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OwlFancier posted:When you don't understand what the EU does at all (which if you're voting to leave it, you almost certainly don't) it's not hard to also fail to understand why leaving it might be quite harmful. But also because it's been 3 years and nothing has happened yet (because we haven't left yet and also things have gotten worse)
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Borrovan posted:uh yeah. If the government goes to prison for 2 years and so are disqualified from being MPs thus cancelling NDB I would probably die of laughter.
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Sep 1, 2019 11:05
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bump_fn posted:https://twitter.com/MattJMyers/status/1168118187965198336 quote:Mr Corbyn’s past opposition to Nato and the Trident nuclear deterrent and his onetime support for the Venezuelan regime continue to cause concern. What does this have to do with Corbyn's economic policies that you're claiming to review, you hacks. quote:The financial crisis created the opportunity the Corbynites were waiting for.
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Sep 1, 2019 12:47
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re: that FT articlequote:Companies that fail to meet environmental criteria could be delisted from the London Stock Exchange. Did anybody hear about this? It's an amazing policy!
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Sep 1, 2019 12:52
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TACD posted:Absolutely typical Corbynista plotting, using the massive systemic failures of capitalism as some sort of perverted rationale for doing away with capitalism. Just so predictable. Almost as predictable as the systemic failures (or successes, I guess, depending on if you're rich or not) of capitalism!
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Sep 1, 2019 13:08
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Surprise Giraffe posted:Is there anything to stop bojo actually pushing the exit date backwards? Might be their last shot if they think they're going to be kicked out anyway. Wouldn't really make a difference to the degree of chaos and the blaming the mess on remainers/Corbyn strategy. I think any change in date requires EU approval.
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Sep 1, 2019 13:35
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Personally I really like the Moist Von Lipwig books. So you've got Going Postal, then Making Money, then Raising Steam (which isn't as good as the others)
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Sep 1, 2019 14:45
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Taear posted:Yea I read them in production order when they were new and it definitely works, I think it might get a bit much reading them any other way. There's a lot of one shots and the sub-series are usually self contained progression wise - maybe not with the introduction of new characters but it's usually not that bad. I'd say publication order is probably best unless you want a specific sub-series. Death is usually pretty detached from Ankh Morpork business as well iirc
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Sep 1, 2019 15:01
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happyhippy posted:Good books, but they have already predefined characters that were set up in previous books. Yeah that's fair. I think I read about Angua before I read her introduction book and was very confused about her sense of smell or something.
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Sep 1, 2019 15:21
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Feinne posted:Is it weird that my personal favorite of the Watch ones is Feet of Clay? Nah, feet of clay is great.
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Sep 1, 2019 15:33
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So 2 of my friends run a Crumpet Bar in Tel Aviv. Its essentially a bar selling booze, Pimm's (which is impossible to get in Israel) and crumpets with fancy toppings. Like, beef and mash and poo poo. The menu is all named for famous brits and their veggie option is called the Jeremy Corbyn.
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Sep 2, 2019 14:17
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forkboy84 posted:Bold naming a meal after history's greatest antisemitic monster. And in Israel at that. Appalling They were both raised on a kibbutz and one of them is still an actual communist. They're good lads. Plus the description is basically "Labour's flagship Crumpet. A veggie Crumpet for leftists"
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Sep 2, 2019 14:24
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forkboy84 posted:They offer The Miftan, which is a crumpet with a chocolate spread made by melting down a Terry's Chocolate Orange. Disgusting. I'll translate the full menu for you lot shortly.
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Sep 2, 2019 15:02
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forkboy84 posted:Whole day off so I could be around for the plumber to arrive because there's some problem with a leak in the pipe between the oil tank and the central heating system and apparently that's a job for the plumber? I dunno, was just told he'd arrive first thing and now it's 3:30 and I could have gone to slept for 2 hours longer, gone to town and back for some shopping and done all the dishes in the time I've been waiting. It's balls. You.. You can do the dishes while waiting for the plumber.
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Sep 2, 2019 15:33
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Tesseraction posted:I'm assuming it's more like *ding dong* "awww gently caress gently caress gently caress my hands are covered in suds and gravy" *rinses hands, hurriedly dries hands, runs to the front door in time to see van drive away with angry plumber* You open the door with gravy and soapy hands to assert dominance.
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Sep 2, 2019 15:44
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CRUMPET MENU: The Churchill - They say this crumpet is the only thing Churchill ate in the bunker during the war. Slow cooked veal/calf meat on crunchy sweet potato mash with a wine syrup The Lord Balfour - The famous crumpet that Balfour ate before signing his famous declaration (editor's note: the declaration was assuring the jews in palestine that they'll be able to live there or something, it's very famous in Israel and is taught in high school history as a pivotal moment). They say he signed it with the leftover sauce. Cubed goose in sichuan sauce on cabbage-turnip cream with herbs The Stephen Hawking - His theory of black holes was based on the bubbles in the crumpet's dough. Chopped liver on mash potatoes spiced with horse radish and onion jam The Jeremy Corbyn - The Labour Party's flagship crumpet. For vegeterian leftists. Crispy eggplant on cold salsa and pink tehini. The Duchess Meghan Markle - The say that when she married Prince Harry they had Nutella crumpets instead of a wedding cake Bananas tempura'd in salty chococlate crunch, whipped cream and nutella. The John Cleese - The song 'always look on the bright side of life' was written about Cleese's favourite cheesecake crumpet Cream cheese with hot fruit salad and balsamic vinegar Elizabeth the 2nd - Th classic crumpet. Just like the queen has on saturday morning. Butter, honey, and jam. Corbyn the second most expensive thing on the menu (lol)
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Sep 2, 2019 16:06
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Continuity RCP posted:This is a hate crime I mean the translations are kinda wack because I'm not an expert on culinary stuff, but either way, yes.
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Sep 2, 2019 16:18
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Failed Imagineer posted:Beginning to think Israel might be bad tbh Israel is bad for other reasons, this is just fancy pants trained chefs trying to do a classic 'better' (read: more expensive). I still think Corbyn sounds delicious.
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Sep 2, 2019 16:27
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StarkingBarfish posted:How the gently caress does 'crunchy mash' work? That's like saying fried soup or boiled sorbet damnit. Eh, it's a bit of a weird translation since the word in hebrew is actually 'crunch' in English. I'd assume it's some sort of 'creamy' sweet potato (so mash) with crunchy bits in it, like teeny tiny fried sweet potatoes/skins maybe?
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Sep 2, 2019 16:32
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Looke posted:Say Boris calls for a vote on a GE and Parliament decided actually we don’t want that, enact our legislation. What happens then? I think the universe implodes because the opposition just voted against an election.
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Sep 2, 2019 20:39
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Guavanaut posted:I wonder what the flagbot is up to right no... The Israeli Red Cross is actually the Red Star of David and looks like that without the red lines.
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Sep 3, 2019 14:29
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goddamnedtwisto posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finchley_and_Golders_Green_(UK_Parliament_constituency) - 1,600 Tory majority That would genuinely be really funny.
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Sep 3, 2019 15:26
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Really any speaker who doesn't compel MPs to ACTUALLY ANSWER the question they get is useless. Jesus christ, what's even the point of asking questions if nobody ever answers them?
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Sep 3, 2019 16:46
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CoS (M-L)
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Sep 4, 2019 16:25
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forkboy84 posted:The Wee Frees are a right miserable bunch but holy poo poo they look like party animals next to the Wee Wee Frees, aka the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Guy I used to work with would tell us about staying with his Wee Wee Free aunt on Skye as a kid, she'd not even cook on the sabbath, you'd just get a cold meal prepared 24 hours earlier. Even ultra orthodox jews have hot meals on the sabbath. Ya'll wild. (hot plates are apparently allowed as long as you turn them on before the sabbath)
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Sep 4, 2019 16:48
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Guavanaut posted:*extremely Ian Paisley voice* They also mock God by turning lights on and off on the Sabbath by putting a dark thing over them. God knows what you're doing. Sabbath mode refrigerators are worse than masturbation. *shrug* mocking god is basically built into the religion.
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Sep 4, 2019 16:52
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Failed Imagineer posted:The theme song could be the jaunty "Master of The House" song from Les Mis re-done as "Speaker of The House" with bawdy lyrics about what a top shagger he is Go on, post the whole thing then.
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Sep 4, 2019 21:54
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Shameful stuff from The Daily Show. That's not a Scottish MP they've dubbed over How To Train Your Dragon - it's loving Bercow.
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Sep 5, 2019 17:02
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Rahzmataz posted:Does anyone have a link to the UKMT Discord, assuming i'm right in thinking that was a thing? https://discord.gg/6c56vW
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Sep 5, 2019 17:08
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baka kaba posted:Morbidly curious to know if Miftan has partaken in the caramac Never heard of it. I did like Angel Delight or whatever it's called as a child.
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Sep 5, 2019 17:23
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Clean Your Teeth posted:For posterity, and in case they remove it, this is the picture the telegraph have decided to put on their home page: Holy poo poo
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Sep 5, 2019 18:10
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Ms Fuchi posted:Cons apparently suck at demonstrating, I guess I shouldn't be surprised https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy3AO-0WmZk&t=62s
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Ms Adequate posted:Holy poo poo Miftan you sound EXACTLY like someone I know only I have no idea who Glad to hear I'm not the only person with this clusterfuck of a voice.
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Sep 6, 2019 08:11
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Podcast already made this joke  (along with the rest of the Internet)
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Sep 6, 2019 08:23
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Snipee posted:As someone who is much more familiar with US politics, I’m a little surprised that there isn’t more talk about demographic changes in the UK. I would have hoped that simply as a function of time, many thousands of older (and whiter) reactionaries would have died and that many thousands of younger, more diverse socialists would have become eligible to vote over the last three years since the first Brexit vote. Three years is admittedly not a lot of time, but doesn’t this help on the margins? Unless this all happened in about 50 targeted constituencies it doesn't matter. It's a thing, but I don't think it's as big as people make it out to be considering First Past the Post. It's far more relevant to popular votes like say... A second ref
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Sep 6, 2019 11:51
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BoJo is such a massive gently caress up that if he goes to prison as en electioneering tactic he'll probably get sent away for over a year which will make him ineligible to stand for MP.
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Sep 6, 2019 12:12
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Failed Imagineer posted:https://twitter.com/JGForsyth/status/1169955425070067715?s=19 Well its been UK policy for hundreds of years, so why would they stop now?
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Sep 6, 2019 14:17
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The_Doctor posted:So is that it? Brexit now held off till Jan 31st? Have to go through the motions, but assuming Boris doesn't pull a stinker and the EU council approves, yeah.
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Sep 6, 2019 16:31
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coffeetable posted:here's a map of the good parts of london Ah yes, the bits without the red flags.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:There's like three Taco Bells in Britain and one of the them is (was?) in the Manchester Arndale food court. Unfortunately they don't serve the insane sorts of things you get from American Taco Bells which are IMO the entire reason to eat at a Taco Bell and not at a hole-in-the-wall Mexican food place run by undocumented immigrants. UK's got good Burrito places. I like Tortilla and Bar Burrito. There's also Zapatista in Newcastle which is good and modeled after the Zapatistas.
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