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Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/200_zoka/status/1300334227448385536

Highest standards, shining example of professionalism etc.

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Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/GarethDennis/status/1297841129761787906?s=19

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFMfcxis0j-/?igshid=4g54m114er35

'A snake is not a valid face covering'

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/MPIainDS/status/1306626577082519554?s=19

https://twitter.com/ScottBentonMP/status/1306627419311427584?s=19

Tories pissing themselves in public. Again.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/stellarossssa/status/1306892104082235392?s=19

I'd forgotten about this.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/josh_salisbury/status/1307336324681269253?s=19

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008

goddamnedtwisto posted:

Nah not as chonky as that - could have been this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_SA_330_Puma but also Wiki is contradicting itself on whether or not the Merlin is still in use.

Mind you I've seen Russian gunships flying up and down the Thames more than once (allegedly for Farnborough, but we all really know that it was them delivering order to Corbyn) so it's not impossible it was a non-UK Merlin.

The Merlin is very much not retired and current variants are planned for another decade of service. There's like half a dozen FAA squadrons operating it.

Lobster God fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Sep 22, 2020

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
loving lmao. How is she a real person?

https://twitter.com/armed_giraffe/status/1309124682063413248?s=19

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
I know this will surprise no one, but Tweetman saying the quiet part out loud here:

https://twitter.com/francesweetman/status/1309123112227799058?s=19

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008

Answers Me posted:

https://twitter.com/MattGarrahan/status/1311035553140350977?s=20

I remember having a brief nice chat in the UKMT a couple of months ago about Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha etc. It feels like it's coming back to haunt us somehow

Was just coming to post this. I feel like this is one of those things where my initial reaction incredulous laughter, followed milliseconds later by the thought that yes, of course they considered this.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/miqdaad/status/1311207889969831936?s=19

Cool. And these are the ones comfortable admitting their feelings to a polling company.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008

Guavanaut posted:

Universe Glowing Chakra brain: It was Russians.

At first glance I misread this as Universe Glowing Chukka brain.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1311334834904748032?s=19


I know it's YouGov but even for this benighted poo poo heap of an island, this is an embarrassingly awful result overall.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008

Noxville posted:

... is it actually possible to ‘fail’ this kind of training session?

I'm assuming he just did the civil service training package on this which is... not hard. Bunch of basically power point slides and a handful of questions.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
This seems cool and good

https://twitter.com/bencsmoke/status/1312720494546870272?s=19

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008

Not So Fast posted:

Honest question for TrainChat, why do new lines need to be built for High-Speed rail instead of using existing lines? Are they incompatible?

I'm guessing this is why it's costing 10x of what it costs China to do it.

I believe it has to do with large portions of the British rail network being laid out for Victorian spec locomotives. Many lines curve around obstacles to ensure there's no excessively steep angles that relatively low HP locos would struggle with, but the angles prevent modern high speed travel. Plus I'm sure there's something about signalling systems and the UK rail network being a hodge podge of different private schemes merged into one network.

Given this thread, am sure someone will have a much more accurate and detailed answer shortly!

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008

goddamnedtwisto posted:

Or even slightly before :colbert:

I was even debating whether to add 'probably by twisto' to that last sentence.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008

forkboy84 posted:

This seems in the wheelhouse of the thread. Anyone know any good books about the history of the British railways? Especially the period from nationalisation until the post-Beeching cuts

Christian Wolmar is usually a good shout for railway stuff.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/aljwhite/status/1315655921880707073?s=19

All going smoothly.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1315725297543774208?s=19

So basically they're going to blame local government if/when these measures don't work.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
E: :arghfist:

https://twitter.com/JamesManuell/status/1314563198570377219?s=19

loving hell. This is just ridiculous

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/Dukeicon/status/1317212203301376004?s=19

:britain: :911:

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1318261069048139777?s=19

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008

ThomasPaine posted:

Very true, though that does raise the question of which side - in this incredibly improbable scenario - the Scottish regiments would back.

There's only one Scottish regiment now. Though obviously there are Scots in other units. And presumably security at Faslane is handled by Royal Navy, Royal Marine and MoD Police rather than Army. Not, as you say, that this is a terribly likely scenario.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/BBradley_Mans/status/1317896883784777734?s=19

Nothing to see here, just a Tory MP spreadimg an anti-semitic conspiracy theory.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
He's still digging

https://twitter.com/evolvepolitics/status/1319738402368086021?s=19

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/markjenkinsonmp/status/1319723319566962690?s=19

Uh huh.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1322576189064663040?s=19

~~~~~Journalism~~~~~

Just in awe of the fearless individual investigation going on here.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008

mediaphage posted:

they are but they're pretty actively good about punishing hot lib takes in both the 2020 gen elec thread and the uspol threads. don't expect much of a call before 10 or 11 eastern at the earliest.

If it's anything other than a total landslide I can see it dragging out like 2000. I can't see Trump being a gracious loser and the Republicans have been laying the groundwork for a contested result for months.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
War Christmas update

https://twitter.com/scottwilks/status/1324618466465370112?s=19

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/eugeneh84/status/1325145943822356489?s=19

Not the original audio, obviously, but I look forward to the Mail reporting this as fact.

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
Off to a good start

https://twitter.com/__hibaq/status/1325218322649145345?s=19

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/KilclooneyJohn/status/1325799259732635650?s=19

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
https://twitter.com/RivkahBrown/status/1329036341624115201?s=19

Brutal

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
Lol I simply use sex haver internet and have no issues :smug:

Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008
More good news

https://twitter.com/nicktolhurst/status/1330868969243357184?s=19

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Lobster God
Nov 5, 2008

He stood for the Whigs in 2015.

https://twitter.com/jrc1921/status/1333425710036361218?s=19

The Whigs.


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