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Poll: Who Should Be Leader of HM Most Loyal Opposition? This poll is closed. |
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| Jeremy Corbyn |
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95 | 18.63% |
| Dennis Skinner |
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53 | 10.39% |
| Angus Robertson |
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20 | 3.92% |
| Tim Farron |
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9 | 1.76% |
| Paul Ukips |
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7 | 1.37% |
| Robot Lenin |
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105 | 20.59% |
| Tony Blair |
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28 | 5.49% |
| Pissflaps |
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193 | 37.84% |
| Total: | 510 votes | ||
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"GDP growth for the next year is projected to be between -100% and +105%, so on average it's +2.5%, yeah, nothing wrong with this picture"
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Mar 8, 2017 17:52
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I don't know if that's such a good burn though, I definitely wouldn't want to live in Japan - their workaholic culture is too extreme for my taste. They need to relax.
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Mar 8, 2017 18:32
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forkboy84 posted:But what if they relax by watching anime? Better they work themselves into an early grave than that. Pervertedness in anime is a direct result of the USA heavily censoring porn in Japan, basically. Can you imagine what Japan might next create if anime is banned?
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Mar 8, 2017 18:51
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Sorry if this sounds ignorant but isn't NI basically the equivalent of paying for health insurance in other countries?
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Mar 8, 2017 20:53
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Jeza posted:https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/08/pret-a-manger-one-in-50-job-applicants-british-brexit That kind of thing really only applies to the absolute lowest paid jobs. With skilled jobs, there's a very real shortage of capable people and EU nationals are an absolute necessity. I can assure you, for example, that there is a massive shortage of software developers even with rampant hiring of EU and non-EU nationals alike, and your nationality doesn't factor at all into your paycheck. In fact, from all the people I've worked with in the UK, migrants have always been paid more than British nationals because most British nationals I've worked with have been a lot more complacent and more interested in "cushy" jobs, so they tend to "shop around" less, and therefore earn less.
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Mar 8, 2017 21:26
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"By the way they don't call it the last Labour government for nothing"
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Mar 8, 2017 22:06
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It's almost as if the real problem is not the european immigrants but *gasp* the corrupt gently caress parasite politicians that bleed the country dry
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Mar 8, 2017 22:11
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Fangz posted:Middle aged white guys in pinstripe suits. Now I don't normally condone violence, but...
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Mar 8, 2017 22:52
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You'd think that Tories, of all people, would know just how much their voting base hates taxes.
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Mar 9, 2017 15:26
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MikeCrotch posted:I think the Tories are genuinely worried about driving the country completely into the ground Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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Mar 9, 2017 18:51
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Just another perfectly british evening, drinking a lemon & ginger infusion in bed while watching the value of the pound plummet.
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Mar 9, 2017 22:54
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Western "interests" are bad, the thing is that non-western "interests" are just as bad, or worse. At some point though, they all meld together into a big pool of poo poo. By "interests" I mean big money, mostly. Which in the end is the reason behind every military power play, every terrorist group, every everything.
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Mar 10, 2017 18:16
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Breath Ray posted:Its the ŕeason behind your arrival on these shores too tbf At this point I'm going to assume you just have a massive hardon for latinos, that's why you keep bringing it up. Sorry, I'm not available. PS I have zero shame about being an economic migrant so I'm not quite sure what you're trying to achieve here but lol
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Mar 10, 2017 18:43
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LemonDrizzle posted:So BT's been forced to sell off Openreach to improve competition in broadband provision: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39228115 It won't. Telcos have gotten extremely good at splitting to avoid regulations over the last few decades, all over the world.
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Mar 10, 2017 18:57
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If the plan was to leave the EU and abolish neoliberalism, ok maybe I would believe you. But the plan seems to be to leave the EU to... give all power to a Tory neoliberal government that has already shown it wants to privatise everything and turn the UK into a tax haven??? Am I missing something here?
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Mar 10, 2017 21:28
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When I see people refer to the EU as the "EUSSR" in Guardian comments I think to myself "actually that would be great". Imagine full socialist EU, having learned from the mistakes of the Russian experiment.
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Mar 10, 2017 23:00
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Hoops posted:Devils advocate then - isn't it easier for the left to succeed in one isolated country that is not interdependent with right wing governments than it is to succeed in five or six countries at the same time? It's easier to move an island nation to the left than move a whole continent. No because the economy will go down the shitter and the right wing is extremely efficient during times of hardship.
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Mar 10, 2017 23:07
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The EU is like going out barefoot in winter: it's a really bad idea, your feet will freeze, you'll complain all along "jesus gently caress going out barefoot in winter is really a bad idea, god why didn't I just put on socks, this loving sucks". The thing is when you eventually realise that no EU at all, is like going out naked.
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Mar 11, 2017 16:05
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and i must meme posted:How bad is it really going to get? Like is everyone just overreacting or is this really going to be as bad as people are implying? Nothing is going to happen for the next 2 years or so. After that, when the UK actually leaves the EU, there will be a period of 5 years or so where living conditions will slowly degrade, unemployment and inflation will rise, and the GBP will keep going down until it's equal to the US dollar (salaries won't go up though, and house prices won't go down). I know I'm usually ringing the bells of doom in this thread, but in all honesty it won't be that bad. Quality of life in the UK will just go down a bit (to France/Spain levels), but it won't implode. Hopefully after this is all well and done, people will elect a Labour government and public opinion will veer towards the left, and the UK will slowly start recovering. As to what to do, if you're a professional in demand and a EU citizen, you can start getting ready to jump ship to greener pastures in ~2 years time (Amsterdam and Berlin are probably good choices). If you're neither, eh, hang in there I guess, it will pass.
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Mar 11, 2017 19:50
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Seaside Loafer posted:How do you actually go about doing it? Moving abroad that is. By hook and crook I am actually possessed of 20 years experience of technical stuff that is well employable pretty much everywhere I guess but if you are the hiring manager in a town in Ecuador and one of the CV's you receive is from a bloke who is currently in Essex and cant speak Spanish you arent putting that to the top of the list are you. Face to face interview would be a bit problematic as well wouldn't it. Maybe I'm missing something here but why the hell would you move to South America? And Ecuador, on top of that. If I didn't have family in SA I would just forget its existence entirely.
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Mar 11, 2017 21:57
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Pissflaps posted:https://twitter.com/jlsinc/status/840907858401218560 "loving immigrants are the worst scum of the earth, right, my darling immigrant wife?" I've even seen this kind of behaviour in immigrants. People who already have gotten UK citizenships and voted Brexit because they don't want more immigrants. And I'm like "what the gently caress"
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Mar 12, 2017 14:43
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FYGM philosophy transcends all nationality and creed
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Mar 12, 2017 16:00
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TACD posted:On a separate note, I got an email from my lettings agent today; they want me to come sign the contract for next year. Sounds fair enough except my current lease doesn't end until July They probably want to (significantly) hike your rent up, and are showing you the number in advance so that if you say no, they can start looking for a new tenant
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Mar 12, 2017 21:52
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jBrereton posted:Do you not remember at least half the press and the BBC going apeshit about the boris bus? And a grand amount of good that did
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Mar 12, 2017 22:18
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Pissflaps I don't know if you've been watching the world lately, but the way politics works these days is you can do whatever the gently caress you want and say all the lies you want and no one will hold you accountable for poo poo, so "some politician said/did X some time ago!" is meaningless in this poo poo world. Hopefully though, maybe, the amended bill goes through. I really hope so, mostly out of self-interest, but also because at this stage of the game those two amendments will soften the blow of Brexit considerably. Without them, well, everything's still kinda hosed.
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Mar 13, 2017 00:17
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Dead Goon posted:Keep it British, keep it Anaal Nathrakh. Boorman's Excalibur is a great movie and I refuse to accept this desecration.
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Mar 13, 2017 16:19
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Everyone is entitled to their own tastes. That thing is extremely out of my taste range. I've found that pretty much every human being I've met likes Queen, though. That's like common ground.
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Mar 13, 2017 16:57
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tessiebee posted:Asda changes to contract and wages in the news. No pressure apparently http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39257259 Lol yep, straight outta the loving neoliberal manual. Told you guys "laboral flexibilization" is coming, this is barely the beginning.
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Mar 13, 2017 17:01
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I have to say, in all my life, you two are the first people I ever find that don't like Queen. Maybe brits are more likely to not like them? Prophets in their own land and all that.
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Mar 13, 2017 18:16
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MPs debating on the amendments. Sources say Article 50 won't be passed until the end of March. poo poo going down tonight yo. Hold onto your butts.
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Mar 13, 2017 18:43
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WeAreTheRomans posted:You might as well, there'll be plenty of British firms to work for here post-Brexit By the way, you're in Dublin right? How is it compared to London with regards to safety, public transport, and quality of life in general? It's an attractive option for the post-collapse to me because they speak english there, and also cheap real estate (compared to London).
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Mar 13, 2017 18:56
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Forget it Flaps, it's Brexit-town
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Mar 13, 2017 19:59
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Article 50 triggered tonight. Welp. There we go folks. This is gonna be a ride.
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Mar 13, 2017 20:11
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It's effectively the same thing. What, do you expect May -not- to trigger it at this point or what? Yes I understand actual negotiations don't start until she actually does it, but let's be honest, markets and companies will start executing contingencies about now.
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Mar 13, 2017 20:15
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feedmegin posted:Anti-monarchism was way more of a thing about 20 years ago; these things tend to go in cycles, there was a period of Vicky's reign where the monarchy was seriously unpopular too. There are still plenty of people who don't like the Queen and are just kinda 'meh' about her, though. Huh? I was talking about music, so obviously it's Queen, the band. gently caress the monarch Queen, I hate royalty. Also my advice to the thread is to dehumanise yourself and face to bloodshed, in general.
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Mar 13, 2017 20:55
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Well yeah, there's not much to be gained from ping-pong at this rate, the commons can just skip the lords if there's too much back-and-forth and then you have ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE again.
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Mar 13, 2017 23:09
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There's no point in denying reality, Brexit is gonna happen. The best we can hope for is: - Guarantees for UK citizens in the EU and EU citizens in the UK - A non-poo poo trade deal - Passporting rights for London (or kiss the finance industry goodbye)
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Mar 13, 2017 23:51
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Lol the tories will own absolutely nothing. I for one would welcome certainty as soon as possible, even if it's the "you gotta get the gently caress away from ARE ISLANDS in two years" kind. PS today the pound will definitely get a pounding.
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Mar 14, 2017 08:37
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Well, when you have a media terrorism apparatus that can sic fanatical right-wingers on you, you don't want to be on the headlines as ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE, I guess.
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Mar 14, 2017 10:52
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Dehumanise yourself and face to Brexit, mate. In the meantime, it's now legal to fire people for wearing islamic headscarves and stuff. Legalised religious discrimination, nothing can possibly go wrong.
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