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I love a good quiche so count me in on all this coronation bollocks

5 hours ago, stringvest said:

 

I realise I must be sounding like some right wing lunatic, but really, by the time it gets to the point where they have travelled across several safe countries to attempt to illegally enter another country, one man's asylum seeker is another man's migrant.  They are seeking entry to a country of their choosing.  No-one would ever consider sending refugees/asylum seekers back to the country from which they were escaping, but Western Europe hasn't yet become a dangerous place for them.  certainly not more dangerous than Britain.

However the Refugee Convention disagrees. For the above to happen, the U.K. either has to break international law or get it changed, or ironically rejoin the EU who appear to be operating a scheme right on the fringes of legality 

https://freemovement.org.uk/how-does-the-illegal-migration-bill-breach-the-refugee-convention/

15 hours ago, Moo said:

An aeropress looks about the most faffy thing imaginable for making coffee. What's so good about the coffee it makes, over and above a french press or italian coffee pot, that you would want to go to so much trouble?

I find them similar to use as a French Press. Put your coffee in, add water, leave for about a minute and then press the plunger. Advantages are that it’s slightly quicker, coffee feels cleaner as it goes through a paper filter and a bit easier to clean afterwards. Drawback is that you can only make one coffee at a time.

Definitely easier than a moka pot and more consistent for me

Did vegan January last year and rapidly came to the conclusion that the substitutes for meat and cheese were either disgusting or full of more chemical shit than a British river. Doesn’t seem necessary given that you can make great vegan food without resorting to that 

I need to use “two-bob cunt” more in my daily interactions

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/feb/26/tomato-free-pizza-on-the-menu-as-chefs-choke-on-the-price-of-fruit-and-veg

Sorry but that is funny as fuck

Only use them when my daughter needs the loo because no girl should be subjected to the horror of the men’s toilets and obviously I can’t take her into the Ladies

6 hours ago, Gnasher said:

No I think Oborne, Peter Hitchins and politicians like Jim Prior, Michael Heseltine and all that crew were very old one nation old tory money. Privatisation, and yanks like McGregor got their goat. 

 

They wanted a two tier society where old money and British institutions were left alone and everything was kept in house. The house of Lords, game of cricket but keep institutions like Royal and British Rail for us all as one to moan about.A sort of don't step on our toes and we won't step on yours type of England.

 

Many of the old one nation torys hated Thatcher and hated her selling off of British assets to foreign investors. But make no mistake they wanted, and still want a old fashioned system where they stay on the top.

 

 

Michael Heseltine was interviewed on that podcast by Campbell and Rory Stewart a few weeks ago. He boasted that he was the minister in Thatcher’s government that had achieved more privatisation than anyone else. 

13 hours ago, Captain Willard said:

I do think there should be more education in schools as to the consequences of serous crime. I know a barrister and he says his clients are often shocked when they realise the length of the sentence they are facing. Murder with a gun is a minimum 30 years without parole, probably more in this case as he shot into a crowded pub. So that’s the rest of his adult life in s cell 23 hours a day. I can’t believe he anticipated  that beforehand. 

He fired a weapon designed to have a spread into a crowd. Planning for consequences is clearly not a strength of his. As Rico said, don’t under-estimate quite how fucking stupid some of these people are

There should be some constitutional requirement that before any government can ‘tackle’ any type of culture war bullshit they have to get the basics in place. You can’t tank the economy, leave people choosing between heat& food, destroy the healthcare system and then start blabbering about how your priority is men who like to wear a dress

54 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Do you ever do that thing where you're sitting in a meeting, trying to look intelligent and attentive, with your chin in your hand... and then you feel a nose-hair on the back of your index finger?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No, me neither.

no but now I have a new fear in video meetings, thanks

Nasal hair, especially if it’s just one long one sticking out which is more upsetting than an entire tuft

8 hours ago, Captain Willard said:

Going home early on a night out. Christmas party last night, I bailed early because I’m old but left the rest behind with a free bar. I expected the youngsters to come in today with takes of Romanesque debauchery but no. They all left by 12, some even cycled home. 

It’s almost like they don’t regard their work life as their primary identity and their colleagues as their main social outlets. I’m starting to suspect that some of them have proper lives in which their jobs are just something they do for only 40 hours a week and I’m jealous as fuck

To give a fuller picture, you could have mentioned that poverty and obesity are often linked

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/09/poverty-causes-obesity-low-income-families-need-to-be-better-off-to-eat-well

How did this topic get a tag? Are they back and how do we do them?

SilverLining obviously.

Then it tends to be pairings rather than individuals. The ones that chase each other across every thread on the forum, bickering like kids and leaving pages of unreadable shite in the middle of decent topics.

Not trusting Champ is a red line for me

10 hours ago, Leyton388 said:

 

I didn't say that but this country owes a debt of gratitude to these people and they shouldn't be homeless. The government along with the armed forces could easily have a program setup for them but they choose not to. 

 

No one should be homeless but if you have put your life on the line for this country then there should be help for you if you need it. 

Nurses and Care Home workers put their lives on the line every day during Covid, arguably at greater risk than many of the armed forces. 

Looking forward to Charles riding through the streets in a gold carriage after one of the toughest financial winters for ordinary people. Should go down a storm

2 hours ago, Anubis said:

When you feel you have to make an excuse for why you were blanked. Stop digging Matt.

 

 

“obeying my wish” is an interesting phrase to use. I suspect Matt thinks that people like Rishi should always obey his wishes

edit: ah bollocks, just seen that it’s a parody account

Interesting watch 

4 hours ago, Evelyn Tentions said:

I'm no economist, as a quick glance at my banking history would prove, but I can't understand how raising the bank rate is supposed to rein in inflation. A rate rise causes an increase in mortgage payments affecting just about everyone, either paying for their house or paying rent. Given that wages aren't increasing at anywhere near the rate of inflation this leaves even less disposable income, less spending and so a downturn in demand for products. Household spending is not the current driver of inflation, profits are.

Perhaps one of our resident Tories could explain it to me

 

Theoretically it kills demand as more people either can’t afford to borrow or choose to save. As demand drops then so do prices

Problem is that the Bank of England is pursuing this policy whilst at the same time the government’s idea is cutting taxes to put more money in people’s pockets and therefore stimulate growth through more spending. Essentially you’ve got the Bank and the government using opposing strategies to fix the economy 

On 01/10/2022 at 19:23, Remmie said:

Borshch and cheese balls. Havent tried it yet. How do you think its going to go? 

Where’s the sour cream and dill?

Brazil is going to be a shitshow for the next 4 weeks. Hopefully not a violent one

2 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

It seems a million years ago but is anyone still worried about the Oxford comma?

I don’t think U.K. printers can afford the ink needed anymore