Jon

Bonfire night not being on 5th November.  Also there's no bloody bonfires any more, just 'fireworks extravaganzas'. 

Remember, Remember, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th November.  

59 minutes ago, blandy said:

 

I have no sympathy with Netanhyahu at all, he's vile, but I kind of don't expect to see any main UK party leader, be that Sunak or Starmer, or whoever, to be so blunt as to say so, or to call him a war criminal (even though I think he clearly is).

The previous guy would have.  

It was nice, for a while, to have a conviction politician at the helm.  

9 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Another note, while people like Obama hard charm, swagger, political savvy and could talk the pants off a Nun.

Worth remembering during his tenor they were routinely drone bombing the shit out of the region as well.

Many civilian casualties 

People sing Obama's praise from the rooftops. 

Although having said that, I really hate the BBC are currently reporting on the genocide on the news on BBC 6 music.  

They talk about the bombing and genocide and humanitarian crisis going on, but then 'balance' this up by continually, every broadcast, reminding us that this is in response to Hamas murdering and kidnapping Israeli people 2 weeks ago.  

We know.  It's like they're trying to justify these murderous Israeli actions.  

Yeah I watched a bit of that bit didn't connect it to the Israeli genocide going on in Palestine. Just was an interesting documentary. 

Interestingly, in Cheshire East Council, as from January, you will have to pay extra to have your green waste bin emptied. 

You have to opt into this scheme.  It's absolutely bonkers. They introduced those shitty little green plastic indoor food waste things a year or so ago.  Now they're trying to charge people for recycling food and compost waste. Isn't this what council tax covers?

I won't and can't afford to pay extra.  So into the general black bin it goes ....

1 hour ago, blandy said:

 

1. People hate politicians making false promises: Promise nothing

2. People hate divided parties, so to cover the division in the party a complete vow of silence from all members and MPs must be adhered to between now and the next election.

 

I thought for a minute you were talking about Labour under Starmer 

Plus some beanie type hats for the really cold weather.  

Basically being bald means caps or hats in  the winter to keep the head warm, and then in the winter to stop sunburn. 

12 hours ago, Seat68 said:

I have many hats. I am bald. Beanie hat or flat cap are my preferred styles. 

Ditto. I'm rarely without a cap when outdoors. I have a selection of flat caps, plus also a few other hats like bucket hat, oslo cap, pork pie hat, trilby hats. 

47 minutes ago, jim said:

Theresa May out knocking doors in the Tamworth villages. Knocked on my wife’s friends door earlier

Was she touting for business? 

14 minutes ago, Wainy316 said:

Yep, I’m a Count Binface/Green hybrid with a hint of Labour

Yep.  I'm up in the 90% regions for Count Binface, greens, labour, lib dems, women's equality etc. 

25% and lower for tories and reclaim. 

Seems about right.  

1 hour ago, rjw63 said:

Wilderness, six parter starring Jenna Coleman.

Got through three and a half episodes before the football, decent stuff, although I’d be happy just watching Jenna read the phone book in her undies

Yeah I've seen the whole thing.  Fairly decent if obviously far fetched. But yeah Clara is obvs a great reason to watch too. 

22 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said:

I’ve just finished a long questionnaire online. Very detailed questions and I was surprised with the results although maybe I shouldn’t as I’ve always leaned more to Conservative . I was wondering where I’m currently at. 

65% Conservative 

65% Reclaim Party 

57% Animal Welfare 

51% Social Democratic 

51% Labour 

50% Women’s Equality 

Have you got a link to this questionnaire Ruge? I'd be interested in having a pop. Some of these things can be skewed to prod you to vote in a certain manner ....

5 hours ago, theunderstudy said:

Michael Gambon gone, such a shame. So many great performances. For some reason his role in Layer Cake is jumping to mind for me 

"Welcome to the layer cake, son". 

55 minutes ago, leemond2008 said:

Anyone fancy actually having a pop at the question that was in my post?

If a few of them "positive" testimonies from people were included would it have changed the publics perception of him following the Dispatches program? 

 

I'm not sure it's massively relevant tbh. The fact that some women have had a positive experience with him doesn't negate the rapey bits. 

2 hours ago, leemond2008 said:

A few "positive" things that I've read about Brand over the last few days

Georgina Baillie has said that while she doesn't disbelieve the women, she can't see Russell Brand as a rapist, she also pointed out that after the "sachsgate" Brand paid for her rehab and pretty much saved her life

Rhian Sugden said that when she was with Brand he was always pleasant and treated her very well, she also says that Dispatches and reporters were knocking on her parents door trying to get her to speak out on him

Kristen Bell said that despite threatening to "sock him in the bollocks" if he tried anything, she loved working with him and may be the only woman in the world who would scream it from the rooftops (even though this was after filming Sarah Marshall so she was possibly saying it during the publicity for the film)

One of his exes has said that Dispatches kept on badgering her asking for an interview via phone (to protect the girls being spoken to or to ensure that there is no evidence of what was discussed) she told them that she had nothing bad at all to say about him and they basically said that wasn't what they were looking for and didn't want to speak with her again

 

Dispatches and the times has said that they spoke with hundreds of people during their investigation, I wonder how many of these people actually said that despite being a bit of a prick who slept around he didn't do anything wrong to them? 

I wonder how the publics opinion would have been affected if there were a few positive or even neutral stories about him in there.

They felt that someone saying he walked about in his pants was worthy of mention but not a single positive account from someone that was actually in a relationship with him.

Again (I feel like I need to stress this every time I post something in here) I am not on Brands side, I am not doubting the women that have come forward.

In conclusion: he didn't sexually harass or rape every woman he's ever met.  

Good on him.  

1 hour ago, theboyangel said:

Folk singer and siffluer Roger Whittaker aged 87.

 

This room's got an echo. 

2 hours ago, Jonesy7211 said:

Some good news, football paedophile Barry Bennell has died in prison, aged 69.

I always read that as Barry Bethel  

2 minutes ago, rjw63 said:

Roger Whittaker, 87.

Whistling all the way to heaven.  

1 hour ago, Demitri_C said:

Wow i cannot believe the legal age for being able to consent to have sex is 14 in a country like germany that is unbelievable. Ita also the same in Portugal 

I do wonder what their paedo rates look like compared to ours? 14 is just wrong on so many levels

Just like having sex in a elevator. 

2 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

They should come forward and press charges as now its come out if they want him to be justice

They'll appreciate your advice. 

17 minutes ago, Straggler said:

 all I can see from Starmer is that he refused to be drawn on the issue ....

 being a bit vague if you would do something about it.

Starmer in a nutshell. 

His politics really inspire me.