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Who is your first pick in the deputy leadership race? This poll is closed. |
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| R. Allin-Khan |
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6 | 1.60% |
| R. Burgon |
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80 | 21.33% |
| D. Butler |
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| I. Murray |
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| P. Flaps |
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177 | 47.20% |
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E/N virus rant incoming. I normally work from home in a nice quiet corner of the Netherlands, and my company is very employee friendly (for a large American corporation), so I would have had no problem at all staying holed up for as long as it takes. But instead I am on week 4 of 5.5 of a West End musical production period, because the magic of theatre keeps pulling me back in. So far we've just kept going, and the audiences are still coming, but nobody seems to know how the gathering ban will affect us (DCMS seems to be mumbling that theatres don't count as events), so I'm just trundling into work every day, sitting on nice dirty theatre seats and acting as though everything is normal. We could get shut down at any moment though, which is worrying everyone because - Will we get paid for the work we've already done? - What about pay going forward? Everyone who works in theatre is freelance, except the venue staff Also I don't want to get it and be stuck in this random room in my digs, where I have no food or supplies because I've been eating out 3 meals a day. And my wife's just told me our cat's poorly and we're worried it's the final decline of his kidney disease, and if that's the case the show can get hosed, I'm on the first plane back to Amsterdam. But then I really need to be back here next week. Sorry, just feeling very overwhelmed right now 
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Prince John posted:Have a random Thank you and Jeremoud. It's all good really. Making theatre is very stressful, in a good way. You're right of course, it's just entertainment, but when you're in there it feels like the most important thing in the world, and the emotions build up over 6x 13h days. Last Sunday I cried because my favourite Tapirs at the zoo had been put down since I was last there! I'm very lucky that I'm young, mostly healthy and even have a job to go back to if we get shut down. Just bad timing all round, as I'm sure it is for millions of other people who were trying to do things. Stay safe all. And along with the Norwegian one, I really like this hand cream, available in Boots: 
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Mar 15, 2020 14:11
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from a stranger. Maybe it's worth sitting back and getting a little perspective on how unlikely the virus is to badly affect you if you're relatively young and don't have underlying conditions.
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Chinese Gordon posted:Top tip for shopping: go to specialty ethnic shops/supermarkets. Most white people don't know they exist/are too scared to go in. Haha, you're not wrong! Just had a wander around Bootses in Euston/St Pancras and not a thing to be had, but plenty of toilet paper and hand wash in the Nisa local (which barely counts as "ethnic" but is still hidden and potentially scary - and TARDIS like inside). Related, audiences have been stealing the large bottles of hand sanitiser from the theatre toilets - they've had to put signs up begging them to stop
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Mar 15, 2020 15:37
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Sloth Life posted:In non Corona virus news I have recently discovered Fascinating Aida. Saucy old ladies singing risque and often political songs Love them. This one's my favourite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAg0lUYHHFc
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Mar 15, 2020 16:09
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Thanks for the support during my wobble the other day. Trip report from the West End: yesterday's afternoon rehearsal turned into a meeting with the producer/theatre owner, who was all on board the government advice train, reasoning that if the scientists said it was ok, then we should keep going. People objected, not on self-preservation grounds so much as "is it responsible of us as actors to invite people to form a crowd". We split off into Equity/Bectu/MU meetings to discuss, but any outcome was preempted by Boris' press conference (which we played over the PA, ugh). So we are officially shut down, and I'm on a Eurostar home - given that it's a global pandemic, I shouldn't feel relieved and guilty to be leaving the UK, but that's Toryism I guess. As mentioned, theatre is full of actual, legitimate freelancers who are going to be totally screwed by this. The theatres themselves at risk. I really don't know what our sector will look like on the other side of this. Now I'm going home to be with my cat for as long as his health allows. He shall not be allowed to suffer, but I'm glad I can see him again 
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Mar 17, 2020 15:00
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Not surprising, but literally every piece on the Guardian's Opinion page is about the virus. Including one from Ed "The Enforcer" Miliband.
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Mar 17, 2020 15:20
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Wachter posted:Aldi was completely out of tinned tomatoes, except, ~mysteriously~, for this brand: "Octopus with Erbs"... not surprised  (What do you mean Italian isn't Spanish with -a instead of -o??)
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Mar 18, 2020 14:16
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Camrath posted:Hearing from an extremely well informed journalist friend that there’s a complete lockdown of London from Friday. No idea what form this will take though. Wow, and we thought we were going to perform a musical on Monday... Camrath posted:Likewise, I have fudge I need to ship next week!  Wait this isn't the Simpsons thread
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Mar 18, 2020 17:13
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Camrath posted:Right click, save as.. Now you just need the dogs with fudge in their mouths, so that when they bark they shoot fudge at you. Properly wrapped, of course
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Mar 18, 2020 17:40
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The Dutch in my area seem to have been fairly restrained in the supermarkets, but have cleared out the Boots-equivalents of Vitamin C and Paracetamol. I think we're on the same trajectory as the UK though, so it's going to get worse before it gets better  Communist Thoughts posted:i've seen a few non-crank sources suggesting this might not be the case or at least not only be the case. Brexit voters: "Stop moaning, you'll still be able to work in the EU, you'll just need a visa" [is from the country that does the above] Bobstar fucked around with this message at 14:01 on Mar 20, 2020 |
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Mar 20, 2020 13:59
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Communist Thoughts posted:isnt the dutch strategy legit still herd immunity or has that changed? I can't tell anymore https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/03/group-immunity-not-main-aim-of-dutch-anti-corona-measures-says-health-chief/ https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/03/we-are-aiming-for-maximum-control-of-coronavirus-pm-tells-the-dutch/
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XMNN posted:probably some combination of pretending everything because reporting bad news would be unpatriotic, and it being easier and marginally safer to hang around Whitehall whatsapping the cum meister about what measures they're maybe considering taking at some critical moment when the timing is perfect instead of going to an a+e waiting room overflowing with potential carriers Also, when waiting lists and queues are an abstract political concept happening to other people, they're outrage-worthy. When it might happen to you, the reader, imminently, it's just plain scary.
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Mar 20, 2020 17:11
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Not loving today. We got our cat back from the vet, perked up by IV fluids, but that won't work again so this is probably the last few days And an email from company HQ in the US saying basically "if we get shut down then nobody's getting paid, hope your country has good Corona benefits". Which, given we're in manufacturing makes some sense, but still
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Mar 20, 2020 20:35
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Endjinneer posted:Forget about the ventilators, this is what we need to devote our productive capacity and cognitive effort to. Can't be done, you'll never find any cough syrup
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Mar 21, 2020 13:56
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Igotadigbick posted:has anybody who has gone outside with a mask or gloves been verbally abused for it? I sure have! Seriously, still? I wish we had a culture of people with colds wearing masks (or staying home, but capitalism), but guess that would get laughed at in normal times, but now?
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Mar 21, 2020 16:53
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Just saw that Twitter thread saying "supermarket shelves may be empty for more complex reasons than people being an unstoppable selfish horde", and loving* the several replies posting pictures of empty supermarket shelves going "but look at these empty shelves!!!" *loving that I only go on Twitter via this thread
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Mar 22, 2020 16:19
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crispix posted:If they're spooked by the sight of empty shelves then i should rather fancy that they'll have a very bad time if they go to B&Q!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was going to get some bits to do DIY but now I'm too worried about money. Speaking of, for the after times, can anyone recommend a small tree-like plant that we can put in a pot outside, that isn't too easy to kill?
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Mar 22, 2020 16:30
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Thankfully the vets and pet crematoria are still open here, because we had to say goodbye to Jimmy yesterday. Horrible timing, but at least he's not in pain now. He was such a good boy. 
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Mar 24, 2020 13:52
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Predictably, they're resisting meaningful help for the self-employed:quote:In the Commons Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, also told MPs that he was “determined” to find a means of helping self-employed people who are losing work because of the coronavirus crisis. But he said it was “incredibly complicated” finding a way of designing a scheme that would help those in need, while not giving money to people who did not need it. Oh no, not giving money to people who don't need it! The ultimate Tory sin!
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Mar 24, 2020 13:58
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Oh yeah, the leadership. I managed to get myself membered in time, but then had to submit proof I was on the electoral roll. Which made me thing, doesn't that mean you can't be a Labour member if you've lived outside the UK for 15 years? And don't Labour oppose that policy for UK voting?
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Mar 24, 2020 22:16
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Jose posted:It's fun hearing people at work realising that despite the government's promise of money nobody can actually get any either because companies can't be bothered to claim the money back or they're just not eligible or the big one that can't afford to pay workers just and you can't even claim yet We would have far more use for "there's not as much to do, go to 50% time and the gov will pay the other 50%", but the 80% thing is all or nothing. And I feel very bad that my wife and I were able to say goodbye to our cat, in person, in a calm and controlled way, while humans are going to die alone (As my first in-person cat euthanasia, for my first "own" cat as opposed to family, it's just made me more pro assisted dying for humans. Thank jebus my parents live in a country where it's legal, should they ever need it)
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Endjinneer posted:
Followed by Dyson calling the NHS a "pedo guy", presumably.
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hemale in pain posted:I'm worried about the self employed thing. They said they're going to gently caress you if you claim while working but what happens if our income has been inredibly hosed? I was considering working a few hours on the weekend to try and cover rent but it sounds like that might disqualify me for claiming any money even if i'd be earning like 1/4th of my usual pay. If only there was a way to give everyone enough money to live on, so as to sort out all the many ways that people's situations are weird/complicated/unique! Sorry, not helpful, it just makes me angry that even now, they're carrying on with conservatism rule 1: "somewhere, somebody might be getting away with something!"
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Mar 26, 2020 11:34
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Why did Jonah sing? Because everybody sings in Whales 
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Mar 26, 2020 13:20
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OwlFancier posted:I keep forgetting that yanks put a mountain of sugar in their bread. Does it just taste like ice buns or something? Yes. Having a ham sandwich with their white sliced is very odd.
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Surprise T Rex posted:Smash cut to the queen, currently being kept alive by a solid gold ventilator. Wouldn't a solid gold ventilator weigh hundreds of pounds and ventilate crummily?
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Mar 27, 2020 13:00
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NotJustANumber99 posted:Article in the independent talking about record number of evictions. What a poo poo species. "And it warns: “Estate agents, property management agents and landlords are very keen to evict tenants as they need the rent paid in full during these difficult times.”" Ah yes, evicting people, that well known way of getting the rent paid in full
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Mar 28, 2020 13:31
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crispix posted:I thought they were little ghost faces before I started reading It's the Monster Munch debate all over again. These are the correct ones by the way 
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Mar 30, 2020 10:24
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Isomermaid posted:You know the Lemon Original Source? loving *lemon curd*! Lemon Original Source is one of only two things I import from the UK in an expatty kind of way. It's like washing with sherbert lemons! The other being Oatibix.
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quote:The government has announced a £75 airlift initiative to rescue tens of thousands of British nationals stranded abroad because of the coronavirus. I know they're churning out thousands of words to keep the live blog updated, but this made me smile
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"Hey Webex, can you keep the video feed of the meeting room with 8 people big, and everyone else small?" "No! Guy on his own in Italy is breathing! He go big now!"
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