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peanut- posted:The dumbest thing about this is in independent, buccaneering Britain the creative industries are one of our only successful export products. quite funny considering they still use the excuse of tourism to keep the royals around but don't seem to want to support the arts which I'd be absoloutely shocked if the arts didn't massively outdraw the royals for tourism. Gonzo McFee posted:Art will continue as it has done in the past ten years. Exclusively made up of the children of born to wealth cunts with fake titles and names like Chundly Barseflaps. It's just money moving up the ladder and never coming down again. Really looking forward to more mopey "I'm rich and daddy didn't buy me a lambo" songs. Thank gently caress for stuff like bandcamp and independent artists we'll always get some good stuff.
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Surprised more people itt aren't doing postal voting in covid times. I registered to go postal ( ) months ago and sent my ballot off last week.
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Gonzo McFee posted:Art will continue as it has done in the past ten years. Exclusively made up of the children of born to wealth cunts with fake titles and names like Chundly Barseflaps. It's just money moving up the ladder and never coming down again. sebzilla posted:Voted TUSC where available (one council candidate out of three) and also for an Independent who dropped a leaflet round focussing mainly on public transport and cycle paths, and one Labour candidate who is actually good. Genuinely wish someone would just run as an Independent gently caress The Police Candidate, I reckon they might actually be in with a good shout in some places
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TACD posted:The good news is you passed the final exam in the British citizenship test I think it was actually Gats Akimbo posted:spiting myself in the foot that got me in with honours 
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Borrovan posted:Literally all good art is made by working class people (who make no money off it because of gutting funding & not being called Chundly Barseflaps). This is a bad take. Speaking of gutting funding. https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1390199237091209218
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There was a little booklet sent out round my way explaining what the voting was for and who the candidates are, etc, but that was weeks ago and I'm surprised I remember such a thing even happening, let alone what was actually said in the booklet. And it's raining, And the voting place is 15 minutes walk away.
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May 6, 2021 11:28
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Mine is virtually on my doorstep and I still can’t be hosed.
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May 6, 2021 11:30
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Any idea when we're likely to get a Hartlepool result? Is there an exit poll for it, even?
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Junior G-man posted:has the Jersey fishing industry declined as much over the last decade as the UK overall one? So I'm actually from Guernsey, but we're all in the same boat (fnar), and we're also at the end of the cable. The local fishing industries rely on selling the majority of their catch to France. The french can fish in our waters and our guys can fish in theirs and our guys can land fish in france and make a living. This is why some of the Jersey fishermen are actually publicly SUPPORTING the french fishermen and even adding their boats to the blockade in solidarity. forkboy84 posted:Should we just give the Channel Islands back to France because do we really need another loving tax haven? The UK doesn't own us to give us away. If anything it's sort of the other way round. We're the last part of the Duchy of Normandy that invaded and conquered Britain with William. As for tax havens, the UK could start by not being a tax haven itself of course... Flayer posted:France threatening to switch off the electricity to the Channel Islands must be a fairly scary proposition? Not really. The islands both have their own power stations but these are diesel powered so we have been buying cleaner electricity from France. I don't think France could switch it off in any case. The cable arrangement is a commercial one and lucrative for EDF. They would probably have to pass a law to action anything and there's no way French capital would allow it. Guavanaut posted:who knows who should have them. Probably not the Telegraph Brothers. We have ourselves, thanks. ReelBigLizard fucked around with this message at 11:38 on May 6, 2021 |
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So did France just decide that they want Boris Johnson to win these local elections even harder than he otherwise would have? Or did the tories somehow manage to time this Jersey bullshit perfectly, like they set some contract expiry/renewal there to two days before the elections? Or what's going on here
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Borrovan posted:Literally all good art is made by working class people (who make no money off it because of gutting funding & not being called Chundly Barseflaps). This is a bad take. I agree the past ten years of art by new names have sucked.
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I've still yet to see a single leaflet from Labour for either GLA or Mayoral elections. Two from the Tories, one novella from the piss-drinker, one from the weirdo Rahman Rump telling me that I need to vote to keep a directly elected Tower Hamlets mayor (there's a referendum going on for that as well as the election). What's noticeable (as I'm at home to see it) is that all of the leaflets that have been delivered have been by the same guys who do the pizza leaflets and estate agent PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TELL US YOU HAVE ROOMS TO RENT solicitations. It's almost as though they local Labour party lack either the cash to pay a fiver per hundred leaflets or the volunteers to deliver them for free.
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Failed Imagineer posted:https://twitter.com/cruising_utopia/status/1389586774276587524?s=19 A bit late to the party, and someone might have beaten me to it, I'm 5 pages behind, but there's another one just a bit further East (300m or so). I wonder if it's the ancient course of the river? Though a couple of the 'edges' look a bit too sykes picot. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place...152!4d-3.231504
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goddamnedtwisto posted:I've still yet to see a single leaflet from Labour for either GLA or Mayoral elections. Two from the Tories, one novella from the piss-drinker, one from the weirdo Rahman Rump telling me that I need to vote to keep a directly elected Tower Hamlets mayor (there's a referendum going on for that as well as the election). What's noticeable (as I'm at home to see it) is that all of the leaflets that have been delivered have been by the same guys who do the pizza leaflets and estate agent PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TELL US YOU HAVE ROOMS TO RENT solicitations. It's almost as though they local Labour party lack either the cash to pay a fiver per hundred leaflets or the volunteers to deliver them for free. Labour probably just fell out over what to put in the leaflet until it was too late to get one out.
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:I didn't say socialist, I said the most socialist. Given the party's manifesto includes UBI and LTV I'm comfortable with that claim. Sure, that's true, but ranking explicitly non-Socialist parties by how Socialist they are seems pointless. Are they socialist? No. Then no thanks.
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Election Special Offer So, to keep people’s spirits up as we enjoy the horrifically depressing sight of today’s elections, I’ve launched a special offer valid until tomorrow. Spend £15, get free shipping on all fudge. Simple as. Even if you order enough to sink a poorly armed Royal Navy gunboat off the shore of Jersey! Simply use the code fuckkeithandeatfudge at checkout at https://www.fudjit.co.uk and reflect that no matter how grim things may look tomorrow, you’ll have a pile of sugary goodness to see you through it.
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Camrath posted:Election Special Offer Well I know what I’m spending my first pay packet in like 8 months on! Ordered the vegan for my partner last month and they loved it, so I’m itching to try some full fat creamy goodness
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I have ordered fudge, and no doubt will eat it all within a week of receipt. I can't wait!
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Done and done. Also, have you made a coconut fudge yet?
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Obviously the actual reason for sending naval patrol vessels to St Helier is so Boris can get it up tonight, but if you're on a fishing boat you really, really don't want to get shot at with 30mm. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4UolMYY7QaA
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:Done and done. Also, have you made a coconut fudge yet? A coconut derived flavour is on the list for later this month 
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Camrath posted:A coconut derived flavour is on the list for later this month You're too good to us, friend.
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knox_harrington posted:so Boris can get it up tonight knox_harrington posted:you really, really don't want to get shot at with 30mm. 
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We've reached the Nazi Apologia phase https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/05/05/least-nazis-kept-lights-uk-blasts-france-threat-cut-jerseys/
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Camrath posted:Election Special Offer Camrath I just ordered some fudge yesterday, why are you doing this to my teeth! Thank you for your kind offer, I'm planning to save some to give to my partner this time so having two batches makes that easier
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There was a queue outside my polling station, something i've literally never seen before. I assume part of that is covid related - normally such queue as there is is only 5 or 6 people standing just inside the door - but interesting to see given the extremely low-energy campaigns being waged by all sides. Also it was cold and started drizzling so I didn't bother voting. I think I'm supposed to feel guilty about that, but the contrast between 2019 when I spent 8 hours walking around Chingford in the pissing rain to today where I couldn't be arsed standing still for 5 minutes is pretty striking.
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ReelBigLizard posted:We've reached the Nazi Apologia phase  At least the French didn't slaughter millions of people in a quest for racial purity and world hegemony Hundreds of thousands, maybe, but not millions
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I dunno, the French Congo genocide must have been 2 million easily. Add Algeria, Indochina, West Africa...
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Bought fudge. I've moved house and forgot to register to vote for the first time since I've been eligible. Genuine apathy for the most part. I do feel bad since I could've probably helped get the vote out for a minor party. Had a leaflet through the door for Labour and didn't even read it. All the buzzwords just wash over me now.
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I voted for the Labour candidate in my ward who is solidly socialist. Would absolutely not have done so in adjacent wards.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:I've still yet to see a single leaflet from Labour for either GLA or Mayoral elections. Two from the Tories, one novella from the piss-drinker, one from the weirdo Rahman Rump telling me that I need to vote to keep a directly elected Tower Hamlets mayor (there's a referendum going on for that as well as the election). What's noticeable (as I'm at home to see it) is that all of the leaflets that have been delivered have been by the same guys who do the pizza leaflets and estate agent PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TELL US YOU HAVE ROOMS TO RENT solicitations. It's almost as though they local Labour party lack either the cash to pay a fiver per hundred leaflets or the volunteers to deliver them for free. I got a "Vote Labour Today" one through the door just now* along with a couple of Lidl leaflets, so yeah, definitely out of money and/or volunteers. (*Haha! Too late suckers!) Ed: Also bought fudge
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Good news lads the plucky English fleet has seen off Onion Johnny from our fishing ports Rule Brittania.
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keep punching joe posted:Good news lads the plucky English fleet has seen off Onion Johnny from our fishing ports Rule Brittania.
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