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Recent political stuff:
- The vote to see if Britain should adopt Alternative Voting has failed.
- Lib Dems lose lots of councils and councillors, whilst Labour make the majority of the gains in England.
- The Scottish National Party do really well in the elections.
A link to the BBC politics page containing relevant information.
Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 3rd 2023 at 11:15:30 AM
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I swear.... if I actually hear anyone say that I will punch them... that pisses me off more than it should...
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We can say goodbye to any electronic transactions if that happens.
Not that it's anything new (the US government tried to get the creator of Pretty Good Privacy done on the basis that the software counted as arms dealing).
edited 26th Mar '17 12:00:44 PM by Bisected8
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This got killed the last time by banks pointing out this would make online banking impossible to safely carry out. It's politics by people who have watched too many films where the heroes use 'secret backdoors' to save the day and who don't have a clue how real life technology actually works.
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
I mean the paper is always offensive, sexist and moronic, but it never hurts to evidence it.
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... <shrugs> I await the next barrel they find to scrape with no baited breath at all.
Oh, bother.
...What.
Seriously, WTF?!
JFC, the supermarket tabloids I used to see in the supermarket when I was a kid had more class and decor than this shit!
Disgusted, but not surprised
Field Marshal of Cracked
this is a paper that openly supported the Nazi's, nothing should surprise you
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The Scottish Parliament has voted to allow a request for another independence vote.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-39422747
The train has no breaks.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Field Marshal of Cracked
now where did I put the list.....
- ticks "new Scottish referendum" off "I told you so" list
Head in the sand politics again: MPs walk out of committee meeting because Brexit report 'too gloomy'.
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
I don't think anyone was arguing with you. That would be rather like arguing that the Earth isn't going to be spinning tomorrow.
Though the posters in the European politics thread brought up a good point. Scotland doesn't just transfer from UK to EU. It has to stand on its own for a while. I wonder if the implications of that could make the result of any referendum something different than lolf***yes!.
Then there's what the May government does with the request. It'll look a bit odd flatly denying a referendum when her entire government is devoted to carrying out one.
Wow. The policy makers of a Great Power are basically sticking their fingers in their ears and going "La la la, I can't hear you."
Wow.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
It's interesting to note the Brexit voters who claimed they were motivated by the desire to see their grandchildren living in a sovereign state while their grandchildren were voting Remain and claim they feel betrayed by their grandparents' generation (and who don't feel their sovereignty was the issue their grandparents' felt it was); they seem to handle it by dismissing their grandchildren's points of view as 'you're too young to know what's good for you' — even if the grandchildren are adult and parents themselves.
This is why families were divided by Brexit, and remain divided now.
edited 6th Jul '17 1:52:18 PM by Wyldchyld
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
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It begins, officially. Best of luck to you Brits with that.
It's so, so stupid. Well, 70s brown-outs, black-outs and multiple other economic woes, welcome back.
I'd hoped to never see you again, but... hey.
Leaked draft resolution sets out the EU's negotiating position.
Shockingly it doesn't boil down to "give them everything they want" like we were told it would.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
Field Marshal of Cracked
what, you mean the rest of the world isn't bending over backwards to give a small island nation off the north coast of France everything it wants because it threw a hissy fit? I am SHOCKED!
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Oh, bother.
Apparently the Brexiteers forgot the UK wasn't a mighty empire anymore.
Field Marshal of Cracked
what are you talking about? we're called GREAT Britain! that makes us greater than all the others as we're GREAT Britain! GREAT is in out name!
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One thing I have wanted to do for a while is to start an online petition about officially removing the word Great from the country's name as it is nothing but encourage arrogance and is utterly pointless.
edited 29th Mar '17 5:34:50 AM by SebastianGray
Knowledge is Power, Guard it Well
Field Marshal of Cracked
the name basically means greater than Brittany, a small province in the north west of France
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It's not that small, though the administrative region (smaller than the historical duchy of Brittany because it doesn't include the département where Nantes is) is one of the smallest since the merging in 2015 (Brittany was unchanged, while other regions were merged).
Pronounced YAK-you-luss
He will be duly ignored.
Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
You're forgetting that young people are too stupid to know what's best for them.
Also looks like Rudd is doubling down on the calls to ban data encryption again
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edited 26th Mar '17 4:32:21 AM by Deadbeatloser22
"Yup. That tasted purple."