Guavanaut posted:

I like the sidebar. "The Conservatives have delivered improvements in quality of life and employment, but we can't do the green new deal stuff because people are barely making ends meet and can't afford their gas bills, anyway we need to focus on people's priorities rather than what we think they want, so more controls on immigration."

Maugrim posted:

The money went out this morning of course, but from a quick Google I get the impression that it's my responsibility as tenant to make sure the rent gets to his account by the 1st. Is that correct? I guess that would mean I need to move the standing order to like the 28th or something.

He's an extremely spiteful guy so we put a lot of effort into not pissing him off or ever having contact with him if possible.

Jakabite posted:

Chip advice needed, goons.

So, the other day I made what I think might just be the perfect chip.

Boiled for longer than you'd think you'd need, skin on, in salty water, until the skin starts to fall off. Put the chipped potatoes in while the water is still cold though to ensure even cooking. Meanwhile heat duck fat in a baking tray in a fan oven at 200. Once chips are boiled, colander and shake vigorously. Leave to dry off for 10-15 minutes while the fat gets super hot and finish with a pat dry with kitchen roll. Then put em in the boiling hot fat and stick em in the oven for 25. Flip after 25 and leave for another 30. Take em out, onto a plate covered in kitchen roll, then pat dry again with kitchen roll. Is there anything, other than maybe some rosemary, I could be doing better? I really feel like I've got this down to a fine art but I'm always looking to improve my chip game.

Flour perhaps? It feels like it might be over kill as they're already very crispy. I might try with bigger spuds as the King Edwards I'm using do make a quite small chip.

OwlFancier posted:

Personally I'm all for blair being knighted, seems an entirely appropriate fit.

forkboy84 posted:

Always useful to get a reminder that the legal system exists to protect property rights over pretty much everything else.

quote:

The PCS and Care4Calais intend to challenge the lawfulness of redirecting boats out of UK waters and back to France.

The union said the policy “contravenes international law and is morally reprehensible”, and could expose Border Force officials to risk of prosecution.
Even if the court application is unsuccessful, the union has not ruled out industrial action and officials refusing to carry out the pushbacks.

The PCS general secretary, Mark Serwotka, said: “The legality of the pushbacks policy is in serious question, and it is right that the court decides whether it is unlawful to turn back Channel boats. We cannot have a situation where our members could be open to potential civil and criminal action for implementing a policy that they do not agree with and know is not safe.

“Although we are hoping for a positive outcome from the legal proceedings, people should be in no doubt PCS strongly opposes this policy, on moral and humanitarian grounds, and we will not rule out industrial action to prevent it being carried out.”

Clare Moseley, the founder of Care4Calais, said: “The proposed policy deprioritises the UK’s duty under domestic and international law to save lives at sea. It is for good reason that this duty is a cornerstone of international maritime law. If eroded, I fear it will enable the UK to devalue lives at sea.”

“It risks opening the gates to the horrific scenes we are seeing in the Mediterranean,” she added.

A Home Office spokesperson said: “As part of our ongoing operational response and to prevent further loss of life at sea, we continue to test a range of safe and legal options to stop small boats making this dangerous and unnecessary journey.

“These all comply and are delivered in accordance with both domestic and international law. Our New Plan for Immigration will also overhaul the broken asylum system and reduce many of the historic pull factors.”

Despite the home secretary’s pledge to make crossings an “infrequent phenomenon” by spring 2020, more than 36,000 people have succeeded in reaching the UK in the last two years.

The government continues to consider various options to tackle the issue and has invited businesses to a non-disclosure-agreement-bound meeting in the hope of hearing “innovative ideas”.

Apraxin posted:

Remember the outcry a few months ago when a judge decided not to jail a neo-Nazi who downloaded 70,000 white supremacist documents and bomb-making manuals, and ordered him to read some classic literature instead? Well, good news everyone:

OwlFancier posted:

Having attempted to play aurora 4x I think I am literally more qualified to fight the space war than elon musk is.

Barry Foster posted:

This is loving insane

JeremoudCorbynejad posted:

I've been trying to wind people up by calling a negative LFT result "neggers"

HopperUK posted:

I am half an inch from burnout, friends. Today I sat on the stairs at work and cried for fifteen minutes. I'm so tired.

OwlFancier posted:

Sending internet hugs to you, hopper, which are probably more pleasant than in person hugs especially at the moment.

fuctifino posted:

https://twitter.com/LOS_Fisher/status/1481262033446264834

OwlFancier posted:

If you invented a machine that rapidly stuffed monarchs through a crown, you could legislate at close to the speed of light.

smellmycheese posted:

Deranged twat he may be but he did actually succeed in getting the Today programme to have a debate about whether the main entrance to their studios should have a paedophile’s statue of an old man fondling a naked boy directly above it

Gonzo McFee posted:

https://twitter.com/FT/status/1480939293380071427

You should all say sorry to me as ever I'm right about everything.

smellmycheese posted:

fuctifino posted:

Jaeluni Asjil posted:

Wasn't there a Philip K Dick novel where there was a helicopter following someone about? I looked through the bibliography but nothing seemed to mention it though I thought it was Time Out of Joint.
(Haven't read any PKD for decades).

Private Speech posted:

That's literally the first nice and human thing I've heard about Boris tbh.

Barry Foster posted:

And along with the whinging from the IWantToSpeakToTheManagerOfCovid types, you also get the more passive consent manufacturing

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59970281

"The only major curve ball would be a new variant that can outcompete Omicron and cause significantly more severe disease."

Surely such a thing will never happen, though

E sorry, I'm gonna stop after this, my new year's resolution was to stop relentlessly spreading negativity around. I can only plead that I'm cross and frustrated because I'm on day 17 of being sick (and it's not even covid)

josh04 posted:

Incredibly odd libertarian turn in the thread imo, bringing out "the free market will provide so there's no need for a socialised alternative", "gently caress you got my youtube videos" and even "taxation is theft".

Endjinneer posted:

What if all penises were registered on the cockchain?

josh04 posted:

It suggests that the wheels have come off a bit in the Home Office if the things that usually get blocked by their physical impossibility are being briefed.

Red Oktober posted:

you wouldn’t encrypt a CHILD