Of course whilst strikes are taken very seriously in France, so is food Naturally the French innovated the rolling track bbq so they can cook and protest simultaneously Vive la France đ«đ· !
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Of course whilst strikes are taken very seriously in France, so is food Naturally the French innovated the rolling track bbq so they can cook and protest simultaneously Vive la France đ«đ· !
The X or not question's simple - should you post on a platform that promotes racists or not? People are free to choose, but the question is unavoidable.
Reform UK are rapidly encouraging, emboldening & legitimising this kind of explicit racism across our country. It will only get worse until those in power and influence use their platforms to challenge and repudiate the deliberate spreading of paranoia about asylum seekers & subsequent vigilantism.
Who blurred their faces and why? They chose to go in front of the camera and say that.
Kent local media - owned by Baron Illife. Said to own an 9,000 acre estate and be worth £200m Are you wondering whether the Kent Online & and many other Iliffe titles might lean a little to the right and to NIMBY landlords�
I stopped listening to Today on R4 years & years ago when they responded to a policy/issue on African development and aid *entirely* as an issue of the Westminster Punch & Judy show.
I bet he cares if anyone says heâs such a disappointment compared to his brother.
No point in taking the bottle of water thoâ - the only size they sell in the airport shops is too big to fit in the back of the seat storage thingy.
Well the version of WWII in the films (& in Churchillâs own history of it!) have Churchill winning the war. But I think, given it was a National, coalition, govt and the voters had just come through delivering their own individual contributions, I guess they felt they had *all* delivered victory ?
Itâs time that HMG and major media outlets like the BBC, Observer, Guardian & ft got the hell off X.
Stuart, StuartâŠhow could you miss out the âwinning University Challengeâ?!
Unfortunately this seems right. Idiocracy here we come.
Well, if you consider my polite & reasoned points as âberatingâ, thenâŠđ€·đ»ââïž Bye.
âŠbut our engineers told me they couldnât put an auto function on a separate switch position because âreasonsâ. Well, they did do it. Depends entirely on managementâs priorities. In case of ft, to continue promoting X over đŠ, or not.
Yes, & thatâs good. But the symbol on the page, be it X or đŠ is, quite literally a âsignâ to every digital reader. Iâm sure there are âreasonsâ, like âoh the field to put those links in is only x long and so we would have to remove something & we canât do thatâ. ButâŠ
Well sure. I guess HMG thinks the same.
Would also be good if the ft software team got a move on with putting the butterfly đŠ on here đ They said, idk a year ago, it was âon the listâ. (I spent 12 years responsible for R&D projects & I believe that without pressure, some things never get doneâŠ)
If you like it spicy they add more to taste - seasoning ticket masala.
Majority clearly does not want violence. But destabilise everything & things can escalate.
Ah, but I remember during the 70s we were being told every week that the âvast majorityâ of people were against violence. Maybe so, but there were enough prepared to give cover/too scared to give the minority a lot of scope for endless tit for tat violence.
Oh, I think there are quite a few in NI who would be quite happy to kick things off again. Low level terrorism âhasnât gone away, you knowâ.
there are a few ways to make sense of it: eugenics and using disease to cull the population has a long fascist history, but also the idea that nothing *actually* matters beyond controlling a narrative is a core trump belief, so telling people we are healthier than ever is the same as being healthy
Science is real
America is a country where people talk about capitalism but so much as setting up a barber shop requires you to do 2,000 hours of training and get four different licenses
Isnât that the beach at the Warren, ian?
"The lunatics are running the asylum."
There are 4 words there. Two of them begin with c & n. Are there any suitable synonyms for the other two?
Why not both?
Meanwhile in Northern Ireland, multiple signs the province still lives in the pastâŠ
Americans. đ€·đ»ââïž Burger-eating Surrender Monkeys.
YES! Thank you... Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants". - seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
Background music choice options: Iâm in the mood for dancing (Nolans) All over the World (ELO) (Iâm sure you young people will have more recent popular beat combos to suggest)
If she misses it, why doesnât she buy some?
Avoiding the private/public shitstorm this sparked (đ), my perception of road maintenance (autoroute & ordinary N/D roads) is that in France there is much more full resurfacing and much less patching wee bits of tarmac into potholes. And more maintenance overall by both DĂ©pts & autoroute Co.s
Bolloré. Un autre fasciste raciste qui achÚte des médias pour promouvoir la haine et détruire la démocratie.
Alternative medium: Adam Rutherford podcast âThe troubling history of eugenicsâ
Not so keen. My OU history degree only had in-person seminars about every 6 weeks. The 1900-1950 module tutor was a flag-shagging military history buff who was too lazy to prep for the topic but just monologued about eg the exact structure of the 1914 British Army.
Read whole thread đ
Thanks!
When I worked in an alpine restaurant on the đ©đȘ đŠđč border the menu had a similar vibe. The standard soups were Ungarische Gulasch Suppe and Serbische Bohnen Suppe. Curious about âHimmel un ĂĂ€dâ. Had Himmel und Erde which was mash & apple sauce but not heard of ĂĂ€d.
The KentOnline POS ânewspaperâ bigs it up by counting â50â cars tooting their horns in support.
Letting Kim Philby get to the top of MI6 was nothing compared to America voting a KGB asset into the Presidency.
And who would have thought that the owner of the Independent, son of a KGB agent, would come out with such incitement to damage civil society in BritainâŠ
Who would have thought that the editor of the Independent, alumnus of Eton, Oxford University & the Daily Mail, would come out with such right wing incitementâŠ
Pourquoi is Snape changed to âRogueâ in French translations?
Or maybe âAll over the Worldâ (ELO). The lyrics fit well.
When Thatcher died people turned to the âDing dong the witch is deadâ song. What will the Trump death-day celebration song be?
Lays are American & they own Walkers brand which they use for UK & Ireland.
Itâs OK. They have Chevre & piment dâEspelette.
Appeals court says Trump's fentanyl and reciprocal tariffs are unlawful. Looking forward to the 6-3 SCOTUS decision which upholds them anyway because the Constitution clearly states Trump is an omnipotent God-Emperor destined to reign upon the Golden Throne until all is returned to dust.
Well certainly other countries should start to apply Visas with proof of vaccination to the USA.
Mud throwing project II
Sorry, but all these âdance mixâ versions lose the percussive impact of the original.
Well, that would obviously be âcuntâ surely? Especially as it upsets Americans.
Well, donât disagree with the comment, but have you ever heard about Sammy Wilson & Ian Paisley jnr and their perspective on the border?
WellâŠif youâre a Nazi eugenicist it means all the people who get ill will die and this is a *good thing* because, somehow, us Nazis have such good white genes that viruses and bacteria are no problemâŠ
And if 2 is not met (transparency) they should not be used by any major broadcast medium or government department.
OK fair enough. My instant reaction was just based upon the fact that I donât think he really believes what he says.
Well no. But you misdiagnose him. He is saying this, knowing it is a lie, to whip up xenophobia & build opposition to the ECHR. Not an idiot, an opportunist.
UK and EU need to set up vaccination requirements for travellers from the USA. Like now.
No. Heâs a liar and a convert to fascism & racism. If it might advance his shitty career.
Ah. You just reminded me I have too many glasses of wine in but I also have a cheese takeaway (aka fridge) Epoisses, Roquefort, Cheddar, Comté here I come!
A courteous but very impressive rebuke to Nigel Farage from the Bishop of Oxford. "I heard no compassion in what you said...". "I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities". Do read. blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...
In fact the judgment does not turn on the ECHR (according to the summary)
Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...
At least this clarifies that the attempt to sack Lisa Cook was not for 'cause'.
The right wing press editorial guidelines -Farage in a pub drinking beer and smoking a fag - OK. -Angela Rayner in an inflatable canoe vaping - Not OK
Many countries have lots of guns. Very few countries have lots of military assault rifles like AR-15s. (Also no one with the GOP photos of âfamily with assault riflesâ culture and the âDeath Wishâ movie vigilante culture)
For a brief moment I thought you had a strong dislike of an 18th Century satirist. (Reading too many bluesky debates on âDark Agesâ vs Early Middle Ages).
Reform will have to reselect in Croydon, as their initial candidate for Mayor had been dead for 6 months when they selected her, Inside Croydon report Being dead is one way to pass the social media vetting but was likely to get noticed eventually insidecroydon.com/2025/08/27/f...
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds - Scientists say âshockingâ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic impacts #climatecrisis #AMOC www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Have switched my Pension pot from 80% to 40% shares just before mad King Donald took over and then down to 5% just before âLiberation Dayâ, Iâm now watching shares continue to climb ever upwards while the big cash pot has a reducing interest rate. Ooops?! (Iâm still not diving back in thoâ)
Poor piece. Because of widespread, open religious hatred & calls for violence in NI, itâs wrong to try to stop the same happening on racial hatred in GB, apparently? Direction of travel should be the other way. Start some prosecutions in NI for both racial & religious intimidation - & promoting it.
What is your quaint American unit in Imperial Trusses (colloquially known as Lettuces)?
Extreme nationalism is entirely focussed on its own imagined ânationâ. In this case white English. They donât gaf what Russia or the Taliban, or anyone else does to âforeignersâ. And âforeignersâ are any non-white, non English people.
I accept I was wrong on the legal context of this. (Iâm maybe confusing it with some other half-remembered legal case I read about). Although it does seem the risk of near-term violence is an influence on the likelihood of prosecution.
I think, legally, because the crime requires clear potential for the proposed violence to follow on from actions of individuals. This would be a government action, which is unlikely to be acted upon in the current circumstances. Still vile, of course.
They dream of ditching the GFA & bringing a hard border back. Morons as well as bigots & racists, but they now think tomorrow belongs to them.
Important message for UK.
Counter-point. When the Gulf Stream switches off in about 10 years, people in Britain will be freezing and starving and dying - and trying to get to the continent in small boats and the moral panic over immigration is going to look utterly ridiculous & ironic.
Here's how the real two-tier Britain works: 1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off. 2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.đ§”
At last. A solution to people playing audible music on trains!
One other control on this would be the charges that some operators have for âtime attachedâ which would soon rack up on a 3.8kW based charge!
I donât think the PHEVs will trouble the public âĄïžinfrastructure. You can only get 30 or so miles added and it takes a couple of hours to do that (no fast charge). So on a long journey, itâs basically just a 50-55mpg petrol car.
I did once travel from Ashford to Paris sans Passeport. I just forgot it, as the trip had become so routine & there were no checks that day.
Increasingly I feel that what once was considered the political mainstream in the U.K. has completely lost its moral compass. When did the question about concentration camps and mass deportations become one of practical feasibility?
Also from all broadcast media and the internet.
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldnât write it
Earlier in his thread, David rightly highlighted that trying to implement a Reform Govt camp in NI for mass deportations would have âconsequencesâ. [These would not be pleasant for NI or GB] However, the specific route to unification that could thereby arise would also be very unpleasant all round.
The good people (& others) of Belfast and Glasgow would definitely see this as an opportunity to show they can do better than Dublin & Edinburgh. (NB The blessed Janey was frae GlescaâŠ)
Take this clip and a camera onto the streets of Dublin or Edinburgh and you'd quickly assemble a feature-length documentary of the most withering insults known to man.
AhhâŠmemories. The Maginot Line in Lorraine in the pissing rain.
No, Iâm treating you like the fascist American troll you are. Very stupid, but still human.
Calling a person an NPC is dehumanising them. Youâre a fascist, so fuck off, anonymous account.
But if you have the spirit of an Indiana Jones you can find the ancient maps with secret passages and very small pencils (that are very useful for primary school teachers, actually)
I agree.
In terms of other countries, the path is clear. On tariffs there isn't much point in retaliatory measures, Trump is set on that path, all about getting the best market access terms you can. In terms of regulatory or any other coercion, retaliation is essential and will happen.
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