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3 hours ago, Bruce Spanner said:
Nope, unedited, in the new year.That could be any time between now and March though.
Mate who would know told me last night and says it takes no prisoners, again second hand stuff.
For Starmer this could be the break from infighting and ‘that’s the past’ or some shit.
Anyhows, don’t shoot the messenger etc.
Don’t mean to sound snide Bruce, but is this the same mate who said Starmer was always going to quit / get jibbed before the GE? -
6 hours ago, Bruce Spanner said:
Going for ‘white van man’ in shocking display of ‘I’d have a pint with that cunt’ normality…
Well said Keir.How are those ten pledges coming along?
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1 hour ago, Strontium Dog™ said:
He made a comment in support of electoral reform last year.
During his leadership campaign. We can take that to the bank then. -
2 hours ago, Strontium Dog™ said:
Fortunately Starmer, unlike his predecessor, is sympathetic to the real democracy of a proportional system.
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4 hours ago, Bobby Hundreds said:
I got one, never been a member.
The email said it affected affiliate members and registered supporters as well. Are you or have you been a member of a union, or did you pay to vote in any of the last three leadership contests? -
1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:
I'll be honest mate, I was being a bit snarky. No offence meant.
None taken mate, no worries.-
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3 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:
No, I made a statement that I don't know anyone who doesn't think Israel "shouldn't exist" you then countered it. I said 'ok' because I don't believe we will agree. If that's ok like.
That’s fine, it just came across a bit snarky from you. Apologies if you didn’t mean it that way.-
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4 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:
Ok Neil.
What’s that supposed to mean? Are you genuinely saying you think everyone on the left accepts Israel’s right to exist?I’m not trying to be provocative, there’s nothing wrong with supporting a binational state instead of a two-state solution. I genuinely don’t know where you’re coming from here though, you’re acting as if acknowledging what I’ve said is somehow surrendering ground to the anti-Corbyn / anti-left crowd.
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1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:
I don't know a single person who is opposed to Israel existing. Don't conflict opposing oppression with something entirely different because thats the tactic the liars use.
“I don’t know anyone who...” is rarely a winning argument Stig. For starters there are several posters on here, I can name Stringvest and Torahboy off the top of my head.
Lots of people on the left don’t think Israel should exist at all, that’s a fact. Most of them don’t advocate it being destroyed or the Jews being forced out, but they are opposed to its existence on the grounds that it’s an ethnostate which officially favours one ethnic group and discriminates against another.
I wasn’t even commenting on what’s happening with Labour, just pointing out a basic fact it would be useful for you to be aware of.
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1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:
Who is anti Israel ????? People aren’t anti Israel they are anti murdering cunts who hide behind the phrase “anti-Semite” whenever the idf get called out for their murderous racist regime.
No, plenty of people on the left are opposed to the existence of the state of Israel full stop, and would still be even if the violence and occupation ended.They say Israel is a racist project as it grants any Jew in the world the right to live there while denying the same right to millions of exiled Palestinians whose families have lived there for centuries. Many of them argue for a binational state which protects the rights of Jews and Palestinians equally and isn’t based on one group being the majority of the population.
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1 hour ago, Creator Supreme said:
OK, I'll ask the question, who the fuck are they? Is one of them Lisa Nandy?
Bridget Phillipson, Rachel Reeves, Lisa Nandy.I wouldn’t read much into it, it’s just one pundit’s musings, not even based on latest betting.
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2 hours ago, Champ said:
I joined in 2011. She was posting then but I got the sense she had been a much more regular poster prior to that.
She had a very distinctive tear-stained avatar
She was a regular in 2006 when I started posting.-
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Devastated to hear this. Great girl and top poster, always friendly and had time for everybody. RIP.
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Still banging on about it after thirty years.
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2 minutes ago, Mudface said:
Shit, you didn't go looking for it did you?
I found a summary, I didn’t type in the URL. I’m not falling for that again!-
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15 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:
Aah yes it was Lemon Party not Lemon Tree.
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Batman Begins
Wall-E
Gladiator
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Amelie
Howl’s Moving Castle
X-Men
Thirteen Days
Hotel Rwanda
Lemon Tree
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LA Confidential.
Call me old fashioned but I like a film’s main protagonist to be a sympathetic character that I can root for. Neither Pulp Fiction nor Goodfellas has that, which is why despite their technical brilliance they both leave me cold.
The winner will walk the final of course.
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45 minutes ago, Special K said:
The Matrix remains the best experience I've ever had in the cinema
Ditto. Exhilarating, thought provoking, ground breaking. And all the more exciting as it wasn’t given a massive publicity buildup, it almost snuck in under the radar. All the hype that summer was about the Phantom Menace. -
34 minutes ago, mgw100 said:
Goodfellas is a great film objectively. For some reason I've never really connected with it
Same. Still voted for it here though, along with Reservoir Dogs - certainly not the strongest group we’ll see in this competition.Goodfellas nailed on to win the whole thing imo.
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Are we talking about A Matter of Life and Death?
If so that’s a completely different premise. Niven’s character all along understands that he was supposed to have died, and the film is all about how he and others respond to it. In Jacob’s Ladder we don’t find out what’s happened until the very end.
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9 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:
Aliens beating Mississippi Burning sums the state of this place up
It’s not Star Wars with more gore, it’s got great performances and a really strong character-driven story. Weaver was nominated for an Oscar. -
Cheers, never occurred to me to try that.
Should Corbyn remain as Labour leader?
in GF - General Forum
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You said he had regular contact with Labour’s top brass and was adamant about it. I inferred that he had some kind of inside info as opposed to just giving his opinion.
No, not possible at all imo - Starmer has always been set on being PM, and the Labour right will be happy to keep him in place as long as he continues the marginalisation of the left, which he set about from the beginning. Barring some massive scandal he’ll lead Labour into the next GE, and even if he loses I’m certain that if he cuts the Tory majority to 20-30 or less he’ll get to stay on and have another crack, citing Kinnock as precedent.
I’m equally sceptical about the Forde report. The only way I see an unedited, no punches pulled version being published with Labour’s consent is if the main thrust of it is criticising the left for the initial leak. Absent that It will stay buried indefinitely. Different story if a legal challenge forces its release.