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happyhippy posted:I thought you needed a TV licence even if you just use the internet in the UK? Definitely not; you just can't watch anything 'live' (that includes live tv from other countries), Twitch & YT live feeds are fine (so far), can't watch BBC iPlayer either. All of this may change in the future. I stopped paying two years ago, got visited twice (that's run by Capita, the get paid for every catch they make and they are not BBC), said nothing, never opened the door to them and slowly accumulated a pile of annoyingly threatening letters which will frighten the unwary to a degree. Pretty happy that i'm not paying for a service i don't use.
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I just lie about the TV licence, but other than doing it to see if the brendapocalypse had begun I can't actually remember the last time before that
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 12:13 |
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https://twitter.com/I_Dont_Know_Her/status/1568173312798330881?s=20&t=cgFPQc5LCKXf-nKJaR9ieA
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 12:13 |
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https://twitter.com/JohnSimpsonNews/status/1568548850150907906?s=19 I was also in an Irish pub and they started singing Men behind the wire.
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 12:15 |
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Eat the telly before they get a chance to nick you.
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 12:15 |
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Beefeater1980 posted:It’s been interesting watching the accession; the first bit is very Game of Thrones with all the potential challengers in the country signing a bit of paper saying “yep we agree he’s King now”, including: Now personally I'd go for something that embodies some more of the main features of a monarch instead:
You put one of those big old pennies in and turn the handle and it goes "wololo Parliament has legitimacy, Britain is a real country" while waving the stick around and that's that. The ancient Mesopotamian civilization ran on the legitimacy of wooden god-puppets during festivals like Akitu, and the Romans reported people having hydraulic deities with various moving parts, so it's got legs (even if you need a couple of coathanger wires to move them).
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 12:22 |
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sassassin posted:I watch Welsh football on S4C and that's about it. Welsh football? Now you're just making things up. a pipe smoking dog posted:I think you need a TV licence to watch iPlayer but you don't need a licence to watch the news streaming on the BBC website no you definitely do, it reminds you of it sometimes and they are getting more aggressive getting you to sign in. It's turned off atm though due to events. One thing I'm completely unsure about is sky news on YouTube. Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 12:45 on Sep 10, 2022 |
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I also like having an unelected figurehead just to like, shake hands and have dinner with other heads of state and look nice on magazines. But I feel like we could get that a *lot* cheaper by just appointing, like, someone lovely that everybody likes. David Attenborough or someone. Sue Perkins?
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 12:40 |
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Fair play to Republic: it appeared they may have had a wobble with the whole ‘now is not the time’ stuff the other day, but they’ve gotten back in to gear quicker than I thought they would… https://twitter.com/republicstaff/status/1568542155924291589?s=46&t=cTQDDTXvpNYXfjuWbnKcwA https://twitter.com/republicstaff/status/1568535177269317634?s=46&t=cTQDDTXvpNYXfjuWbnKcwA
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 12:44 |
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Guavanaut posted:If they kept the hat somewhere and formally invested it with all the power of the Crown then they wouldn't need to bother again. imo stick her old spitting image puppet on top of a solar-powered roomba and send it off to bounce and handwave around britain as it sinks to its rightful place beneath the waves
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 12:47 |
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HopperUK posted:I also like having an unelected figurehead just to like, shake hands and have dinner with other heads of state and look nice on magazines. But I feel like we could get that a *lot* cheaper by just appointing, like, someone lovely that everybody likes. David Attenborough or someone. Sue Perkins?
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 12:48 |
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Parliament doesn't give a gently caress about things reflecting badly on them.
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 12:59 |
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https://twitter.com/cynical_bathtub/status/1568533964993794050
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 13:05 |
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Getting my nails done and the salon has the news on for the first time ever ughh
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 13:05 |
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Dabir posted:Parliament doesn't give a gently caress about things reflecting badly on them. Most of them benefited entirely from people not knowing nor giving a poo poo who the Lord President even was. Make them do that job and suddenly people start noticing.
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 13:07 |
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Guavanaut posted:They've benefited well from having a supposedly apolitical old woman to read all their poo poo out on the tv every year. I don't think Mark Spencer, JRM, Andrea Leadsom, or Chris Grayling would have been given the same pass by the public that she was. Well at my grand old age, I had to google Lord President. Absolutely NEVER heard of that before!
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 13:17 |
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Rarity posted:Getting my nails done and the salon has the news on for the first time ever ughh Better be a discount for union jack art
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Well at my grand old age, I had to google Lord President. Absolutely NEVER heard of that before!
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Raised By Birds posted:Got a bunch more obit toons today. LordSloth posted:Rob Israel Cloud Potato posted:
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 13:34 |
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Aipsh posted:Better be a discount for union jack art Union FLAG, it's only a Jack if it's on a jack... Actually, never mind, carry on.
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 13:35 |
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Have also just realised we won’t be talking about Brenda anymore. I had to go look it up but apparently the new one is called Brian
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Guavanaut posted:If they kept the hat somewhere and formally invested it with all the power of the Crown then they wouldn't need to bother again. I could get behind Mr Punch / farting John Bull as the embodiment of the nation yeah.
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TACD posted:Have also just realised we won’t be talking about Brenda anymore. I had to go look it up but apparently the new one is called Brian I'm already in the habit of calling him Chucky, with the bonus that it brings to mind the concept of indiscriminate bloodshed.
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 13:57 |
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I moved into my current place exactly 5 years ago and I have had a TV licensing WARNING letter about once a month saying they are coming for me *immediately* . I've kept every single letter and I'm planning on setting up an art gallery.
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 14:04 |
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What will the equivalent of Operation London Bridge be called for Charlie? Operation Quick Resolution?
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 14:07 |
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Libluini posted:Seriously, I'm hoping it's the first not the latter. While modern medicine has gotten far, heart or kidney failure can still involuntary move you six feet underground in less time you'd think. The Year-of-the-three-monarchs is still an option. He's had it for a decade or more. The type of heart/kidney failure that would lead to your hands swelling would rapidly render you unfit for very much (including living). It's probably arthritis. PT6A posted:What will the equivalent of Operation London Bridge be called for Charlie? Operation Quick Resolution? Operation Sausage Rolls.
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SpicePro posted:I moved into my current place exactly 5 years ago and I have had a TV licensing WARNING letter about once a month saying they are coming for me *immediately* . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UebJ4IWXT84
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 14:24 |
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:I'm already in the habit of calling him Chucky, with the bonus that it brings to mind the concept of indiscriminate bloodshed. I thought it was his brother who appeared in Child's Play.
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 14:26 |
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This may be a dumb question but people say poo poo like "we can't get rid of the monarchy, do you really want a President, or the PM as the head of state?" but like... why do we need an official Head of State? That poo poo isn't real
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 14:36 |
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it is a very nice and sunny day today i think majesty queen in heaven made it nice day for us to enjoy and remember her and the children can have nice summer day and iced-cream and jelly picnicl ike at coronations times and play rounders and tig and go on the swing and slide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 14:47 |
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https://twitter.com/jrc1921/status/1568582387126124544 https://twitter.com/theactualemma/status/1568587704744689664
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The Wicked ZOGA posted:This may be a dumb question but people say poo poo like "we can't get rid of the monarchy, do you really want a President, or the PM as the head of state?" but like... why do we need an official Head of State? That poo poo isn't real Could you imagine the damage boris could of done if he hadn't been subject to the rigorous standards of having to lie to the queen that one time and facing zero repercussions Or how hosed we be without the thin vaneer of an 'apolitical' figure head reading out the government's policy plan at christmas?
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 15:01 |
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Oh so you want Tony Blair to be president, because that's what'll happen. Better sticking with what we have.
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so much going on in one photo
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NoneMoreNegative posted:so much going on in one photo A photo where I can see Pat McFudden, Peter Mandleson & Alex Salmond is a truly dark photo indeed Also Kieth looking over his shoulder like he suspects Tonty will stab him in the back to reclaim the Labour leadership is nice
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crispix posted:can you bow instead of curtie if you're not a man Z the IVth posted:He's had it for a decade or more. The type of heart/kidney failure that would lead to your hands swelling would rapidly render you unfit for very much (including living). It's probably arthritis. Also in Finland they apparently have a type of sausage called prinssinakki which translates to something like 'prince fingers' or 'prince jacket' in the sense of a thick covering.
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The Wicked ZOGA posted:This may be a dumb question but people say poo poo like "we can't get rid of the monarchy, do you really want a President, or the PM as the head of state?" but like... why do we need an official Head of State? That poo poo isn't real The idea that Switzerland (no single head of state) or Ireland (president with limited executive powers) or god forbid any of the Commonwealth countries that figured out their own systems after removing the monarchy are even worth acknowledging, let alone teaching them something, is a cosmic horror to them. crispix posted:it is a very nice and sunny day today i think majesty queen in heaven made it nice day for us to enjoy and remember her and the children can have nice summer day and iced-cream and jelly picnicl ike at coronations times and play rounders and tig and go on the swing and slide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The pub's pop-up beer tent had a Platinum Jubilee flag they'd got from the spare room, and the local history society had a picture of the queen and a notice saying that someone would be doing a speech near the war memorial saying Charles III exists but 90% of even their stall was "remember these old shops? did you shop here?" and the entire rest of the fair was just the expected chaotic dog shows and local crafts stalls and nervous estate agents hand feeding livestock and pork inna bun vans. Performative wailing stops at the M25 it seems.
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 15:17 |
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krays reboot looking a bit poo poo
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# ? Sep 10, 2022 15:18 |
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Some top tier shithousery from Sky News https://twitter.com/loyih92/status/1568588272418553856?s=20&t=n6QSIfV7w7-Pygi_4wdyaw
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Bobby Deluxe posted:
Jesus, Tonty looks on the verge of leaning back, opening up his second mouth and chowing down with several row of fangs on Keith's head. By all means, Tonty...
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