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    Original OP 
(I saw Allan mention the lack of one so I thought I'd make one.)

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 Jun 7th 2024 at 4:50:10 PM

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Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#21602: May 6th 2016 at 3:42:02 PM

[up][up] I think the biggest objection came from Jo Johnson, who is the science/universities minister (an Etonian history graduate who is pro-Europe).

[up] Eh, been there, done that. They get silly names unofficially anyway. [lol]

edited 28th May '17 10:15:01 AM by Wyldchyld

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Field Marshal of Cracked
#21603: May 6th 2016 at 3:46:37 PM

a Johnson? that explains a lot... that bloody family is like a plague...

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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#21604: May 6th 2016 at 3:52:14 PM

Yeah using the name for the remotely operated sub makes sense, honestly they should have had a better system that didn't allow write ins.

Take the top five acceptable names from the public poll and then run another poll with just thouse names, that way the public get to pick the name, but from a pre-approved list of acceptable names.

Some idiots on the internet don't get to make a joke out of the works of serious people in a risky environment. If something goes wrong on the ship and somebody dies (which with it being an arctic vessel could happen) no family should be told "your [family member] died helping other aboard Boaty Mc Boatface", it's the same reason we don't give military operations stupid names.

edited 6th May '16 3:53:23 PM by Silasw

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Hooded Crow
#21605: May 6th 2016 at 4:02:20 PM

[up]AFAIK military ops get named by a computer. Also, I asked a friend in the US Navy about serving on-board a boat named "Boaty McBoatface" and her reaction was

Why.
Just why.

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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#21606: May 6th 2016 at 4:07:15 PM

The US tends to use logo style names now but during WW 2 names were randomly generated, but silly names got removed if they were generated, because nobody wants to die on a stupidly named mission. Covert ops used similar systems, though with some theme naming, Operation gold was similar to operation silver, generally however the idea was to avoid being smart and showing ones hand, like the Germans did by naming something after Odin.

edited 6th May '16 4:09:24 PM by Silasw

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Hooded Crow
#21607: May 6th 2016 at 4:20:23 PM

Well, the Israeli ops computer threw up stuff like "Operation Mole Cricket 19" and "Operation Rooster 53" in days past. Today they're going more for the symbolic, though.

On empty crossroads, seek the eclipse -- for when Sol and Lua align, the lost shall find their way home.
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#21608: May 6th 2016 at 4:29:12 PM

London called for Khan, still no word on the Assembly.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
Pronounced YAK-you-luss
#21609: May 6th 2016 at 6:08:27 PM

Mind you, Britain is no stranger to ships with silly names doing dangerous things. We've had no less than four warships called HMS Cockchafer - and yes, I know that that's a type of insect, but the slang meaning's been around since the Stuarts. The Gay-class, including the Gay Archer and Gay Viking, showed up after the slang creep, too.

What's precedent ever done for us?
Michael So that's what this does Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
So that's what this does
#21610: May 7th 2016 at 1:26:25 AM

Personally, I think that the reason they named the sub Boaty McBoatface was to stop people using the name as a nickname for the ship. Had they not done so then the crew would sometimes have used Boaty as a nickname for the ship, but now people will think they mean the sub so they can't do that.

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#21611: May 7th 2016 at 2:48:16 AM

[up]Nah. Would've become McBoat or Mickey — as in "take the". smile

edited 7th May '16 2:49:03 AM by Euodiachloris

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#21613: May 7th 2016 at 4:34:39 AM

Technically in naval parlance a submarine is already a boat.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
Last_Hussar Since: Nov, 2013
#21614: May 7th 2016 at 9:28:14 AM

[up]Ships have masts, Subs don't, which is why it's a boat!

Serving on HMS Hyacinth may not sound butch, but pity any U-Boat commander who had to report he was depth-charged HMS Hyacinth!

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Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#21615: May 7th 2016 at 10:26:58 AM

... There has to have been an HMS Daisy... Oh, there were two, at least: a "Cheerful" class gunboat and a glorified tug. grin

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V
#21616: May 7th 2016 at 10:39:23 AM

There was also a Dog and Cat — but the less said about that the better...

Keep Rolling On
GeekCodeRed Since: Sep, 2010
#21617: May 7th 2016 at 11:29:40 AM

I'm quite fond of the four fighters stationed in the Falklands: Faith, Hope and Charity.

The fourth? Is kept in reserve in case anything happens to one of the other three. It's called Desperation.

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V
#21618: May 7th 2016 at 11:58:12 AM

[up] Named, as the tale goes, after four Sea Gladiators stationed at the start of the Battle of Malta in World War II — the event that led to the entire island being awarded the highest civilian Honour, the George Cross.

Keep Rolling On
TommyR01D Since: Feb, 2015
#21619: May 7th 2016 at 2:01:57 PM

It has now been one year since the exit poll.

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#21620: May 7th 2016 at 4:27:05 PM
Thumped: Wow. That was rude. Too many of this kind of thump will bring a suspension. Please keep it civil.
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Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#21621: May 7th 2016 at 5:39:22 PM

Takes two to tango.

If Britain jumps ship on the EU, Scotland will jump ship on Britain to stay with the EU. Funny how that works...

Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
V
#21622: May 7th 2016 at 10:31:13 PM

[up] If the EU will let Scotland stay in — otherwise they will have to join from scratch.

Keep Rolling On
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#21624: May 8th 2016 at 12:11:09 AM

At one point I think that Spain was threatening to block an independent Scotland from joining at all, so as to scare it's own independence wanting regions. At least with the first referendum there was a lot of evidence suggesting that a Scotland that broke from the UK would have to join from scratch.

[up]X4 Please don't go there.

edited 8th May '16 12:12:50 AM by Silasw

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
optimusjamie Since: Jun, 2010
#21625: May 8th 2016 at 12:14:19 AM

Would they be able to block it?

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