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by Sky'sGoneOut
Wed 27 Mar, 2024 1:12 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Replies: 10
Views: 92

Re: Tuesday 26th March 2024

‘It was like we’d signed up for a cult’: the weird, wild world of Butthole Surfers

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/ ... rock-noise

by Sky'sGoneOut
Wed 27 Mar, 2024 1:00 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Replies: 10
Views: 92

Re: Tuesday 26th March 2024

Then you have a funny way of going about it.

I wouldn't have you any other way.
by Sky'sGoneOut
Wed 27 Mar, 2024 12:30 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Replies: 10
Views: 92

Re: Tuesday 26th March 2024

AnatolyKasparov wrote: Tue 26 Mar, 2024 4:25 pm Yes sometimes I like to play devil's advocate on here.
Heh. Sometimes.
by Sky'sGoneOut
Sun 24 Mar, 2024 11:33 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th March 2024
Replies: 16
Views: 204

Re: Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th March 2024

As you may remember my brother's partner used to work in a zoo and told me if you tickle a tapir just right it'll lie on its side and let you tickle its tummy like a cat. Tapirs are quite large animals so I let her demonstrate the technique first. url=https://postimages.org/] https://i.postimg.cc/G2...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Sun 24 Mar, 2024 10:36 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th March 2024
Replies: 16
Views: 204

Re: Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th March 2024

Oh and for anyone wondering if nationalising the trains suddenly makes them great my journey home this evening would suggest otherwise. The Northern (nationalised) train I was booked on was cancelled with no reason given, so I jumped on the next one, a Transpennine Express (nationalised) that was de...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Sun 24 Mar, 2024 10:00 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th March 2024
Replies: 16
Views: 204

Re: Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th March 2024

Evening. Had a pleasant weekend away from the madness of news and politics. My brother's other half got us backstage at a small semi-private zoo in Nantwich (It's part of a college). We got to feed lemurs, tickle a tapir and visit George an old, deaf, grumpy serval. He made it absolutely clear that ...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Thu 21 Mar, 2024 12:26 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Replies: 18
Views: 274

Re: Wednesday 20th March 2024

Liddle has also got worse rather than better over time, back in the noughties he did have some redeeming features. Like Hitchens, and Phillips before him he was once of the left, in his case the Socialist Worker Party. I don't know how many of you have met these people but I have. I had one as a la...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Wed 20 Mar, 2024 10:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Replies: 18
Views: 274

Re: Wednesday 20th March 2024

Just caught up with the Pottery Throwdown final. Won't give away any spoilers in case anyone hasn't seen it but the right person won. Talking of TV I won't be around tomorrow evening as I'm off for a long weekend visiting my brother and his wife so no QT review I'm afraid. Which is probably just as ...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Wed 20 Mar, 2024 5:04 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Replies: 18
Views: 274

Re: Wednesday 20th March 2024

Somebody got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning.
by Sky'sGoneOut
Wed 20 Mar, 2024 2:34 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Replies: 18
Views: 274

Re: Wednesday 20th March 2024

He is a charmless nerk. Now now AK, he's far from charmless, he had the commons in stitches, even Sunak was laughing and I bet there were plenty on Starmer's back benches who were chuckling to themselves, If the Labour front bench keep offering him open goals what's he supposed to do? Ignore them? ...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Wed 20 Mar, 2024 1:47 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Replies: 18
Views: 274

Re: Wednesday 20th March 2024

Had to laugh when Stephen Flynn asked Sunak which of the born-again Thatcherites on the Labour frontbench would be best suited to replace him.

Back of the net son.

by Sky'sGoneOut
Tue 19 Mar, 2024 2:22 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Replies: 10
Views: 223

Re: Tuesday 19th March 2024

AnatolyKasparov wrote: Tue 19 Mar, 2024 2:02 pm George Eaton had a rather different interpretation of her speech, interestingly.
Based on a single sentence where she offers a few nice, fluffy words of comfort.

by Sky'sGoneOut
Tue 19 Mar, 2024 2:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Replies: 10
Views: 223

Re: Tuesday 19th March 2024

I think Reeves has shown us who she is enough times now for us to believe her. I'd love to have a chat with her about how the 80's were a 'decade of renewal' when for many of us our lived experience paints an entirely different picture. I barely saw my Dad for the entire decade because he had to go ...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Sun 17 Mar, 2024 11:59 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th March 2024
Replies: 28
Views: 408

Re: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th March 2024

Sod it, I'll watch it tomorrow. Reading through the right wing press this weekend I've noticed a bit of a narrative forming. It'll be good to lose the next election because winning it would be a poisoned chalice so better Labour than us. Which, if you take the five stages of grief seriously (don't d...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Sun 17 Mar, 2024 10:36 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th March 2024
Replies: 28
Views: 408

Re: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th March 2024

Blimey, I assumed Liverpool had played their youth side but apparently not.

Someone needs to have a word with ITV, who doesn't have a speed function on their web player these days? I was hoping to scoot through this at double speed with the crowd sounding like chipmunks.
by Sky'sGoneOut
Sun 17 Mar, 2024 10:20 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th March 2024
Replies: 28
Views: 408

Re: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th March 2024

Watch them lose to Coventry in the semi now :mrgreen: Was out wandering around the rural environs of Halifax so only saw it in semi-drunk snapshots while popping into the occasional pub. Watching it now online. Shibden Hall for any fans of Gentleman Jack. https://i.postimg.cc/tTTvywtp/Shibden.jpg
by Sky'sGoneOut
Sat 16 Mar, 2024 10:33 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th March 2024
Replies: 28
Views: 408

Re: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th March 2024

I remember watching some brexit debate the wretched ERG Tories were doing their best to filibuster when Jacob Rees-Mogg sneeringly proclaimed that the only reason the opposition benches were so incensed was because none of them had the vocabulary to talk for more than five minutes. Here we see Jacob...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Sat 16 Mar, 2024 8:10 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th March 2024
Replies: 28
Views: 408

Re: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th March 2024

Just thought I'd check in on Chardine to see if she's taken being corrected by a myriad of (mostly) polite people gracefully on the chin. Of course she hasn't, she's played the race card. https://twitter.com/ChardineTaylor/status/1768799724612563237 The 'white woman' she's accusing of having irratio...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Sat 16 Mar, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th March 2024
Replies: 28
Views: 408

Re: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th March 2024

Are Corbyn supporters in question that young, or just /cough> disingenuous ? Young by the sound of them, it's genuinely sad that they couldn't imagine state schools teaching music and having instruments. I think Blair erased learning a second language? I'm not sure about that. What I do know howeve...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Sat 16 Mar, 2024 1:49 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th March 2024
Replies: 28
Views: 408

Re: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th March 2024

I mean fair enough, but watching Corbyn supporters saying 'If Starmer played the flute in the Eighties he's not working class', then getting their arses well and truly handed to them has been pretty funny. My bog standard comp had a separate music block which housed (amongst other instruments) a glo...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Fri 15 Mar, 2024 9:07 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 15th March 2024
Replies: 9
Views: 217

Re: Friday 15th March 2024

It wouldn't surprise me if they end up pushing it back all the way to January next year. From what we've been hearing about Tory backbenchers pleading poverty and needing a few more months wages to pay their mortgages it's clear all they care about is how much cash they can milk out of being in gove...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Fri 15 Mar, 2024 6:00 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 15th March 2024
Replies: 9
Views: 217

Re: Friday 15th March 2024

This is Flynn's dignified response to Phillips' tirade accusing him of all kinds of nonsense.

by Sky'sGoneOut
Fri 15 Mar, 2024 5:43 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 15th March 2024
Replies: 9
Views: 217

Re: Friday 15th March 2024

Thanks all, I went back and watched Phillips unhinged rant about Gaza and found it even more demented than I did at the time, this is only a part of it, she was allowed to go on like this for a good 5 minutes angrily jabbing her finger at the audience and attacking Stephen Flynn, who it must be said...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Fri 15 Mar, 2024 2:43 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 14th March 2024
Replies: 17
Views: 293

Re: Thursday 14th March 2024

Thanks.
by Sky'sGoneOut
Thu 14 Mar, 2024 11:30 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 14th March 2024
Replies: 17
Views: 293

Re: Thursday 14th March 2024

Question Time came tonight from Liverpool and kudos to the Scousers, they weren't taking any shit. For the Tories we had Lee Rowley. This evening Lee clearly wanted to be the best, and wanted to beat the rest, as he broke the record for the amount of times an audience laughed at a Tory MP. I actuall...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Thu 14 Mar, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 14th March 2024
Replies: 17
Views: 293

Re: Thursday 14th March 2024

Hmm...racism is going to be a subject of debate this evening so who should we invite on the panel? I know, how about that mad woman who was quoted at length by Anders Breivik?

by Sky'sGoneOut
Wed 13 Mar, 2024 11:01 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Replies: 14
Views: 277

Re: Wednesday 13th March 2024

refitman wrote: Wed 13 Mar, 2024 7:32 pm So, Rowling is just doing Holocaust denial now
Lovely to see George Takei dealing out some sweet Sulu justice.
by Sky'sGoneOut
Wed 13 Mar, 2024 2:54 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Replies: 14
Views: 277

Re: Wednesday 13th March 2024

During prime minister’s questions, the speaker must select MPs from either side of the house on an alternating basis for fairness. This takes place within a limited timeframe, with the chair prioritising members who are already listed on the order paper. This week – as is often the case – there was...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Wed 13 Mar, 2024 2:36 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Replies: 14
Views: 277

Re: Wednesday 13th March 2024

Second day in a row where no comments are enabled on the Graun live news. They're afraid of people libelling Frank Hester, which given what we're learning about the man would appear to be a near impossible task. And even if someone did manage it they'd simply have to apologise for being rude and th...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Tue 12 Mar, 2024 11:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Replies: 15
Views: 275

Re: Tuesday 12th March 2024

So Newsnight just had the 'black farmer' Wilfred Jones on blaming the left for weaponising racism while making excuses for racists on the right. According to him it's just an unfortunate matter of them not knowing the correct language to use. At least I think that was his argument, it was hard to ma...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Tue 12 Mar, 2024 10:33 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Replies: 15
Views: 275

Re: Tuesday 12th March 2024

If all else fails there's always bribery.

by Sky'sGoneOut
Tue 12 Mar, 2024 6:36 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Replies: 15
Views: 275

Re: Tuesday 12th March 2024

https://www.reddit.com/r/Leeds/comments/1bc5o2z/time_for_the_rest_of_the_country_to_find_out/ So glad that he's now being nationally recognised for being a twat, and an abusive employer. I spent over 4 years at TPP and these articles paint an accurate picture but there's SO much more to tell. Like t...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Tue 12 Mar, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Replies: 15
Views: 275

Re: Tuesday 12th March 2024

Wow, I've been doing a bit of reading on Frank Hester's company TPP in Leeds and he sounds like an absolute headcase. Imagine working for this guy. (A review on Glassdoor from a former employee) All of TPP’s problems can be traced back to its CEO, Frank Hester. The man is deeply insecure and wants n...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Mon 11 Mar, 2024 1:05 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th March 2024
Replies: 25
Views: 443

Re: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th March 2024

AnatolyKasparov wrote: Sun 10 Mar, 2024 11:33 pm Anyway......are *you* a Kate Middleton pic troofer?
That depends, is she showing boob?

I've no idea what your talking about.
by Sky'sGoneOut
Sun 10 Mar, 2024 10:52 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th March 2024
Replies: 25
Views: 443

Re: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th March 2024

Leaving Las Vegas https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113627/ Based on a novel by an alcoholic author who committed suicide a fortnight after learning the book was going to be made into a film this was never going to be a barrel of laughs. I've avoided it for years because of its reputation for being utt...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Sun 10 Mar, 2024 3:32 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th March 2024
Replies: 25
Views: 443

Re: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th March 2024

Huge Furry-Whippingstool nails it.

by Sky'sGoneOut
Sat 09 Mar, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th March 2024
Replies: 25
Views: 443

Re: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th March 2024

I don't think it's just boomers who are open to this kind of shit, as we've seen with Covid deniers and anti-vaxxers being a drooling moron isn't an age related condition.
by Sky'sGoneOut
Sat 09 Mar, 2024 7:14 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th March 2024
Replies: 25
Views: 443

Re: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th March 2024

Thanks for posting a link to Parris' latest obnoxious scrawling Froggy. I hadn't actually read the whole thing. Unbelievably he's still going on about PIP which is hellishly difficult to claim for mental health reasons (I wouldn't stand a chance) so has little to no bearing on his pig ignorant scept...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Sat 09 Mar, 2024 6:53 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th March 2024
Replies: 25
Views: 443

Re: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th March 2024

This is pretty relentless at the moment, last week the most viewed article in the Spectator was some clown claiming nearly all mental health conditions are non-existent, and there's been more in The Times alongside this garbage from Parris. All written by right wing journalists with zero expertise i...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Fri 08 Mar, 2024 3:28 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 7th March 2024
Replies: 20
Views: 432

Re: Thursday 7th March 2024

Night.

by Sky'sGoneOut
Fri 08 Mar, 2024 1:23 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 7th March 2024
Replies: 20
Views: 432

Re: Thursday 7th March 2024

PorFavor wrote: Fri 08 Mar, 2024 12:51 am I can't let the effort that went into the Question Time review go without at least acknowledging it. Thank you.
You're welcome, and thanks, but it gives me a purpose in life, a bit of much needed routine, you know?
by Sky'sGoneOut
Fri 08 Mar, 2024 1:17 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 7th March 2024
Replies: 20
Views: 432

Re: Thursday 7th March 2024

Although in defence of Dundee I did venture into a second hand record shop there in the early nineties. While pawing through the Pixies I couldn't help but notice a doorway obscured by a Seventies bead affair like there used to be at the hairdressers I was taken to annually for a bowl cut. Upon push...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Fri 08 Mar, 2024 12:45 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 7th March 2024
Replies: 20
Views: 432

Re: Thursday 7th March 2024

For brits the 'North' is the North of England, tho an alternative might be the 'South' of Scotland ? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mAY46AzN39I Eh? You've lost me froggy. She's making the point that calling the country 'The' Ukraine is a communist hangover, I'm not sure what that has to do with the...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Thu 07 Mar, 2024 11:49 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 7th March 2024
Replies: 20
Views: 432

Re: Thursday 7th March 2024

Question Time tonight came from Cardiff, with an audience which could best be described as the least Labour friendly we've had for quite some time, besides Sayeeda Warsi last week who was essentially attacking her own party, this is the first time I've seen a Conservative MP receive any applause for...
by Sky'sGoneOut
Thu 07 Mar, 2024 5:03 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 7th March 2024
Replies: 20
Views: 432

Re: Thursday 7th March 2024

Oh god, what the hell's happened to Phil Oakey?