King Pitcos Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 14 hours ago, David said: I'm as bad as anyone for living in a rather safe, middle-class centre-left bubble in my day to day life, and I sometimes do forget that the vast majority don't think like the people I deal with on a daily basis. If they did we wouldn't have the 'Tories in power, and Brexit wouldn't be happening. Your understanding of that situation proves you’re not as bad as anyone for it. As BomberPat says, people never really have to engage with opposing views that challenge theirs anymore, we can just Other them up and ignore them and surround ourselves with nice, comforting commentary that reinforces our beliefs. To a lot of normal people, left-wing politics in general amounts to the same thing that it is on the UKFF - privileged posh lads who are always going to live comfortably, fantasising about how life should be providing more rainbows and lollipops for minorities, paid for by Amazon’s tax bill. Pretty much every post in every politics thread might as well be “yeah, I hate Tories as well.” And whenever we do get some plonker on here from the other side of the bubble coming in and interrupting the echo chamber with their seventh account to tell us that we could just try sending some  back where they came from, just enough to make traffic bearable on the Cov and Stratford roads in the week, we just shout at them for being a racist until they stop posting. But they probably don’t go away from that marvelling at the great education they’ve received. They likely go away from it pissed off at smug lefties and even more likely to vote for Tommy Robinson, or at least they would do if they weren’t too confused by his real name or how to work a pen. It’s the same all over. We demonise and chastise the poor folk, or patronise them if we’re feeling kind, and they respond by voting for the party we tell them not to vote for. All of the big elections over the last decade or so have contained a short, sharp shock of reality for us, and everyone’s four year old child spends the following week literally shaking because the YouGov polls turned out to be wrong. They nearly pushed the wanking tax through on us while you were all twiddling your thumbs over this meaningless Brexit shitshow, you fucking idiots. I will be a long time forgiving any of you for that. Wake up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted April 2, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 2, 2019 Don't worry, mate, Tories don't understand VPNs but if Labour want a porn ban then we'll all be wanking over old Tamzin Outhwaite pictures from 90s Radio Times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted April 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 2, 2019 4 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said:  if Labour want a porn ban then we'll all be wanking over old Tamzin Outhwaite pictures from 90s Radio Times. You say that like we ever stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Factotum Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 That'll leave a large surplus (I'm not sure what joke I was even trying to make here) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted April 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 2, 2019 9 minutes ago, Factotum said: That'll leave a large surplus (I'm not sure what joke I was even trying to make here) I'd have taken something akin to the 'pull out' route myself. But I won't. Because I've grown up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted April 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 2, 2019 I'd take her up the Irish backstop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Factotum Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 With a hard border? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Erm, I'd really like to ref 'er endum. With my willy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Dem Wanz Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Going backwards and forwards across the red line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted April 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 2, 2019 It'd be a rePHWOARRRendum, amirite lads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 What did you all vote for, lads? Â Because I've changed my mind to the opposite of what you voted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted April 3, 2019 Moderators Share Posted April 3, 2019 Why is Theresa May meeting Corbyn a big deal? Didn't Labour vote for just about everything in the indicative votes anyway? What am I missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted April 3, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 3, 2019 The irreparable split of the Tory party with any luck. The real hoo-hah is that she's said she'll either put forward a joint proposal with Corbyn (which will likely be softer Brexit) or if they can't agree anything, have Parliament vote on a series of options and abide by a result (which will likely be softer Brexit). Either way, it's the first time she's admitted she might have to find a deal to leave that isn't her plan or what was in the Tory manifesto, and she might even wind up getting something through without the majority of her party. Though it's probably just a trap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted April 3, 2019 Moderators Share Posted April 3, 2019 Who is trapping whom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted April 3, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 3, 2019 I presume it's so they can throw Corbyn under the bus and pin it all on him when the next deal gets voted down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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