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Ms Adequate posted:You're all being so nice omg Also if anyone wants to watch Frankie Boyle argue with a powerful centrism elemental, here's a clip from 2014 that YouTube seemed desperate for me to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MRz9RPlsDQ Interesting mostly in light of how certain Osman is that what he thinks and says is of course correct, even when Boyle corrects him on figures and he plows on as if he's still right.
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bump_fn posted:yeah a friend whose helping a relative move to the uk for work was just flatly told by metrobank that the relative couldn’t open an account because she doesn’t speak english (friend was acting as interpreter) Ah yes, "able to speak English", that famously binary concept. Important update: Sochi has cats (and dogs but I don't like dogs) 
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bump_fn posted:yeah a friend whose helping a relative move to the uk for work was just flatly told by metrobank that the relative couldn’t open an account because she doesn’t speak english (friend was acting as interpreter) They're talking out of their arse. Their T&Cs say they'll only accept instructions and communicate in English, which is pretty standard - but it doesn't mean they can't use an interpreter. I imagine the manager's read that and interpreted it as 'no forrins'. If they still want to bank there they could raise a complaint - but they'll definitely deny saying what they said unless it's in writing.
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thespaceinvader posted:Neither has been worth watching in years. Last Leg started out vaguely leftist and has trended more and more liberal/fake neutral over the years, MTW lost its bite when it lost Frankie Boyle and Hugh Dennis got oooooooooooold. Granted I only watched the one ep of it, but was checking out some Youtube vids of the recent seasons there, and it seems they have moved from dark humor to loving kindergarten word puns. As if they all turned into Milton Jones.
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Bobstar posted:I don't like dogs As a result of a bad experience or something else? 
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https://twitter.com/lisanandy/status/1228345479634784256 https://twitter.com/jcullinane86/status/1228671004924416006 Just yer Lisa 'Towns' Nandy not talking to the head of the Labour council she's visiting the town of. He was literally breaking ground on 76 new social houses just around the corner. (Oh, and one of the folks with her in the street is a wealthy backer, and husband of utter melt Johanna Baxter, NEC candidate)
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Nandy is a melt. She is unwilling to call the culture war what it is (a losing strategy for the left who like to pretend it doesn’t exist), thinks the future is appealing to historically working class pensioners or near pensioners rather than social carers, retail workers and the rest of the ‘new’ working class.
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Feb 15, 2020 15:15
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It's going to be an interesting election in May After UKIP collapsed following the vote to stay in the EU and the voters didn't return to Cameron, I think Labour has a really good chance. Especially as Corbyn just won his fourth no-confidence vote/leadership contest. Fingers crossed.
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Feb 15, 2020 15:20
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For a town with 11,200 residents, 76 houses does not seem significant. The house building program this country need should be nothing short of revolutionary in scope, with an increase of the housing stock of more than 50%. I would love to see more inspired designs that what we have right now too, are there any proposals for mass housing construction?
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Feb 15, 2020 15:47
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Collateral posted:For a town with 11,200 residents, 76 houses does not seem significant. The house building program this country need should be nothing short of revolutionary in scope, with an increase of the housing stock of more than 50%. This is 76 on top of the others they've built. It's not enough, no, but it's a drat sight more than anywhere else is building. As per Joe's tweet of November - https://twitter.com/jcullinane86/status/1190242691138957314 They're committed to 1575, I believe since the 2017 council elections.
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Collateral posted:For a town with 11,200 residents, 76 houses does not seem significant. The house building program this country need should be nothing short of revolutionary in scope, with an increase of the housing stock of more than 50%. All our builders are too busy on HS2 and the NI-Scotland Bridge.
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Feb 15, 2020 15:54
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It is good to see. The scale of the problem facing the country is daunting, and not an insignificant contributor to the Leave vote. I would love to see a building program on the scale of the Khrushchyovkas, only not poo poo buildings.
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Feb 15, 2020 15:58
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This is a good video: https://twitter.com/rlong_bailey/status/1228652756786929665
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Collateral posted:I would love to see a building program on the scale of the Khrushchyovkas, only not poo poo buildings.
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I haven’t signed up to any campaigns for the Labour leadership/deputy election but just received a text asking if I was supporting Dr Rosena are they allowed to do this? I assume they got my details from my Labour membership, but not sure if they can just text me out of the blue like that
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Feb 15, 2020 16:12
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Watching the Glasgow hustings on the stream (we were going to go, but then we saw it was at the SEC and lol) Burgon’s pretty solid, actually. He’s unambiguously the most Correct guy on the stage and his greatest crime is being kind of... dull? Nothing that couldn’t be polished out. My friend is saying Rayner sounds like a beat poet and he’s not wrong. She can really work the mic, big attack dog energy. Murray with a five o clock shadow looking like he’s been drinking and crying. Awful awful awful on basically every question. Honestly any of Butler/Allin-Khan/Burgon/Rayner seem good.
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Looke posted:I haven’t signed up to any campaigns for the Labour leadership/deputy election but just received a text asking if I was supporting Dr Rosena are they allowed to do this? I assume they got my details from my Labour membership, but not sure if they can just text me out of the blue like that Get used to this because every time there’s an internal election you’re going to have texts coming out your ears.
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Feb 15, 2020 16:28
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I don't know if this has been suggested because I haven't been keeping up with the thread but all of those discussing violence itt should read zizek's book on the subject if they haven't already. I'm not certain about his conclusion but it does a good job of defining the different types of violence and how they interact, and it's fairly accessibility written for a work of philosophy
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Feb 15, 2020 16:55
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Oscar Romeo Romeo posted:As a result of a bad experience or something else? I may be exaggerating. They're not as bad as orange/mint chocolate (and yes some bad experiences)
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Tijuana Bibliophile posted:i'm very sorry Why would someone do this? I haven't even been objectionable recently! My poor big Chomky boi
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Little late on this but fucken lol at Daddy "get your life together before you criticize the world" Peterson's current everything really.
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Looke posted:I haven’t signed up to any campaigns for the Labour leadership/deputy election but just received a text asking if I was supporting Dr Rosena are they allowed to do this? I assume they got my details from my Labour membership, but not sure if they can just text me out of the blue like that Today is the day that Labour allowed the campaigns access to the central Labour membership database. The campaigns are all given a certain number of emails and texts they’re allowed to send out with it, and there’s been a negotiation behind the scenes for what order they’re in. I don’t know much about the deputy contest, but presumably Rosena got first dibs. Phone calls are not restricted though I believe, so there will be a flurry of calling from now until next week when the ballots drop.
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Josef bugman posted:Why would someone do this? I haven't even been objectionable recently! Colorless ideas Sleep furiously Can I make it any more obvious? He was a punk She was the State What more can I say?
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Thanks for the info comrades
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a neurotic ai posted:Nandy is a melt. She is unwilling to call the culture war what it is (a losing strategy for the left who like to pretend it doesn’t exist), thinks the future is appealing to historically working class pensioners or near pensioners rather than social carers, retail workers and the rest of the ‘new’ working class. Can you explain what you mean by the culture war? I'd assume the culture war we have currently is largely about immigrants and trans people, and I'd rather not throw them under the bus even if backing them is a losing strategy for the left, which it probably is. Or do you mean another culture war? I was talking to my (Labour voting) dad about Bernie Sanders yesterday and he was enthusiastic but kind of rolled his eyes when the topic of trans rights came up, and asked me what % of the population they are, he's sick of hearing about it. I lectured him about why he was wrong but I can do that with my dad, politicians can't really do that to voters.
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marktheando posted:I was talking to my (Labour voting) dad about Bernie Sanders yesterday and he was enthusiastic but kind of rolled his eyes when the topic of trans rights came up, and asked me what % of the population they are, he's sick of hearing about it. Speaking of which, (cn transphobic dickheads) it's always fun to read about the UK press from the outside. quote:UK feminists are not always aligned on trans rights issues in the UK, where the trans-exclusionary radical feminist movement has a strong foothold and is covered favorably by the media.
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https://twitter.com/jelly_pack/status/1228683464389615616 Not gonna lie this a bit disconcerting.
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There's a lot of morons in the country yes.
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Stormgale posted:https://twitter.com/jelly_pack/status/1228683464389615616 I think that, from what they are telling us. That is what a lot of people want. "I want to be told that I am a perfect special snowflake and anyone demonising me is a bullying racist" says the 65+ crowd who own their own houses and still think that they are radical because they haven't beaten up gay folks. Also, if anyone can get in touch with who changed my avatar I'd like to know what I did to deserve this. I don't even know who the gently caress this person is?
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Oh an josef if you want the old one back :
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OwlFancier posted:Oh an josef if you want the old one back : Thanks, will be back for this on payday.
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I watched the Sonic film last night and it actually had a SANIC reference, I shall die happy now.
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I think the londonkerry thing was some politician went to ireland and confused kerry with derry. But I can't remember which thread I read about it in. Just in case anyone doesn't know, you can access people's avatar history by loading up their avatar as a new page, then reducing the last number and changing the file extension. The forums for some reason just increments your avatar number every time you change it per-file extension. Such as josef's roly poly shark 
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OwlFancier posted:I think the londonkerry thing was some politician went to ireland and confused kerry with derry. But I can't remember which thread I read about it in.
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Pilchenstein posted:It's Karen Bradley and I believe she was Northern Ireland secretary at the time.  It would make a very good joke if it wasn't real.
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Josef bugman posted:Thanks, will be back for this on payday. Guava you should fix it imo
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Josef bugman posted:I think that, from what they are telling us. That is what a lot of people want. "I want to be told that I am a perfect special snowflake and anyone demonising me is a bullying racist" says the 65+ crowd who own their own houses and still think that they are radical because they haven't beaten up gay folks. Yeah it's just RLB veering closer to "Turn the dial to more racist and looking back for approval"
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I mean she does explicitly say it's the tories and austerity that's the problem. She just doesn't open with "no you're wrong and an idiot", which I mean I would, but that's why I'm probably not a good pick for leader of the labour party.
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OwlFancier posted:I think the londonkerry thing was some politician went to ireland and confused kerry with derry. But I can't remember which thread I read about it in. Josef bugman posted:Thanks, will be back for this on payday. Jose posted:Guava you should fix it imo
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