Answers Me posted:

Well, Jeremy Clarkson did another racism. Maybe he'll finally get the sack this time? http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/may/01/jeremy-clarkson-not-use-n-word

Elfface posted:

I'm learning so much about racism from Top Gear scandals. I had no idea 'slope' was offensive before then, or that the n-word was in Eeny Meeny. Always thought it was 'catch a tiger'.

JoylessJester posted:

Clarkson obscured what he said to be funny and edgy. He's annoyed people think he said the N-word based on the PC GONE MAD act that made him rich (and the fact he totally does).

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Sadly he'll keep his million pound BBC job despite a string of acts of casual racism and use it as a platform to attack the BBC and political correctness.

JoylessJester posted:

1) I don't find 'I have a side of paper just out of shot that proves I didn't say it' quite as contrite as you must. Pretty much 'SORRY I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY'.

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2) Clarkson writes for a right wing tabloid, and uses his page to bash the BBC pretty regularly.

3) Not being racist to someones face when visiting a foreign country, truly a high water mark.

PoshAlligator posted:

If you're going out for the day like for work or something you can slip a delicious cling-filmed sandwich in that bag.

Jose posted:

Max Clifford got 8 years

SybilVimes posted:

But yeah, 4 years is a little too short. Strangely he didn't get a sex offenders register requirement too - I know others that have been given that for crimes that occurred before 2003 (or even before 1997 before that)

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Clifford will go on the sex offenders' register for life, meaning that when he is released he will only be able to live at an approved address and will have to notify authorities of his movements, including travel abroad.

Seaside Loafer posted:

Mature student information request. After ive done my exams at the end of the month can I sign on for the summer break? I'll be looking for some temp job obviously but if I cant get one am I allowed or am I still officially employed sort of.

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The others are faceless nobodies - NICK is a high profile celebrity and international statesman!

Answers Me posted:

In other news, I had Tory and Lib Dem leaflets addressed specifically to me the other day. Is my address freely available for political parties to spam?

General China posted:

Why do you need to call me a murse?

What the gently caress is a murse? You went out of way to do that. Why? Explain yourself.

Serotonin posted:

Don't be such a prick.

notaspy posted:

Here is that article about why it's OK to click daily mail links:

http://popbitch.com/articles/Profits_Of_Doom.html

Take with a pinch of salt due to tone

SybilVimes posted:

We might not buy the paper, but we will share it with our social networks as a 'look how stupid these fucks are' thing, and there may be some in our network that DO then buy it or spend the next hour reading their other articles.

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Before you say 'but that won't happen, we're all lefties', the fact that we're talking about links posted to this thread is proof of how it works as they intend - to deny there are right wing posters in this thread would be absurd, so someone sees something ridiculous on their FB feed or something from the mail, posts it here, and who knows, out of the 2000 people that read this thread, maybe 50 of them spend an hour reading the mail's other articles, and sharing the 'more rational' ones with their (presumed right wing) social network.

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Even if those 50 don't exist, advertisers don't really care THAT much if a person is left or right leaning, so those 2000 people clicking on the link to be outraged still get exposed to B&Q's latest sale items, or whatever.

Barry Foster posted:

Why should there be any irony in covering up fascist propaganda?

TinTower posted:

Jedit posted:

Literally all you are doing is shoving obscene images in the faces of the people who least deserve it and whose side you claim to be on. Grow the gently caress up, all of you.

JFairfax posted:

None of the above is bullshit, if you really dislike the other options that much then stand yourself.

Wiki posted:

In 1913, as a response to the so-called Cat and Mouse Act whereby Suffragette leaders on hunger strikes could legally be released from jail and then re-arrested, the WSPU established a thirty-member, all-woman protection unit referred to as "the Bodyguard", the "Jiujitsuffragettes" and the "Amazons". Edith Garrud became the trainer of the Bodyguard and taught them jujutsu and the use of Indian clubs as defensive weapons. Their lessons took place in a succession of secret locations to avoid the attention of the police. The Bodyguard fought a number of well-publicised hand-to-hand combats with police officers who were attempting to arrest their leaders.

On several occasions they were also able to stage successful escapes and rescues, making use of tactics such as disguise and the use of decoys to confuse the police. Journalists coined the term "suffrajitsu" - a portmanteau of "suffragette" and "jiujitsu" - to describe their techniques of self defence, sabotage and subterfuge.

Fluo posted:

So who you voting for? The Libdems again?

TinTower posted:

That's an awful bar chart, and I've seen some horrible Lib Dem ones.

Anyway, I was hoping that the thread could help me out on something:



Even if you accept that Labour mean "since VAT went up", how does this add up? The two biggest expenses I can think of, food and housing, aren't VATable, to my recollection, and you'd still have to spend £125/week on VATable stuff. I'm wondering how you'd be able to do that?

Loonytoad Quack posted:

You HAVE to watch this LBC mauling of Farage from today, it's frigging glorious.

http://www.lbc.co.uk/watch-nigel-farage-v-james-obrien-live-from-1130-90532

frontlineKHAAAN! posted:

Also: "I don't understand why you're uncomfortable listening to foreign languages when your own wife and children speak them, and I don't understand why you talk about problems in Primary schools that are caused by children like your own".

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But Mr Poulson claimed the post was in response to Councillor Radford attempting to flyer a “non political event”, and wrote: “Any posting I make on social media is my own personal opinion and in no way connected to the Labour Party.”

Spangly A posted:

EU is PR, so spoiled ballots are a vote for UKIP *and* the Tories at the same time. Congrats on not diminishing this.

Whitefish posted:

Yeah, I voted Lib Dem in the locals because the candidate is good, and I will vote Lib Dem in the general election because we have a really good backbench MP who I want to keep. In both cases I'm voting for the people, not the party. I would never vote for the Lib Dems as a party now though.

Ddraig posted:

Holy poo poo. A bolt of lightning hit a nearby building when I went to vote. I take it this is Thor showing his displeasure with UKIP.

TinTower posted:

To be fair, I personally know both of candidates he's talking about and they're both amazing people, despite being Lib Dems.

ThomasPaine posted:

Christ I can't take my eyes off UKIP guy's tie. Purple and yellow is not a good look, why the hell are those their colours. He looks like he should be running a greasy beach arcade in Blackpool. UKIP's logo just looks like a budget supermarket.

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Their policies include

-the compulsory serving of asparagus at breakfast,
-free corsets for the under-fives, and
-the abolition of slavery.

tooterfish posted:

"We've got a Brazilian with a rucksack on the run sauntering in the tube. This is a bad one, the worst yet. I need the old blade runner, I need your magic"

Party Boat posted:

Aha! So they admit they're racist!

tooterfish posted:

Must say, this slipped entirely under my radar. Looking at the reviews for the book on which they're basing this, you've got to ask... what are they thinking?

First Prometheus, and now this. Is Scott trying to completely destroy his own legacy?

Renaissance Robot posted:

Hey man you can't just call people racist, that's rude, because racist is a bad word. Apologise immediately! (I have no idea when this started by the way, has it always been verboten in politics to make a factual statement about someone else's character if the fact is that they're poo poo?)

marktheando posted:

He is using the old fashioned meaning of slut, which is a woman who is lazy/bad at housework.

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They that wash on Monday
Have all the week to dry;
They that wash on Tuesday
Are not so much awry;
They that wash on Wednesday
Are not so much to blame;
They that wash on Thursday
Wash for shame;
They that wash on Friday
Wash in need;
And they that wash on Saturday,
Oh! they are sluts indeed.

Sri.Theo posted:

Do people really think this? Isn't nationalism responsible for free education, the national health service, benefits and a bunch of other things? I can't imagine that without SOCIAL COHESION people are as willing to pay for a welfare state?

ronya posted:

Here's the other two pages, for completeness, then:




The difficulty is tied to the expected length of answers; as a three-hour paper (36 minutes each), I think 2 to 2.5 pages per question would be about reasonable. The point is not to sketch one or two paragraphs, certainly.

DJ Dizzy posted:

Why are people voting for UKIP? I refuse to believe they are that stupid.

tdrules posted:

oh noooo

Answers Me posted:

Counterpoint: the continued existence of Nick Robinson; about a million other things

Jedit posted:

Why does Oakeshott say it would be preferable for a woman to lead the LDs? Does he have someone particular in mind?