https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/23/rishi-sunak-vows-uk-crisis-footing-becomes-pm my guy, you've literally won the previous voting and you are a billionaire
#Keir's House of Not-Quite-Horrors
peak ice
hidden glen
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/23/rishi-sunak-vows-uk-crisis-foot...
He LITERALLY IS LEADING THE VOTES BY 20
HOW ARE YOU THE UNDERDOG
peak ice
literal billionaire claims to be an underdog
hidden glen
Man had a highly lucrative cabinet position and the press loves him
Yet he's suddenly an underdog
@mighty pivot how big of an underdog is dishy rishi
mighty pivot
neon mantle
i get if he's stopping, you know, homegrown terrorists, but he's most likely going to just radicalise them further
native fractal
How is sunak the good option here he sounds horrendous
tawdry socket
fun
peak ice
see you guys in prison yeah
tawdry socket
Thank god I escaped to Donegal
native fractal
blimey i hate these cunts lol
everything they seem to say drives me insane
this week on
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
truss hates the environment, apparently
peak ice
they're in this weird pissing contest to see who can be more "anti-woke"
native fractal
sunak is like
ayo those trans people
woke nonsense
ban them
peak ice
and truss is like "i pledge to take the word trans out of the dictionary and also open a wormhole to drop all them lgbtqugnsh37d+ geeks into"
like no one doesn't suck
neon mantle
i hope she meets an intersex person who identifies as non binary
peak ice
ah the ole technical cisgender
tawdry socket
i hope she meets an intersex person who identifies as non binary
I hope there is a pride march at her doorstep
hidden glen
sunak is like
ayo those trans people
woke nonsense
ban them
Man is literally gonna arrest ppl who dislike the current state of the UK
peak ice
smells like fascism
peak ice
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/05/video-emerges-of-rishi-sunak-admitting-to-taking-money-from-deprived-areas the man is a cartoon villain
tawdry socket
How is he a main contender for PM?
hidden glen
Reading up on the stuff Liz Truss has promised to do has me genuinely worried for what the future of the UK is
Like, she said the government isn't responsible for inflation and said the bank of England deals with it, she thinks that the rich are being fairly taxed, and she wants to decrease the taxes on rich ppl even more??? It's unbelievable and scary
tawdry socket
It surprises me how she is one of the main candidates for PM
hidden glen
She's expected to BE the next PM
It's a choice between a smart person who hates the working class and a dumb person who hates it
native fractal
She is a vile human being
neon mantle
neon mantle
~21k vote difference damn
hidden glen
Liz has won
hidden glen
She is a vile human being
So is rishi
native fractal
thank you for reminding me
just confirmation
i look forward to the death of the united kingdom
hidden glen
i look forward to the death of the united kingdom
In the immortal words of the current PM, "The UK needs to face hardship"
hidden glen
We've experienced what is basically pissing in the breeze
Now we're gonna shit in a ditch and wipe with nettles
native fractal
pain
peak ice
neon mantle
based
neon mantle
peak ice
i miss Gordon Brown
still jackal
I wish I could remember gordon brown
peak ice
the gordon brown premiership was a joyous time
tawdry socket
The new Home Secretary is so scary
peak ice
the whole cabinet is
peak ice
i fucking despise this woman
her whole campaign was wah wah pronouns
she's both pathetic and dangerous
native fractal
lets complain about something tiny so i can not do my job
peak ice
Liz Truss' Government (bring on GE 2024 omg)
tawdry socket
Liz Truss’ house of horrors
peak ice
that's better
Liz Truss' House of Horrors (bring on GE 2024 please for the love of all that is good)
mighty pivot
neon mantle
What crossover is this
peak ice
some batshit timeline
still jackal
Haven't there been reports of letters of no confidence already?
seems like an ex-minister's reporting reports of them at least
hidden glen
liz truss is a spineless cunt but she also has to try to fix the country in the state boris and his cabinet left it in
hidden glen
slashing benefits as in, reducing them?
neon mantle
Yes
hidden glen
whats the point in that
neon mantle
Majority of benefits go to working families
hidden glen
yea but the benefits are there bc theyre needed
neon mantle
So they’re technically just cutting the money from working people who r not paid enough
hidden glen
the idiocy
neon mantle
Then blame them for working poorly paid jobs
hidden glen
they dont exactly have a choice
majority of ppl in poorly paid jobs dont have the money to quit and try and find another job
or the time to go to interviews
cos their shifts are crap
neon mantle
Exactly
hidden glen
shit govt
neon mantle
still jackal
love that
tawdry socket
genius
peak ice
how long until another vote of no confidence do we think?
still jackal
Hopefully soon
a month? Two maybe?
already terrified of the energy price increase that happened on the 1st
hidden glen
Man.
mighty pivot
neon mantle
🤭🤭
still jackal
trade minister XD
opal bolt
Fuck kwarteng
tawdry socket
how long until another vote of no confidence do we think?
As quick as possible
mighty pivot
A note regarding Conor Burns - he represents the constituency of Bournemouth West, a safe Conservative seat since 1950, but it's one of the seats which could go to Labour in a general election according to Electoral Calculus, which would mark the first Labour win in the seat since it was created
Would be interesting to see the swing in a by-election if it comes to that
It's ordinarily one of those "deep south" seats where the Liberal Democrats are the second biggest party but were overtaken in 2015
still jackal
A note regarding Conor Burns - he represents the constituency of Bournemouth Wes...
Ooh, revenge for my seat doing the opposite!
mighty pivot
Ooh, revenge for my seat doing the opposite!
I thought you lived in Wigan?
still jackal
Close, but no cigar!
mighty pivot
If it's a former red wall seat it'll almost certainly swing back to Labour
We can nominate scarecrows there now and they'll win by landslides
There's a by-election in Lancaster West, safe Labour seat that will almost certainly be a Labour hold but keep an eye on the swing
still jackal
If it's a former red wall seat it'll almost certainly swing back to Labour
Yeah, former red wall, has been labour as long as labour has existed (and its predecessor before that) until 2019
For some reason I'm still kinda terrified it won't swing, but given everything yeah
opal bolt
Do you think labour is poised to win the next ge?
opal bolt
people are turning against the right
at least in the western world
the DUP lost the majority to SF
Criminalisation of the gop
& conservatives
still jackal
but then there's Italy :(
but then there's also elections like in Colombia and Chile that seem to have gone great
mighty pivot
mighty pivot
but then there's also elections like in Colombia and Chile that seem to have gon...
The left lost a referendum in Chile this year because of a misinformation campaign from the right
Meanwhile, none other than Mel B from the Spice Girls has weighed in on Conor Burns... gate
neon mantle
I’m surprised she even tweeted this
hidden glen
Who wants to bet she had to Google the spelling of creeslough
opal bolt
wish she'dve googled the pronunciation of taoiseach
neon mantle
Tee sock 🥰
opal bolt
Who doesnt love a nice tea sock
opal bolt
oOOooOoo
literally
who takes this dipshit seriously
slogan is 'Moving Forward Together' despite saying there's "no basis to re-enter Stormont"
hidden glen
tawdry socket
who takes this dipshit seriously
He has a very punchable face
opal bolt
So does kwasi
mighty pivot
peak ice
couple weeks late imo
Ready for another onslaught of people mispronouncing jeremy hunt's name?
still jackal
EVERYTHING
opal bolt
I mean specifically
still jackal
reallowing fracking, a mini-budget during an economic crisis that involved tax cuts for the rich and cuts to benefits for a double kick to the gut for the people who need the most help
still jackal
the pound's almost equal to the dollar now
I think the aid the Bank of England was doing is about to stop now
opal bolt
Do we know if the parity has anything to do with her cabinet
Like
If the fall correlates with her instatement
still jackal
AFAIK it's a fair bit to do with that mini-budget
opal bolt
What even is a mini budget
still jackal
honestly I'm not sure other than it's a budget of sorts
I suspect it's not a complete one, or it's between the actual budgets
opal bolt
Id guess a chunk of a full budget
Like theyre going to bring out multiple throughout the course of whenever
peak ice
I am begging labour to just vaguely behave for two more years
I can't do another 5 years of tory rule
I'm so tired
opal bolt
Whats boris doing these days
peak ice
probably having an affair or something
still jackal
Jo johnson is nightmareish for some reason
I don't wanna be mocking people's appearance but I've just realised that he's the Luigi Johnson
boris is the Mario
still jackal
She fired Kwasi as chancellor
I mean apparently, neither did he until he saw Twitter after landing at Heathrow XD
opal bolt
👀
peak ice
TBC's House of Horrors (bring on GE 2024 please for the love of all that is good)
how long was she pm?
like 20 minutes?
neon mantle
Two minutes
neon mantle
Doesn’t matter who I vote for bc I live in Sinn Fein land
But the idea of fucking the Tories over remains
mighty pivot
Doesn’t matter who I vote for bc I live in Sinn Fein land
In theory a vote for the British party's Northern Irish ally is practically a vote for them by proxy but in practice I don't think the SDLP or the Alliance have ever supported a minority government in a hung parliament
Sinn Fein are abstentionist so that's non applicable
mighty pivot
is a snap election on the card dya think?
Not for as long as they have a majority. I long for the day one of them impulsive enough to do this comes along, but alas, we may have to wait until January 2025
peak ice
a leftie can dream
mighty pivot
I dream of Posadist aliens invading and speeding up our evolution, ideally without the nuclear war part
peak ice
asking the real questions
mighty pivot
"menstrual cycle of PM"
native fractal
i assume every PM has one
peak ice
that is what the m stands for
mighty pivot
prime menstrual cycle
native fractal
prime menstrual
neon mantle
peak ice
oh god
native fractal
when is the election oh my god this cannot be allowed
neon mantle
This has to be on purpose to extend Tory rule
neon mantle
mighty pivot
native fractal
our hopes still somehow reside with keith
who the fuck is gonna be leader for the tories now? surely they're running out of people
peak ice
he did make a pretty sweet burn on pmq
I'll paraphrase, "I hear someone's writing a book about liz truss' time as leader, and it's meant to be out by Christmas. tell me, is that the release date or the title of the book"
native fractal
Better be taking lessons from the Ed Miller Band
peak ice
milliband was the one who proposed the fracking ban bill which in a way ignited the revolt in the tory party
hell yes he's tough enough
I'm enjoying the Ed Milliband renaissance
neon mantle
NI are meant to have an election
peak ice
spicy
hidden glen
Liz Truss has resigned
Good fuckin riddance
hidden glen
I'm enjoying the Ed Milliband renaissance
I keep seeing that name on twitter
pseudo kestrel
Did that cabbage outlast her?
pseudo kestrel
the lettuce out lasted truss
Yesss
peak ice
congrats to the lettuce
neon mantle
THE STREAM IS HAVING A FUCKING RAVE
why are there adventure time characters
i'm rewatching the lettuce stream around when she resigned
playing the national anthem and putting the disco lights on
pseudo kestrel
peak ice
Excellent
neon mantle
peak ice
i miss gordon brown
neon mantle
opal bolt
I'll paraphrase, "I hear someone's writing a book about liz truss' time as leade...
Commons sessions are just roast battles now
They rarely address anything pressing
peak ice
Commons sessions are just roast battles now
pmqs has always been a roast battle
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neon mantle
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now i need to ask a stupid question re this and the govt being shaken up
would any new justice or foreign affair ministers being appointed change the course of how that bastard will be charged
opal bolt
not sure if its possible
but if it is there'd be fucking uproar if the government interferes
so i imagine theyd just leave it
this diplomatic immunity shite is insanity
neon mantle
opal bolt
id rather have that thing in the running
neon mantle
peak ice
our Russell always knows what to say
hidden glen
"The government is about as stable as a tweet from Kanye West" is just perfect
neon mantle
native fractal
Looks like we’re getting Sunak lads
mighty pivot
Official Sunak
native fractal
Twitter
peak ice
gotta change the channel name again
Rishi's House of Horrors (bring on GE 2024 please for the love of all that is good)
tawdry socket
Rishi
Irish
still jackal
so we get both sides of the last go XD
opal bolt
Can we call him richie sunak
Or richard
Richard sunak just objectively sounds dodgier
neon mantle
still jackal
the original author of that tweet really seems to like the taste of boot huh
opal bolt
hidden glen
What the fuck is he on about
If rishi sunak is a socialist for not wanting to ruin the UK then what is a socialist? Someone who values the strength of the pound?
peak ice
reading the renter's reform bill like
neon mantle
and fracking
neon mantle
https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2022/10/26/news/mps_support_irish_language_protections_after_sinn_fein_jibe_aimed_at_ministers-2876558/ I found one good thing a Tory government has done recently
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Mr Baker replied: “I just want to reassure them on a slightly lighter note that while they’re accusing us of being a wing of Sinn Fein, I can absolutely assure them that Sinn Fein are perfectly content to tell me that we pander too much to the DUP.”
Class
neon mantle
Tories are the real Tiocfaidh ár láds
tawdry socket
When suaver said she wants to send refugees to Botswana or something along those lines
I thought to myself how on earth were you appointed Home Secretary
peak ice
I fucking can't with braverman, she's a real piece of work
peak ice
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-63429726 her.
I also adore this clip
neon mantle
matt hancock on i'm a celeb is a disgrace
peak ice
he's a criminal
neon mantle
also
what's with the rise in albanian migrant headlines
are albanians the new syrians for sensationalism
opal bolt
I read gangs are recruiting albanians
neon mantle
I read gangs are recruiting albanians
okay that makes a bit more sense
moral panic fuel
opal bolt
Swore paisley jr was dead
The GFA needs amending tbf
A party refusing to take part in government shouldnt stop other parties from forming a P.S executive
peak ice
you guys see they're changing the constituency boundaries again?
neon mantle
wh
peak ice
essentially cutting 8 Welsh labour seats
and two snp seats
"Scotland to lose two Commons seats in latest Boundary Commission proposals | Scotland | The Guardian" https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/08/scotland-to-lose-two-commons-seats-in-latest-boundary-commission-proposals
smells like gerrymandering
peak ice
I mean it's not gonna make them wanna stay either
opal bolt
cant the government block referendums
peak ice
yeah but it won't put public pressure to bed
opal bolt
I mean it's not gonna make them wanna stay either
i was referring to potential attempts at censorship
i.e to stop scottish parties voicing opinions in favour of independence
especially considering its televised
tawdry socket
Seeing Nicola sturgeon and him at the BIC meeting
Sturgeon looked like she is done with him
neon mantle
themmuns
tawdry socket
It’s either DUP wins or UUP wins from the way I see it. SF would take part even though Michelle would be deputy first minister and DUP becomes biggest party and wins first minister seat
If UUP wins biggest unionist party then they will take part in stormont
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SF should hold out if the DUP wins
neon mantle
i'm at a point of voting UUP just to get the DUP out
opal bolt
doug seems sound enough
tawdry socket
Doug Beattie might be right
opal bolt
in comparison to jeffrey
tawdry socket
We might never see an assembly again
neon mantle
i for one welcome a dail-westminster coalition
opal bolt
has sf mentioned a referendum recently
tawdry socket
i for one welcome a dail-westminster coalition
I think a lot of people are
It’s funny when Jeffery was crying about it
opal bolt
anything to take power away from the dup
tawdry socket
He brought this on himself
neon mantle
"don't tell jeffery"
opal bolt
It’s funny when Jeffery was crying about it
he takes issue with being ruled from the dail as its a 'foreign country'
but an entirely different island is grand
neon mantle
if you have to fly to get to the govt building surely it's a foreign country
tawdry socket
Westminister
opal bolt
if you have to fly to get to the govt building surely it's a foreign country
well
take california and d.c
tawdry socket
At this point even the TUV would be better
opal bolt
the TUV at least has no credibility
opal bolt
Telegraph in 2023: 'DUP makes miraculous U-turn following election victory'
tawdry socket
“The end of NI, British Government declares United Ireland referendum”
opal bolt
the telegraph wouldnt phrase it like that surely
tawdry socket
Probably
opal bolt
probably find a way to turn it on SF
tawdry socket
Bryson would probably phrase as it as the end of the British
opal bolt
'Sinn Fein sees collapse of Northern Ireland, Westminster reluctantly steps in to call referendum'
Awk
wee bwyson
tawdry socket
Yes
neon mantle
"ÁR LÁS HAVE BEEN TIOCFAIDHED - WELCOME TO UNITED IRELAND"
tawdry socket
His twitter ramblings are fun to read and gives you a headache at the same time
opal bolt
2 seconds
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We’re going to have Ulster Scots English and Irish road signs
opal bolt
what the fuck does an ulster scots road sign look like
its like someone trying to officialise a speech impediment
neon mantle
i just want a road sign for my street i don't care about what language it's in
tawdry socket
I don’t get it how the fuck does it count as a language
Hasn’t it already been officialised?
Just that it’s not on any sign cause it makes no sense
opal bolt
happy days jamie
neon mantle
opal bolt
is this satire
opal bolt
so the ra didnt want to give iraq the satisfaction
so they flew some bais out
all expenses paid
when is the election btw
neon mantle
opal bolt
Under what circumstances are they allowed to call an early GE and when?
silent stag
who tf is rishi
neon mantle
the prime minister of the united kingdom
peak ice
he's a tory, all of them suck
peak ice
bold
peak ice
bold to support the tories in a punk server
silent stag
oh
peak ice
also an opinion
peak ice
the tories are like the least punk
silent stag
yeah
peak ice
awful party
silent stag
agreed
neon mantle
they are the reason they brought the army into the streets
neon mantle
THE BRITISH ARMY MURDERED CHILDREN WITH RUBBER BULLETS
peak ice
Northern Ireland and Wales are still technically British colonies
silent stag
THE BRITISH ARMY MURDERED CHILDREN WITH RUBBER BULLETS
r u trolling
silent stag
Northern Ireland and Wales are still technically British colonies
rip
peak ice
no, they're for real
silent stag
rubber bullets?
neon mantle
INTERNMENT WAS AN ATTEMPT BY THE TORIES TO COMMIT GENOCIDE AGAINST THE NATIVE IRISH POPULATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND
silent stag
what no way
peak ice
the british army and conservative party have repeatedly done heinous things to the people of Northern Ireland
neon mantle
It truly amazes me how people aren't aware of the fact the United Kingdom facilitated a war in its territory
neon mantle
they couldn't wipe out the Irish with the famine
silent stag
why do they hate the Irish so much
neon mantle
so they tried the next best thing
peak ice
the uk government and the union as a whole only seeks to benefit the wealthy people in the South of England
neon mantle
the creation of Northern Ireland is purely an attempt to "scrub" the native Irish out
Gerrymandering, no jobs, no housing rights, no voting rights, no education funding
silent stag
the uk government and the union as a whole only seeks to benefit the wealthy peo...
no the UK is a lot more socialist like they have free healthcare
peak ice
free at point of access for now
neon mantle
Many incidents committed against Irish Catholics in its early years
peak ice
the tory party have been systematically stripping the NHS of their resources
causing actual harm and many deaths
12 years of austerity albeit not always in name
neon mantle
free at point of access for now
120,000 people waiting for a specific consultation on the NHS in Northern Ireland (1.9 million) vs 10 people waiting for a specific consultation on the NHS in the Merseyside region roughly the same population
Entire A&Es have had to shut down here
peak ice
the tory party seeks only to further their membership's personal wealth
neon mantle
there aren't enough medical staff
silent stag
the tory party seeks only to further their membership's personal wealth
same can be said for every party tbhhh
no party wanna benefit the people
just greedy
neon mantle
Sinn Fein have come leaps and bounds to better the people of Northern Ireland since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement
peak ice
I disagree with the concept of political parties as a whole, but you cannot put the tory party on the same level as the center and center left parties throughout the uk
neon mantle
Sinn Fein did not stop when it came to rebuilding their constituencies
oh my god the glow up they gave West Belfast and the glow up they're giving North Belfast
peak ice
I noticed a fun thing recently, when it comes to local politics, England trends more labour and lib dem than tory
like significantly
neon mantle
everyone vote LibDem next election to give them their turn at fucking up
silent stag
everyone vote LibDem next election to give them their turn at fucking up
libdem?
liberals suck
peak ice
Liberal Democrats
peak ice
the yellow party
silent stag
but what does he mean
give them their turn at fucking up
i thought he was liberal
smh
neon mantle
who's he
silent stag
u
peak ice
they're a leftist I believe
neon mantle
they're a leftist I believe
a different flavour given my surroundings
peak ice
valid
neon mantle
left in the sense i have to contribute to the rebuilding of the country and create communities not divided but connected, with no such "peace walls" to keep up apart and a healthier environment for us all
peak ice
no one mentioned communism
silent stag
left in the sense i have to contribute to the rebuilding of the country and crea...
good
neon mantle
the one on the falls/shankill road will probably never fall bc it's too much of a tourist trap at this point
silent stag
the one on the falls/shankill road will probably never fall bc it's too much of ...
fr
peak ice
I've read a lot of communist literature
neon mantle
do you even know what i'm talking about
silent stag
I've read a lot of communist literature
mhm and
what do u think of it
i wotn judge
i just wanne know
neon mantle
tell me then
silent stag
tell me then
theres a community on the falls/shankill road which wont fall because of the tourism
neon mantle
no
silent stag
thats what u said tho
neon mantle
i'm talking about walls dividing communities, not communities themselves
peak ice
I have my idea of a utopia and it does take from Marxism in some respects, but also from other strains of socialism and anarchism, however we live in a oligarchical hellscape as of late so I'll take any thing that's not tory or ukip, I'm so tired
neon mantle
no one gives a shit about the residents, it's the wall they care about
I vote People Before Profit because they are the strongest in my constituency against Sinn Fein and are guaranteed one of 5 seats
Alliance strong second
neon mantle
I've worked multiple times with Alliance
peak ice
I'm gonna start campaigning against my mp
neon mantle
any party that is not green or orange thank u very much
silent stag
I have my idea of a utopia and it does take from Marxism in some respects, but a...
ok
can i get banned for conservative beliefs
peak ice
no
silent stag
would u want me to be banned for it
peak ice
no
silent stag
ok
peak ice
you get banned for bigotry
neon mantle
someone donated a hefty sum of money to my old school so they could make tea and toast for everyone
how has it come down to this in 2022
hidden glen
i support torys to an extent
ew
neon mantle
I support tories to the extent that they fuck off
hidden glen
just watch conservative beliefs will be listed under bigotry
and some beliefs many conservatives hold are bigotry. many conservatives are massive transphobes
hidden glen
I support tories to the extent that they fuck off
i will pay the tories if they all ship themselves to a desert island
ill pay the whole fee
but they cannot leave, or bring anything but a change of clothes
hidden glen
i dont like liberals either lol
silent stag
Lol then what
hidden glen
i just hate the tories
neon mantle
hidden glen
He ABSOLUTELY has a live laugh love sign in his kitchen
native fractal
Enlightened centrists at it again
Fella out here telling us he supports tories somewhat, and then when the Northern Irish get involved it’s all “idk this I’m gonna go” like alright don’t be educated then
It’s much more than socialism is when healthcare, especially when the tories don’t particularly want it around anyway these days lol
neon mantle
Twitter
tawdry socket
This kinda reminds me of the UWC Strike of May 1974
The country has gone into a standstill and has been for a while
mighty pivot
Almost every "centrist" below a certain age on the internet at this point seems to be a conservative who avoids the term because they consider it to be stigmatised, similar with "libertarians"
neon mantle
To make things better
Something made a very loud noise in Strabane and part of the area is essentially in lockdown
@hidden glen @tawdry socket @opal bolt
hidden glen
The roads are closed off too damn
opal bolt
Happy days
tawdry socket
Oh damn
neon mantle
jfc
tawdry socket
that’s something
opal bolt
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-63674957
see if its one of these loyalist ones
after they went against the gfa a while ago
neon mantle
@opal bolt @hidden glen @tawdry socket apparently another security alert in Strabane
opal bolt
theyre grand lads in strabane then
neon mantle
Where did the Second Troubling occur?
Strabane
tawdry socket
Something is going on
hidden glen
<@708681373048897577> <@346124902245335040> <@513355177936551966> apparently ano...
Oh damn
peak ice
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/23/scottish-independence-supreme-court-scottish-parliament-second-referendum-indyref2 I'm so over this fuCKING UNION
opal bolt
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/23/scottish-independence-supreme-c...
didnt the sc say that scotland didnt meet the requirements
of like
an oppressed nation or something
peak ice
something along those lines
neon mantle
Honestly I heard it on the news but thought it was just Strabane
opal bolt
what the fuck is happening
tawdry socket
possible bomb
tawdry socket
aaa
opal bolt
wolfe tones
neon mantle
neon mantle
Doesn’t count
opal bolt
do you want links to the songs
neon mantle
I’ve got it saved on my Facebook
neon mantle
https://www.facebook.com/colin.mcquaid.3/videos/1368736189812664/?d=n I went back and found it
neon mantle
neon mantle
why does this country
opal bolt
didnt know there was an Ulster in Qatar
couple of things
if they approached qatar
what and why
and if qatar approached them
what fucking need have they for an ulster university
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They’ve been charged for hate crimes
Can’t they just do a JW and just stand with their booklets
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That isn't obnoxious enough for them
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In fairness theyve always left me alone when i said no to a leaflet
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the one time i said no he started shouting at me about it
some spit went on my clothes from his shouting
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https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/if-they-throw-me-in-jail-...
Hmm, not my favourite variety of Manic Street Preachers
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Hmm, not my favourite variety of Manic Street Preachers
yeah, Welsh ones tend to be better
mighty pivot
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getting his act together I see
would have to be replaced with another legal entity though I feel
just one without life terms and hereditary positions
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silent stag
oi
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https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/strabane-psni-attack-dna-accused-25750720 meanwhile in NI
i know a few in north belfast who help run youth clubs, the nightmare it has been to meet demand
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if you're working class or you have a working class job, be careful about what you're hearing from the government and the press about Mike Lynch, because its what they not so secretly think about you
power to the strikers ✊
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if you're working class or you have a working class job, be careful about what y...
I saw a tiktok of Rishi absolutely losing his shit because Starmer supported nurses getting a pay rise which matches inflation
Like holy shit Starmer is a spineless worm and did not explicitly say "I support them striking" and instead said he thought they should get fair wages, but rishi lost it anyways
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https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/odhran-oneill-body-missing-lurgan-25781372 poor guy
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R.I.P.
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a poem i have written inspired by our wonderful leadership:
I STILL FUCKING HATE THE TORIES
I still fucking hate the Tories
I really do
I still fucking hate their government
And I hope you do too
I still fucking hate their policies
Because they only benefit the rich
I still fucking hate their cronies
And the willingness to throw the country into the ditch
I still fucking hate their greediness
Because the country is left penniless
I still fucking hate their leadership
Especially when outlived by a LETTUCE
I still fucking hate their rich boy attitudes
And their cronies sucking sausage rolls
I still fucking hate their nepotism
Because it’s used for contracts gone AWOL
I still fucking hate the Tories, and you bloody should too.
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I remember reading about that when it happened
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there used to be a clearly illegal car wash near me right opposite a police station for years
only got shut down bc a petrol station bought the land
open 7 days a week and the workers seemed to be different every week
but all more or less from the same countries of origin
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does every car wash here use the same sign
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It must
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They are all very similar with that blue and yellow
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yes
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Click
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usually like £2 car wash on it
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There's one I occasionally see called Soapy Bob's Car Wash
uses a knockoff Spongebob for the logo
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every ice cream van has a knockoff spongebob
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I wonder how many takeaways have a knockoff Peter Pan or Speedy Gonzales (or really, just the actual Peter Pan or Speedy Gonzales)
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How come w e never got those cool character ice creams
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oh man might have to gift myself one
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do the kunts get a lot of airtime on tv
like playing at the end of chat shows etc
with that name
anywhere they need to be introduced
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I don't think I've seen them anywhere
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why
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Rude Pump
Not the most appetising
All the kids be rushing to Asda for the official beverage of Take That
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I'm drinking Rude Pumps instead 🎵
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At least we don’t have to hear wonder wall anymore
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There isn’t a single train on today so I suppose day off for me
I knew the strikes made trains scarce but my only hope to trowbridge today was a freight train
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If anything they should be addressing the attainment gaps in maths from a younger age
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I really wish I could not feel terrified whenever I hear the phrase "women and girls" in politics now T_T
can't seem to tell who's trying to actually protect women and girls, or who's just trying to harm trans people
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1/3 less sugar percy pigs are tough to chew
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Hmm, I wonder why that happens
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i got these to read about the uk
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the maths until 18 thing is dumb
It’s absolutely unnecessary
A-level maths is still quite a popular option, it’s not like there is only 1 A-Level class
He’s tackling an issue that doesn’t exist
If he actually does impose the rule, at least make the difficulty jump less high
Forcing students to take a subject that they may not like/struggle with or any reason pretty much might lead to more students dropping sixth form
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can't seem to tell who's trying to actually protect women and girls, or who's ju...
The line reeks transphobia to me
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He’s tackling an issue that doesn’t exist
He's just adding on to an issue
A lot of students will drop out after GCSEs if they have to do maths till 18
Some people drop out cos they have to do it till 16
If it was maths that applies to real life then it would make sense but it won't be
It's just a way to divert attention from the state of the uk rn
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it ignores the fact that not all kids stay in school or college after 16 too
like what's the plan for apprenticeship kids?
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What about ones going into dance school
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are they gonna be expected to be studying maths alongside their apprenticeship?
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If he's so worried, he should address it at age 6 not 16
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also the fact that gcse maths is already too difficult for a lot of students
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If he's so worried, he should address it at age 6 not 16
honestly
and it angers me that it's blatantly a distraction from the NHS falling apart and the hideous industrial action laws sunak's government are trying to pass
at least with Cameron's tory party the distraction was marriage equality
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Brazil insurrection
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that's not a british distraction tho
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that's a political uprising in another country
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I should compile a list of distractions we've had in 2023
every distraction should be 1 word
no elaboration
then at the end of the year
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Really hoping this will be Rishi's downfall, but then we might also get someone worse but I fear that every time
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did you say british distraction
i thought intentional press attention sought after by the government was implied
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i mean we're at this stage with tabloids
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"charge wealthier britons" like it's gonna be them first
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do i want to find the article and link it
NHS, BT, schools, youth clubs, other work places
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tf is a bt school
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BT may be British Telecom, one of our ISPs/television services
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BT here for internet
but Sky for television, part of me is unsure why and would like to switch to Freesat, but £250 or so is hard to get upfront for a box
But, cheaper than 9 months of Sky
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Is it just me or has the anti-Albanian rhetoric seemingly become second or third tier headlines in the last two weeks
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If they're so concerned
They should look at this as a human trafficking and crime ring issue rather than a nationality issue
Address the route of the issue and where it originates and find out why people are doing this to get to the U.K.
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Let them get in then lose 38 of the kids
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and send them somewhere halfway across the world from their country of origin
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is it 38 that went missing
It's still mostly anti-Romanian rhetoric here
I often hear the g word lumped against Romanian
When in fact the Romanians are not equally the Roma community and vice versa, two completely different people
Roma just happen to live within Romanian borders, as well as other countries
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aww :(
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i wanted her to be pm to set off the racists but rishi's doing that for me
they don't know what to do now bc tories are in but it's not a white man
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https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/01/12/bauer-to-rebrand-seven-heritage-scottish-stations-to-greatest-hits-radio/ naw this annoys me
what is with the constant loss of local branding in favour of big names
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tube advert
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infuriating font
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think that's the point
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what point
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This and the plan to stop recognition of legal gender changes from a bunch of countries that people go to for good trans healthcare
I'm terrified
then again when am I not with this government
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I feel a bit sorry for Sunak as I am going to be memeing the fuck out of his resignation when it happens
He's no match for my comedy
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sunak isnt meme material
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the pig fucking coward himself
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https://greens.scot/NoSection35 Petition thing against blocking the reform bill
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email your mps!!!!
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i'm actually glad to see this being reported on
it's opening a discussion on the word chav and the practice of dressing up like a chav
whatever the fak constitutes as a chav tbh
working class? wear comfy clothes? automatically labelled a chav
millie b has a child which i did not expect
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honestly seeing all the BGmedia kids grow up is kinda surreal lol
i'm glad the connotations around the term chav and how it's often used to demonise the working class are being talked about again
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Sunak getting a fine bc he didn't have a seatbelt on
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something about a guy who was previously Chancellor getting fined is hilarious to me
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good distraction tho
gotta give it to them
i look forward to criticising labour's distractions
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true!
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pseudo kestrel
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no thank you
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What's that coming over the hill is it a Tory is it a Tory?
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not exactly uk wide but
this is a lot of the work i've been helping raise awareness for
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https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64629080 nooooo
nooooooooooooo
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Worried about potentially getting a transphobe replacing her but it's probably a lot less likely in the scottish government than england's
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Hopefully
Scotland has done good in terms of advancing trans rights
Hopefully it doesn’t go backwards
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does anyone else think we're slowly devolving into the troubles
political instability/more & more involvement from Westminster
more & more 'devices' being found
then like
that time either the uvf or the uda a year or so ago said they were going back on the GFA
and everyone just brushed it off
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they want a hard border
they want violence to go against themmus
gonna need another labour govt to end the second troubles
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Looks like paramilitaries are waking up
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I don't think there will be a second troubles until after we are all dead
Nobody wants another civil war
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the dup 100% thought they were getting a hard border
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I think they think they can get anything they want
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what i see happening is the same behaviour as early 2021
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I thought they have always acted this way
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loyalist paramilitaries acting up in their own areas, trying to break down and intimidate the other side so they can say they had to defend themselves
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Don’t like something? Shut down the entire country
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they're too divided now to even coordinate the bombings they did when O'Neill was NI prime minister (when we had that)
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oh yeah that
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police wouldn't use water cannon force against loyalists but will have them out if any republicans want to act up or "riot"
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I don’t think we will get as much of a paramilitary presence like before
Maybe just infrequent leaving devices here and there
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what we saw on the shankill road was people not even born when the St Andrews Agreement was signed out rioting for "their" country lead by paramilitary leaders directing them into do the rioting and the community (likely linked to said leaders whether or not they're involved directly) cheering them on
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the paramilitaries themselves were not doing it themselves, it was the youths
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Oh I see
would it be possible that they were ordered by paramilitaries? Or they just a bunch of rouge youths rioting for some reason
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paramilitaries mostly control younger people with drugs and the idea of being rich, we have basically turned to paramilitaries being like the drug gangs in england
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ah alright
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and they needed drugs coming from scotland which was no longer happening bc of the sea border
that was at least april 2021's cause
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Northern Ireland can't have a hard border though
That's part of the good Friday agreement
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that the dup didn't sign
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If that is violated there will be another war
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true
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that gerry adams signed with kisses
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that the dup didn't sign
It still applies to northern ireland regardless
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A lot of people rely on cross border travel
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One party doesn't determine the fate of the country
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Signed with sharpie
Xoxo that made me chuckled
Weren’t the DUP not big enough to have as much of a say?
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https://youtu.be/KEq3c0nbkkg this was the general DUP reaction
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/explosive-device-recklessly-left-metres-26277253
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It's really annoying cos it doesn't even function like a normal paywall
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Have you tried using a computer to read it em
There's a chrome extension which automatically removes paywalls and I forgot about that
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-64699380
People in northern Ireland are automatically donors?
I had to apply for a donor card
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it's opt-in
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Tf is that about
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Have you tried using a computer to read it em
i'm on a computer
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Do you want a link to the adblocker
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i already have one
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in fact i have 4
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It's a paywall bypass
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but they won't function on the article correctly
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Thank you
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Who photographed him walking down a country road for that article
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Who photographed him walking down a country road for that article
Especially cos they refuse to talk to any media
How the fuck are there so many candid high quality photos of the burkes
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He’s unbelievable
He expects the court to take his side and let him go back to work but also refuses to obey court authority lol
Very much a "I want my cake and I want to eat it too" situation
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https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/news/enoch-burke-turns-up-at-school-again-de...
Its like that scene from Catch me if you Can
Where he just turns up pretending to be a teacher
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brexit💜
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The DUP seeing the map and whining how they're not red
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A leading figure in the gang told Sunday Life: “What’s on the table doesn’t deliver the end of the Irish Sea border.
“The warnings from David Campbell [Loyalist Communities Council chairman] should have been heeded.
“His efforts to keep a lid on things are running out of road.
“Loyalists are now being mobilised, and rather than the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement being a celebration, the streets will be in flames.
“Loyalists will wreck the place. It is very easy to take the hand off the wheel and just allow the men off the leash.”
In an effort to get the DUP to sign up to a deal, the party is reported to have been offered a place at the negotiating table when the EU is considering new laws applicable to Northern Ireland.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is also keen to secure the DUP’s support for protocol reform in order to restore the Assembly.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s party collapsed Stormont last year in protest at the impact the protocol is having on trade between Northern Ireland the rest of the UK.
Negotiations over the Northern Ireland Protocol are “inching towards conclusion”, the Taoiseach indicated on Saturday.
Leo Varadkar said he was cautious about saying anything that might risk the process, but indicated he believes there is a possibility of agreement in the next few days.
“Certainly the deal isn’t done yet,” Mr Varadkar told RTE.
“But I do think we are inching towards conclusion and I really want to thank the UK Government and the European Commission and the Northern Ireland parties for the level of engagement that they’ve done in recent months to get us to this point.
“I would just encourage everyone to go the extra mile to come to an agreement because the benefits are huge.
“They allow us to have the Northern Ireland Assembly back up and running in the north and the Good Friday Agreement working properly again, and also to put relations between the United Kingdom and Ireland and the European Union on a much more positive footing.”
In a day of high political drama yesterday, the British prime minister’s judgement was criticised after a meeting between King Charles and the leader of the EU Commission was cancelled.
Mr Sunak’s critics claimed this called into question his handling of the protocol negotiations.
East Antrim DUP Sammy Wilson said any Windsor meeting with the EU leader would have been “a cynical use” of the King’s position that would be seen in unionist circles as the sovereign endorsing the deal.
He also branded the prime minister “naive” and accused him of “dragging the King into a hugely controversial political issue”.
“The only conclusion we can come to is he knows that in these negotiations he hasn’t achieved the objectives he set out for himself and his own party,” Mr Wilson told Sky News.
Former DUP deputy leader Lord Dodds said meeting Ms von der Leyen would have politicised the monarch, and argued the reports “reinforce the questions about No 10’s political judgment over the protocol”.
Baroness Hoey, a Brexit supporter and former Labour MP, said any such meeting would have been “outrageous”.
Labour’s shadow Northern Ireland secretary Peter Kyle said Downing Street should have realised utilising the King would have “constitutional implications” and been “highly insensitive to the politics of Northern Ireland”.
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No other part of the U.K. is this "patriotic"
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Of course they have mercedes in the driveways
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Emily ventures into east Belfast
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into enemy territory if you will
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https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/new-ira-admits-responsi...
Aw damn
