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he wants that loving bill passed to stop anyone following him around playing the theme tune from The Bill on a stereo imo
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https://www.ft.com/content/dc2aaf68-b92e-4c48-8823-e7e4648ccb74 Britain has declared that China is now in “a state of ongoing non-compliance” with the 1984 Sino-British joint declaration, which was supposed to guarantee Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy after the territory returned to Beijing’s control in 1997. Dominic Raab, foreign secretary, said radical changes planned by Beijing to restrict participation in Hong Kong elections represented a further clear breach of the legally binding declaration. His comments came ahead of the publication next week of a UK foreign and defence policy, which will see Boris Johnson’s government set out its strategy for dealing with China. While David Cameron’s government claimed that the UK and China were engaged in a new “golden age”, Johnson will set a strategy to make Britain less reliant on Chinese investment and technology. Britain’s intention to increase its presence in the Pacific region was illustrated in January by its application to join 11 countries in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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Jippa posted:Britain has declared that China is now in “a state of ongoing non-compliance” with the 1984 Sino-British joint declaration, which was supposed to guarantee Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy after the territory returned to Beijing’s control in 1997. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uedd8wKvYIo Jippa posted:While David Cameron’s government claimed that the UK and China were engaged in a new “golden age”, Johnson will set a strategy to make Britain less reliant on Chinese investment and technology. Yes, Brexit is a good start, definitely makes the UK less reliant on non-EU trade 
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peanut- posted:All that has been dismantled, in 15 years we're going to start seeing the first large wave of people hitting retirement age with only what they've accumulated in DC pension schemes and that is only going to accelerate. We're also about to hit the generation where pensionable age rises above the period when most age-related health problems begin. This year I've had one neighbour die of dementia, another be diagnosed with terminal cancer, and another start to suffer vision problems due to diabetes. All three had retired by the time of their diagnosis, and all three are still younger than my predicted retirement age. We're going to start seeing people realise they'll either not live to see retirement, or they'll spend it hooked up to a drip desperately trying to convince the DWP that they're looking for work otherwise their benefits will be cut.
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crispix posted:he wants that loving bill passed to stop anyone following him around playing the theme tune from The Bill on a stereo imo That theme tune whips rear end in 7/4 though, id love to have that as my entrance music
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Jippa posted:https://www.ft.com/content/dc2aaf68-b92e-4c48-8823-e7e4648ccb74 Opium War Part III baby! This time the Chinese force us to buy all their smack
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I was just thinking about that. Good times.
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I'm sure someone on twitter edited it to the opening of land down under and it was very funny.
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I also remember when it continued down the street and took out a protester and the police response was 'lol  '
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Lady Demelza posted:We're also about to hit the generation where pensionable age rises above the period when most age-related health problems begin. This year I've had one neighbour die of dementia, another be diagnosed with terminal cancer, and another start to suffer vision problems due to diabetes. All three had retired by the time of their diagnosis, and all three are still younger than my predicted retirement age. We're going to start seeing people realise they'll either not live to see retirement, or they'll spend it hooked up to a drip desperately trying to convince the DWP that they're looking for work otherwise their benefits will be cut. Very depressingly the father of one of the bridesmaids at my wedding passed away from coronavirus just a couple of days ago. He caught it weeks ago and when things started getting worse decided that he would finally retire, when he could have years before. And so, he didn't even get to use a penny of his pension saved up over 4 decades.
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Reckon that's how it's going to go, more and more though. The next pandemic, climate change... these are the things that are going to take us down, we won't get to live out our last days dying comfortably of old age with a loved one in a cottage in the woods. Its not how it should be, but I feel like it's hopeless. No point saving for the future if you can't save the future.
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Mebh posted:
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If it's a choice between living like the current lot and dying of something stupid I will take the dying stupid, seems preferable to being as much of an utter waste and detriment to the world as the people out there now. The idea of just repeating the way they live is horrifying to be honest. I'd like to think that I wouldn't be able to live with myself knowing what I was taking from my successors but it seems like people are very good at living with that or ignoring it when it suits them. OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Mar 14, 2021 |
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Communist Thoughts posted:Yeah I don't think it's all manufactured but I do think some of it is cynical.
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Isomermaid posted:Reckon that's how it's going to go, more and more though. The next pandemic, climate change... these are the things that are going to take us down, we won't get to live out our last days dying comfortably of old age with a loved one in a cottage in the woods. Its not how it should be, but I feel like it's hopeless. No point saving for the future if you can't save the future. This is where I'm at, so I'm just trying to have fun while I can
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OwlFancier posted:If it's a choice between living like the current lot and dying of something stupid I will take the dying stupid, seems preferable to being as much of an utter waste and detriment to the world as the people out there now. What are you even talking about.
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UK government considering blanket ban on orange order parades!!  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56391988
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NotJustANumber99 posted:What are you even talking about. I assume he's talking about retiring, voting tory, and using all the resources at ones disposal to maintain the status quo, drat everyone else.
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Guavanaut posted:The Metropolitan Police have outdone themselves on this one. Trampling the flowers at a vigil for a woman who was murdered by one of their colleagues is something you'd have people saying "that's a bit Odessa Steps, you need to keep it believable" about before yesterday, and they've managed to firmly center it back on police again. Yeah I was talking with my partner about this today, they had gotten away completely free but the scorpion is a scorpion
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Mebh posted:I assume he's talking about retiring, voting tory, and using all the resources at ones disposal to maintain the status quo, drat everyone else. And ensure the planet will be unlivable for their children and grandchildren also
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crispix posted:UK government considering blanket ban on orange order parades!! I eagerly await the specific exemption the Orangemen will get in Glasgow to make as much of a loving racket as they like, and definitely don't bring up how a lot of local councillors etc are also in said dickhead parades.
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Communist Thoughts posted:Yeah I was talking with my partner about this today, they had gotten away completely free but the scorpion is a scorpion The statement from the Met today which was basically 'Look at what you made us do, its your own fault we had to hit you' is absolutely bonkers too.
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Isomermaid posted:Reckon that's how it's going to go, more and more though. The next pandemic, climate change... these are the things that are going to take us down, we won't get to live out our last days dying comfortably of old age with a loved one in a cottage in the woods. Its not how it should be, but I feel like it's hopeless. No point saving for the future if you can't save the future. So should we all just do ourselves in? If not why post this poo poo? I see a lot of this type of posting but is it for anything other than trying to pass your misery on to others like trying to get rid of a curse? If you're not planning to go down kicking and screaming you're the reason the left got utterly wrecked. Everyone loves the face to bloodshed meme but no one wants to live it. Endure, cowards.
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Regarde Aduck posted:So should we all just do ourselves in? If not why post this poo poo? It's a legitimate fear given the catastrophic effects of climate change and the rise of fascism across the supposedly free world. Ignoring it or telling people to gently caress off isn't helpful - I mean if someone is relentlessly doomposting all the time it may be better to suggest seeking help unless they are clearly trolling. Bad faith posters are usually fairly easy to spot after a short while tbh
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What happened to Aceofflames anyway? But seriously, doomposting is just venting. poo poo's hosed and saying so provides at least a tiny modicum of catharsis for being able to express your feelings. Maybe don't do it too much, but the thread can have a little doomposting. As a treat. edit: Like seriously, it's really upsetting to see the trajectory we're on and most of the world continuing on blindly towards destruction. Even just saying "poo poo's hosed!" and having someone reply, "I know, right?" is seriously good for not feeling like you're going completely insane. Shyrka fucked around with this message at 17:43 on Mar 14, 2021 |
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:I eagerly await the specific exemption the Orangemen will get in Glasgow to make as much of a loving racket as they like, and definitely don't bring up how a lot of local councillors etc are also in said dickhead parades. Let's not forget Labour candidates for Holyrood and Westminster being selected in certain areas by organised election blocs of Orangemen (something I thought was tinfoil hat stuff until attending a CLP where this happened.)
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Regarde Aduck posted:So should we all just do ourselves in? If not why post this poo poo? I'm enduring but like not fretting about not having a loving ISA
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Simsandwich posted:Let's not forget Labour candidates for Holyrood and Westminster being selected in certain areas by organised election blocs of Orangemen (something I thought was tinfoil hat stuff until attending a CLP where this happened.) Yeah, the level of control the Orange Order have on Scottish politics, especially at a local level, seems like proper conspiracy theorist stuff, but it's absolutely how it works, the Order can basically dictate who is elected in certain areas.
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https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1371134757183107079 gently caress off Starmer you useless poo poo.
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Lungboy posted:https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1371134757183107079 cop, we live in a cop society.
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Keith Starman with the hottest takes. He is such a useless prick. drat.
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Lungboy posted:https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1371134757183107079 What a useless oval office.
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Shyrka posted:What happened to Aceofflames anyway? Honestly I feel a bit like it's gonna take a significant proportion of people to get the mindset of "everything's hosed, isn't it?", and then turn that doomerism into anger, and into action, for anything to change. I guess I'm an accelerationist now. I replied to some dickhead on Reddit (I know) the other day, he made some big long post about "Ah yes well we could decarbonise but the capital cost of power plants has to be paid back and [faaaaaaaaaaaaart]" and all I could think to say was "Money isn't real and the planet is dying.". And honestly I think that just sums it up. Every single argument about why we can't do anything about climate change is around "Oh we can't afford that" and the economy and poo poo. WhatEvil fucked around with this message at 18:34 on Mar 14, 2021 |
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