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Lmao that the Sunday Times got the editor of the New Statesman to review Wes Streeting's book
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 11:48 |
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fuctifino posted:
To put a more optimistic spin on it, I think that sentiments like this show that actually people DO want to feel hope, and DO want things to be better, not to be fed on a constant diet of 'we are making the tough decision of making everything worse, forever.' Unfortunately we're only allowed the right wing fantasist populism rather than the left wing one, though.
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 12:01 |
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Karen Stierer sounds like Keir Starmer’s pen name
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 12:16 |
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Karen Stierer, Weteggsworth, Sensibleshire
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 12:19 |
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Spicy numbers if true. I don’t think Nads seat has ever not been deep blue https://twitter.com/electionmapsuk/status/1675447694905450496?s=46&t=m_nNbkNoHG4lLitcpyHReg
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 12:37 |
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smellmycheese posted:Spicy numbers if true. I don’t think Nads seat has ever not been deep blue Is independent not her? I thought she quit the tories over the honours listing, if she's standing again I assume that's her?
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 12:40 |
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OwlFancier posted:Is independent not her? I thought she quit the tories over the honours listing, if she's standing again I assume that's her? She hasn't officially quit yet by giving the required letter to the Bastard Duke of Fartingshire or whatever the gently caress is supposed to happen
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 12:52 |
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Extremely funny that Hutton went ahead and published this despite being widely exposed as being in cahoots with the Water companies as a paid shill earlier in the week. Shameless. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/02/now-water-bosses-you-must-show-how-capitalism-must-work-for-the-common-good
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 12:58 |
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Even ignoring that it is spectacularly devoid of material analysis. Paragraphs of "nobody inteded it to be this way" and "there's no reason why capitalism has to work like this" and never a thought spared to the fact that for hundreds of years it has resulted in squeezing every penny out of worker and customer for the benefit of the owners and so perhaps we should stop wondering about "oh but think of the possibilities if it didn't do that" and simply do something else.
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 13:07 |
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In the postmodern condition under neoliberalism, truth is a product. Reality has a habit of disagreeing though, as was seen during the mismanagement of covid. "you must show how capitalism can work for the common good" is a statement of truth as product, even though it makes about as much sense as "Now, tool companies, you must show how I can hit myself in the dick with this hammer without it hurting"
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 13:19 |
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Mets gone woke https://twitter.com/DMReporter/status/1675423589166710785?t=uVw30RPSW1iJUeahpITklg&s=19 I am pro-cop and take no pleasure in reporting this
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 13:38 |
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*5 seconds later* we always knew that the badge was fascist, that was the point
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 13:42 |
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This closing down bank accounts stuff: Firstly, it's been happening to quite a lot of people in the last few years, innocent, regular members of the public. Example Heil article - there have been quite a few: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-9966767/Anger-Banks-shut-accounts-money-laundering-panic.html Secondly, an anecdote: We have a bank account for managing the flats and I'm signed up for internet banking on it. Can't do anything except view & download statements because it's dual authorisation and none of the other signatories - all in their late 80s - will have anything to do with internets or emails or all that new fangled stuff. Anyway, I signed on to it one day and found a notice saying "we requested this information and if you don't supply this information within the next 30 days we may have to close your account". So I got on the case and got it sorted. However, we had NEVER received any letter or email or phone call requesting the information in the first place and if it hadn't have been for me signing up to the internet banking and actually signing in to it that day we would never have known and the next thing we would have had our account closed. The information they wanted was because they decided that the list of shareholders (all of us, the flat lessees, are also shareholders in the management/freeholder co) was inadequate. Companies House only requires annual update, but for some reason Barclays in their infinite wisdom had decided that eg "Mrs Brown" was insufficient shareholder details and also, we added a director when the other director get seriously ill (and since then deceased). So I've had to update Co House 'confirmation statement' 2x since then and should have done it again another 3 times since November - not free, £13 a pop - as people sell up or drop dead. So for all we know it could be something as simple as that. Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 14:19 on Jul 2, 2023 |
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kingturnip posted:She hasn't officially quit yet by giving the required letter to the Bastard Duke of Fartingshire or whatever the gently caress is supposed to happen That wouldn't mean she'd quit the Tories, just that she'd quit as an MP. The independent is Gareth Mackey, who sits on Bedfordshire council and despite an unfortunate moustache appears to not be a total piece of poo poo.
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smellmycheese posted:Extremely funny that Hutton went ahead and published this despite being widely exposed as being in cahoots with the Water companies as a paid shill earlier in the week. Shameless. Why wouldn't he? You can just brazen it out and so long as you and all your pals are the only ones holding microphones who's going to question you? https://twitter.com/jrc1921/status/1675484382264532992?t=BaY6JU6cz4LMiEtZcUX96Q&s=19 British politics has entered the 80's wrestling phase where it's open about being all fixed but so long as they make it entertaining enough nobody will give a poo poo.
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OwlFancier posted:Even ignoring that it is spectacularly devoid of material analysis. Paragraphs of "nobody inteded it to be this way" and "there's no reason why capitalism has to work like this" and never a thought spared to the fact that for hundreds of years it has resulted in squeezing every penny out of worker and customer for the benefit of the owners and so perhaps we should stop wondering about "oh but think of the possibilities if it didn't do that" and simply do something else. They're all coming out of the woodwork to defend privatisation now. Probably because water somehow manages to be even stupider than energy in the way it was done, so a big failure is a good focal point for nationalisation talk. Not sure why they're worried - nobody's going to win the next election and nationalise anything anyway. quote:The former Conservative leader Michael Howard has stood by the privatisation of the water sector, of which he was a leading proponent, despite the crisis surrounding Thames Water. x Yep, private companies, famous for putting in more money than they get out, just for funsies.
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https://twitter.com/johnestevens/status/1675405947932487680
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Bobstar posted:They're all coming out of the woodwork to defend privatisation now. Probably because water somehow manages to be even stupider than energy in the way it was done, so a big failure is a good focal point for nationalisation talk. If only there was some way the goverment could get access to privately held capital.
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 15:36 |
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"You" get access to private capital by giving private capital public services. That's how "you" get the capital. I am being informed that in fact "they" still have the capital and also the public service and are now asking for public capital because they spent all the private capital and public service on yachts. Nevertheless.
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keep punching joe posted:Banks freezing assets of media grifters taking Russian money you say?
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smellmycheese posted:Extremely funny that Hutton went ahead and published this despite being widely exposed as being in cahoots with the Water companies as a paid shill earlier in the week. Shameless. Now you, water bosses are the heroes that we need in this dark, dark time despite the fact that you've been universal trash for a good few decades now. Jaeluni Asjil posted:This closing down bank accounts stuff: It seems rather worrying that they could get something so important so wrong.
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Godspeed You! Water Bosses
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 16:26 |
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Deliberately forgetting that municipal water boards were allowed to collect water rates and borrow bonded debt without the profiteering part, as a
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 16:43 |
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:This closing down bank accounts stuff: couple of years back there was a social media scam where fraudsters were paying idiots to launder money through their accounts and paying them nicely to do it, not saying banks aren't arseholes but that did fuel a wave of people getting their accounts closed.
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 17:16 |
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EXCLUSIVE: Rishi Sunak vowed to get tough on universities as they're full of non-Tory votersquote:Now, as PM, his Government has changed student loan funding to cut the state’s contribution from 44p in the pound to 19p from September. Students will have to pay off their loans from when they earn £25,000 a year instead of £27,295, and repay for a maximum of 40 years, instead of 30. What a oval office, eh? e2a: New anti protest laws are live https://twitter.com/ukhomeoffice/status/1675414005127708672 fuctifino fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Jul 2, 2023 |
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Wait til they extend the protest laws to include writing stiff letters to the Graun or keyboard warrioring. Meanwhile: Lozza is withdrawing money from but not closing all his Barclays accounts: Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Jul 2, 2023 |
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smellmycheese posted:Spicy numbers if true. I don’t think Nads seat has ever not been deep blue Labour only picking up one sixth of the imploding Tory vote is quite the feat
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 19:09 |
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Finally a sensible plan to improve council funding. Orkney council to look at proposals to become territory of Norway
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big scary monsters posted:Finally a sensible plan to improve council funding. Orkxit
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big scary monsters posted:Finally a sensible plan to improve council funding. "We iz ditching the Onited Kingdom, since their boss is just a Grot now. We iz going to join with Norway to make a massive Waaagh!"
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 19:53 |
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Time to send in the Battleships and squaddies, so Rishi can pretend to be Thatcher. Half of Orkney executed for Treason under new public order act created next week.
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happyhippy posted:Time to send in the Battleships and squaddies, so Rishi can pretend to be Thatcher. Ooh, ooh! Can Yorkshire turn traitor once the war begins in an effort to recreate the Danelaw?
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 20:54 |
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Not allowed to stand for Labour: former party leaders, anyone who once retweeted the Green Party, anyone to left of Thatcher. Allowed to stand for Labour: people arrested on child porn charges. https://twitter.com/jrc1921/status/1675103591130955776?s=46&t=lz1DjwUk2vgFTdWPPaLwfA
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# ? Jul 2, 2023 21:53 |
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Ha I've just discovered how to view mentions in the Discord which I rarely visit - only did this time because there was an email in an account I don't often view saying I had to change my userID or some such. (I'm still Jaeluni). Hence some of you will find some reactions to posts that are up to 3 years old. esp Feedmegin, Camrath, jedit plus a couple of others I don't recall seeing posting ITT so must be lurkers.(Edited sentence replacing 'and' with 'plus' to make more clear). Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 00:11 on Jul 3, 2023 |
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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tories-demand-rishi-sunak-stop-30371701quote:Tory MPs want to block overseas workers from UK care homes in extreme immigration plan This could be one way to kill off the boomer Tory supporters
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Ha jedit literally posted on this page. The others post regularly, like when they want to sell fudge
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NotJustANumber99 posted:jedit literally posted on this page. The others post regularly, like when they want to sell fudge Or when I have something to say in general. Just been a bit wrapped up in rl stuff recently.
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fuctifino posted:https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tories-demand-rishi-sunak-stop-30371701 Tories: where have all the farm workers gone? It must be lazy British shirkers Tories: let's ban foreign nationals from working in care homes. Wait, where have
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I don’t think there are all that many of them here anymore, entirely anecdotally. My mum has worked in care her entire life and used to have shitloads of colleagues from overseas, now she doesn’t have any at all.
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The Nazi Headmistress getting thoroughly owned on Twitter and not having any idea how screen shots work is currently very funny https://twitter.com/miss_snuffy/status/1675607314974273536?s=46&t=m_nNbkNoHG4lLitcpyHReg Edit. Lol https://twitter.com/miss_snuffy/status/1675530260064993283?s=46&t=m_nNbkNoHG4lLitcpyHReg smellmycheese fucked around with this message at 08:08 on Jul 3, 2023 |
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