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Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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The Question IRL posted:

You'll have to narrow that down.

There is an Irish former TD (the Irish equivalent of an MP) who also makes programmes about trains. Though from what I heard, nobody thinks he is a knobhead in real life. (Politically is another story.)

It's Portillo

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Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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Jakabite posted:

Fahrenheit actually is quite a good system imo. I had it explained to me by an American once that 100 is hot, 0 is really cold. That seems to make sense to me. That said I like centigrade because a few degrees is actually significant.

I just treated myself to an EOS850D. I now need to learn to take actually good photos. It’s quite nifty though, and the touch screen isn’t a massive pain in the arse like on a GoPro. I’d forgotten how satisfying the little clicky noise cameras make is.

good news

100 is hot and 0 really cold in centigrade

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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Realising that the collapse is real and just getting tired and sighing. Just journalism things.

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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starting to get a little nervous at people having to go private because there's not a chance in hell of me affording it

i thought we'd get to 2025 before it became obvious that i'm doomed and going to die of something treatable

edit: i just looked into a bupa plan just out of morbid curiosity and i'm hosed anyway because they won't cover pre-existing conditions (coincidentally, also an old shoulder injury that's flaring up), ughhhh i'm literally never getting this fixed

Regarde Aduck fucked around with this message at 07:20 on Sep 21, 2021

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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well centrists still want to win. They're just too stupid to realise their policies lead to stagnation and a slide into reactionary politics. So even they can only cognitive dissonance labours current performance away so much. i think mid way through the pandemic the tories basically 'strongly advised' labour not to play politics at such a time and the stupid bastards actually listened to them. Keith's adviser is literally telling him that the people don't want to see the government criticized for anything right now, like some kind of poundshop Grimer Wormtongue.

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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radmonger posted:

I wonder if politics would work better if instead of being sacked on losing an election, MPs just got relegated to the Welsh assembly or something.

Well, it'd keep them out of trouble because those fuckers have never actively done anything.

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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fuctifino posted:

loving lol.

It would be poetic if he catches it a 2nd time.



between having it and surviving and then getting a vaccine i'd hope he survives because if not we're all hosed

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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WhatEvil posted:

Surprised I haven't seen this ITT:

https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1441318669611520006?s=20

In which Peston blames customers, who have CONSTANTLY been told both that Capitalism is an efficient system because it provides competition which benefits the consumer, and that they should shop around for the best deals and change their energy provider every year, that it's *their "mistakes"* that are having to be paid back and "socialised".

Absolute prick.

Of course he's just being fed lines directly by the Tories.

Absolute prick.

Pestons always been the guy they feed lines to be regurgitated verbatim

Sad thing is I don't think he's in on it.

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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Yeah that was the joke

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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Jaeluni Asjil posted:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-starmer-corbyn-conor-mcginn-wes-streeting-b1927228.html

Didn't realize Wes Streeting was also in that extremist Labour First group along with Nuke Whatsit.

Fk 'em, Dano, Murder 1.

if anyone here is still planning to vote for labour in the future then i ask that you take a good long look at this poo poo

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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Labour is dead

stop propping it up

let them have their tory-lite party that will never win. If that means splintering into 100 new efforts then at least it would be a start.

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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labour already spinning the resignation as a good thing for keith actually

seriously, if you haven't already, leave

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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Communist Thoughts posted:

LOL I did work with the people doing this stuff, at the end an old dude took us aside and admitted it wasn't going to happen and was just a vanity project for an MP

this is a relief tbh

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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HopperUK posted:

Well my resignation went through. I was going to try sticking it out on the basis that left-wingers leaving will just lurch the party further to the right but I can't stay a member of the party in good conscience with what they're coming out with now. I'll join again if it starts to represent my politics. Heartbroken tbh.

The way I see it, the right won. So you're not helping them win by leaving. They won and will only torment you if you stay. You should still have hope, it's just whatever form the left takes going forward will not be with Labour.

Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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Failed Imagineer posted:

Yeah, if you have coin we have wares. The craic won't exactly be 100%, but it's still nice

the coin isn't going very far lately

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Regarde Aduck
Oct 19, 2012

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Antigravitas posted:


I think we are currently still at the stage of

Normally i'd agree. But the thing is the guys in charge of this poo poo show also find this hilarious. None of it's going to effect them. The rich and powerful are going to grind this country to dust and walk away to do it again to some place else.

Like, if the EU has some kind of hilarious retaliation that actually stings the inbred shower of cunts we call a government, could they please try that instead?

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