peterms Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 6 hours ago, Wezbid said: They are all toads and from another planet And pursuing a similar line of thought: Quote For those not familiar with the film Matrix, there is a scene where the hero Neo encounters a boy bending a spoon with his mind. The boy hands the spoon to Neo. The dialog goes on: Spoon boy: Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth. Neo: What truth? Spoon boy: There is no spoon. Neo: There is no spoon? Spoon boy: Then you'll see that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself. Neo then appears to bend the spoon with his mind. In the film the spoon isn’t real, but a digital simulation fed to unconscious humans to keep them alive. But what would happen in the real world if you really, really wanted to bend that spoon, and there was another world where you could make that happen? You could get to that world by talking a blue pill offered to you by a kind of anti-Neo. Welcome to the contest for our next Prime Minister, where the electorate is just a small group of party members and Conservative MPs... ...At the bottom of the rabbit hole of Brexit, where only complete independence for (I think this should be "from") the EU is acceptable, you can only survive by taking the blue pill. The blue pill takes you to another place where most Conservative members and MPs want to live. And Boris Johnson, who can seemingly make any bullets fired at him stop dead in mid air with a joke and a smile, is the person who can make this happen. Boris Johnson will offer you a red pill and a blue pill. The red pill that is reality and the blue pill where thought can bend spoons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 In addition to the shit show of Brexit and the tories, I have been reminded of how much I hate The Matrix. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Home Office apologises for accusing man of being 'foreign criminal' Quote The Home Office has apologised to an innocent man after falsely accusing him of being a convicted drug dealer and threatening him with detention and deportation. The apology was issued after the Guardian began to investigate the case of Antonio Neville Heslop, 56, from Jamaica, who lost everything including his home, job and relationship while trying to apply for a biometric residence permit last year. ... rest of article on link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Quote Tory leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson recommended that the UK allow Saudi Arabia to buy British bomb parts expected to be deployed in Yemen, days after an airstrike on a potato factory in the country had killed 14 people in 2016. Campaigners accused the then foreign secretary of showing a “total disregard” for Yemeni civilians by allowing the sales, revealed for the first time in emails disclosed via a freedom of information request. A day after the sale was recommended for approval by Johnson in August 2016, a village school in Yemen was hit by another deadly airstrike, prompting further complaints that the UK is complicit in breaches of international humanitarian law. UK arms controls mean that the foreign secretary has to be consulted on whether the Department for International Trade should licence “precision guided weapons systems and munitions that are likely to be used by the Saudi Royal Air Force in Yemen”. Campaigners head to court to stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia An email dated 12 August 2016 to the Export Control Joint Unit, responsible for licensing UK arms deals, says that Johnson “was content” to advise that the licensing of components for Paveway bombs should go ahead. A few days earlier, on 9 August, the Saudi-led coalition resumed airstrikes on Sana’a at the end of a ceasefire that had held since April. Reports at the time said that more than half of those killed in the strike were women. Andrew Smith of Campaign Against Arms Trade accused the Conservative MP of showing a lack of compassion: “For Boris Johnson to approve a missile sale the day after a food factory was destroyed shows the total disregard that he and his colleagues hold for the rights and lives of Yemeni people.” A day after the approval email was sent, on 13 August, a village school in the Sa’ada province was hit by an airstrike, which killed 10 children and injured 20... ... Johnson was approached for comment but has not responded. Grauniad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 teehee 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Demitri_C Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Javid is going out today I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 1 minute ago, Demitri_C said: Javid is going out today I reckon. I don't think so, dangerous place London these day's he might get hurt. He's not that brave....oh, I see what you mean now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 19, 2019 Moderator Share Posted June 19, 2019 26 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Javid is going out today I reckon. I wouldn't be shocked to see him and Rory the Tory both go out both are still close to the threshold The stupid thing here is the whole process could be sorted with one ballot by Single Transferable Vote and spare the country this long drawn out parade of throbbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 14 minutes ago, bickster said: I wouldn't be shocked to see him and Rory the Tory both go out both are still close to the threshold The stupid thing here is the whole process could be sorted with one ballot by Single Transferable Vote and spare the country this long drawn out parade of throbbers I agree this pantomime show is just not needed ffs. Just choose someone and get on with the bloody job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chrisp65 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 DRaab on the radio earlier today. He was asked about the fact he's now endorsing Johnson for PM when Johnson had pointedly not clearly stated he would leave the EU in October as an absolute promise. DRaab said the problem was the interviewer was concentrating on the detail too much, worrying about commas and full stops. That's right mate, this is just a bit of a deal on future trade, finances, immigration and all our jobs and the NHS and my mortgage and Interpol and scientific research and investment. Why the hell would we worry about the detail? Absolute melon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 19, 2019 Moderator Share Posted June 19, 2019 Rory the Tory is now susceptible to the effects of opium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Rory was the least odious of the lot but nevertheless, still odious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted June 19, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 19, 2019 On Brexit he's the least nuts (but still nuts), unfortunately the Tory party wants nuts, and wants a strong man type, which they've somehow decided Johnson is. Rory ticks none of their boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chindie Posted June 20, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 20, 2019 Away from the leadership farce, the government's completely empty headed Victorian pearl clutching porn block legislation, due to come into force in a couple of weeks, has been delayed again because 'they forgot to notify European regulators about it'. Will nobody cut the head off this **** stupid idea? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 20, 2019 Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, Chindie said: Away from the leadership farce, the government's completely empty headed Victorian pearl clutching porn block legislation, due to come into force in a couple of weeks, has been delayed again because 'they forgot to notify European regulators about it'. Will nobody cut the head off this **** stupid idea? Delayed indefinitely this time I thought I read. Can kicked from one end the motorway to the other, maybe someone explained what a VPN is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 27 minutes ago, bickster said: Delayed indefinitely this time I thought I read. Can kicked from one end the motorway to the other, maybe someone explained what a VPN is or that HoP is not exempt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 41 minutes ago, Chindie said: Away from the leadership farce, the government's completely empty headed Victorian pearl clutching porn block legislation, due to come into force in a couple of weeks, has been delayed again because 'they forgot to notify European regulators about it'. Will nobody cut the head off this **** stupid idea? Ignoring the bit about it being a stupid idea, it's quite simply a staggering piece of ineptitude from the most inept of governments. At least Chris Grayling will be able to have a chuckle to himself today. I guess this will shortly become a 'Europe won't allow us to look after our children' thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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