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Brown Moses posted:Good start to the year though, 10 hours past and no horrific terrorist acts. They were planned in Belgium and Germany. Meanwhile, down in the jungle: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/29/deluge-farmers-flood-grouse-moor-drain-land The Guardian posted:In 2002 Walshaw Moor, a 6,500-acre grouse shooting estate upstream of Hebden Bridge, was bought by the retail tycoon Richard Bannister. Satellite images before and after show a transformation of the land: a great intensification of burning and draining. These activities raise the number of grouse, which in turns raises the amount (running into thousands per person per day) people will pay to shoot them. In other words: the current round of flooding was made as bad as it was because not only did the Tories cut money from flood defences, they gave that money to their rich mates to make it worse.
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blowfish posted:Trickle down grouseonomics. It was a bit more than a trickle, I think you'll find.
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LemonDrizzle posted:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/12077770/No-Tory-left-behind-pledge-amid-boundary-change-fear.html Right, so he's openly stating that he plans to remove 50 MPs from other parties while leaving Tory constituencies untouched.
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marktheando posted:Can you imagine Cameron in a beer hall? The Winebar Republic.
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Dabir posted:*cuts heads off a hydra for decades* Perhaps not the best metaphor to use for the Saudis this week.
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Jippa posted:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/03/british-worker-kyrgyzstan-gold-mine-held-horse-penis-delicacy-comparison Gives a whole new meaning to "The Kirghiz government can eat a bag of dicks", doesn't it?
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Gonzo McFee posted:Half your age plus seven proves to be the golden rule again. In the case of Tories, the two halves of the sum belong to separate people.
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Spangly A posted:most people get fired for this He'll walk with his career in ruins, though. He's almost certain to be told to resign from the Labour Party, and is certain to be kicked out if he refuses. He will not be re-elected and all the usual doors that open up for an outgoing MP will be closed to him because he's completely toxic. After that he'll just be a guy trying to get a job when the entire country knows he had a professional relationship with an underage sex worker. The only difference between Danczuk and that teacher or carer is a delayed drop.
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Jan 4, 2016 12:58
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Fans posted:Sure "I'd quite like to gently caress you" is an appropriate response to some questions, but not usually questions about your Cricket batting style. It's important to know which team someone comes to bat for before you ask them out.
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Gonzo McFee posted:Honestly don't know why I expected any better from Labour. You won't get a quick death under the SNP. They want it slow, lingering and above all visible, so they can blame the English.
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Coohoolin posted:Hey Oberleutnant I was farting around with my recorder thingy and I recorded something just for you Do you know how to tell the difference between a folk singer and the audience? The folk singer only has a finger stuck in one ear.
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Ichabod Sexbeast posted:PS Please do Viva La Quinta Brigada Isn't that a Ricky Martin song? Also I've met Coohoolin and he's picking really flattering photos there, so pick up your trousers.
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thespaceinvader posted:Am I the only one who saw (the BBC's version of) this article and thought 'I don't know what cocktail Osborne's been taking, but it's sure as poo poo not 'threats to the economy''. I don't know. One part upper class entitlement, one part cocaine - next thing you know you're standing up telling the entire room how you'd fix the economy if you were in charge. In Osborne's case the room just happens to be the Commons chamber.
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Chocolate Teapot posted:The United Kingdom of England and Saudi Arabia, circa 2019 We'll still have the Queen's head on the bank notes. Just not the rest of her.
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forkboy84 posted:I think it's completely believable that a coup could happen, I think Haines belief that it needs to happen is completely baffling. The PLP forcing out Corbyn this quickly into his term will not just ensure Labour lose in 2020, but in 2025 also. Because the party will shed members like they joined, it'll lose people who would happily campaign for it, & it risks either a growth in support for the Greens or a new party of the left which could get a decent amount of support, just enough to split the Labour vote but not enough to win many (if any) seats. I think that anyone could say "The 231 members of the PLP represent Labour in this country, not the 423,000 Labour Party members" in all seriousness and still be considered a credible political commentator, let alone a "great mind", is completely baffling.
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Angepain posted:That's good then, I can think of a few people whose homes I could make a good case for demolishing 330, to be exact.
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thespaceinvader posted:lol, they'd just all go live in their second and third ones. Angepain did say "homes" plural, you know.
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Spangly A posted:You are now arguing that it is better we let 6 million people die than deal with the integration issues, to whit an increase in violence in Europe, and that is not a moral argument. I can think of a group of people who thought it was better that six million people died than deal with the integration issues. Luckily Germans don't think that way any more. Unfortunately, we're not all German.
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Guavanaut posted:Marx traditionally thought that sex workers were unlikely to ever achieve class consciousness and would be useless for the socialist cause Weird. They're pretty much the definition of "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs". They also seize the means of reproduction. E: 11th January 1946 - Enver Hoxha founds the People's Republic of Albania. Jedit fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Jan 12, 2016 |
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dispatch_async posted:On the subject of immigrants being exploited by the capitalist class: No wonder Cameron accepted the Order of King Abdulaziz from the Saudis. No wonder they offered it.
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Fans posted:That's because he plans to outlive them all. He's already got the NHS for one. What does he plan to get to kill in trade for the others? Renfield posted:You can change supplier for electric and gas, but not for water. I'm in the middle of setting up a supplier change for water at work.
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hookerbot 5000 posted:From his best role...."By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Worvan, you shall be avenged." They were talking about a sequel not too long ago. 
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StoicFnord posted:A medical condition is not a behavior. That's the point. If i have to have diabetes treatment, my partner should have the right to say "No, you can't, cause i'm your legal partner". Untreated diabetes is fatal, so no they loving shouldn't.
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Coohoolin posted:Good thing Scotland's got 25% of European renewable potential then! Also it looks like the SNP might meet its super ambitious target after all, half of Scotland's electricity comes from renewable sources and we might get to 100% before 2020. Not a chance, I'm afraid. Even the 50% has only been achieved by cooking the books a bit.
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Coohoolin posted:Who's on it tonight? Four shitheads and Cat Smith. The list is E: Bloody derails.
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JFairfax posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuGFlP5Duuw If you're going to suggest a Kinks song for the national anthem, it's Village Green Preservation Society or nothing.
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Oberleutnant posted:*steps up to mic* What have they done this time?
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Cerv posted:Someone at Sports Direct must be thinking "what can we do to distract from the bad publicity about our work conditions". By selling t-shirts advertising a neo-Nazi church burner who spent decades imprisoned for murder? Call me old fashioned if you will, but I'd rather take stick over employing people on zero hour contracts.
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Guavanaut posted:Kick out the fash (rah rah rah). The problem with that is it's the same position the fascists take. I thought we already agreed the left aren't going to win by becoming indistinguishable from the right. E: who cares if there's more snow on the way, it's only going to go up Gideon's nostrils.
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Feel free to travel to that other timeline, where in the last 12 months Free Scotland's GDP has shrunk by 10% and over 50,000 people have been made redundant.
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Coohoolin posted:Brexit? Nah. Either that article is bullshit, or Christian Allard is not eligible to be an MSP. If he were, he couldn't be excluded on the basis of the general election franchise because one of the requirements to stand in UK elections is that you're able to vote in them.
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big scary monsters posted:Not the case, EU citizens resident in Scotland are eligible to vote in the Scottish Parliamentary elections, just like they are eligible to vote in local elections. It's only the GE as far as I know that requires British/Commonwealth citizenship. Can you find me a cite on that? I checked the regs on this before posting and if the voting franchise is a devolved issue, they failed to mention it.
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Desiderata posted:Canal street has it's name for a reason, Obligatory antique Manchester joke: because whenever you walk down it, you C anal. 
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OvineYeast posted:I was thinking of spoiling my ballot for the EU referendum, but I'm split between a big grandiose slogan like FOR A SOVIET EUROPE or possibly just the traditional spunking cock. Thoughts? I have it on good authority that spunking cocks will be counted as votes to leave, on the basis that a) you're obviously very excited by the thought of a referendum to leave the EU and b) you're a loving idiot. Really, though, if you're not sure what to vote, you should look at what Ian Duncan Smith wants and vote for the precise opposite.
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forkboy84 posted:I don't think hitting MPs with a brick is very appropriate. Even Tories. The Tories are only complaining about being abused and killed because they don't like being treated like children.
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Coohoolin posted:well you see a soup kitchen is a free supply and we all know demand always increases along with supply, and if it's free the demand will be INFINITE Wifi in council offices is password protected. They're wise to the likes of you, you immigrant scrounger. E: 24th January 41 AD - Rome wins the heart of the UKMT by assassinating a sadistic insane despot known for his ridiculous and draconian laws and replacing him with a surprise moderate candidate. (Also 24th January 1965: Death of Winston Churchill.) Jedit fucked around with this message at 18:15 on Jan 24, 2016 |
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Fifteen minutes later, they all went down to the Light of Bengal for a curry.
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Pork Pie Hat posted:One of the big, brave fash attacked a busker and his muslamic saxomaphone. You don't have to be a fascist to want to beat up saxophonists.
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JFairfax posted:Chicks who play woodwind give the best head I agree. Not only do you get your dick sucked, they have to stop playing their saxophone.
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