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Just lol if you don't know the Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch song for perfect pronounciation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BXKsQ2nbno
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Apr 1, 2020 00:53
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Labour elections finish tomorrow, I'm looking at Jo Bird and Cecile Wright for the NEC positions. Any strong reasons to go for Lauren Townsend or someone else instead before I click submit?
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Apr 1, 2020 18:34
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You should also be able to call your bank and have the ATM withdrawal limit temporarily raised - I've done that before to pay tradies.
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Apr 1, 2020 22:49
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Nurge posted:"It's totally ok that the genocidal authoritarian racist regime lied about the numbers because you see we're not doing so good, mostly because they lied. Wait what am I saying doo doo pee pee."
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Apr 2, 2020 02:49
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Endjinneer posted:Some poor intern graphic designer got the job of updating the graph and decided this was their big break. While the sub-editors dropped like flies and the newsroom lights clicked out, our lonely hero worked on. The counts come in around the clock. Beijing. Baton Rouge. Brussels. No time to sleep or eat, just a few of those really speedy diet pills washed down with Monster Energy. Then back to the graphs. Beijing again. Baton Rouge. Brussels. If you wanted to flatten those lines you could just include error bars and scale the graph to fit them.
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Apr 4, 2020 01:32
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Gonzo McFee posted:https://twitter.com/ChukaUmunna/status/1246387957575168001 Looking forward to seeing the new leader of the Labour Party fruitfully working together with *checks notes* uh, a failed former Liberal Democrat, now a blogger.
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Apr 4, 2020 14:29
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goddamnedtwisto posted:e: For extra fun the antenna that burned in Birmingham (it's still a little unclear if it was deliberate arson or not) wasn't 5G capable, neither was the one being worked on in that video of the person shouting at two poor telco blokes about "essential work". Yeah well they would be saying that now, wouldn't they?
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Apr 4, 2020 20:27
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I noticed with what Starmer has been saying its all we'll take a look at retail workers' pay "after the crisis is over". We'll deal with large companies "once we've dealt with corona virus". No we loving won't, at that point it's too late and the power of back with them. Now is exactly the time to demand that things change.
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Apr 5, 2020 12:52
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jabby posted:it just (unfairly) makes people think he's a weak leader. Also big scary monsters posted:I hope Johnson lives to stand trial for his crimes. big scary monsters fucked around with this message at 06:44 on Apr 6, 2020 |
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Apr 6, 2020 06:41
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Posting on a  page.
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Apr 6, 2020 20:22
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Gravastars posted:Boris Johnson has 5 or 6 children, and I hope they all go blind. Josef bugman posted:What? Why? It's a Stewart Lee bit that I can't quite recall, something to do with Gordon Brown. It's just a joke, like on Top Gear.
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Apr 6, 2020 23:38
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Tesseraction posted:That's his story. Ask Sarah for the real one. For Gove "self-isolating" is more an adjective than a verb.
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Apr 7, 2020 11:03
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CSM posted:I'm glad your beloved prime minister is sitting upright again, Brits.
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Apr 9, 2020 09:21
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Corbyn failed at the ballot box, but the purpose of politics isn't to win elections, it's to win policies. I think Corbynism had plenty of success there - the current Tory government is cribbing from his manifesto. It took a world-halting epidemic, yes, but I wonder how the government's response and its judgement in the media would have looked without 5 years of serious mainstream conversations about socialism. Even in the election the Tories were making manifesto promises that were clear responses to Labour policy. Likewise Starmer's platform surely wouldn't be to the left of Milliband's without the Corbynist victories within the Labour Party, and Momentum wouldn't exist as a pressure group to try and keep things that way. Looking at Corbyn's time as an unmitigated failure because of election defeats is to miss the point. Obviously a Labour government would have been a bigger victory because it would have seen more of the good stuff happen, but I don't think we should underestimate the impact of Corbyn's time as leader in changing the politics of the country. If you want an example of another electoral failure that was entirely successful at a political project, UKIP and Farage are a good case study.
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Apr 10, 2020 09:18
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It is at least implied in the article that the work is both voluntary and paid. Removing one or both of those is presumably the next step and this is just testing the waters.
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Apr 10, 2020 09:26
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What legislation has there been so far granting police additional powers and creating new crimes related to quarantine and infection. Or under what existing legislation are police harassing people out shopping and sitting in their gardens? Does someone have a good summary?
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Apr 10, 2020 12:42
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big scary monsters posted:What legislation has there been so far granting police additional powers and creating new crimes related to quarantine and infection. Or under what existing legislation are police harassing people out shopping and sitting in their gardens? Does someone have a good summary? Firstly, The Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 is the one that allows for people to be quarantined. It has provisions to enforce testing by various health officials, to isolate people at home or in another suitable facility, and empowers the police to make people go to hospital if they're suspected of being infected and to detain them there until they can be tested and assessed. Then, The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 is the one that places restrictions on everyone else, healthy or no. It replaces the earlier business closure order The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Business Closure) (England) Regulations 2020 and outlines which businesses must close and which can stay open. It prohibits gatherings of more than two people not from the same household except in a few cases like funerals, moving house and legal proceedings. And it imposes a bunch of restrictions on movement - you can't leave the house without a good reason, more or less in line with what everyone thinks that means. A couple of these in particular: (a)to obtain basic necessities, including food and medical supplies for those in the same household (including any pets or animals in the household) or for vulnerable persons and supplies for the essential upkeep, maintenance and functioning of the household, or the household of a vulnerable person, or to obtain money, including from any business listed in Part 3 of Schedule 2; So possibly the police might have a leg to stand on if people are going out solely for the purpose of buying things that are not basic necessities, whatever that might mean. (b)to take exercise either alone or with other members of their household; Note that there is no restriction in terms of time or amount of exercise; the curtain twitchers snitching on people who aren't sticking to once a day for one hour or less can jog on. (d)to provide care or assistance, including relevant personal care within the meaning of paragraph 7(3B) of Schedule 4 to the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Groups Act 2006(1), to a vulnerable person, or to provide emergency assistance; I think a couple people ITT have been concerned about this - you can still help out vulnerable friends or family if you need to. If you break the movement restrictions the police can fine you sixty quid, reduced to thirty if you pay within fourteen days. I think that's it. The Act applies to the whole of the UK; it's a devolved matter but Scotland and Wales both assented to it. Scotland passed some additional stuff about evictions, bankruptcies and Scotlaw-specific stuff. Wales brought a similar statutory instrument to England, but also closed off a bunch of public land and gave "relevant persons" the power to enter private premises if they suspect the rules are being broken there. Scotland's statutory instrument looks to more or less follow England's. I didn't read Northern Ireland's legislation because I don't really understand what goes on there, sorry.
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Apr 10, 2020 21:07
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Guavanaut posted:Which is the one that allows only one doctor to section you? That sounds like it's the bit where Windrush scale fuckups are likely to happen. quote:Detention of persons by the Secretary of State or a registered public health consultant quote:Isolation of persons suspected to be infected with Coronavirus
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Apr 10, 2020 22:04
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Is it too late for Johnson to relapse and die? I've changed my mind about seeing him survive to stand trial.
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Apr 10, 2020 23:31
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:I think some of you will enjoy this article about the end of life for oil rigs. It's long - 10500 words, and a nice geeky change from viruses. Thank you for the recommendation, I haven't looked at the oil rig one yet but there are some interesting reads there!
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Apr 11, 2020 18:27
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OwlFancier posted:
Really takes a royal to come out with this kind of poo poo. Sure, millions of people are out of work, thousands are dying, the country has no leadership and is increasingly isolated from the rest of the world, but this is Britain at its loving best. Marie Antoinette probably didn't say "let them eat cake", but if William had been there he certainly would have.
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Apr 13, 2020 08:03
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ThomasPaine posted:Quite exhausting to see so many people willing to sacrifice almost half a decade of left resurgence because of one setback. Hell, with this report there's a pile of opportunity to fight back internally in a lasting way. All very shortsighted and naive imho. If anything this would make me more likely to join and get involved if I wasn't already in.
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Apr 13, 2020 10:19
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ThomasPaine posted:Lmao can you loving imagine pablo gbscobar posted:I mean, it worked wonders for UKIP and the Brexit Party... If you aren't willing to join the Tories in the name of socialism then can you really claim to be more than a politics fan who happens to cheer for the red team?
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Apr 13, 2020 10:39
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Guavanaut posted:If I was confident that I could get at least half of the 560,000 to join me then I would. Otherwise it's a bit "could you imagine if the Klan became >50% African American and Jewish" in terms of trying to steer the sewage tanker around by throwing money at it. I'm not sure how much power the Conservative membership actually has. It's a far less democratic institution than Labour as far as I recall, with the power firmly in the hands of MPs and CCHQ. I'm just tickled by the idea of the Tories slowly becoming a socialist party in policy and neither the press nor the general public noticing. big scary monsters fucked around with this message at 11:00 on Apr 13, 2020 |
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Apr 13, 2020 10:49
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I'm not normally one to nitpick people's writing, especially in a casual setting like this, cos when people do that it's usually as a lazy gotcha. But it seems no fucker, including Tweetman, can spell the name of the Labour leader. So I will point it out this once, not having a go at anyone specifically, because I keep seeing it and it's a slightly unusual name: it's Keir Starmer, e before i, not Kier.
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Apr 13, 2020 16:41
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XMNN posted:maybe these people have subliminally conditioned everyone Yeah I think Kier is a variant that is also used. People misspell my name a lot too so maybe I feel especially that a persons' name is one thing that you should try and spell and pronounce correctly. Unless you're specifically making fun of them like with the current and previous health ministers. e: Or France's Tweet Man big scary monsters fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Apr 13, 2020 |
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Apr 13, 2020 16:51
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crispix posted:I fixed my post. I forget it's a Celtic name and I default to German pronunciation of ei and ie Alt-right alt-history fanfic favourite, Kier Stürmer.
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Apr 13, 2020 16:59
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The stuff in the report about Diane Abbott really sticks with me - these people spouting thinly veiled racism in WhatsApp and laughing at her crying, a few months before that Amnesty report came out that said Abbott alone received almost half of all the Twitter abuse against female MPs. She got so much poo poo that she had her own category, and the party staff who ought to have been protecting and supporting her were right there doing the same stuff. It's so gross.
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Apr 13, 2020 17:55
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Apr 13, 2020 21:14
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Some sort of reverse Batman, maybe. Manbat? Tabnam? Something along those lines.
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Apr 13, 2020 21:39
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Guavanaut posted:That's always been how power has worked, writing or not. Yeah, for sure. I just feel too tired to even want to talk about it right now.
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Apr 13, 2020 22:16
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forkboy84 posted:
Safety boots are good, mine are very comfortable and I'm wearing them at work right now. They are Finnish and as well as saving my toes from heavy things they keep out the snow and keep my feet warm at -20°C. Recommended if you have toes in a cold place. e: the soles are also heat resistant so they may be suitable for toes in hot places but I have not tested this. I think it'd be sweaty. big scary monsters fucked around with this message at 15:02 on Apr 14, 2020 |
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Apr 14, 2020 14:58
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DesperateDan posted:is fine with having traitors on the team I'm sure that won't come back to bite him
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Apr 14, 2020 18:28
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JordanKai posted:See, this is why it's ideal to be addicted to Peanut M&Ms. Every grocery store chain has their own store-brand equivalent you can buy instead. Oh god, the Lidl brand version of peanut M&Ms is so good, so cheap, and comes in such a large bag that it's just irresponsible even to sell them.
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Apr 15, 2020 03:08
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If Abbott can see her way to staying a Labour member after all this then I reckon I can manage the same.
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Apr 16, 2020 10:50
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XMNN posted:saw this guy in the comments lol Imagine forgetting your number six most hated country. Deeply embarrassing.
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Apr 16, 2020 13:42
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Failed Imagineer posted:If there is a correlation, it's probably not going to be antibody-mediated, think it would be more some other kind of non-B-cell immune priming It's because you already got the government mind control treatment the first time so there's no need to give you coronavirus as well.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Someone mentioned it, but I've no way of checking. It did spread later/more slowly in East Germany, but then the East is still poorer than the West, and has fewer large international businesses based there. Given that returning holidaymakers and business travellers were responsible for a lot of the early spread of the virus, that could be a big factor already. Plus the East is more rural and more sparsely populated. Could be that BCG rates have had an effect there, but it may well not be the biggest one.
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