October"

Schrodinger's Johnson.

Edit: 44BC was the year that Julius Caesar was assassinated by a bunch of people who hadn't quite planned what they were going to do afterwards.

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:05

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# ? May 25, 2024 18:14

Necrothatcher: Mar 26, 2005

Not a good day for 'ol Tommy Watson either.

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:07

Miftan: Mar 31, 2012; Terry knows what he can do with his bloody chocolate orange...

OwlFancier posted:

Apparently it's from "government documents" that came up in a court case? Rather than from johnson himself.

Yeah the "article" (it is 4 lines) is very unclear and this isn't "breaking news" by any stretch.

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:08

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Necrothatcher posted:

Not a good day for 'ol Tommy Watson either.

Did he get beat up by another old man?

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:08

Barry Foster: Dec 24, 2007; What is going wrong with that one (face is longer than it should be)

Sanitary Naptime posted:

He blinked

https://twitter.com/skynews/status/1180087619637657601?s=21

lmfao

edit oh. oh well

what's this about watson tho?

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:10

Tesseraction: Apr 5, 2009

Bobby Deluxe posted:

Yes it loving does. Stop trying so hard with the moral objectivity, Murdoch and the Kochs fund racist think tanks and projects that put fascist governments in power. Soros funds projects that mostly improve people's lives. They're not the same thing at all.

https://twitter.com/dril/status/473265809079693312?lang=en

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:11

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

The Deleter posted:

Schrodinger's Johnson.

He got evicted from his lodgings at Oxford because he was living with both his wife and mistress, so there was some quantum entanglement there.

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:12

Bobby Deluxe: May 9, 2004

Necrothatcher posted:

Not a good day for 'ol Tommy Watson either.

On the subject of your housemate problem, years of disappointing experience have taught me you need to threaten small claims court while you know where he lives. Make a note of any attempts to call him, any notes you put under his door, any times you waited around and he should have been in etc. Gives you ammo to establish a pattern of avoidance.

If you have anything in writing or can print out texts / emails that contain the words "I'll pay you back" or use the word "borrow" these are also useful.

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:12

Tesseraction: Apr 5, 2009

OwlFancier posted:

Did he get beat up by another old man?

He was found to have pushed that paedo ring scandal that turned out to be fake.

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:13

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Necrothatcher posted:

Not a good day for 'ol Tommy Watson either.

i know this isn't what you meant but i searched tom watson on twitter and lol

https://twitter.com/s8mb/status/1180047250250178560?s=20

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:14

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Oh wait sorry you said watson not robinson woops.

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:14

goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

Eschenique posted:

How did Boris ever win Mayor of London anyway?

An extremely well-targeted campaign in the outer boroughs combined with the beginning of Ken's fall into Hitler-based dementia. Turnout in Labour areas went down, turnout in Tory areas went up - there was very little actual swing.

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:15

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

Sanitary Naptime posted:

He blinked

https://twitter.com/skynews/status/1180087619637657601?s=21

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:15

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1180079141087055872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1180082021835644928

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:17

Tesseraction: Apr 5, 2009

OwlFancier posted:

Oh wait sorry you said watson not robinson woops.

tbf it's clear both suck at stopping nonces

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:19

Niric: Jul 23, 2008

This is pretty interesting. I know John Lewis's situation isn't at all comparable to the UK housing market, but if some housing charity are quick and canny they could jump in here to wrangle a bit of PR/funding from them on a All Landlords are Bastards platform.

John Lewis to withhold 20% of service fees to some landlords

quote:

Retailer tells shopping centre landlords their service charge rises are unacceptable

John Lewis is threatening to withhold as much as a fifth of payments it owes some landlords, after facing �unacceptable� annual service charge rises over the last few years.

The retailer has told the landlords of some stores it has in shopping centres that it intends to withhold 20% of this quarter�s charge, according to the BBC.

Service charge payments cover non-rent items, such as heating, security, maintenance, marketing and staffing. John Lewis, which has about 20 stores in covered shopping centres, said it had resorted to the action to try to get its landlords to help stop the service charge increases.

�At a time when we are doing everything we can to reduce our cost base, we have unfortunately been faced with regular increases to the service charges we pay for some of our shops in shopping centres,� John Lewis said in a statement.

�Over the last three years we have seen an increase in service charges of 20% and these continued increases are simply not acceptable, particularly in the absence of strenuous efforts by landlords to work collaboratively with us to reduce these costs.�

John Lewis is seeking to get landlords to take on some of the service charge obligations during the fourth quarter, the most critical period of the year for retailers in the run-up to Christmas.

The retailer is contractually bound to pay the service charge under the terms of lease arrangements with landlords, and withholding payments could lead to legal action by property owners to recover unpaid bills. John Lewis�s biggest landlords include Hammerson and Intu.

egal experts believe that the dire state of the high street gives John Lewis a strong hand in negotiations as landlords cannot threaten the company with repossession.

�This is a very unusual move but it is reflective of John Lewis�s position in a challenging retail market,� said Richard Cressall, partner and commercial property expert at law firm Gordons. �Pretty much no other tenant would be in a position to take John Lewis�s anchor stores at shopping centres in this market or to create the footfall they do, which all but rules out the most severe potential remedy, repossession.�

Cressall says landlords are likely to come to the negotiating table rather than face costly, lengthy court action.

�Those landlords who do persevere [with legal action] should succeed, but in this market I think at least some landlords will choose to do a deal rather than fight in court, which must be what John Lewis is hoping for,� he says.

John Lewis said: �We are investing more in our current shop estate than ever before to do everything we can to encourage customers to grow footfall to our shops and we hope that our landlords will support us in continuing to do this.�

Earlier this week, John Lewis Partnership, the parent company of John Lewis and Waitrose, announced a major restructure to merge management of its retail and supermarket operations to save �100m.

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:38

Loonytoad Quack: Aug 24, 2004; High on Shatner's Bassoon

Sanitary Naptime posted:

He blinked

https://twitter.com/skynews/status/1180087619637657601?s=21

A day after a Hungarian delegation was spotted leaving a building where Johnson was holding an "emergency cabinet meeting":

https://twitter.com/ResistersLondon/status/1179781814564638721
If I were a cynical man I'd I might think he'd managed to broker an agreement for them to veto any extension request.

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:39

Communist Thoughts: Jan 7, 2008; Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!

Picking the one obvious lying guy to head the VIP pedo stuff is obviously a stitch up but was Watson an idiot or part of the stitch up?

He was basically a union fixer thug type fella right? Wouldn't surprise me in the least if some high level union guys were involved

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:39

coffeetable: Feb 5, 2006; TELL ME AGAIN HOW GREAT BRITAIN WOULD BE IF IT WAS RULED BY THE MERCILESS JACKBOOT OF PRINCE CHARLES

YES I DO TALK TO PLANTS ACTUALLY

mediadave posted:

a billionaire who has made his money in a variety of damaging ways, including betting against the Pound,

lol yes black wednesday was because of soros and not because of dumbshit policy which was guaranteed to be taken advantage of by someone eventually

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:39

Private Speech: Mar 30, 2011; I HAVE EVEN MORE WORTHLESS BEANIE BABIES IN MY COLLECTION THAN I HAVE WORTHLESS POSTS IN THE BEANIE BABY THREAD YET I STILL HAVE THE TEMERITY TO CRITICIZE OTHERS' COLLECTIONS

IF YOU SEE ME TALKING ABOUT BEANIE BABIES, PLEASE TELL ME TO

EAT. SHIT.

Taear posted:

What, since when?!

Bit late, but:

Mason Bullock Employment Law posted:

Sacking an employee

You may be aware that if you sack an employee, they only have the right to claim unfair dismissal if they’ve been employed for more than 2 years. This minimum length of service is known as the qualifying period.

This means that it’s relatively safe to sack someone who has not yet been employed for the qualifying period, even if you don’t have a fair reason for dismissing them. The purpose of this minimum length of service is to ensure employers have sufficient time to assess the suitability of an employee.

More-or-less the American rght to work except only for two years.

e: And it's since 2012.

Private Speech fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Oct 4, 2019

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:45

happyhippy: Feb 21, 2005; Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup; Pillbug

Big Brain Boris has never said WHICH YEAR we will leave on 31st Oct.

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:52

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

coffeetable posted:

lol yes black wednesday was because of soros and not because of dumbshit policy which was guaranteed to be taken advantage of by someone eventually

The economic policy of the time was bad, taking advantage of it to make millions on top of your existing wealth is also bad.

# ? Oct 4, 2019 13:54

bump_fn: Apr 12, 2004; _{two of them}

Sanitary Naptime posted:

He blinked

https://twitter.com/skynews/status/1180087619637657601?s=21

ill believe it when i see it

# ? Oct 4, 2019 14:01

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

Two weeks to find out.

# ? Oct 4, 2019 14:02

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

Niric posted:

This is pretty interesting. I know John Lewis's situation isn't at all comparable to the UK housing market, but if some housing charity are quick and canny they could jump in here to wrangle a bit of PR/funding from them on a All Landlords are Bastards platform.

John Lewis to withhold 20% of service fees to some landlords

Rent strikes, good if you're a corporation actually

# ? Oct 4, 2019 14:05

Miftan: Mar 31, 2012; Terry knows what he can do with his bloody chocolate orange...

Rarity posted:

Rent strikes, good if you're a corporation actually

Good and smart if you're a Corp, bad and stupid if you're a prole is literally the neoliberal anthem.

# ? Oct 4, 2019 14:10

ANYTHING YOU SOW: Nov 7, 2009

Niric posted:

This is pretty interesting. I know John Lewis's situation isn't at all comparable to the UK housing market, but if some housing charity are quick and canny they could jump in here to wrangle a bit of PR/funding from them on a All Landlords are Bastards platform.

John Lewis to withhold 20% of service fees to some landlords

This is pretty crazy, I guess the shopping centres will just try and charge their other tenants( in weaker negotiating positions) more.

A new variety of lib dem chart:
https://twitter.com/FoxDefeated/status/1180098926592086017?s=19

# ? Oct 4, 2019 14:17

dispatch_async: Nov 28, 2014; Imagine having the time to have played through 20 generations of one family in The Sims 2. Imagine making the original two members of that family Neil Buchanan and Cat Deeley. Imagine complaining to Maxis there was no technological progression. You've successfully imagined my life

https://twitter.com/SteveBakerHW/status/1180096095587885056

# ? Oct 4, 2019 14:18

Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

You love to see it

https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1180107694327390213?s=19

# ? Oct 4, 2019 14:19

SixFigureSandwich: Oct 30, 2004; Exciting Lemon

Loonytoad Quack posted:

A day after a Hungarian delegation was spotted leaving a building where Johnson was holding an "emergency cabinet meeting":

https://twitter.com/ResistersLondon/status/1179781814564638721
If I were a cynical man I'd I might think he'd managed to broker an agreement for them to veto any extension request.

What can the UK even offer Hungary in return? Discount pork pies?

The moment the EU decides to extend they'll lean hard on anyone who might say no and they have a lot more leverage.

# ? Oct 4, 2019 14:19

Miftan: Mar 31, 2012; Terry knows what he can do with his bloody chocolate orange...

ANYTHING YOU SOW posted:

A new variety of lib dem chart:
https://twitter.com/FoxDefeated/status/1180098926592086017?s=19

Miftan fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Oct 4, 2019

# ? Oct 4, 2019 14:21

OwlFancier: Aug 22, 2013

Particularly if Ireland is worrried about the effects of a no deal brexit, the EU is probably likely to try to pull toward its wishes.

# ? Oct 4, 2019 14:21

Pochoclo: Feb 4, 2008; No...; Clapping Larry

Jose posted:

You love to see it

https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1180107694327390213?s=19

but it�s the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy swallowing the entire Virgo Supercluster

# ? Oct 4, 2019 14:23

Guavanaut: Nov 27, 2009; Looking At Them Tittys
1969 - 1998; Toilet Rascal

Miftan posted:

Good and smart if you're a Corp, bad and stupid if you're a prole is literally the neoliberal anthem.

Authoritarian states bad. Authoritarian businesses very good.

ANYTHING YOU SOW posted:

A new variety of lib dem chart:
https://twitter.com/FoxDefeated/status/1180098926592086017?s=19

lol

So Sufis would be at the very bottom of that chart then?

And what's 'classic feminism'? Is that like classical liberalism without the bowtie, or are they talking about the pre first wavers talking about structural oppression of women such as oh no they're all socialists.