deanb Posted September 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 The reaction from Tories, and Cameron especially is deplorable. An utter joke. https://twitter.com/David_Cameron/status/642984909980725248 They must think he's got more to him than I do cos if they figured he was a non-threat and unelectable (as PM, he's certainly proved himself very electable as Labour leader) then they'd likely have kept shut. Day as usual. But parroting this whole "he's a national threat" stuff: https://twitter.com/chris_coltrane/status/642832002845159424is wank. He's probably doing more short-term damage to Labour than anyone else who might be running scared of him. They're now shown to have drifted right over the years and now make this guy who is pretty left throughout seem as a massive extremist in comparison. Obviously a lot of Labour folks are strongly dedicated to the party and democracy if they quit as soon as they don't get their way. Tom Watson is a good egg. I've followed him on twitter for some time. https://twitter.com/tom_watson/status/134568437010800640 One of the guys pushing phone hacking scandal stuff through too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 So he's the UK's Bernie Sanders? #ignorantpoliticalcomparisons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Oh lordy. I check twitter as I go to bed and "piggate" is starting to explode. Word is that back in his Bullingdon Club days our current PM put his willy in a dead pig. And someone took photos. This has coincided with gov't making a deal on exporting pig semen to China which makes it even more hilarious. Those photos come to light he's done for. Not singing the national anthem is one thing, defiling a pig is another. Especially if it's tied to Bullingdon Club that's class included. In other news an army general or whatever (I'm not good at paying to ranks, but I assume kind of high up) essentially committed himself to premeditated treason should Corbyn become PM. Which I'm pretty sure threatening a coup against a future government, potential or not, is one that gets you locked up in the army. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/21/piggate-hameron-twitter-react-david-cameron-pig-head-claims Reactions are great. Also it's now apparently "Hameron". We're undecided on a hashtag it seems. (also minor correction, the chinese thing is a couple years old, just resurfacing due to current events). I imagine as this dies down we'll see more stuff on other events like tax affairs, drug use, etc n other potential scandals. Also there's stuff that'll unfortunately be buried now but DWP lost a case on someone committing suicide after being declared "fit for work". http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/depressed-man-killed-himself-as-a-direct-result-of-dwps-fit-to-work-ruling-coroner-finds-10510305.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 http://uk.isidewith.com/results/1360833243 With results like this you can see why there's a fair bit of vote spoiling in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 I got similar: http://uk.isidewith.com/results/1361195791 Though admittedly I was kind of stabbing in the dark on some of those issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 I noticed there isn't one question about women's rights or the rights of minorities. Do you not have those same issues in the UK? Here are my results. I'm some kind of Hitler-esque commie apparently. http://uk.isidewith.com/results/1361327069?from=EFTABuGBa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Wow Revan, that's errm. Hmm For Ethan I'm slightly surprised since I would guess Lib Dems are pretty far left for you guys. Though if guessing on a few topics might lean to that. I guess stuff like bringing back grammar schools might have thrown you (it threw others). Also how do the Americans that've taken this have a habit of coming up with Sinn Fein? They're an Irish party. One with not unsubstantial links with the IRA. On rights of women and minorities they've largely the same rights as everyone else. I guess a big thing in US for womens rights is abortion whereas over here at school we're like "go to GP, they'll give you morning after pill no questions asked, gone a bit later than that then go to the GP and they'll sort stuff out. 96th trimester abortions are illegal". On a minority front remember for UK, and a large part of Europe (in fact more so in much of Europe) our minorities are sorta more minority. I think in US blacks alone are 13% of pop, whereas I think all minorities combined are 13% over here (edit: yeah, just under). I guess to a degree it's also largely seen as an immigration thing, "what do we do about the ones coming in" than a "what do we do about the folks that are here". I guess overall it's not a huge political point, most of the equality laws in place cover most things regardless of race, gender and creed. (not that we're some equality utopia, still plenty of racism and dicks around) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 (edited) Good for the UK on the good use of the morning after pill! I think I voted for immigration reform, but said something like the UK should do thorough background checks to ensure they are not allowing career criminals to enter. But, don't listen to my conservative ass, as I'm as bad as Donald Trump apparently. Can we rebuild Hadrian's Wall to keep the Normans and the Saxons out? Edit: I know why and who built Hadrian's wall, but it's not as fun as the Normans and the Saxons. Edited September 25, 2015 by TheRevanchist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 For Ethan I'm slightly surprised since I would guess Lib Dems are pretty far left for you guys. Though if guessing on a few topics might lean to that. I guess stuff like bringing back grammar schools might have thrown you (it threw others). Yeah, I just skipped the grammar school one altogether. I'm about the most left-leaning person I've ever met who doesn't actually want to overthrow the government, so yeah they're pretty left by US standards but I am too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 For Ethan I'm slightly surprised since I would guess Lib Dems are pretty far left for you guys. Though if guessing on a few topics might lean to that. I guess stuff like bringing back grammar schools might have thrown you (it threw others). Yeah, I just skipped the grammar school one altogether. I'm about the most left-leaning person I've ever met who doesn't actually want to overthrow the government, so yeah they're pretty left by US standards but I am too. Yeah, but we like you, anyway. I don't care what Dean says about you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 My results. Not sure why it thinks I'm in Liverpool. Green has been top when I've done similar ones before. Slightly disturbed at 61% UKIP agreement, though when I click through to compare it's on things like monarchy and decriminalising drugs so it's not as bad as it looks, especially as it thinks I'm moderately left wing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 http://uk.isidewith.com/results/1365021317no surprises for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/27/david-cameron-denies-lord-ashcroft-allegations-call-me-dave-dead-pig You know he could have stayed quiet on the whole thing and we'd likely have all forgotten by next week, apart from the once in a while chuckle. But actively disputing it just keeps it in the public eye for longer. Also an issue that that's the only thing he's disputing and not accusation of knowingly accepting multi-million pound donations from a non-dom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted October 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34403005 Consumer Rights Act 2015 seems to be pretty big. Gives a statutory 30 day return window for faulty goods and services. This includes not only expected stuff like hoovers and white goods, but digital goods (big for us gamers), and things like catering and phone contracts. Going to be interesting to see how everyone complies. There's some examples on the CAB page: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/how-citizens-advice-works/citizens-advice-consumer-work/the-consumer-rights-act-2015/ Covers digital goods, and F2P stuff too (though only games covered in the F2P example). And the law for any legal people wanting to take a look: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/15/contents/enacted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Fucking consumers, man. They are the absolute biggest bucket of arseholes on the planet. I would happily punch each and everyone of then in the face until my knuckles bleed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Lolwut? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 A seemingly normal person will drop 50 IQ points and/or have a 180 personality change to become a belligerent unreasonable monster the second they step over the threshold of a shop. I'm not even joking. If you have any hope for the future of humanity you have never worked in a shop. If you have, you know we are all fucked and you know we deserve it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 tl;dr working retail sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted October 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-34537841 Boris Johnson laying out a Japanese kid in rugby. Kid's playing rugby, it's to be expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/06/lewes-crowds-brave-rain-to-spark-bonfire-night-celebrations-into-life Burning an effigy of our current PM in the nude holding onto a pigs head. I noticed a substantial reduction in V For Vendetta crap this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 I did as well. I saw one article about how anonymous idea the Guy Fawkes mask from the movie and that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34992032 After voting, we're now at war in Syria. No long term plan other than shoot it enough times and it'll all work out....somehow. Already have several nations doing much the same, I can't see us adding anything to it other than further confusion and friendly-fire and such. Could instead looking into their source of funding, the nations that arm them, the cultural power they have by painting us as muslim-hating warmongerers, and maybe not cheering when we choose to go to war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 I want to "like" that, but only the part about maybe it's not such a good idea, not the part about it happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 1. Based on other coins I believe this means William Shakespeare is now king. 2. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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