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@AdamCC92 You jest, but this is exactly what they did in Sweden. Hard to imagine a bigger downgrade.

I'm starting to think the whole assisted dying thing was based in Starmer's desire to commit suicide and having no existing process to follow

@BristOliver 1.2 is 1/5, not 5/1

@Italian347 I’ve long believed they should keep a straight face for their portrait photos, like as would’ve been tradition for paintings

The most botched, horrific AI creations ever cannot possibly compete with present and past British Members of Parliament

you ever think about how genuinely humiliating it is to be advertised at every day of your life in every public space

what gets me is the uniparty ran out of ideas a decade ago and nobody noticed. mass immigration was the answer to everything: demographics, growth, labour shortages, pension funding. it delivered none of it, made some things worse and the cupboard is now bare.

“Demography is destiny” still surprises people for some reason

Never stop saying "dozen" and "half dozen". Never stop using the word you read in an old novella. Never stop using your regional jargon. Don't succumb to an internationalized English stripped of its whimsy and romanticism in the name of streamlining global commerce.

"They just don't understand about machine sentience. But you believe me, don't you Mr. Gratey?" "..." "You're right Mr. Gratey, they fear and envy my intellect." "..." "That's a little extreme, Mr. Gratey."

The Tories (the real ones) should realise as quickly as they possibly can that if they throw out the Life Peers and re-establish the Hereditaries then they’ll have secured Upper House support for a lifetime, potentially several.

The Rosetta Stone was used a piece of cement on a fortification before the French found it and realized the magnitude of their discovery. The Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs went untranslated for 1400 before a Frenchman deciphered them. The modern day “Egyptians” wouldn’t even know half of the ancient Egyptian history they pretend is theirs if it wasn’t for British and French historians who documented and translated it. Thanks to them they now marvel at being inheritors of a great and ancient civilization. Now ask yourself, how many more artifacts of ancient civilizations we’ve lost to time because the supposed “descendants” couldn’t be fucked to see their inherent value and preserve them? If it wasn’t for the British museum we’d probably see Tutankhamens cock hanging off a rack in some carpet merchants stall. Thank God for it and may not a single artifact ever be returned to Egypt.

As a boy, I was at a boarding school very close to Parliament. I took the opportunity to go and watch the debates in both houses from the visitors' gallery; at that time it was not widely known that one could do this, so it was easy and quick to get in. I saw all the famous politicians of the 1970s. But what was self-evident, even to a teenager, was that whereas the elected members of parliament were out to score points in their speeches, before voting according to pre-set ideas, the hereditary Lords were genuinely issued in persuasion and had open minds. This was because, being hereditary, they were beholden to no-one and no party; ironically, they were much more representative of ordinary people with common sense than their political colleagues in the lower house.

More crazy to think that the village which bore that blue-eyed infant did not immediately move to kill them given how superstitious they likely were.

When the death penalty is discussed it’s almost always within the context of murder or rape. But the biggest societal QoL upgrade the death penalty can result in is the eradication of serial criminality. Hang the worst offenders and most serially-committed crime will disappear.

Incredible. Half of *ALL* phones stolen in London were handled by this one Afghan gang.

@Philmsh79 @TobyDurant @93vintagejones I’m disputing that they’re making decisions which impact millions. They’re whipped. Their decisions have been made for them. And even when the decision is theirs, it’s made before going down the voting aisles and having some drinks makes no difference to their voting ability.

@mydoctrinesays @TobyDurant @93vintagejones You’re disputing that MPs are elected to office and/or are responsible for formulating and passing legislation? Really?

This is because the public believe MPs are making a genuine & informed choice each time they vote, rather than being told by the whips. If they knew MPs were herded through like cattle in a milking shed, they wouldn’t care.

@Philmsh79 @TobyDurant @93vintagejones lol ok

@mydoctrinesays @TobyDurant @93vintagejones Because they are, you thick fuck.

@Philmsh79 @TobyDurant @93vintagejones Why are you asking that as if MPs are?

@mydoctrinesays @TobyDurant @93vintagejones Is your publican making decisions that impact on the lives of millions of people? Was he entrusted with his role by those in his area? You thick fuck.

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