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Cos it's still gotta happen every 5 years The abolished act was to stop extra ones in-between
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Mar 3, 2024 20:48
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Just seconding this. In Malaysia they’re called roti prata and I sometimes daydream about flying to the other side of the world to eat them. There’s a variant where they sandwich a bunch of lamb between two large sheets of prata called Murtabak and it’s greasy and glorious.
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Mar 3, 2024 20:49
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jaete posted:Ok stupid question: why? Wasn't the fixed terms act abolished? So the PM could just decide to not have an election this year... but everyone is completely certain that he will call an election this year I guess, why exactly? The FTPA (First Toast Post Aaah!) set the minimum to 5 years, so the coalition partners couldn't (threaten to) explode the coalition for political gain, but there's always been a maximum. Though it's probably written on a stone in Wiltshire and also made up, but thankfully the government can't just go on forever. E: a brief wiki-looki while cooking my dinner says that the 2022 bill that repealed the FTPA also re-affirmed the 5-year maximum, which was in force before since the Parliament Act 1911 Bobstar fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Mar 3, 2024 |
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Mar 3, 2024 20:50
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Bobstar posted:but thankfully the government can't just go on forever. Give them enough time and the tories would sexpest, fraud, and sleaze themselves out of power through by-elections.
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Mar 3, 2024 20:55
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I mean rishi has a big majority, for now, why not just change it to ten years?
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Mar 3, 2024 20:55
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Because even Rishi's own MPs hate his guts and don't want to spend another 6 years in government.
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Mar 3, 2024 20:58
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the longer you spend with your hand in the cash register the more likely it is you'll get caught
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Mar 3, 2024 21:01
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The fixed term parliaments act and anything like it is just meaningless anyway. An act of parliament cannot bind a future parliament. They can just say "The [blank] act notwithstanding, we do the thing the [blank] act says we couldn't do", with a simple majority. So even if you have an act that says "You need a 2/3rds majority to do [thing]", you can just have a simple majority vote to say that doesn't count anymore.
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Mar 3, 2024 21:03
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WhatEvil posted:The fixed term parliaments act and anything like it is just meaningless anyway. An act of parliament cannot bind a future parliament. They can just say "The [blank] act notwithstanding, we do the thing the [blank] act says we couldn't do", with a simple majority. while this is true, there are enough traditionalists in the Tory party that they'd vote against Rishi trying to make himself dictator for life
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Mar 3, 2024 21:07
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I thought Boris got rid of all them
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Mar 3, 2024 21:08
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Bobstar posted:The FTPA (First Toast Post Aaah!) set the minimum to 5 years, so the coalition partners couldn't (threaten to) explode the coalition for political gain, but there's always been a maximum. Though it's probably written on a stone in Wiltshire and also made up, but thankfully the government can't just go on forever. Technically parliament could pass a law that says we don't need to have elections, as they did during the second world war. They voted each year to extend the maximum another year.
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Mar 3, 2024 21:10
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Nuclear Spoon posted:the longer you spend with your hand in the cash register the more likely it is you'll get caught They've already been caught. They're doing it openly and they know there will never be any consequences for it because Kunt Hitler and his National Socialist Labour want to do exactly the same thing themselves.
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Mar 3, 2024 21:11
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:
new bill and ted film looking pretty loving weird here crispix fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Mar 3, 2024 |
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Mar 3, 2024 21:24
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Real Cool Catfish posted:Just seconding this. In Malaysia they’re called roti prata and I sometimes daydream about flying to the other side of the world to eat them. There’s a variant where they sandwich a bunch of lamb between two large sheets of prata called Murtabak and it’s greasy and glorious. It's a bunch of minced meat bound together with eggs fried on a griddle and wrapped in the prata/chapati dough. You can get it in some of the Malaysian restaurants in London but its a far, far cry from the real thing. If your pastry skills are up to snuff you can try making it at home. The ingredients are easily available anywhere (in contrast to some of the more arcane Malaysian recipes) but the execution is very technical.
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Mar 3, 2024 22:43
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cooking is actually really easy
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Mar 3, 2024 22:52
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The disappointment in him that the whole protest just ignored and walked past. Totally thought he was going to be a hero today.
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Mar 3, 2024 23:10
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Echoing the knife sharpening comment. It’s nowhere near as difficult as people make it out to be on a whetstone and I find it pretty soothing. And you end up with a knife that could cleave through the crust of hell
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Mar 3, 2024 23:11
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happyhippy posted:The disappointment in him that the whole protest just ignored and walked past. I like the one guy who came up and shook his hand. looks like he was part of the protest crowd? yeah some guys are doing a prayer here at the palestine march, they must be with us, good for them i'll give them a handshake
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Mar 3, 2024 23:14
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Angepain posted:I like the one guy who came up and shook his hand. looks like he was part of the protest crowd? yeah some guys are doing a prayer here at the palestine march, they must be with us, good for them i'll give them a handshake It was weird cos he looked like terminator
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Mar 3, 2024 23:14
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Just caught up with gorgeous George chat, naan chat and Rachel Reeves Cuck Chair chat and can contribute to knife chat. Tramontina 17cm Cleaver is a good option but why the gently caress are you chopping fruit with a cleaver? Get a decent chefs knife if you don’t have one. Grab something by Mercer Culinary as pretty solid price and a sharpening steel or a whetstone. If your budget is pretty high grab a Wustof, generally grab a couple of 15cm chef knifes, a pairing knife, bread knife, Cheese Knife, Carving Knife, Turning knife in that kind of order or priority. Most sets can be poo poo. So what are the odds that the Tories pull a crash the economy budget then?
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Mar 3, 2024 23:22
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Nuclear Spoon posted:the longer you spend with your hand in the cash register the more likely it is you'll get caught
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Mar 3, 2024 23:42
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 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/03/ministers-consider-ban-mps-engaging-pro-palestine-climate-protesters quote:Ministers are considering proposals to ban MPs and councillors from engaging with groups such as the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil. The plans, put forward by the government’s adviser on political violence, John Woodcock, say mainstream political leaders should tell their representatives to employ a “zero-tolerance approach” to groups that use disruptive tactics or fail to stop “hate” on marches.
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Mar 4, 2024 00:40
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when will protesters have to have their voices replaced by actors on the news
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Mar 4, 2024 00:53
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there's something deeply grim about all this going on about "political violence" from the lot that completely handwaved an MP getting murdered during an election
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Mar 4, 2024 00:57
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tough on protest, woodcock's so loving stupid lmao
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Mar 4, 2024 00:58
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also lol could they do anything that would make galloway even more able to seize the spotlight with some antics
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Mar 4, 2024 00:58
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.nm I think it was the earlier one. Actually I think it might be a new one but it's so difficult to find out! Anyway this is it: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/3/israels-war-on-gaza-live-every-minute-counts-as-hunger-kills-in-gaza I'm confused DOT com. (On that note, I stood in the queue in the shop this afternoon for 5 mins before remembering I wasn't actually buying anything - age related defects). Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Mar 4, 2024 |
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Mar 4, 2024 01:06
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Penis Penispenis strikes again
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Mar 4, 2024 01:08
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Starting to get the impression the Israeli Occupation Forces are quite unpleasant
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Mar 4, 2024 01:08
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mediaphage posted:also lol could they do anything that would make galloway even more able to seize the spotlight with some antics The quality of politician we've got left in the UK now is so poor they simply cant see the open goals they're creating.
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Mar 4, 2024 06:07
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ItohRespectArmy posted:there's something deeply grim about all this going on about "political violence" from the lot that completely handwaved an MP getting murdered during an election Hmm, there was Jo Cox, and then later wasn't there also that conservative MP who was stabbed or something... I can't remember if the latter was during an election though. Kind of a lot of political violence in recent years with two MPs being murdered? Seems like that might be more than usual
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Mar 4, 2024 09:17
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serious gaylord posted:The quality of politician we've got left in the UK now is so poor they simply cant see the open goals they're creating. Majority have either feathered their nests as much as they can already and dgaf, or are getting ready for the next five years of feathering.
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Mar 4, 2024 09:21
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Z the IVth posted:It's a bunch of minced meat bound together with eggs fried on a griddle and wrapped in the prata/chapati dough. You can get it in some of the Malaysian restaurants in London but its a far, far cry from the real thing. My pastry skills are currently non-existent, but perhaps I should free up some time to have a go because that would be a lot cheaper than flying across the world for (amazing) street food.
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Mar 4, 2024 09:32
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I'm genuinely surprised this is legal https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1764351091452325939
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Mar 4, 2024 10:23
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In non-pastry food chat, what's the simplest way to start a slow cooker chicken stew? I have some frozen chicken thighs defrosting in the microwave and a bunch of slightly elderly vegetables I'm planning to use but I'm not much of a cook and online recipes include a lot of confusing and probably unnecessary poo poo, help me goons
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Mar 4, 2024 10:30
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Cut the thighs into chunks and fry in butter to brown. Remove from pot. Add carrot, celery , onion and gently fry that in butter until golden, add a level tablespoon of flour and stir in. Add a glass of white wine if you want, otherwise just add 500 ml chicken stock. Return the chicken to pot Add some fresh herbs, mushrooms, whatever you’ve got. Stick in oven or simmer on hob.
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Mar 4, 2024 10:40
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Bobstar posted:The FTPA (First Toast Post Aaah!) set the minimum to 5 years, so the coalition partners couldn't (threaten to) explode the coalition for political gain, but there's always been a maximum. Though it's probably written on a stone in Wiltshire and also made up, but thankfully the government can't just go on forever. We've had it at both 3 and 7 years before, and yeah it just takes another act of Parliament to change it. But the last time Parliament decided to just....stick around it was called the Long Parliament and it was quite literally after a civil war. Also ended up rather unpopular after a while. Now, Parliament could do the same thing again, technically, if Rish could get the votes - but that is, effectively, a coup in the same way that Hitler's Enabling Act was technically perfectly legal but, y'know, Nazi Germany is not the Weimar Republic.
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Mar 4, 2024 10:43
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smellmycheese posted:Cut the thighs into chunks and fry in butter to brown. Remove from pot. Add carrot, celery , onion and gently fry that in butter until golden, add a level tablespoon of flour and stir in. Add a glass of white wine if you want, otherwise just add 500 ml chicken stock. Return the chicken to pot Thank you - the thighs have both skin and bone, I was hoping I could just chuck them in the slow cooker at the appropriate point and let the cooking do the work of getting the meat off and take the bones out at the end. Recipes do seem consistent about browning the chicken before putting it in the pot though so that's a start
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Mar 4, 2024 10:46
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Rishi would make a pretty poo poo Hitler tho. Tiny, no funny moustache, no unhinged vocal cadence, terrible fashion.
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Mar 4, 2024 10:47
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jaete posted:Hmm, there was Jo Cox, and then later wasn't there also that conservative MP who was stabbed or something... I can't remember if the latter was during an election though. That was David Amess, and it wasn't during an election. Neither was Jo Cox, technically - she was murdered by a neo-Nazi Brexiteer during the EU referendum campaign because she supported Remain. And yes, it was a lot more than usual. Jo Cox's death was the first time an MP had been murdered since 1990 and the only time a Labour MP has ever been murdered.
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Mar 4, 2024 10:47
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