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Gonzo McFee posted:The Tories have never and will never understand how hated they are in Scotland. They don't even know why. Of course they know why. They're not stupid. There just isn't much they can do about it without losing votes elsewhere.
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Zephro posted:http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2014/09/30/osborne-redefines-the-triple-whammy-its-now-triple-non-taxation/ None of this poo poo actually comes into effect unless they win the election, though, right? This article makes it sound like the moment it's announced at the conference it becomes law.
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Paul.Power posted:Something I find hilarious (and possibly kinda useful sometimes?) is that 1/11 of a mile is a neat 160 yards (which can in turn be divided by 2 five times). If you like maths then Imperial can be pretty fun to play around with. I watched a build video from the U.S. of a guy building a desk. The amount of nonsense working with fractions to get small measurements made me cringe. Working in mm is so much easier. We currently teach children to calculate between miles and Kg and pounds and Kg at primary school and to be honest that's enough for them to operate entirely in the modern world. Introducing actually working in imperial measurements would be an absolute nightmare and I challenge anyone to give me a good practical reason for doing so (and no pretty maths is not one). A lot of children really struggle with physically measuring stuff, reading even base10 scales stumps some, so introducing scales with fractions of an inch seems cruel when they will find fewer and fewer actual uses for this knowledge outside of school.
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Base 12 is the mathematicians choice. It is terrible accident of evolution that we were cursed with 10 digits. If we had an extra one on each hand we would probably be far more advanced technologically. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6xJfP7-HCc
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Ken Clarke has said UKIP voters tend to be 'Elderly Male People Who've Had Disappointing Lives'. And (talking about the great fire of London) "A mob went through the streets beating up and hanging Frenchman despite all the rumours about a baker shop somewhere in London. They were concerned it was French arsonists who caused the problem. Ukip captures the spirit of that." There are lots of predictable but still funny comments from UKIP types. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/09/29/ukip-voters-ken-clarke_n_5903940.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
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marktheando posted:Ken Clarke has said UKIP voters tend to be 'Elderly Male People Who've Had Disappointing Lives'. And (talking about the great fire of London) "A mob went through the streets beating up and hanging Frenchman despite all the rumours about a baker shop somewhere in London. They were concerned it was French arsonists who caused the problem. Ukip captures the spirit of that." As tories go Ken Clarke is one of the good ones.
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Autonomous Monster posted:None of this poo poo actually comes into effect unless they win the election, though, right? I think I saw that it's law already.
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marktheando posted:Ken Clarke has said UKIP voters tend to be 'Elderly Male People Who've Had Disappointing Lives'. And (talking about the great fire of London) "A mob went through the streets beating up and hanging Frenchman despite all the rumours about a baker shop somewhere in London. They were concerned it was French arsonists who caused the problem. Ukip captures the spirit of that." He's right. And the army of illiterates commenting underneath makes it pretty clear!
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tentish klown posted:He's right. And the army of illiterates commenting underneath makes it pretty clear! Oh absolutely he's right. I just find it very funny when UKIP types get super offended when Tories slip up and speak the truth about them, rather than trying to woo them. Like with Cameron's comment a while back about fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists.
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Zephro posted:http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/30/david-cameron-schools-should-teach-mainly-in-imperial-measurements In the Mail article about this all the comments are decisively anti imperial and upvoted as such so I suppose there is some hope even in Daily Mail land. Just goes to show how out of touch he is.
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marktheando posted:Ken Clarke has said UKIP voters tend to be 'Elderly Male People Who've Had Disappointing Lives'. I know too many 'Young Male People Who've Had Disappointing Lives' who have bought into this poo poo too. 
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Well, Farage is offering them more than the tories or labour. 25% VAT on luxury products, raising tax allowance to £13500- once again, the left takes the working class vote for granted and then acts confused when they "vote against their interests". Ah, I bet they're all racist poors.
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Puntification posted:As tories go Ken Clarke is one of the good ones. Aren't there pretty good odds that he might've had something to do with the 1980s abuse scandal? I remember a lot of people dropping hints about that.
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Are there any website for organizing anti-tory voter alliances/pacts in marginal seats?
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Metrication posted:In the Mail article about this all the comments are decisively anti imperial and upvoted as such so I suppose there is some hope even in Daily Mail land. Just goes to show how out of touch he is.
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An amusing conversation from the Ken Clarke comments: ~~~ Some wall of drivel with no paragraphs ~~~ Glenn Wilson · Top commenter · Norwich, Norfolk Rosie Rose Except... our immigration rates aren't that high. Our population density is fairly low. Our prison population has more former British armed forces personnel than Asians. And so on. The things you are disappointed with by and large -do not- actually exist. The solution to a problem that's taking place entirely inside fevered imaginations shouldn't involve something that will be economic suicide for those living in the real world. -- Geoff Ryan · Top commenter · London, United Kingdom Glenn Wilson You are full of sh*t, you are lying on all counts. -- Glenn Wilson · Top commenter · Norwich, Norfolk Geoff Ryan OK. The ONS estimate for 2013 makes us 51st in the world by population density. The report is here - http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_367167.pdf. The latest report estimates the total number of foreign nationals in UK prisons at around 13%. The report is here - https://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN04334.pdfs The Ministry of Justice report on the ethnicity of the UK prison population is here.https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/219967/stats-race-cjs-2010.pdf The Napo probation officers report on former armed forces personnel in UK prisons is here - http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/sep/24/jailed-veteran-servicemen-outnumber-troops Our level of net migration is 38th in the world according to the world factbook. The data is here - https://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN04334.pdfs The lie is where? -- Geoff Ryan · Top commenter · London, United Kingdom G.Wilson, you give me 'statistics' allow me to give you facts. I work in construction, on my current site out of 70 men, 10 of us are English, down the road on another of our sites there are 6 English people out of 40, you go on ANY major construction site and you are lucky to get 50/50. Go outside of the site and you rarely here English spoken, that's in London, but perhaps if you go to Boston Lincs you will see that the same applies. As for prisons, I was in one last year, a third of the inmates were non English. That prison was HMP Chelmsford in Essex, it's worse in the major city prisons. Just down the road from Chelmsford is Colchester, a major garrison town that is home to a military prison. Soldiers who have been sentenced by courts martial to certain amount of time and have been kicked out of the forces, will go to HMP Chelmsford to start their sentences. There were TWO ex servicemen and NUMEROUS Asians. Net migration. I have eyes and ears and this country is being swamped with migrants, I have seen it in our towns and cities, work places and even our prisons, so you post your silly 'Statistics' all day long you utter tool. -- Glenn Wilson · Top commenter · Norwich, Norfolk Geoff Ryan I realise that reality doesn't fit with your world view but I actually trust the evidence I've listed over your personal observations. You seem, respectfully, slightly mental. Reply · Like · 1 · Edited · 4 hours ago -- Glenn Wilson · Top commenter · Norwich, Norfolk Geoff Ryan Interestingly enough the Chief Inspector of Prisons most recent report suggests that the number of foreign nationals in HMP Chelmsford is about 12% and that English is the first language of 96% of the prisoners. Are you sure you were in the right prison? http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/publications/inspectorate-reports/hmipris/prison-and-yoi-inspections/chelmsford/Chelmsford_2009_rps.pdf ~~~ Blah blah WHERE DO YOU LIVE ~~~ Dave Fox · Top commenter · Leeds Glenn Wilson Are you sure your posts sound more like a muslin loving Middle Eastern toff. -- Glenn Wilson · Top commenter · Norwich, Norfolk Dave Fox Muslin is ok I guess, but I prefer linen.
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In other news: The Queen is a mental. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...princesses.html quote:The Queen tells the Duchess of Cambridge to curtsy to the 'blood princesses’ Feckin Elizabeth Lannister over here.
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Gonzo McFee posted:In other news: The Queen is a mental. Do you think Kate has to curtsy to her children? I wonder what happens if she doesn't curtsy to the right people, do they send her to coventry? What a strange family it must be.
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Gonzo McFee posted:In other news: The Queen is a mental. This sort of thinking is poison to the mind, and frankly, bordering on eugenics. A well-defined order of precedence and respect based upon 'purity' of blood. Ugh. I do sometimes wonder if one of the main reasons PMs don't normally comment upon their weekly chats with the Queen is because the populace would realise how backward and regressive some of her views are.
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tentish klown posted:*a lesson in anecdotes*  I don't understand how people can stomach conversing with these terminal thickos.
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Milotic posted:This sort of thinking is poison to the mind, and frankly, bordering on eugenics. A well-defined order of precedence and respect based upon 'purity' of blood. Ugh. I do sometimes wonder if one of the main reasons PMs don't normally comment upon their weekly chats with the Queen is because the populace would realise how backward and regressive some of her views are. Her public image is essentially R2-D2. Says nothing of note, does nothing of note but she's beloved because in the clicks and beeps (or in the Queen's case, bland pleasantries) you can project your own beliefs and personality. If she ever showed her real personality I have no doubt we'd be like Diana and trying to make a break for France and subsequently murdered.
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http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/30/theresa-may-ban-extremists-televisionquote:May’s extremist disruption civil orders would contain wide-ranging restrictions on individuals who “undertake harmful activities” to spread, incite or justify hatred against people on grounds of race, religion, sexual orientation or disability. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOUeauLWEaE
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Collateral posted:Base 12 is the mathematicians choice. It is terrible accident of evolution that we were cursed with 10 digits. If we had an extra one on each hand we would probably be far more advanced technologically. That guy looks like someone who likes maths. nuzak posted:Ah, I bet they're all racist poors. Pretty much. If you don't think the working class population are extremely sensitive to issues of immigration and racial conflict then welp, the left is doomed. I don't think i've ever seen Labour attempt to explain the ways in which the Tories and media lie about things. Which would be a start. But pretending they're all good down to earth people with hearts of gold will get you no where. Most of them are stupid, just like the other classes, and are currently wrapped around the Tories finger. I think the situation is dire enough that Labour couldn't win by campaign alone, no matter how good. It's going to take the disruption by UKIP on tory heartlands to scuttle another Tory government. People are just too hopped up on anger and hate at the EU, at immigrants, at "scroungers". None of these people even know what their interests are anymore. People are just voting on negative emotions. Well the Tory base isn't. They're just sitting back smiling. Regarde Aduck fucked around with this message at 18:18 on Sep 30, 2014 |
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Regarde Aduck posted:That guy looks like someone who likes maths. http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/people/j.r.grime/
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Gonzo McFee posted:In other news: The Queen is a mental.
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That's only because the black liquor that oozed through Thatcher's veins poisoned two of the Queen's Blood Princesses when they tried to feed.
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http://www.scottishconservatives.com/2014/09/ruth-time-reset-scotland/quote:That means ruling out so-called Devo Max. Such a plan – which would devolve everything bar foreign affairs and the Armed Forces – is a complete non-starter. I think a 'majority' is a bit over enthusastic? quote:With Nicola Sturgeon set to take over, it looks like the SNP and Labour are going to embark on a titanic fight to out-left each other. Nicola, the most left winged First Minister, Scotland has ever known? Does this hold any sort of weight fellow Goons? Also can we please forget Alec? Please? quote:And we don’t need the Liberal Democrats for, well, anything really… 
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The only thing I know about Sturgeon is that in the interview she gave the BBC after the vote was called she looked about three seconds away from totally losing her poo poo.Zephro posted:The blood princesses are the original elder vampires created by Dracula himself, right? This was my immediate reaction, too.
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It's also kind of interesting the degree to which the modern left has completely abandoned the old-left idea that immigration should be resisted because it leads to downward pressure on wages. I think that union-related anti-EU movement might be the only people making that point today, but it would have been uncontroversial in the 1970s or 1980s. It's obvious ground for Farage to stake out.
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Extreme0 posted:Nicola, the most left winged First Minister, Scotland has ever known? Does this hold any sort of weight fellow Goons? Well, I mean it's impossible to say until she actually has the job. But it's not like the bar was set particularly high for left-wing First Ministers by Dewar, McLeish, McConnell & Salmond. And everything I've read has attributed the SNP focus on the poorer areas, the traditional Labour heartlands, on Sturgeon. Time will tell.
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KKKlean Energy posted:That is a slice of ham on the kitchen floor. He's a friendly chap, no need to be rude
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Spangly A posted:Former. There are nearly 1.5k seats in Parliament, I'm not going to remember who's deputy mayor All those seats in parliament and Barnes has never had any of them. Also he's not even a Tory defection to ukip. Stood as an independent (and lost) in the council elections back in May. After Hillingdon conservatives deselected him. Getting kicked out of those swivel eyed loons must have felt low lol
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nuzak posted:Well, Farage is offering them more than the tories or labour. 25% VAT on luxury products, raising tax allowance to £13500- once again, the left takes the working class vote for granted and then acts confused when they "vote against their interests". Ah, I bet they're all racist poors. 25% on "luxury products" would be a massive regressive step as, after all, sanitary products were classed as luxury items until 2001. Raising the tax allowance to £13,500 isn't that bad of an idea, though, as it would take minimum wage people out of paying income tax.
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Drone_Fragger posted:The tories are in birmingham and it makes me feel gross since I'm living here. Also for some reason the trains are now running worse than ever. Yay Cuts to bham council are three times the national average per household they should be run out of town by an angry mob
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