UK General Discussion II

[Cassius]

Sports Direct trolls Ed Miliband hard.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

It was a pretty lousy comeback tbh, but then that's exactly what you would expect from a pretty lousy company. Like all reasonable people I hope that Mike Ashley comes to an extremely sticky end as soon as possible.

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Emily Thornberry resigns from shadow cabinet.

She should have followed a great sage's advice - "too many tweets might make a twat".

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

So, anything of note from Rochester and Strood?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Well there's a thread on the international board. But counting is taking forever and a day. Reckless is going to win, but the exact margin is not certain. There will be endless media guff about it for at least a week.

[You kip if you want to...]

Emily Thornberry resigns from shadow cabinet.

She should have followed a great sage's advice - "too many tweets might make a twat".

EdM "angrier than he's ever been".

Really? Over THIS!?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Truly we live in a postmodern world.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30157507

Interesting.

[afleitch]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30157507

Interesting.

He know's that this re-election campaign starts now. And he won't be.

[bore]

Obviously it's just a bit of fun, but this is entertaining.

[Silent Hunter]

Which reminds me, I need to update my YouGov stuff so this is more accurate...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/27/pleb-andrew-mitchell-loses-libel-case

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can you still be kicked from the Commons for bankruptcy?

[Bacon King]

Question for the Brits: how accurate/misleading is this image

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Put it like this, the expenses shot has clearly been taken immediately after a division (just as the tellers are announcing the results). MPs show up in force for votes and for debates prior to important votes,* but are less likely to for more routine debates/questions (unless they have a strong interest in the subject at hand). For early stages of legislation (when things often go through on the nod) and particularly for private member bills/EDMs the chamber is often close to empty because there's not much point being there. Most of their actual work at Westminster (if they're backbenchers) occurs in the committees, which are (of course) held elsewhere.

_{*And for PMQs.}

[Silent Hunter]

Highly misleading

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2854421/Minister-staged-obscene-Commons-debate-BET-Tory-says-c-k-six-times-lewd-stunt-sailor-pals.html

Genuinely hilarious.

[MaxQue]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2854421/Minister-staged-obscene-Commons-debate-BET-Tory-says-c-k-six-times-lewd-stunt-sailor-pals.html

Genuinely hilarious.

Through, it happened in March 2013.

[Silent Hunter]

True... I'd imagine that this sort of thing happens in legislatures and courts the world over; it can get quite boring in there.

[afleitch]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/a-long-list-of-sex-acts-just-got-banned-in-uk-porn-9897174.html

Horrible.

[Cassius]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/a-long-list-of-sex-acts-just-got-banned-in-uk-porn-9897174.html

Horrible.

Good lord, there are people who get off on whipping and strangulation? Ugh.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Your naivety is touching.

[afleitch]

Banning female ejaculation from pornographic films is blatant misogyny. It's almost funny if the signal it sent wasn't so downright sad. I have probably been to the moon more times than i've ever seen that on film or would ever want to, but banning the female climax from any pornographic movie no matter how 'honest and gentle' that portrayal is, isn't tasteful.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Banning female ejaculation from pornographic films is blatant misogyny. It's almost funny if the signal it sent wasn't so downright sad. I have probably been to the moon more times than i've ever seen that on film or would ever want to, but banning the female climax from any pornographic movie no matter how 'honest and gentle' that portrayal is, isn't tasteful.

I remember from back when I was in college, there was this one porno (back in the days when for most people you went to a theatre) where the "plot" was that there was this one woman whose ejaculate was such a potent aphrodisiac, a perfume maker was trying various ways to get more raw material from her.  There are a few things on the list I can sort of understand on safety issues, but that clearly isn't why that list was drawn up.

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/a-long-list-of-sex-acts-just-got-banned-in-uk-porn-9897174.html

Horrible.

Family guy has the relevant clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuHI9-_Moig