Right wing scumlords are militant about wearing them, sure. Someone tweeted a picture today of someone with a swastika tattoo wearing one, which is hilaribad in its stupidity. But certainly not to the point that it stops me from wearing one or attending a memorial service.
The paranoid pinning of one on to everyone who appears on telly rather than risk the ire of some damn fool who thinks the sight of someone not wearing one signals the end of civilisation and DECENCY is stupid.
Politicians in the US must wear a flag lapel pin at all times or their patriotism gets called into question. First/last refuge of a scoundrel indeed.
Right wing scumlords are militant about wearing them, sure. Someone tweeted a picture today of someone with a swastika tattoo wearing one, which is hilaribad in its stupidity. But certainly not to the point that it stops me from wearing one or attending a memorial service.
The paranoid pinning of one on to everyone who appears on telly rather than risk the ire of some damn fool who thinks the sight of someone not wearing one signals the end of civilisation and DECENCY is stupid.
Politicians in the US must wear a flag lapel pin at all times or their patriotism gets called into question. First/last refuge of a scoundrel indeed.
The flag lapel thing creeps me out and I keep waiting for it to show up over here. It makes me think of China and North Korea, basically places you don't want to emulate.
Sinn Fein has announced it will not stand in three constituencies in Northern Ireland in a bid to prevent DUP MPs winning the seats. The party will stand aside in South Belfast, East Belfast and North Down. As the Press Association reports, Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald urged supporters to instead back the SDLP, the Alliance party and independent unionist Lady Sylvia Hermon respectively in those three seats.
Announcing the move, McDonald said: "In many ways this is a once-in-a-generation election, the stakes are very high in this election. People have a fundamental choice to make - to vote for a positive, inclusive future or to turn their backs on that and to back candidates who have been the architects of Brexit and who have acted very, very deliberately against the democratic wishes of people here in the north and more fundamentally against the economic and social interests of citizens who live here.
You can call this a pact, you can call it what you wish - the reality is we are asking people to come out and vote for those pro-Remain candidates. We believe that is the right and progressive thing to do."
A potentially explosive parliamentary report on the security threat posed by Russia to the UK has been effectively blocked from being published before the general election by Downing Street.
The 50-page document from the intelligence and security committee (ISC) examined allegations that Kremlin-sponsored activity distorted the result of the 2016 EU referendum – but has to be cleared by No 10 before it can be released.
Downing Street indicated late on Monday morning that it would not approve publication before parliament is dissolved on Tuesday evening, meaning that it cannot now appear before the election on 12 December.
A potentially explosive parliamentary report on the security threat posed by Russia to the UK has been effectively blocked from being published before the general election by Downing Street.
The 50-page document from the intelligence and security committee (ISC) examined allegations that Kremlin-sponsored activity distorted the result of the 2016 EU referendum – but has to be cleared by No 10 before it can be released.
Downing Street indicated late on Monday morning that it would not approve publication before parliament is dissolved on Tuesday evening, meaning that it cannot now appear before the election on 12 December.
How are the UK's whistleblower laws?
Shut up, Mr. Burton! You were not brought upon this world to get it!
A potentially explosive parliamentary report on the security threat posed by Russia to the UK has been effectively blocked from being published before the general election by Downing Street.
The 50-page document from the intelligence and security committee (ISC) examined allegations that Kremlin-sponsored activity distorted the result of the 2016 EU referendum – but has to be cleared by No 10 before it can be released.
Downing Street indicated late on Monday morning that it would not approve publication before parliament is dissolved on Tuesday evening, meaning that it cannot now appear before the election on 12 December.
How are the UK's whistleblower laws?
Excellent, I think we've almost eliminated them entirely.
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Poppies are actually a North American thing started by Lillian Bilsky Freiman (Canada) or Moina Michael (USA) sometime around 1920 as a way to fundraise for WW1 vets.
Both inspired by John McRae's In Flander's Fields... the more you know.
Just also want to add rampant poppy-ism is a thing here in Canada too... heaven forbid you not wear one if a public official.
Haven't seen it mentioned here, but you lot have a new Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle and he was Labour. Seems like a chill bloke compared to Bercow, which seems like something everyone was longing for.
Speaking on LBC's Nick Ferrari's show on Monday, Mr Rees-Mogg said: "The more one's read over the weekend about the report and about the chances of people surviving, if you just ignore what you're told and leave you are so much safer.
"And I think if either of us were in a fire, whatever the fire brigade said, we would leave the burning building. It just seems the common sense thing to do.
"And it is such a tragedy that that didn't happen."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called on Mr Rees-Mogg to "apologise for these crass and insensitive comments immediately".
In a statement, survivors' group Grenfell United said: "The Leader of the House of Commons suggesting that the 72 people who lost their lives at Grenfell lacked common sense is beyond disrespectful.
Mr Rees-Mogg said on Tuesday: "What I meant to say is that I would have also listened to the fire brigade's advice to stay and wait at the time."
So what he meant to say was the exact opposite of what he actually said.
It's like the one that was apologising last week for saying the people on benefits street should be put down. These Tories never realise that it's not so much what they said that upsets people, it's the underlying attitude of contempt for their fellow man that shows them as being completely unsuited for being public representatives.
Haven't seen it mentioned here, but you lot have a new Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle and he was Labour. Seems like a chill bloke compared to Bercow, which seems like something everyone was longing for.
Thank Christ the Tories didn't manage to put any of their stooges in the post. They were openly talking about wanting a Tory in the role, so much for the neutrality of the speaker.
I am reminded of the fire on the ship Scandinavian Star, one which killed over 150 people. More specifically I am reminded of a married couple sleeping bellow decks when the alarm sounded. The Husband was right handed and hugged to right corridor wall, the wife was left handed and hugged the left corridor wall. The smoke being so thick that you could only navigate by touching the wall and being completely unable to see the other corridor wall. It was a distance of less then a 100 meters, but the right hand wall lead to a stair way that exited onto deck. The left hand wall? Led a further 50 meters into the ship before becoming a dead end.
The Husband lived. The Wife died. smoke Inhalation.
Now both would have died if they had stayed put, but it goes to show that even "common sense" could get people killed. Its not as easy as that fucking asshole shitweasel makes it out to be.
The sky was full of stars, every star an exploding ship. One of ours.
To be fair, the underlying message of 'it's common sense to try to run away from a fire' is okay. It's when it goes into 'it's common sense to not do what the professional firefighters say you should do in a fire'. Common sense doesn't have all the information. It's common sense to want to pour water on a fire. Oh wait, it's a chip pan?
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It's like the one that was apologising last week for saying the people on benefits street should be put down. These Tories never realise that it's not so much what they said that upsets people, it's the underlying attitude of contempt for their fellow man that shows them as being completely unsuited for being public representatives.
A lot of right-wing behaviour begins to make a lot more sense imo once you realise they think everyone feels as much contempt for their fellow human beings as they do. "Sorry, I said that horrible and racist thing impolitely, let me rephrase it for you hypocrites who refuse to just admit you think the same thing."
You know after all this time I'm still no closer to understanding what the tangible benefit of the common brexit supporting person on the street is to all of this. I've really tried too! I've gone on to so many pro brexit blogs and message boards to just read it all and see what it is they want. All I've gleaned is they want brexit. No more, no less.
Why they want it? Still a mystery. They don't even discuss it among themselves.
It's like the one that was apologising last week for saying the people on benefits street should be put down. These Tories never realise that it's not so much what they said that upsets people, it's the underlying attitude of contempt for their fellow man that shows them as being completely unsuited for being public representatives.
A lot of right-wing behaviour begins to make a lot more sense imo once you realise they think everyone feels as much contempt for their fellow human beings as they do. "Sorry, I said that horrible and racist thing impolitely, let me rephrase it for you hypocrites who refuse to just admit you think the same thing."
It's also like the typical non-apology "I'm sorry if you were offended by that". Shifting blame onto the listener.
It's become a thing to be valued in and of itself, and needs no justification or reason beyond "we voted for it". If you could prove there was not a single tangible benefit to be had from it with a blackboard and a piece of chalk they'd say yes very good but we voted for it so give it to us.
You know after all this time I'm still no closer to understanding what the tangible benefit of the common brexit supporting person on the street is to all of this. I've really tried too! I've gone on to so many pro brexit blogs and message boards to just read it all and see what it is they want. All I've gleaned is they want brexit. No more, no less.
Why they want it? Still a mystery. They don't even discuss it among themselves.
Freedom. Being a part of the EU = not being free. Being free = being great, meaningful, powerful.
Obviously that doesn't make much more sense, but it's not about real, tangible things, but about identity and nationality and quasi-mythical, masturbatory bullshit.
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It's racism.
Some of them will admit it. Some won't.
It's always racism.
You know after all this time I'm still no closer to understanding what the tangible benefit of the common brexit supporting person on the street is to all of this. I've really tried too! I've gone on to so many pro brexit blogs and message boards to just read it all and see what it is they want. All I've gleaned is they want brexit. No more, no less.
Why they want it? Still a mystery. They don't even discuss it among themselves.
The only reasons I ever see any more are a) they want it because they want it, or b) the country voted to leave so we must leave.
Nobody even tries to sell it being beneficial in any way any more.
Boris Johnson’s government is pressing ahead with a controversial post-Brexit festival of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, inherited from Theresa May, but which the new prime minister had been urged to shelve.
Dean Creamer, a delivery director for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, has been put in charge of planning for the £120m project – dubbed the “festival of Brexit” by critics – which is due to take place in 2022, the Guardian has learned.
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Politicians in the US must wear a flag lapel pin at all times or their patriotism gets called into question. First/last refuge of a scoundrel indeed.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/11/03/tory-mp-ross-thomson-stands-labour-mp-alleges-sexual-assault/
Massively strengthens Conservatives in the seat.
I made a game, it has penguins in it. It's pay what you like on Gumroad.
Currently Ebaying Nothing at all but I might do in the future.
The flag lapel thing creeps me out and I keep waiting for it to show up over here. It makes me think of China and North Korea, basically places you don't want to emulate.
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How are the UK's whistleblower laws?
Tell you what. We can leave as soon as that "count down" gets to zero.
Excellent, I think we've almost eliminated them entirely.
It's very British Commonwealth in general afaik. It's everywhere here in Canada.
see also "Support the Troops" ribbons, stickers etc over here.
If you wore a white poppy I would imagine the biggest thing that would happen to you is people would wonder why your poppy was white.
Depends where you go, and when, really. Find yourself in a pub with some squaddies that are a few pints in and you might have a problem.
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Poppies are actually a North American thing started by Lillian Bilsky Freiman (Canada) or Moina Michael (USA) sometime around 1920 as a way to fundraise for WW1 vets.
Both inspired by John McRae's In Flander's Fields... the more you know.
Just also want to add rampant poppy-ism is a thing here in Canada too... heaven forbid you not wear one if a public official.
Nobody showed up.
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Babestation is a tv show/sex chat line.
I now understand the Blobstation joke on the big fat quiz of the 90s.
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I'd also point out that it also talks about the BBCs supposed 'anti-Brexit bias'.
They really can't win.
"Dear Babestation. I have been watching your channel for years. When are you actually going to show the classic heart-warming film Babe?!?"
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-50293505
Thank Christ the Tories didn't manage to put any of their stooges in the post. They were openly talking about wanting a Tory in the role, so much for the neutrality of the speaker.
The Husband lived. The Wife died. smoke Inhalation.
Now both would have died if they had stayed put, but it goes to show that even "common sense" could get people killed. Its not as easy as that fucking asshole shitweasel makes it out to be.
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is this the worst £50 ever spent?
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"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
It could stand for MEP and accomplish just as much as the genuine article has
It's a fucking cult.
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A lot of right-wing behaviour begins to make a lot more sense imo once you realise they think everyone feels as much contempt for their fellow human beings as they do. "Sorry, I said that horrible and racist thing impolitely, let me rephrase it for you hypocrites who refuse to just admit you think the same thing."
Why they want it? Still a mystery. They don't even discuss it among themselves.
It's also like the typical non-apology "I'm sorry if you were offended by that". Shifting blame onto the listener.
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the will of the people
Obviously that doesn't make much more sense, but it's not about real, tangible things, but about identity and nationality and quasi-mythical, masturbatory bullshit.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
Some of them will admit it. Some won't.
It's always racism.
The only reasons I ever see any more are a) they want it because they want it, or b) the country voted to leave so we must leave.
Nobody even tries to sell it being beneficial in any way any more.
Oh, speaking of which: Government pushes ahead with plans for 'festival of Brexit'
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