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Liberalism was such a dominant ideology for so long that a lot of its adherents didn't, or still don't, realise it is one and thought it was just an apolitical ground state. Something that article posted a few pages back about Remainists highlighted to me was that a lot of these people are just now discovering they're a political faction that need to advocate for what they believe in. Which would be why they're so weird about it, they're still new to the idea.
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Teabag Dome Scandal posted:I'm in the US so I have only been superficially following this when poo poo gets wild, but my understand was Corbyn trying to resist a second referendum? Has that changed because the only alternative as this point is no-deal and he wants to avoid that? He was quiet on it for a while, not wanting to go against the democratic grain and risk losing the support of Leave voters. Once Johnson came in with his commitment to No Deal, he's been much firmer about a second referendum. Media commentary has largely ignored that part, and people who oppose him have claimed his position is very unclear and confusing now that he's doing what they were demanding he do.
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Aug 15, 2019 16:50
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Josef bugman posted:Could I ask something, why does this particular set of ideas depress me than all the others? Why is Anti-Semitism being used to attack someone who has, at the very least, been apologetic and kind about loving up so much more depressing than anything else flung at Corbyn? Most other criticism of Corbyn has at least a kernel of a point. You can see why people might be upset at his past approach to Brexit (even if it was good strategy) or are worried about his economic plans (even if they are ultimately good). They mostly come down to differences in politics and priorities, and that can be argued. But the anti-Semitism stuff is an outright lie. He has never done or said anything anti-Semitic, never been dismissive of it, and has been generally effective at reducing it in the party. It can't be argued against because there is no evidence to disprove, and when it's right-wing Jews arguing it you'll look like a right tit trying to say there is no bigotry problem even if you're right.
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Aug 16, 2019 12:14
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Grey Hunter posted:I'm struggling to see what the Lib Dem plan is here. Of course they are! They will clearly go into coalition in exchange for a second referendum (with no commitment on the options or what to campaign for) or, failing that, nothing.
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Aug 16, 2019 14:45
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I thought staying neutral was done journalist's suggestion and Corbyn just didn't rule it out because it should be decided at conference?
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Aug 19, 2019 15:07
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Aramoro posted:So there are 2 broad categories of Boardgames, Eurogames and Ameritrash. This is a pretty dated analysis. Board games have come a long way in the last couple of decades. In modern parlance a Euro game is theme-light, interaction-light, low-randomness and involves moving a lot of tokens around to represent production chains and/or trade routes. They're a subset of engine-builders.
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Aug 22, 2019 13:16
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RockyB posted:Not trying to jump on anyone here, be prepared and all that, but what kind of brexit apocalypse are people thinking of that's going to cause the water supplies to turn off? Water companies have a legally mandated requirement to supply water in the case of an outage, and backup generators to keep plants going in the case of rolling blackouts because the continental electric interlinks went down etc. Cant' find a decent source, but look at page 22 of https://assets.publishing.service.g..._pdf___002_.pdf as a brief example. The fear isn't the loss of the water itself, but the purification - cleaning it usually relies on imported chemicals.
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Aug 31, 2019 15:53
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Pochoclo posted:Pretty sure bottled water will still be widely available in one of the richest European countries, comrades I can't speak for everyone in the thread, but for me Brexit preparation is more "three weeks of logistics disruption" than "total societal collapse, eat the fattest for sustenance". So stock up on some dried/tinned groceries rather than bullets and petrol.
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