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Post by elstoof on Sept 16, 2021 7:04:38 GMT
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Sept 16, 2021 7:07:44 GMT
It’s quite amazing that he got rid of some of the thickest bastards ever to grace the cabinet and replaced them with even bigger morons.
I suppose the talent pool was quite limited but even so…
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Post by Danno on Sept 16, 2021 7:09:33 GMT
It’s quite amazing that he got rid of some of the thickest bastards ever to grace the cabinet and replaced them with even bigger morons. I suppose the talent pool was quite limited but even so… Strong choice of words there |
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Post by elstoof on Sept 16, 2021 7:19:11 GMT
It’s all just a distraction though isn’t it, it scarcely matters who’s in charge of what as they all get their orders from above and they’re just heads on the block. As long as you’re thick enough to think an honorific or two and a few packs of fancy headed paper are fair exchange for sticking your balls in the shredder when they tell you to, the cabinet position is yours
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Post by Zyrr on Sept 16, 2021 10:37:02 GMT
glol
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Post by Dgzter on Sept 16, 2021 10:49:05 GMT
Perfectly timed to hit the media on the very same day some ghoul wheeled out Gordon fucking Brown to tell us how wonderfully inclusive Britain is, and how our four great nations are actually getting closer together rather than further apart.
Particularly enjoyed how he co-opted Raducanu's success at the weekend to really stick it to those nasty right-wing, anti-immigration, anti-EU, nationalists in the SNP. Scottish isolationism truly is the greatest challenge facing global, outward-looking Britain today.
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Post by X201 on Sept 16, 2021 14:39:57 GMT
Could I humbly suggest to HM Govt. that if you want British shows it might be a good idea to stop all of our TV production companies and their intellectual property being bought by fucking American companies.
In other news..."John Whittingdale says he will be "stepping down" as media and data minister. "
Yay!!!
Although they'll probably replace him with another rabid BBC hating Tory.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Sept 16, 2021 14:54:47 GMT
"If you want a vision of the future, imagine Del Boy falling through the bar, forever" - George Orwell
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Post by drhickman1983 on Sept 16, 2021 14:58:20 GMT
To be fair, whilst that's an amusing headline I don't think it's actually too bad an idea. They also cite fleabag as being a good identifiable British show.
I guess what I mean is, the desire to see more British shows instead of copying Americanisms isn't bad in itself.
How you enshrine such a nebulous term in law, and whether you should, are another question.
And it does feel a bit like virtue signalling, because most British shows do "feel" British, for better or worse.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 16, 2021 15:10:17 GMT
Indeed. That's the rub, what exactly is 'britishness' and who gets to decide that.
It's also bound to backfire spectacularly as the types who bang on about Britishness get all uncomfortable when that includes things like brown people existing and doing everyday things which will be argued as having it rammed down their throats and not representative of their Britain.
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Post by drhickman1983 on Sept 16, 2021 15:14:41 GMT
I don't disagree with that point, but the headline insinuates that the version of "British" that is being pushed is the singular version found in Only Fools and Horses. But as Fleabag is cited as an example too, at least it isn't tunnel visioned on one idea of what "British" means.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2021 15:35:06 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58586493'Piers Morgan to launch new show on Rupert Murdoch-owned network' A match made in heaven. His long CV of bullying, insider trading, lying, phone hacking, more lying, and hating M Markle for some unspecified reason, probably helped swing it. (He's also going to be responsible for defining Britishness from now on)
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Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 16, 2021 18:32:44 GMT
It's all a massive,vomit-inducing cesspit isn't it?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2021 18:39:45 GMT
It's all a massive,vomit-inducing cesspit isn't it? Well if you mean the specific event, a weapons-grade shithead working for one of the most despicable people on the planet, yes. But if you mean the country as whole, whose fine and respected press will be gleefully front-paging his ever utterance - also yes. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 16, 2021 18:54:03 GMT
Yes.
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Post by Dougs on Sept 16, 2021 18:57:04 GMT
Expected but no less absurd.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 16, 2021 19:00:29 GMT
It truly is about the little, pointless, petty wins that benefit anyone who's a complete mouthbreather.
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Post by Dougs on Sept 16, 2021 19:09:32 GMT
Appealing to the rapidly diminishing base.
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Post by 😎 on Sept 16, 2021 19:11:18 GMT
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Post by Danno on Sept 16, 2021 19:24:45 GMT
Expected but no less absurd. That can't be real I like how a sweetshop has been chosen for the image, as if they are still a thing |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2021 19:29:16 GMT
ITS THE MEASUREMENTS SPITFIRES WERE MADE IN! 3 FEETS TO THE BUSHEL, 7 SPRUES TO THE QUIM
From now on, anyone flying a metric Union Jack gets sat on by Ann Widdecombe.
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Post by Reviewer on Sept 16, 2021 19:31:16 GMT
Got to appeal to the conservative base. Old people and cunts. What normal person wants imperial measures brought back in?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2021 19:38:52 GMT
Yes. Beyond sweets, 40K and the length of ones chap anyway.
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Post by Dougs on Sept 16, 2021 19:42:30 GMT
And I doubt anyone other than market traders will bother, as supply chains etc are established. It would add a pointless cost to change everything again.
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Post by Danno on Sept 16, 2021 19:43:04 GMT
Yes. Beyond sweets, 40K and the length of ones chap anyway. I'm far happier with my metric 8 than my imperial not exactly 8 |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 16, 2021 19:50:09 GMT
And I doubt anyone other than market traders will bother, as supply chains etc are established. It would add a pointless cost to change everything again. No, we crippled a country for this victory. It definitely deserves a street party with some Battenburg. |
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Post by drhickman1983 on Sept 16, 2021 19:51:48 GMT
Honestly hearing about daft ideas like reinstating fucking imperial measurements makes me wish for death a little bit more.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2021 19:54:25 GMT
Get on board you lot. Even now, Rolls Royce are designing a new jet engine with 31" blades, to commemorate the number of Carry On films.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Sept 16, 2021 20:16:31 GMT
It feels like it’s not worth pointing out the irony of a government who ran a ‘don’t let Corbyn drag us back to the 70s’ campaign spending the day pining for Carry on movies and a return to pounds and ounces
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Post by askew on Sept 16, 2021 20:38:55 GMT
Absolute fucking sepia-tinged populist bollocks.
Get back to “levelling up”, you fucking moist meathole
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