deanb Posted January 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2016 http://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/83208344-218d-4c43-9300-ca78c374b875 Parliamentary discussion on banning Trump from UK (It's some hours long so spoiler alert: He's able to come to UK but begrudgingly..while taking the mick out of him. Mainly it didn't go to vote, but hey got to actually take the piss out of Trump and it's all fine cos parliament.). http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35345279 edit: Bit of a highlight reel 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35418272 Neat look at some of the plans put forward for London after the great fire. Knew of Wren's design from school, neat to see the others (also a little bit on other cities such as Chicago n such) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35595530 Not quite politics, but a look at changing trends in British food over the decades (turns out we record this shit) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35621079 23rd June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Can you add a poll in here with A. From uk, want to stay B. From uk, we should leave C. Not from uk, you should stay D. Not from uk you should leave And any other responses you can think would be useful? Might be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 And done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/this-map-shows-which-countries-most-want-britain-to-stay-in-the-eu--bk0H4iWXRx This is a very short article, it also shows which countries most want uk to leave. It does show also that uk itself is at 10% "net remain" I.e. Ten percent more want to stay in Europe than leave. I would imagine the leavers would be more motivated to vote though so with only ten percent in it the result of a vote may not reflect majority opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 How did Obama and Cameron fall out? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35761366 I'll pop this in here since other thread is more about presidential race atm (you wouldn't think that's end of year n EU vote in a few months ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 What is the feeling among the general population about the importance of that "special relationship"? I've always had the impression the US isn't especially well-liked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 I think it's pretty mixed. On one hand it's kinda nice to hang around with a hard power, as much as we're sort of an "in" as a soft-power with many nations; commonwealth, Europe n such for you guys. On the other hand the Blair-Bush relationship sort of led to some pretty toxic results, which is why I think in his first few months Obama kinda distanced and snubbed UK a bit (which didn't set things off on a great foot which continues to this day). And yeah, Cameron is a bit naf so trying to appeal to UK through him would be a bad idea. I think in general we're keen on Obama at least. But obviously US is seen a bit extreme of late with the shootings n such, and Trump is kinda scary. Tories have power until 2020, though if it's Cameron all that time is to be seen, which'll line up with your next election I believe too so likely from 2020 will be a "renew" of that, otherwise over the next few years likely to be a distant. Especially if we leave EU. If you can pally with Merkel that's more sensible use of time. Especially as Tories are trying to befriend China which is a bit of a "uhhhh", alongside the whole "leaving the EU" thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 So IDS has resigned, claiming it's cos the disability cuts but it's pretty clear it's over the whole "Brexit"(hate that term) divide. IDS has been happy to push for a bunch of extremely unsavoury anti-disabled/poor reforms for years as head of DWP. Good riddance, though hoping his replacement is better but given voting record not likely. He's right to be attacking the coked up shit stain of humanity we call Chancellor, and unlikely he'd ever make PM but Camerons days are looking glummer by the hour. Doubt he'll make it to the end of this term, especially after the EU vote. Gonna be good watching in the lead up to the EU vote to see the Tories tear themselves apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) True UK fact; the nerd in the red shorts will one day be running the United Kingdom!! He'll probably end up marrying the one holding that old lady's bag. Edited April 21, 2016 by The Cowboy Poet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 And Canada (and many other nations) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Dear GCHQ, not everyone here thinks George looks like a nerd. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 And Canada (and many other nations) Nah we're actually merging with the US, manifest destiny and all that. Plus we've decided we love guns and Trump. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 I can think of a limited number of situations where Trump and guns are a pleasing combo. None end well for Trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Distinct feeling most of these are on purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Snicker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 In other news, Ken Livingstone was last seen hiding in a toilet while the press ask him to clarify his position on Adolf Hitler being a Zionist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 https://twitter.com/MrKenShabby/status/725659102161063936 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/2/schedule/1/enacted Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 came into power today, with the main aim of cracking down on "legal highs". Now I'm all for cracking down on "legal highs" given they can be made of pretty much anything, some oregano with crushed bath bomb mixed in for all you know. And that's bad and dangerous. Problem is they've written such a vague and broad law that they've had to exempt: medicine alcohol nicotine & tobacco caffeine food Food! Anything that induces a "psychoactive effect" pretty much is outlawed, but so much affects us in that way. Even chocolate which you give to kids! And it's super stupid to crack down on "legal highs" and then exempt alcohol and nicotine which are known to be seriously damaging to health and society at large. I don't know who said it but something along lines of "if alcohol was invented today it'd be outlawed". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Yeah, alcohol and nicotine are massively grandfathered in for historic cultural reasons that have nothing to do with their harm/benefit balance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) I think the idea behind these laws is to make sure that new substances are vetted before they are released to the public en masse. Yes, nicotine and alcohol are harmful, but we know what the harms are, generally. What's silly is when the harms are relatively mild but a substance still is not allowed to be sold, even in a regulated way that would minimize the risk. I'm talking about marijuana, people. Legalize it posthaste. ETA: I do not mean that we should legalize the weird synthetic marijuana that has prompted these laws. Edited May 26, 2016 by Mr. GOH! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Yeah, alcohol and nicotine are massively grandfathered in for historic cultural tax gathering reasons that have nothing to do with their harm/benefit balance. Fixed that for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 It's not primarily tax reasons though, if it were marijuana would be legal and they'd just tax the shit out of it. Really it's more to do with the fact that "respectable" people used alcohol and nicotine when drugs were starting to be regulated, and undesirables used marijuana and other drugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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