Lobster God posted:

https://twitter.com/WelshSocialism/status/1388467919110250499?s=19

Finally a party to unify the left

Gyro Zeppeli posted:

A tiny cage covered in poo poo is absolutely enough evidence to at least suspect abuse. Let the RSPCA know, imo.

crispix posted:

of all the shite that's happened in this piss country this last decade, people come out and do proper protesting over some football politics bollocks

Lady Demelza posted:

I am so confused by what day it is. The weekend was longer, bin day is wrong, there's a real possibility I'll forget to vote on Thusday. Not that it matters, you could put a blue rosette on a dead wasp and it would win.

Meat substitutes have come on in leaps and bounds thanks to the vegan fad, after years of being an afterthought. That being said, my vegan sibling booked a table at a pub having specifically asked if they had a vegan option. The 'vegan roast' was potato with other potato, and a tiny portion of brocolli, but no other veg because it wasn't vegan. It felt like spite because the chef didn't like vegan food. I don't miss meat, but I do sometimes see what looks like a lovely recipe but want a protein componant and cheese/mushroom/legumes aren't appropriate.

peanut- posted:

Is this guy actually big or is Rishi just really tiny

https://twitter.com/latgalia/status/1390226452050759680?s=20

jaete posted:

So did France just decide that they want Boris Johnson to win these local elections even harder than he otherwise would have?

Or did the tories somehow manage to time this Jersey bullshit perfectly, like they set some contract expiry/renewal there to two days before the elections? Or what's going on here

quote:

The boats are protesting against new fishing rules - introduced last week by the Jersey government under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) - which require French boats to show they have a history of fishing in Jersey's waters. But it has been claimed additional requirements were added without notice.

French authorities say "new technical measures" had not been communicated to the EU, rendering them "null and void".

ReelBigLizard posted:

So, it was UK instigated, but not in the way you think.

The fishing rights and agreements between the islands and the UK/EU were part of the wider EU fishing rights legislation.

Brexit hosed all that legislation off.

The islands have now been left on their own to negotiate new agreements with the French. This is not an unpopular situation for us to be in as it means the UK can't try and use our rights as a political pawn.

Jersey drew up a new license scheme and as part of it they didn't want the entire French fishing armada declaring open day on their waters. So the initial licenses were on the provision that you were already fishing here before brexit anyway.

The licenses have just come into effect and in addition to that requirement Jersey have said you need to keep your transponder on in their waters so they can verify that it's a licensed boat in their waters. It looks like* Jersey did not communicate that this was a requirement and that's what the Fishermen are kicking off about.

Guernsey is also sorting it's licenses out but no idea if the French will kick off about that or not.

*it's unclear to me as I'm not an expert in fishing rights or Jersey politics but if I were a betting man I would be putting all my chips on Jersey Government Incompetence

goddamnedtwisto posted:

Extremely bad news that we *still* don't have quarantine or test trace and isolate sorted out so the Indian variant is just ripping through care homes,

BlankSystemDaemon posted:

Is Scotland free to join the Kalmar Union yet?

Apraxin posted:

Gonzo McFee posted:

https://twitter.com/GdnPolitics/status/1390983452577599500?s=19

What a piss weak excuse

Jippa posted:

I had my covid shot this morning. I have stocked up on tins of soup and am waiting.

crispix posted:

lol they thought it would be that easy didn't they

just take a few pictures pointing at things and doing all things that those people who do JOBS do

Unkempt posted:

Had my second Pfizer two weeks ago and now I've got a massive headache and feel like crap.
That might be the result of going to the pub yesterday and getting shitfaced for the first time in 14 months though.

Noxville posted:

I refuse to believe Starmer is nobbing his coworker, it’s too normal and human and relatable

Pesky Splinter posted:

Torn between the breakdown the Tories had when May was in charge, on this ongoing trainwreck as being the funniest.

The former was good in seeing the Tories eat poo poo, but this is enjoyable in sheer spite.

AP posted:

https://twitter.com/jelly_pack/status/1391119401676595204

crispix posted:

Pistol_Pete posted:

I'm starting to think a lot of Labour figures really loving hate Starmer but had been discretely keeping their powder dry before now.

Guavanaut posted:

Can't stand that Nicola Sturgeon she wants to put Scotland on a different country

Aidan_702 posted:

https://twitter.com/RepKevinBoyle/status/1391746352888025090?s=20

lol what

The Question IRL posted:

My understanding of the Omagh bombing (as summed up by the Judge in a court case) was essentially that the plan was for a Car Bomb to be driven and parked outside the court house in Omagh for Saturday afternoon.

The problem was when the guy tried to do this, somebody had already parked their car there and the car bomb got parked down the street and not at the designated spot.
Then the command section calls in the warning with the registered code word, but its based on the car being in court house not the second place in down town Omagh.

As soon as the authorities get the warning, they start moving people away from the courthousr, unaware that they are funneling people towards where the actual car bomb is in downtown.

A horrible situation and I'm not justifying what happened, but I think it's an example that sometimes tiny real world things (like not being able to get a parking space) can have huge unintended consequences.

crispix posted:

of course in the new GB legislation you'll likely need a blue passport and to recite the full national anthem and to name every monarch since aethelred the unready

goddamnedtwisto posted:

Gonna assume that it's not good news that Johnson's almost half an hour late for this covid briefing. Also I'm just going to assume the announcement will be exactly the same as the Scottish one and that existing restrictions will remain in place for at least another couple of weeks.

goddamnedtwisto posted:

Some of my favourite pubs are around Shoreditch. The real trick, as with any area, is to avoid any pub that someone with a haircut says is good.

bump_fn posted:

https://twitter.com/_MichaelOswell_/status/1393195472844697602

Morningwoodpecker posted:

Buy a humane trap and don't kill them, exile them instead.

Tesseraction posted:

At uni once I opened the cupboard the bread is stored in and pulled it by the bag only to find it was just the crust hollowed out from the back of the cupboard by a motherfucking mouse who was still there and looking at me with what felt like a hint of smugness before fleeing.

stev posted:

This sounds sensible and efficient. As long as the kettle has a good filter.

mediaphage posted:

i do like a cuppa with just a hint of cloacal gel

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

Of no particular relevance:
I'm on a training course this week, every evening on zoom for an hour. Yesterday and today so far the trainer has waffled on about herself, her son's girlfriend seems to ring the door bell exactly 5 mins after it starts every time, spends 10 mins reading all the comments in the chat which are 'hello everybody, I'm Jae from UK' type stuff.
Yesterday she waffled on for half an hour, we're now 16 minutes into this and she is still waffling on about herself.
Grrr.
I can't check out from this as it is a legal thing I have to do.

keep punching joe posted:

Here's my hot take, belief in elfs and goblins comes from racial memory of interactions with other extinct human species, I have nothing to back this up and no research.