Will Brexit happen by 31 October 2019? This poll is closed. |
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Yes - We'll fall out no deal in June | 51 | 6.98% | |
Yes - Some kind of deal will be in place by October | 26 | 3.56% | |
Yes - Technical Brexit (EU Flag has a gold fringe) | 29 | 3.97% | |
No - There'll be a general election | 77 | 10.53% | |
No - There'll be a #PeoplesVote | 27 | 3.69% | |
No - Queen's dugs will stop it | 11 | 1.50% | |
Other - Bah Gawd is that Sinn Fein's Music? | 93 | 12.72% | |
gently caress Knows | 264 | 36.11% | |
Piss Flaps | 153 | 20.93% | |
Total: | 731 votes |
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I am at work today, but largely because I'm off for a fortnight from monday, as I turn 30 on Tuesday. E; goddamnit missed the first page. 2 - weeks is how long I'm off work for
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# ? May 1, 2019 06:17 |
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so from what i can gather of this whole mess may is safe for a while? when’s the next possible time the knives might come out? near the eu elections?
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# ? May 1, 2019 06:43 |
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communism bitch posted:Who's loving off work for May Day? Me, I'm gonna sit in my undies and play a computer game, maybe even have a beer in the garden later
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# ? May 1, 2019 06:50 |
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Happy May Day comrades!
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# ? May 1, 2019 06:51 |
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Pilchenstein posted:I should probably apologise for piling on over the Jonathan Pie thing, I had you pegged as a wind up merchant and I'm happy to say I was wrong. Very on brand for this thread tbh.
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# ? May 1, 2019 06:59 |
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Ms Adequate posted:Sorry, I may be remembering the response on your James O'Brain and Jonathan Paedophile Information Exchange questions more than the questions themselves! (I voted LD in 2010 as well, being a student who wanted a change from FPTP, so gently caress me raw I guess ) If voting LD in 2010 was a disqualifier for this thread it would be pretty loving empty.
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# ? May 1, 2019 07:48 |
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Abel Wingnut posted:so from what i can gather of this whole mess may is safe for a while? when’s the next possible time the knives might come out? near the eu elections? I'm guessing knives will come out after the EU elections. Also there's that Conservative CLP meeting set for some time in June where they'll do a nonbinding confidence vote in her.
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# ? May 1, 2019 07:52 |
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Hey friends, checking in in the thread on the first day as I'll fall behind and never catch up shortly after. I'm at work today, which is incredibly uncool.u brexit ukip it posted:I'm guessing knives will come out after the EU elections. Also there's that Conservative CLP meeting set for some time in June where they'll do a nonbinding confidence vote in her. I'm looking forward to that, but I expect it's just yet another thing that would sink any other prime minister that May will just utterly ignore.
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# ? May 1, 2019 07:57 |
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Aye there's no point booting her after they get hammered tomorrow, might as well wait for the absolute pasting they are gonna get on the 23rd and then chuck her, but I expect a lot more wailing and gnashing of teeth from friday onward Be a good chuckle won't it
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# ? May 1, 2019 08:12 |
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Josef bugman posted:These things may well be true, but give no-one a means to affect change. Can you think of other things that are possible? well - the change you are asking for is "I wish every dissenter on the NEC would know better than to stage bad-faith public challenges to the Leadership that are intended to mobilize their own factional supporters rather than as good-faith motions to change the direction of the party". This is intrinsically going to be difficult to achieve outside of structural reform. there are certainly ways to achieve it. Labour is not centralist. It could reform to become more so, without necessarily becoming authoritarian (it is after all still subject to the ultimate test at the ballot box). So you, personally, could campaign for a more powerful party central committee. It could gain greater whipping powers than the somewhat toothless status quo of handing out minor ministerial posts and then threatening to revoke them (Watson is shadow DCMS; Corbyn can't fire his deputy but he can unilaterally kick him off the shadow cabinet at any time, and you'll notice that he's not doing so). It could be dissolved and elected as a full slate simultaneously rather than as delegates/appointees from various party bodies and affiliated societies elected at different times; the latter method is certain to install NEC members who feel answerable to different moods in the party and have every reason to speak out when those tendencies feel that they can gain by doing so. one can also go in the opposite direction - let the NEC run riot but render dissenters irrelevant by moving the NEC's various powers elsewhere. The NEC meeting only mattered because the NEC produces the manifesto. For European elections it doesn't even have to consult the PLP , NPF, or other bodies - it has total power over the manifesto. It doesn't have to have that power. If it didn't, Tom Watson could be let alone to talk to a wall harmlessly. on a "how we got here" note (from Dennis Kavanagh, "Labour Party General Election Manifestos 1900-1997")... quote:The politics of manifestos of course today the NEC is already solidly under party left control: it has a majority that can comfortably see off any challengers despite considerable unease within its faction. Yesterday it mobilized that majority and defended its turf successfully. What you are asking for is an even tougher standard than the Blair years: not only must there be a majority, it must be an overwhelming one, or a total consensus. Blair had Dennis Skinner (and Mark Seddon) on the NEC, who certainly did not hesitate to brief against the leadership in the media during the New Labour years.
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# ? May 1, 2019 08:18 |
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Cluncho McChunk posted:I'm looking forward to that, but I expect it's just yet another thing that would sink any other prime minister that May will just utterly ignore. Yeah, May seems pretty much immovable until at least the next possible Tory party VoNC (December, I think?). For all the tory leadership jockeying it would probably be much better for them electorally to keep May until closer to the next election. That way they can blame her for everything bad and promote Boris/I can't believe it's not boris/Amber rudd as a bold new dawn without the inconvenience of them having done nothing new. Which now I think about it is what May tried to do in 2016 in relation to Cameron. So that might put them off if they're scared of a 2017 election re run, but it was supposedly very popular for a short amount of time, if polls and newspapers are to be believed
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# ? May 1, 2019 08:20 |
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ronya posted:of course today the NEC is already solidly under party left control: it has a majority that can comfortably see off any challengers despite considerable unease within its faction. Yesterday it mobilized that majority and defended its turf successfully. What you are asking for is an even tougher standard than the Blair years: not only must there be a majority, it must be an overwhelming one, or a total consensus. Blair had Dennis Skinner (and Mark Seddon) on the NEC, who certainly did not hesitate to brief against the leadership in the media during the New Labour years. Now you see, by bringing this up what you have effectively done is answer the question by answering a completely different question. You've been able to point out a lot of the points of contention, but through your framework you've kind of proved that 1) There is not really much of a division and 2) That the issue is one of media amplification as opposed to actual processes. So kudos, you managed to get things done. Thank you.
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# ? May 1, 2019 08:32 |
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Happy international worker's day. Might bunk off work, though going in would make the rest of the week easier. Decisions decisions.
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# ? May 1, 2019 08:34 |
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Didn't get a chance to ask in the previous thread, but what is the problem with references to The Rothschilds?
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# ? May 1, 2019 08:40 |
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They're like a big rich (banking, I think?) yank family but they're also Jewish and generally when people go on about them, and it's usually just them it's because they mean (((Rothschilds))). They're a big target for conspiracy theorists and a lot of the stuff is kinda close to blood libel. Which I mean is entirely reasonable if applied to basically any member of the upper class because yes all rich people are freaks, but generally it's a good idea to be extremely suspicious when that's the first name that comes up, and often the only name.
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# ? May 1, 2019 08:41 |
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So focusing on the Jewish part rather than the Banking Dynasty part, got it.
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# ? May 1, 2019 08:44 |
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Kinda yeah. Like people don't bring up all the other rich american dynasties half as much.
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# ? May 1, 2019 08:45 |
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Plus they're the subject of so many conspiracy theories (that often started out as 19th century Anti-Semite League or hardcore Nazi poo poo), that it's like the Trilateral Commission or George Soros, you can absolutely have a discussion about those people, but without careful qualifiation you might come off a bit ~~George $oro$~~
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# ? May 1, 2019 08:46 |
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Mugsbaloney posted:Didn't get a chance to ask in the previous thread, but what is the problem with references to The Rothschilds? It's because the name is used to propose that people with wealth who are Jewish are secretly running the world. The very anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. It's used as shorthand BY racist anti-capitalists. It was also extremely common in 19th century leftist circles, which is a pity. Josef bugman fucked around with this message at 09:00 on May 1, 2019 |
# ? May 1, 2019 08:46 |
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You see a more modern incarnation of it towards the clintons with the pizzagate thing though again that's mostly motivated by political factionalism rather than actual critique of wealth. Sadly the ideas always seem to be through the vehicle of satanism/blood libel rather than "maybe all these rich sociopaths are systemically loving everyone else over".
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# ? May 1, 2019 08:48 |
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I believe the Rothschild bank is just another medium sized financial institution at this point and while the Rothschild family are still incredibly rich with at least one member in the top 50 richest people on the planet specifically blaming them for anything (unless they literally did do something) is either ignorance or dogwhistling.
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# ? May 1, 2019 08:49 |
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Like, do not be this guy:Josef bugman posted:It was also extremely common in 19th century leftist circles, which is a pity. OwlFancier posted:Sadly the ideas always seem to be through the vehicle of satanism/blood libel
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# ? May 1, 2019 08:56 |
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Lol https://twitter.com/sonicscanf/status/1123321422556934151?s=19 They're such incredible cunts https://twitter.com/cyclingkev/status/1123479458227343363?s=19
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# ? May 1, 2019 09:00 |
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otoh he saved the families from a lifetime of debt for baby saving, so maybe the insurance companies are the real baby murderers.
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# ? May 1, 2019 09:04 |
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Merry international worker's day, comrades!
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# ? May 1, 2019 09:06 |
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Thread I need help. I've mentioned here before that my neighbours argue, a lot. I don't know what about because they do it in Chinese. There is a long-standing agreement in place that the two boys can come and knock on my door any time of the day or night if they need to get out of the house. That's why I was outside talking to a 13 and a 7 year old about gardening at quarter to ten last night. A few years ago I called the police because the boys "didn't know" if anyone was hurt and when I went round the dad was holding a loving massive knife. Since then things have settled down a bit, but recently seem to have got worse. I just got this message from my neighbour, please excuse the poor English (she isn't English). Can anyone advise me on anything else I can do? I don't want to make things worse but doing nothing is not something I feel I can live with.
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# ? May 1, 2019 09:10 |
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Local council has now appointed count staff for the EU elections.
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# ? May 1, 2019 09:12 |
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I don't know what's best though personally I'd see if you can talk to her, might help her to make a decision if she feels like someone has her back. But looking after the kids is a good thing you're doing.
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# ? May 1, 2019 09:14 |
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Corbyn has apparently been anti-Semitic again? It's this https://twitter.com/yanisvaroufakis/status/1123478808303161344?s=19 Jose fucked around with this message at 09:18 on May 1, 2019 |
# ? May 1, 2019 09:15 |
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Miftan posted:Merry international worker's day, comrades! Right back at you. Pretty cool vid of a child of immigrants talking about her life in Wales, in Welsh (I haven't checked the auto generated subs so not sure what they're like.). Good reminder that immigrants integrating doesn't mean they have to lose their own culture completely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IluDDGvttDU
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# ? May 1, 2019 09:17 |
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Sanford posted:Thread I need help. I've mentioned here before that my neighbours argue, a lot. I don't know what about because they do it in Chinese. There is a long-standing agreement in place that the two boys can come and knock on my door any time of the day or night if they need to get out of the house. That's why I was outside talking to a 13 and a 7 year old about gardening at quarter to ten last night. A few years ago I called the police because the boys "didn't know" if anyone was hurt and when I went round the dad was holding a loving massive knife. Since then things have settled down a bit, but recently seem to have got worse. The only thing I can think of is looking into domestic violence support charities.
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# ? May 1, 2019 09:20 |
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OwlFancier posted:I don't know what's best though personally I'd see if you can talk to her, might help her to make a decision if she feels like someone has her back. But looking after the kids is a good thing you're doing. You could see if she needs help setting up a separate bank account or something, because that's often underappreciated and also often more difficult for ESL people. Jose posted:Corbyn has apparently been anti-Semitic again?
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# ? May 1, 2019 09:20 |
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https://twitter.com/SolHughesWriter/status/1123505997685952512
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# ? May 1, 2019 09:35 |
https://twitter.com/NinpoUK/status/1123505681246584833 Check out the tweet Tom is replying to, I'm still dying
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# ? May 1, 2019 09:36 |
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Jose posted:Corbyn has apparently been anti-Semitic again? It’s even harder to quit than smoking
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# ? May 1, 2019 09:39 |
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this poll misses the option of one or two further extensions then finally no deal next February in time for my birthday although actually thinking about it the current no deal deadline would fall during me visiting my greek fam so that might happen to basically im reasonably sure the world revolves around me
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# ? May 1, 2019 09:44 |
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tbh "Tony Blair involved in antisemitic plot" is more believable than "Jeremy Corbyn involved in antisemitic plot."
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# ? May 1, 2019 09:47 |
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Cerv posted:It’s even harder to quit than smoking I don't know, I'm down to five Jews a day no problem.
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# ? May 1, 2019 09:48 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUfXdm9i63Q
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# ? May 1, 2019 09:48 |
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Mugsbaloney posted:Didn't get a chance to ask in the previous thread, but what is the problem with references to The Rothschilds? Momentum actually did a video about this but I have no idea how the hell to find it. Especially since googling it leads to the obvious thing happening.
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