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Communist Thoughts
Jan 7, 2008

Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!


happyhippy posted:

Thats morning TV show hosting in general.
You have to think everything is excellent, loving talking to every Z list reality show celeb about their new book that they didn't write.

Also everything is Cbeebies level where you'll have a thing on covid and instead of exploring the actual issue it's like Minister caught embezzling from PPE fund "but what is a virus? A virus is like a tiny bad man who breaks into your body and steals the furniture. A vaccine is a policeman"

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Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
So what heinous things do you reckon are in these messages? something to do with eat out to help out or whatever the gently caress it was called?

https://twitter.com/AdamBienkov/status/1664579267517116417?s=20

gonadic io
Feb 16, 2011

>>=
Uncritically quoting and interviewing gov officials blatantly lying with zero context or related info

gonadic io
Feb 16, 2011

>>=
https://youtu.be/8rVBnFEEWXE

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.


Communist Thoughts posted:

Lmao I love punished schofield

I never watch British tv but he was eternally on there being fakely sunny and infantile in a very British media kinda way so seeing his disgrace and downfall to now having headlines asking if people want him to just lay down and die is a good microcosm for our society imo

You diddle ONE kid at work and suddenly you're disgraced.

Very unfair IMO. Just horrible treatment.

Gripweed
Nov 8, 2018
Women are wonderful animals, they should be making music and writing novels about having a complex relationship with your mother.

Valko posted:

Yeah, that's instant coffee, people can survive without it.

Man, British people's expectations for life sure have gone down fast

gonadic io
Feb 16, 2011

>>=

Gripweed posted:

Man, British people's expectations for life sure have gone down fast

https://youtu.be/n8qDVoil9IE

Gripweed
Nov 8, 2018
Women are wonderful animals, they should be making music and writing novels about having a complex relationship with your mother.
I used to think Americans are the most pacified population in the world, but you guys have accepted food suddenly becoming 10 times more expensive and your entire country getting covered in literal human poo poo with remarkable aplomb.

Valko
Sep 18, 2015

Gripweed posted:

I used to think Americans are the most pacified population in the world, but you guys have accepted food suddenly becoming 10 times more expensive and your entire country getting covered in literal human poo poo with remarkable aplomb.

It didn't happen overnight, it took 13 years to get here. Many young people in their 20's probably don't remember things being better.

It's like the frog in a pot of water being slowly brought to boil.

I would like to think if this happened in a shorter time frame there would be more of an uproar but I'm doubtful.

Besides, it was the poor, sick and disabled they came for first, people the vast majority just don't think about. The middle class is being squeezed now, and the upper class who are not the elite are going to be next - but they still vote Tory. Amazes me that they can't see they will be next.

Biplane
Jul 18, 2005

This tiger isn't hard to ride at all, I don't see the problem

Gripweed
Nov 8, 2018
Women are wonderful animals, they should be making music and writing novels about having a complex relationship with your mother.

Valko posted:

It didn't happen overnight, it took 13 years to get here. Many young people in their 20's probably don't remember things being better.

It's like the frog in a pot of water being slowly brought to boil.

I would like to think if this happened in a shorter time frame there would be more of an uproar but I'm doubtful.

Besides, it was the poor, sick and disabled they came for first, people the vast majority just don't think about. The middle class is being squeezed now, and the upper class who are not the elite are going to be next - but they still vote Tory. Amazes me that they can't see they will be next.

Didn't the poo poo happen overnight? I'm pretty sure they sold the water treatments plants to some guy Rishi knew and he just opened up all the poo poo pipes because that was the cheapest option.

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.


Nah, not at all. It was because they scrapped some sewage regulations after Brexit. But it did kinda happen overnight.

They sold off the water companies a long time ago.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
He's the current mayor

https://twitter.com/MayorJD/status/1664673118688772103?t=fCIWb5bBtJBVUkyMgsk0xA&s=19

Fortaleza
Feb 21, 2008

kecske posted:

dandelion and burdock sounds like something moles would drink out of a redwall book

I have the official Redwall cookbook and it's actually really good! All vegetarian and denotes which recipes kids can help out with

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


Gripweed posted:

Didn't the poo poo happen overnight? I'm pretty sure they sold the water treatments plants to some guy Rishi knew and he just opened up all the poo poo pipes because that was the cheapest option.

Like a good 80% of everything awful in the UK, water was sold off in the '80s under Thatcher.

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

c l o u d k i t t e n
Grimey Drawer
the only people who have a sense of community are the guys on the other side

there's no real leftist community anymore, i guess momentum represented it briefly? Anyway, i'm sure we'd all like a big riot and sorting the country out but nobody wants to go first and get murdered while 51% of the nation cheers the police on

bedpan
Apr 23, 2008

Regarde Aduck posted:

the only people who have a sense of community are the guys on the other side

there's no real leftist community anymore, i guess momentum represented it briefly? Anyway, i'm sure we'd all like a big riot and sorting the country out but nobody wants to go first and get murdered while 51% of the nation cheers the police on

I wouldn't quite say that. Leftists must find a sense of community in supporting labour given the reliability and solidity of leftist support for that party.

i am harry
Oct 14, 2003


sorry

Plaice and chips

Gripweed
Nov 8, 2018
Women are wonderful animals, they should be making music and writing novels about having a complex relationship with your mother.

Private Speech posted:

Nah, not at all. It was because they scrapped some sewage regulations after Brexit. But it did kinda happen overnight.

They sold off the water companies a long time ago.

All they would have to do is put a regulation back in place and boom, you guys aren't drenched in human poo poo anymore. But both sides are onboard with everything getting worse so they don't bother. If the opposition party was motivated by winning, they could easily run on "We will take away the human poo poo coating our rivers and beaches" and I bet the public would respond to that.

I think one of the most important factors in modern anglosphere politics that does not get commented on is how much winning is no longer a personal goal for people in the establishment center parties. Democrats are Republicans ten years ago and Labour is Tories ten years ago. Sure, that's what they believe. But they don't even want to win anymore. A candidate who keeps losing winnable races will keep getting put up, a campaign manager who absolutely eats poo poo will keep getting work on campaigns. As long as they don't piss off the wrong people, they stay in. These parties are nothing more than self-sustaining makework for people in the right social circles.

StealthArcher
Jan 10, 2010




Thewre's always going to have to be the Jump First Brave Man

redleader
Aug 18, 2005

Engage according to operational parameters

Gripweed posted:

I used to think Americans are the most pacified population in the world, but you guys have accepted food suddenly becoming 10 times more expensive and your entire country getting covered in literal human poo poo with remarkable aplomb.

it can and will happen in any anglo nation. english is a brain disease

Kaveman
Jul 25, 2009

NEVER!!!



The one labour person I'd have voted for.

One of his main policies for his new term was to nationalise the bus service and he describes himself as a socialist in his campaign video so that'll be why they want him gone.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
He absolutely smashed the other candidate in selection. The guy who'd led Newcastle council for over a decade but was pure blairite. Not sure how big an area this newly named mayor covers to mean he has any success outside of labour

the tory mayor of tees valley which I think may be included in this new north east mayor? he sold £100m worth of land for £100 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-65766566

Jose has issued a correction as of 10:25 on Jun 3, 2023

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
proper failed nation stuff

https://twitter.com/joncstone/status/1664924146780839938?s=20

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


Really miss just turning up to the station and travelling somewhere on a whim and it not costing a hundred million pounds. Especially now that a brown onion costs a hundred million pounds

Kaveman
Jul 25, 2009

NEVER!!!


Jose posted:

He absolutely smashed the other candidate in selection. The guy who'd led Newcastle council for over a decade but was pure blairite. Not sure how big an area this newly named mayor covers to mean he has any success outside of labour

the tory mayor of tees valley which I think may be included in this new north east mayor? he sold £100m worth of land for £100 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-65766566

The red rosette still guarantees a lot of votes by default but not as much as 10,20 years ago so I think he could get enough votes to at least gently caress over the labour candidate.

Quotey
Aug 16, 2006

We went out for lunch and then we stopped for some bubble tea.
Deselecting the incumbent mayor is an interesting move.

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

seems like another instance of the right wing of the party making the appropriate ideological move for their project and what corbyn should have done five years ago

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
Lol so the official reason is Driscoll shared a platform with ken loach. Guess who is appearing on question time with kieth this week

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.


I've been reading some online advice for poor and miserable people and it's funny how so many of them boil down to "just get paid more".

Like this from reddit:

quote:

So you're saying your life isn't worth 3k and some headaches? Block the girl and drop her off your contacts. Do some job hunting, ideally look for one better paying job rather than 2.

Just get a single job paying more than your two, bish bosh, so simple.

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


Quotey posted:

Deselecting the incumbent mayor is an interesting move.

The actual reason I'm mad is that this purging of Labour is what Corbyn should've done but he's far too naive

Jaeluni Asjil
Apr 18, 2018

Sorry I thought you were a landlord when I gave you your old avatar!

forkboy84 posted:

The actual reason I'm mad is that this purging of Labour is what Corbyn should've done but he's far too naive

Though he's been accused of having done it anyway!
He just should have done it.

ContinuityNewTimes
Dec 30, 2010

Я выдуман напрочь
He was incredibly weak and could never have done it

Jazerus
May 24, 2011


we've all learned a valuable lesson, never trust a jam man

ContinuityNewTimes
Dec 30, 2010

Я выдуман напрочь
Never hope that the guy notable for being decent and boring is going to crush the enemy

samcarsten
Sep 13, 2022

by vyelkin
Americans learned that with Jimmy Carter.

Weka
May 5, 2019

That child totally had it coming. Nobody should be able to be out at dusk except cars.
https://twitter.com/galbertyn/status/1636033744686444544

samcarsten posted:

Americans learned that with Jimmy Carter.

Carter wasn't by any metric decent, he was the guy who gave the Afghan mujahideen their big start.

Mandoric
Mar 15, 2003

Weka posted:

https://twitter.com/galbertyn/status/1636033744686444544

Carter wasn't by any metric decent, he was the guy who gave the Afghan mujahideen their big start.

He was decent solely by the metric metric, at least.

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


Weka posted:

https://twitter.com/galbertyn/status/1636033744686444544

Carter wasn't by any metric decent, he was the guy who gave the Afghan mujahideen their big start.

The Mujahadeen were a great bunch of lads, will not stand for this slander of people just trying to kick out the dastardly atheists and bring in Sharia law and a theocracy

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Jel Shaker
Apr 19, 2003

Weka posted:

https://twitter.com/galbertyn/status/1636033744686444544

Carter wasn't by any metric decent, he was the guy who gave the Afghan mujahideen their big start.

if you judge a man by his actions he was as bad as regan or trump, and aside from his own personal chrisitian fundamentalism he’s a good chap

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