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OwlFancier posted:I find it difficult to believe russel brand could contribute poetry worth reading let alone the other issue. It's not poems by the people who nominate them, its poems they find inspirational. Link just so you can see contributors etc. https://www.waterstones.com/book/poetry-for-the-many/jeremy-corbyn/len-mccluskey/9781682194331 Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Sep 18, 2023 |
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Sep 18, 2023 20:23
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I wonder if Brand picked some stupid poo poo by fellow sex offender and general softboi weirdo Michael Leunig.
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Sep 18, 2023 20:33
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crispix posted:she actually used a pig analogy to explain herself :/ I sure hope Cameron sues her!
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Sep 18, 2023 20:45
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kingturnip posted:Yeah, but Labour probably won't cut taxes if they win the next election, so the window in which to make the rich happy is getting smaller and smaller. I’d be shocked if they don’t, because Rachel Reeves has been talking about how we need ~growth~ before we can invest in public services and there aren’t many other ways to make it look like you’re at least doing something I’m expecting a corporation tax cut and then 5 years of nothing getting any better while Labour keep saying that they need to get out of the hole that the Tories left them in
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Sep 18, 2023 21:00
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Guavanaut posted:I wonder if Brand picked some stupid poo poo by fellow sex offender and general softboi weirdo Michael Leunig. i don't know who this guy is, but that first stanza implying that he is somehow long distance non-consensually kissing me is making me deeply uncomfortable in way i haven't really experienced before, so kudos to him
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Sep 18, 2023 21:20
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:i don't know who this guy is, but that first stanza implying that he is somehow long distance non-consensually kissing me is making me deeply uncomfortable in way i haven't really experienced before, so kudos to him https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/oct/24/michael-leunigs-artist-sister-returns-fire-over-cartoon-of-young-mother-on-phone quote:On Wednesday, Michael Leunig, 74, published a cartoon in the Age joking that young mothers were too “busy on Instagram” and neglecting their children. Mary Leunig has cool art. Michael is the celebrated simpleton cartoonist & rear end in a top hat. And a massive creep.  (part of a cartoon by Mary Leunig and yes, that's her big bro)
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Sep 18, 2023 21:31
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Bobby Deluxe posted:
Jaeluni Asjil posted:I was thinking - that new anthology of poetry edited by Corbyn and McCluskey has a contribution from R brand wonder if they're busy recalling it! ah
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Sep 18, 2023 22:01
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:It's not poems by the people who nominate them, its poems they find inspirational. Just saw this: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/en...4b04435d25fcd9d quote:....
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Sep 18, 2023 23:35
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fuctifino posted:Oh wow... I wasn't expecting this: Dude's first complaint is calling The Times Mainstream media and disparaging their work.
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Sep 19, 2023 00:29
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Gonzo McFee posted:Dude's first complaint is calling The Times Mainstream media and disparaging their work. limp
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Sep 19, 2023 00:30
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fuctifino posted:Oh wow... I wasn't expecting this: That is delicious to watch. Fight each other  Thanks fuctifino for braving the nazi bird site to bring us all this content btw. Is that nadine dorries impersonator still doing anything because I notice you haven't posted her in a while
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Sep 19, 2023 08:10
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Microplastics posted:That is delicious to watch. Fight each other She (Sooz Kempner) has been a bit quiet recently. Either that or the Melon Husk's algorithms are hiding her from me!
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Sep 19, 2023 08:13
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I'm still getting her posts. I haven't seen impressions of politicians recently, but she was weighing in on the Russel brand news.
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Sep 19, 2023 08:30
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Hasn't she been busy with some Doctor Who audio drama work recently
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Sep 19, 2023 08:42
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I am not going to check but I can just feel the heat of the takes coming from the usual dipshits, readying a "Oh so you'll remove controversial figure Russell Brand, but not controversial figures Ken Loach and Maxine Peake, hmm?" response.
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Sep 19, 2023 08:48
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Here is a Rock against Racism ad from the '70s https://twitter.com/evansmithhist/status/1703964488419127662?t=Kp8Eb3AauC0BT36pdpakAw&s=19 Note the replies from respondents to the previous ad on the right. Specifically the very first one, from Roderick Liddle of Middlesbrough. Yes, Rod Liddle of The Spectator was in fact 16 and living in Middlesbrough in 1976, the absolute danger who once wrote he didn't become a teacher because he would have tried to "shag" his students, and later wrote the exceedingly racist "The overwhelming majority of street crime, knife crime, gun crime, robbery and crimes of sexual violence in London is carried out by young men from the African-Caribbean community. Of course, in return, we have rap music, goat curry and a far more vibrant and diverse understanding of cultures which were once alien to us. For which, many thanks."
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Sep 19, 2023 10:15
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https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/19/schools-england-raac-reinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete Honey I Crushed the Kids The Graun posted:The number of schools in England where reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) has been found has risen from 147 to 174, the Department for Education said.
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Sep 19, 2023 10:22
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forkboy84 posted:Here is a Rock against Racism ad from the '70s
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Sep 19, 2023 10:34
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Saying that jurors can decide things is actually perverting the course of justice  quote:The 12 have received letters from the Metropolitan police’s specialist public order unit that state: “You have recently been identified as taking part in an incident outside the Inner London crown court … whereby you were seated outside of the court and held a placard with the words; ‘The right of juries – to give their verdict according to their convictions’, in a place where both witnesses and jurors attending trials … could not avoid seeing them.”
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Sep 19, 2023 11:12
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Tesseraction posted:https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/19/schools-england-raac-reinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete Is that because they found more such schools or because someone typed the number wrong Is it gonna be 471 next week
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Sep 19, 2023 11:14
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sinky posted:Saying that jurors can decide things is actually perverting the course of justice
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Sep 19, 2023 11:18
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Guavanaut posted:Reminds me of the guy charged for distributing pamphlets about jury nullification outside of a court in the US, and the jury were not allowed to see the pamphlets that he was being charged with distributing, so decided to nullify because they had no idea what he was being accused of. Lmao please tell me more, I want to read about this
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Sep 19, 2023 11:25
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It was Keith Wood and the Fully Informed Jury Association. I have no idea what level of Dale Gribble those guys were running at, but the trial turned into a full on "he was handing out pamphlets to influence the outcome of a case, no it wasn't any specific case, no you absolutely can't see the pamphlets" farce.
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Sep 19, 2023 11:33
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Google had suspended Brand's YouTube revenue. That's actually something that might hurt him.
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Sep 19, 2023 11:56
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Mega Comrade posted:Google had suspended Brand's YouTube revenue. 
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Sep 19, 2023 12:12
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Guavanaut posted:It was Keith Wood and the Fully Informed Jury Association. I have no idea what level of Dale Gribble those guys were running at, but the trial turned into a full on "he was handing out pamphlets to influence the outcome of a case, no it wasn't any specific case, no you absolutely can't see the pamphlets" farce. Thank you. Good lunchtime reading
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Sep 19, 2023 12:13
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Meanwhile I have this for your delight quote:For two decades until 2019 its inactivity rate (the share of people of working age who are neither working nor looking for a job) was among the lowest of any rich country. Then something went awry. Pandemic lockdowns smothered economic activity everywhere. But whereas other economies bounced back—since 2020 the inactivity rate has fallen, on average, by 0.4 percentage points across the oecd, a club of rich countries—in Britain, uniquely, it continues to climb, and is up by 0.5 points. What’s going on? quote:The immediate cause is not disputed: more Britons than ever are classified as unwell. Data released this week showed a remarkable 2.6m people, a record, are economically inactive because of long-term sickness—an increase of 476,000 since early 2020. Inactivity helps explain why firms are struggling with labour shortages and, in part, stubbornly high inflation. And there is a hefty bill. The Office for Budget Responsibility, the fiscal watchdog, says more long-term sickness has added £15.7bn ($19.6bn), or 0.6% of gdp, to annual government borrowing because of lost tax receipts and higher welfare spending. guess what quote:the primary cause is in the welfare system quote:The previous Labour government, and Conservative-led ones since 2010, gradually made it harder for claimants to get incapacity benefits. That helped guard against fraud and kept rates of economic inactivity low. But some people with real needs were wrongly denied benefits. quote:In 2019, after several high-profile cases of people being declared fit for work and then dying, the government reversed course and made it much easier to obtain benefits. [...] Meanwhile, perverse incentives have been added. The old system did a fair job of nudging those who were temporarily incapacitated back into work as soon as they were better. The new one has sharply raised the relative rewards of claiming to be permanently incapacitated. Those who are deemed unable ever to return to employment now get twice as much as those expected to go back to work one day. This gives people a strong incentive to exaggerate their ailments, and never look for a job again. quote:Policymakers should find ways to tighten up. While taking care not to punish the truly ill, they should encourage those who can to go back to work, even part-time. This means bumping up benefits to the temporarily incapacitated, and regularly reassessing recipients to see if their health has improved, which rarely happens today.
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Sep 19, 2023 12:14
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Mega Comrade posted:Google had suspended Brand's YouTube revenue. It really brings into question the whole right-wing grift plan if your cashflow depends on the YT guys, who like to affect an air of vague socially lib autocracy. Not many can pull off the leap to their own secure media empire like Alex Jones, and he has also been hurt by demonetisation in the past. Although as I type I realise that Brand's next inevitable step is a teamup with Elon for a big Free Speech X Relaunch. Which is working out great for Tucker Carlson.
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Sep 19, 2023 12:19
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Failed Imagineer posted:It really brings into question the whole right-wing grift plan if your cashflow depends on the YT guys, who like to affect an air of vague socially lib autocracy. Not many can pull off the leap to their own secure media empire like Alex Jones, and he has also been hurt by demonetisation in the past. Did you know that Tucker Carlson's last interview with Donald Trump reached 18.9 BILLION VIEWERS? His show on Fox News only reached a couple million. Come on guys, X is the video platform you need!
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Sep 19, 2023 12:22
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forkboy84 posted:Did you know that Tucker Carlson's last interview with Donald Trump reached 18.9 BILLION VIEWERS? His show on Fox News only reached a couple million. Come on guys, X is the video platform you need! Tbf at least 18.89 billion of those views were me. I'm sorry, I hosed up
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Sep 19, 2023 12:28
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Microplastics posted:Meanwhile I have this for your delight When i packed it all in in 2020 i was in a position to not have to near the govt systems, i think that choice was beneficial to my mental wellbeing. That's a seriously messed up choice to make in life. 
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Sep 19, 2023 12:47
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Failed Imagineer posted:Tbf at least 18.89 billion of those views were me. I'm sorry, I hosed up classic ctrl+v mistake without checking what was in your clipboard
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Sep 19, 2023 13:00
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There is a reply for you in the UK Finance thread, only mention it here just in case it's important. 
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Sep 19, 2023 15:01
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Just Another Lurker posted:There is a reply for you in the UK Finance thread, only mention it here just in case it's important. Fab thanks!
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Sep 19, 2023 15:25
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Microplastics posted:Meanwhile I have this for your delight gently caress me is that grim. That whoever wrote this was presumably considered to be working should be evidence enough that we need to eliminate employment in the UK.
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Sep 19, 2023 15:44
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Microplastics posted:Meanwhile I have this for your delight
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Sep 19, 2023 18:01
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Ah yes, Britain; the country that did (and continues to do) gently caress all about covid now has a disproportionately large amount of people with long-term sickness. How could this have happened. The beatings will continue until long-term illnesses subside.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Ah yes, Britain; the country that did (and continues to do) gently caress all about covid now has a disproportionately large amount of people with long-term sickness. How could this have happened. See also: cuts to GP services meaning people can't as easily get (or are discouraged from trying to get) the checks that will catch early signs of all sorts of problems, or can't get the followup appointments they need to deal with these so are left with long-term sicknesses. How could etc 
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