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Post by otto on Jun 27, 2024 9:14:07 GMT
Maybe we should do it like Jury Selection. Isn't that how the ancient greeks or someone used to do it? OG Democracy. Yes, the Athenians appointed people* to the Council by lottery. They also had ostracism, a fantastic system whereby every citizen* wrote someone's name on a pottery shard ('ostrakos') and dropped it in a pot, the person whose name came up the most was exiled for a year. If we'd had ostracism I guarantee that Johnson and Farage would never have made it in public life. * people/citizens ie adult men who weren't slaves
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Post by Whizzo on Jun 27, 2024 10:58:47 GMT
The Telegraph's mental collapse continues.
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Post by X201 on Jun 27, 2024 11:15:44 GMT
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Post by brokenkey on Jun 27, 2024 11:30:02 GMT
Sunak says shit like that while wearing a £3000 suit. the jacket looked ok, but the trousers had that worn polyester shine.
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Post by Whizzo on Jun 27, 2024 12:20:34 GMT
The Greg Hands twitter thread is bizarre, I think the bloke is an utter twat of the highest order so would never defend him, but there's a lot of people who clearly need an eye test if they think the woman in the video is the same one as the Tory councillor.
Still it's nice that Ol' Greggy isn't tweeting about that fucking letter, it's refreshing.
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Post by Psiloc on Jun 27, 2024 12:26:14 GMT
Make it make sense.
I've got an "Aunt" (friend of family) who I would describe as a genuinely really nice woman, her major fault being a complete and utter lack of discipline for her children. And who am I to judge, but:
She is a great-grandmother in her 50s Her two daughters are complete tearaways, involved with gangs She raised her own grandchildren, none of which have the same father She raises her own great-grandchildren, none of which have the same father All in free social housing, though daughters evicted a lot due to sex parties No-one other than her husband have ever worked a day in their lives Said husband now retired from blue collar job due to terminal illness
...and I've just learned they all normally vote Conservative. They are, at least, now wasting their vote on Reform which is good, but their reasoning is that immigrants come over here and "get all the benefits".
I know that a historical attack line is that Labour are the scroungers party, but it turns out that actual scroungers are so thick that they actually vote on the right
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Post by Psiloc on Jun 27, 2024 12:28:12 GMT
I know I'm dangerously close to attacking people who are in a terrible situation. But Jesus Christ how does this logic even work
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jun 27, 2024 13:40:14 GMT
It's nothing new though, right? Put the blame on the outsiders for all the problems, and promise things will be better if only those pesky outsiders could be dealt with. But somehow there's always another group to blame.
At least you're better off than those foreigners who want to come and take what you've got! Don't complain!
(You're only a pawn in their game /dylan)
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Post by Blue_Mike on Jun 27, 2024 13:43:11 GMT
Why is she wearing the credit sequence from Saved By The Bell
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Post by Rich on Jun 27, 2024 14:05:55 GMT
Ha. Just after I get confirmation that a replacement postal ballot will be sorted out, the original vibes through the letter box! Replacement cancelled, and vote completed.
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Post by nazo on Jun 27, 2024 14:11:12 GMT
I’m at a workshop today and I’ve just seen the guy sat next to me like a Nigel Farage tweet. I’m not sure how to handle it.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jun 27, 2024 14:12:45 GMT
Does anywhere nearby sell milkshakes?
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Post by Frog on Jun 27, 2024 14:22:02 GMT
No need to do anything extreme, a quick punch followed by a kick in the bollocks should suffice.
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Post by Whizzo on Jun 27, 2024 14:30:57 GMT
Show him some tofu and he'll run away screaming.
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Post by Whizzo on Jun 27, 2024 14:43:08 GMT
Reform disowning a candidate as they were a BNP member, be more surprising if a large amount of them weren't.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jun 27, 2024 14:46:00 GMT
Spunking all that money on their vetting isn't exactly a great advert for their fiscal prudence
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Post by elstoof on Jun 27, 2024 14:46:40 GMT
My local Reformed Meat canditate’s claim to fame is he protested against ULEZ expansion. That’s it.
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Post by JonFE on Jun 27, 2024 14:47:58 GMT
Sunak says shit like that while wearing a £3000 suit. the jacket looked ok, but the trousers had that worn polyester shine. If only he had Sky TV growing up, to educate him properly in dressing up...
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jun 27, 2024 16:24:49 GMT
Just heard the old lady next door shouting ‘fuck you! Drop dead!’ So I poked my head out to see if she is ok and she’s was just going ham on what appears to be our local Reform candidate.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jun 27, 2024 16:35:48 GMT
Just heard the old lady next door shouting ‘fuck you! Drop dead!’ So I poked my head out to see if she is ok and she’s was just going ham on what appears to be our local Reform candidate. I assumed she was fighting Messmer in Elden Ring.
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Post by Reviewer on Jun 27, 2024 16:51:40 GMT
My local Reformed Meat canditate’s claim to fame is he protested against ULEZ expansion. That’s it. I read that as an independent candidate that was part of a real party called Reformed Meat, thought they'd like green policies so wondered why would they protest against ULEZ. Then I thought my brain has been shit all day today.
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Post by Ulythium on Jun 27, 2024 16:54:47 GMT
Nick's next-door neighbour is my hero. Or my spirit animal. (Maybe both.)
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jun 27, 2024 17:14:07 GMT
She is a fairly standard old English lady but she moved to Spain in her 30s with her Spanish husband and moved back when he died. Assuming she’s not a fan of Brexit.
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Post by Frog on Jun 27, 2024 17:24:54 GMT
She is single as well Uly, get yourself in there.
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Post by Whizzo on Jun 27, 2024 17:28:34 GMT
I'm so shocked that Reform seems to be a haven for racists and homophobes.
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Post by X201 on Jun 27, 2024 17:31:30 GMT
I'm so shocked that Reform seems to be a haven for racists and homophobes. What about the fruitcakes and loonies?
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Post by Dougs on Jun 27, 2024 18:17:16 GMT
It's a broad church
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Post by dfunked on Jun 27, 2024 19:03:48 GMT
Surprisingly inclusive...
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Post by Whizzo on Jun 27, 2024 19:30:30 GMT
Everyone's "favourite" English nationalist cunt has Irish citizenship.
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Post by Danno on Jun 27, 2024 19:38:09 GMT
Just heard the old lady next door shouting ‘fuck you! Drop dead!’ So I poked my head out to see if she is ok and she’s was just going ham on what appears to be our local Reform candidate. I assumed she was fighting Messmer in Elden Ring. You guys live together?
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