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I can see that getting a lot of support, actually...
Tief girl with eartude
Didn't he say he "didn't care about politics"?
You know what that makes me think of....
BBC: Stagecoach and Virgin win East Coast mainline rail franchise
The firms promised to invest £140m in the route over eight years, and will pay the government £3.3bn for the contract.
The franchise, which covers the route between London and Edinburgh, has been publicly run since 2009.
And of course everyone is complaining about how evil profit is.
edited 27th Nov '14 3:23:40 AM by Deadbeatloser22
"Yup. That tasted purple."
Pronounced YAK-you-luss
...He calls his staffers the "people's army"? That's a bit worrying.
Never seen a mosque that looks like that, ever.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Arches, domes, spikey bits. Easy mistake to make (if you haven't a clue what a Byzantine basilica looks like)... 
It doesn't look like a stereotypical Christian Place of Worship though, which is probably where the confusion started.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
...Uh... but it does. It's a typical basilica style. <_< You can't get more traditional. Heck, even "the more typical" Gothic cathedrals are based on that template.
Even the patterns can be found in them (granted, a lot of them got whitewashed over during the Reformation, but you can still reconstruct the paint jobs).
edited 27th Nov '14 9:28:40 AM by Euodiachloris
(whacked)
edited 27th Nov '14 9:29:41 AM by Deadbeatloser22
"Yup. That tasted purple."
Tief girl with eartude
Andrew Mitchell 'probably called police plebs', judge rules
Hmm, I was under the impression that the opposite was true?
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I saw that on the DP this afternoon — Andrew Neil did quip that some UKIP members probably didn't know the difference between Catholics and Muslims...
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edited 27th Nov '14 2:49:45 PM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling On
A procrastination in of itself
I never realised how tanned the stone on the cathedral actually is. In fairness the picture the Guardian used was obviously taken on the one sunny day we had in London this year.
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
The Heil's going to have a fucking field day with that one.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
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I also "knew" (barely saw him) a Lithuanian who was involved in crime — after the Police caught up with him, he disappeared from the house, presumably back to Lithuania.
Keep Rolling On
Pronounced YAK-you-luss
Hmm, I was under the impression that the opposite was true?
Apparently not. From the Guardian's article on the story:
In his judgment at the end of the £3m joint libel trial, Mitting described PC Toby Rowland, the police officer who claimed the MP had used the word, as a “rather old fashioned police officer” who was “well-suited to his job” as a member of the Diplomatic Protection Group, and that he believed him.
“He is not the sort of man who had the wit, the imagination or the inclination” to “invent in the spur of the moment what a senior cabinet minister would have said to him” Mitting said, in a ruling which took over two hours.
Neither, Mitting said, did Rowland have the inclination to “perform the pantomime which the invention would require”.
edited 27th Nov '14 3:27:56 PM by Iaculus
What's precedent ever done for us?
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But still, afterwards the Police used whatever happened for their own ends.
A procrastination in of itself
Even if the word pleb was used, there's still the fact that the official report of the incident was doctored.
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
Mmm, what is up with the "old fashioned" etc stuff? Seems like a red herring to me.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
HGW XX/7
Mmm, who to believe? The fuzz or a Tory cabinet minister?
Both are equally capable of lying.
Schild und Schwert der Partei
Mmmm... that's a tough one. Do I get to phone a friend?
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Neither?
HGW XX/7
Yes, but Special Branch will record the call.
Schild und Schwert der Partei
And the flag guy continues to dig a bigger hole for himself
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What's precedent ever done for us?