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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.
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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 3rd 2023 at 11:15:30 AM
For an advocate of national self-determination, Farage sure does like to meddle with other countries' political affairs. I guess it's okay when Britain does it.
edited 11th Sep '17 3:50:01 AM by DrDougsh
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Farage is the kind of berk that follows money beyond all else. And, Putin is probably waving a lot of dosh in front of his nose.
Apparently some places down there still haven't been surveyed after the hurricane strike.
Telegraph article quoting words like "found wanting", "pathetic" and ""In Anguilla, Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Turks and Caicos, our response still requires improvement and the arrival of HMS Ocean in two weeks’ time will be later than any of us would wish.
"Experts and many in the area have been critical of the overall level of relief currently on offer as well as the apparent lack of forward-thinking once the storm’s route to Florida became more than just a possibility.""
edited 11th Sep '17 4:14:36 AM by SeptimusHeap
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
I'm a little surprised not to be hearing a peep here about the latest iteration of the Brexit Bill, particularly the part that would allow May and the cabinet to rewrite (any?) existing legislation without going through Parliament.
edited 12th Sep '17 1:46:18 PM by Elle
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
That article is 6 months old? Anything more recent?
edited 12th Sep '17 1:51:08 PM by 3of4
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I mostly know that it passed some key vote yesterday.
It passed the second reading, which I think means that Parliament allows "it to be discussed on the floor of the house".
For comparisons sake, it's the same logic behind McCain's vote to allow the ACA repeal bill to be discussed. It doesn't rule out parliament voting down the bill in its third reading. And judging by some of the comments made by MPs in last night's debate then there are going to have to be changes to the bill before it will pass.
And, that's before the Lords gets their chance to maul it.
The Mail is probably oiling its ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE stamp as we speak.
"Yup. That tasted purple."
The particular bill was adjusted before it went to the reading because a number of politician felt that it would depower the parliament too much. I admit, I have no idea how it looks now...I was too busy laughing about Bo Jo suddenly realizing that the UK actually needs the EU for a proper defence strategy and Hammond blabbering on about looking at the border between Norway and Sweden for a solution for the Ireland problem. Not sure what he hopes to see there. It's a Schengen border, they have exactly the same agreement the UK didn't want to be part of even when it was still part of the EU, and while only Sweden is part of the EU, Norway is part of EFTA, meaning it follows all the rules of the EU, but without having actual say in them.
Norway is an EU member with an asterisk at this point.
Plus, even if the EU didn't exist, Norway and Sweden would still operate under Nordic Council (free movement of people and labor across the Nordic borders) rules.
The Irish have all the right in the world to tell the Brits to fuck off.
edited 13th Sep '17 3:53:15 AM by math792d
Still not embarrassing enough to stan billionaires or tech companies.
Brexit Mythbusting
"Immigrants are taking all our jobs"
British workers haven’t been losing out to foreign labour, survey finds
"British car industry will thrive outside the EU"
Brexit uncertainty jeopardises UK car production, Toyota warns
Here we go again.
edited 13th Sep '17 4:19:02 AM by Deadbeatloser22
"Yup. That tasted purple."
In short: "welcome back to 1972". (Reasons why we joined the EEC in the first place, you blithering Tory idiots.)
I swear; too many people bought into "Labour Isn't Working" to notice that most of the 80s uptick had little to do with Thatcher. Now we get to see: being in Europe was key.
edited 13th Sep '17 4:31:27 AM by Euodiachloris
It's called "congruence bias".
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Yeah but she's basically Jesus for the Conservatives these days. Suggesting she's not the greatest thing to ever happen to this country isn't really allowed.
Captain of the Dead City
IF you're a conservative. She's not well-liked down here in South Wales 
United Earth
And yet they fired her, didn't they?
Captain of the Dead City
The Tory party have a proud tradition of backstabbing. Plus she was losing popularity, introducing a tax that causes riots will do that.
"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
United Earth
They proclaim her Jesus, crucify her, and worship her tortured corpse, not necessarily in that order?
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Captain of the Dead City
They worshipped her while she did good (by their standards), dumped her once she became a potential liability, and remember the "good" she does, worship her for that and, in the case of Cameron and Osborne, try to finish off what she started.
"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
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And ignore her extreme authoritarian streak when it comes to the police charging striking miners (and having the media reverse the footage) and ordering the criminal brutality known as the Battle of the Bean Field, every damn officer involved in that should be rounded up and charged with GBH and attempted murder at least
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Can we please not recreate the Nuremberg trials with mostly-retired police officers?
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Field Marshal of Cracked
They took their numbers off and brutally assaulted people, don't see why they should not be prosecuted, even if justice took longer than it should....
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Captain of the Dead City
It'll be hard to get anything to stick in court tbh.
"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
edited 11th Sep '17 2:06:26 AM by Euodiachloris