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Wait, you can get a seat in the British upper house for like $700,000? That's a pathetically low price for graft. Like, c'mon, you're the world's 5th largest economy, it should be at least eight figures.
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Jun 4, 2021 18:56
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DJ_Mindboggler posted:Wait, you can get a seat in the British upper house for like $700,000? That's a pathetically low price for graft. Like, c'mon, you're the world's 5th largest economy, it should be at least eight figures. Just more proof that the people destroying all of our lives are literally the dumbest, most incompetent motherfuckers on the planet.
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Jun 4, 2021 19:35
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I don’t think a life peerage is all that great . what is the upside ? the social cache of a title I guess it’s not hereditary
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Jun 4, 2021 19:37
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£300 per day for expenses so your trip back from non-dom belize pays for itself
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Jun 4, 2021 19:41
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DJ_Mindboggler posted:Wait, you can get a seat in the British upper house for like $700,000? That's a pathetically low price for graft. Like, c'mon, you're the world's 5th largest economy, it should be at least eight figures. There are 1BR apartments in London that cost more lol
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Jun 4, 2021 20:25
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euphronius posted:I don’t think a life peerage is all that great . what is the upside ? the social cache of a title I guess Makes getting a good table in restaurants easier, greases the wheels at Fawlty Towers, the benefits are endless.
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Jun 5, 2021 00:11
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i think it's one of those investments you get to make if you're already rich it gives you pretty reliable and above-board access to a lot of powerful people, and it's got all sorts of pleasant fringe benefits. it's a good purchase if you've got a couple of million lying around
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Jun 5, 2021 00:26
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V. Illych L. posted:it's got all sorts of pleasant fringe benefits There's about 800 members of the Lords, which is ludicrously bloated; it's been called the most exclusive private member's club in London. You get a fixed stipend of about £300 for every day that you turn up at Parliament, so each day there's this ridiculous sight of members rocking up in taxis, signing in, then immediately loving off again. People have been trying to abolish the House of Lords for literally over a century; it never happens, due to political inertia and the cosy corruption of being able to turn your long term allies/ donors into Lords.
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Jun 5, 2021 04:11
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Communist Thoughts posted:they just hate the left as much as we hate them, but they have the gumption and enough hands on the levers to actually do the purging when theyr in power and yet many posters ITT would condemn Stalin for targeting wreckers smdh some people never learn
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Jun 5, 2021 07:18
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iirc Blair did substantially gut it
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Jun 5, 2021 14:27
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euphronius posted:iirc Blair did substantially gut it Blair got rid of the majority of the hereditary peers (well, they're still peers but most don't sit in the House of Lords), meaning it's now dominated by the life peers. The life peers who are almost entirely nominated by the parties in the Commons.
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Jun 5, 2021 14:47
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https://twitter.com/jrc1921/status/1400881953042227203?s=20
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Jun 5, 2021 15:19
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they did say conservatives are trying to water it down, so I'm not sure what's so surprising about seeing keith there
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Jun 5, 2021 15:32
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Lobster God posted:Blair got rid of the majority of the hereditary peers (well, they're still peers but most don't sit in the House of Lords), meaning it's now dominated by the life peers. The life peers who are almost entirely nominated by the parties in the Commons. it's like the platonic ideal of blairism to do something that should be about eliminating the remaining power of the old aristocracy and ending up with creating a new and worse one instead
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Jun 5, 2021 15:44
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Some dude on Twitter sent to to me, tag yourself. I’m the Steampunk Republic of Cumberland.
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Jun 5, 2021 16:09
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This keeps happening! https://ibb.co/wNky0bh PawParole has issued a correction as of 16:16 on Jun 5, 2021 |
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Jun 5, 2021 16:10
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Cool clown maps for ants
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Jun 5, 2021 16:16
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good embedding job idiot
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Jun 5, 2021 16:52
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i'm glad I cant read any of that, actually
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Jun 5, 2021 17:36
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I believe in you PawParole
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Jun 5, 2021 17:37
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PawParole posted:Some dude on Twitter sent to to me, tag yourself. better book myself an optometrist appt everything is all blurry this isn’t right
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Jun 5, 2021 19:20
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even the full screen version has text too blurry to read
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Jun 5, 2021 20:08
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Jun 5, 2021 20:30
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its genuinely a disgrace she's even in the party let alone an MP https://twitter.com/andrewfeinstein/status/1401201334108491780?s=20
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Jun 5, 2021 20:44
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multijoe posted:
i think i preferred it when i couldnt read it
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Jun 5, 2021 20:49
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Jun 5, 2021 20:52
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drat got her, a hodge fan caught disliking Corbyn
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Jun 6, 2021 10:58
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Communist Thoughts posted:drat got her, a hodge fan caught disliking Corbyn mate, i know that your gimmick is to be obtuse af, but at least put a little bit of effort in it
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Jun 6, 2021 12:03
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Cerebral Bore posted:mate, i know that your gimmick is to be obtuse af, but at least put a little bit of effort in it no
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Jun 6, 2021 12:30
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margaret hodge is a shrill old bag who would batter you with a poker for not using a coaster imo
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Jun 6, 2021 13:28
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crispix posted:margaret hodge is a shrill old bag who would batter you with a poker for not using a coaster imo Loved watching the news night badgering where Beckett just owns the two hostile questionnaires who cannot be bothered to explain why what he was doing (organizing against Unites enemies and paying activists) was illegal.
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Jun 6, 2021 15:05
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Communist Thoughts posted:drat got her, a hodge fan caught disliking Corbyn True story: Hodges' hatred of Corbyn originated back in the 80's when she became embroiled in a child abuse scandal when she was head of Islington's children's services. Jeremy Corbyn had recently been elected as MP for the area, so Hodge went to him to back her up as a fellow Labour party member. Corbyn looked into the details, was suitably horrified and told her that he thought she should resign. Hodge was furious and has never forgotten or forgiven him lol. Note for additional lols: she subsequently mocked the victims in a newspaper article, causing two of them to successfully sue her for libel. The Labour party refused to pay the costs, which didn't improve her temper any.
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Jun 6, 2021 15:41
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Pistol_Pete posted:True story: Hodges' hatred of Corbyn originated back in the 80's when she became embroiled in a child abuse scandal when she was head of Islington's children's services. Jeremy Corbyn had recently been elected as MP for the area, so Hodge went to him to back her up as a fellow Labour party member. Corbyn looked into the details, was suitably horrified and told her that he thought she should resign. Hodge was furious and has never forgotten or forgiven him lol. Added to this they had a debate in front of a crowd over clause IV and she got so badly owned the crowd was cheering for Corbyn
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Jun 6, 2021 16:35
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Jose posted:Added to this they had a debate in front of a crowd over clause IV and she got so badly owned the crowd was cheering for Corbyn Didn't she pull a shooter mcgavin and start berating the crowd for their lack of decorum lol
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Jun 6, 2021 16:43
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apparently yeah lol https://twitter.com/ForTheMany2020/status/1019583767927762944
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Jun 6, 2021 16:53
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more evidence that anyone involved in NUS should be banned from real politics
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Jun 6, 2021 16:59
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Jose posted:more evidence that anyone involved in NUS should be banned from real politics I knew I was right to never trust Wes streeting
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Jun 6, 2021 17:31
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ban anyone who has been to school from politics
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