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1 hour ago, PaddockLad said:


Professional contrarian, utterly convinced of his own genius. Self regarding to an Olympic standard. In the bottom three people who I’d want to have a pint with :cuppa: 

I like him on both comedy and political panel shows. He’s got the political elite absolutely sussed and isn’t afraid to call them out. He does seem to inhabit a sort of pointless area of academia now but I’d class it as harmless. It’s like a type of high art like ballet that I have no time for but has its place. The aforementioned cunts he calls out are on a different plane when it comes to their cuntery though. I quite like his intellectual pretentiousness too. I read one of his books ages ago and I can’t even remember it now beyond one of the characters fantasising about decapitating people then fucking their neck stump. Agree with SpongeBob about Shooting Stars too 

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Uncle Dave. :lol:

 

What a thundercunt. 

 

In other news, I'm more impressed by Starmer today telling some home truths. This was from his speech:

 

"We need to be frank about the path of decline the Tories have set our country on. The British people are falling behind while our European neighbours get richer. In the East as well as in countries like France and Germany. I’m not comfortable with that. Not comfortable with a trajectory that will soon see Britain overtaken by Poland. Nor am I prepared to accept what the consequences of this failure would mean".

 

Explanatory notes below. Twenty years ago seems like nothing to me. In 20 years, we may be poorer than fucking Romania! Staggering incompeternce by the tories. 

 

World Bank data shows that the UK had a GDP per capita of $44,979 in 2021 (latest available data) compared with $34,915 in Poland, and $33,593 in Hungary, and $30,777 in Romania.

UK GDP (Gross Domestic Product) per capita grew at an average annual rate of 0.5% in real terms from 2010-21, compared to 3.6% for Poland, 3% for Hungary and 3.8% for Romania.

Assuming these trends continue, by 2030, the UK will be around US$600 (PPP adjusted) poorer per person than Poland.

By 2040, the UK will be around US$12,000 and US$8,000 poorer per person than Romania and Hungary respectively.

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Deal agreed, now over to the resident nut cases. Should be good news for NI and science (readmittance into EU Horizons scheme. What could possibly go wrong* at this stage?

 

* Actually, although sarcastic, I don't think the ERG have the space now to oppose this. I expect the DUP won't want to ratify this mind as I just don't think they will ever accept being the junior partners in Stormont.

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Admittedly this is (aptly) tallest dwarf in the circus stuff. But the crack in Whitehall amongst the departments is that Sunak is preferable to his two predecessors. Due to his belief in evidence-based policy, as opposed to being driven purely by ideology 

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1 minute ago, Alex said:

Admittedly this is (aptly) tallest dwarf in the circus stuff. But the crack in Whitehall amongst the departments is that Sunak is preferable to his two predecessors. Due to his belief in evidence-based policy, as opposed to being driven purely by ideology 

 

Yeah, he's a technocrat, like Starmer. 2024 the Battle of the Technocrats beckons. Although I agree he is pragmatic and believes in evidence based policy to some extent, I still find it confusing how this could make you think Brexit was a good idea, but I guess it depends on what you are trying to achieve in the first place.

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4 hours ago, Renton said:

Deal agreed, now over to the resident nut cases. Should be good news for NI and science (readmittance into EU Horizons scheme. What could possibly go wrong* at this stage?

 

* Actually, although sarcastic, I don't think the ERG have the space now to oppose this. I expect the DUP won't want to ratify this mind as I just don't think they will ever accept being the junior partners in Stormont.


Right on cue…

 

 

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17 minutes ago, ewerk said:


Right on cue…

 

 

 

Whilst I want peace and prosperity in Ireland, this could be great news. These fuckers are so fucking blind to tactics let alone strategy its fantastic. Let's hope they take the tories down with them. 

 

Bill Hader Popcorn GIF by Saturday Night Live

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