Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Forum rules
Welcome to FTN. New posters are welcome to join the conversation. You can follow us on Twitter @FlythenestHaven You are responsible for the content you post. This is a public forum. Treat it as if you are speaking in a crowded room. Site admin and Moderators are volunteers who will respond as quickly as they are able to when made aware of any complaints. Please do not post copyrighted material without the original authors permission.
Welcome to FTN. New posters are welcome to join the conversation. You can follow us on Twitter @FlythenestHaven You are responsible for the content you post. This is a public forum. Treat it as if you are speaking in a crowded room. Site admin and Moderators are volunteers who will respond as quickly as they are able to when made aware of any complaints. Please do not post copyrighted material without the original authors permission.
Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Good morfternoon.
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
https://amp.theguardian.com/society/202 ... ssion=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Hidden behind this otherwise true and worrying headline is a damning indictment of Tory benefit changes way before we had to contend with coronavirus:Covid-driven recession likely to push 2m UK families into poverty
Around 1m households experienced destitution in 2019, up 35% since 2017, equivalent to 2.4 million people
"Fall seven times, get up eight" - Japanese proverb
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Good morning, everyone.
-
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 15751
- Joined: Mon 25 Aug, 2014 9:26 pm
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Johnson the usual blustering nonsense at PMQs, complete with a half assed "Islington" jibe at Starmer.
(our PM sold his former house just last year - it was in........Islington)
(our PM sold his former house just last year - it was in........Islington)
"IS TONTY BLAIR BEHIND THIS???!!!!111???!!!"
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
My international travel documentation is a necessity; the only feeling of pride I felt producing my passport was in not having lost it. English is my first language. I've moved around a lot of different places in the world but never felt it imperative I learn another language. I've frequently met with people speaking English as a second, third, fourth language. I admire their greater knowledge. I feel the same when I hear someone play an instrument I've never learned to play. I've sometimes felt vicarious pride in the accomplishments of immediate family members but not extended. I don't have the same emotional attachment to relatives I don't know. I don't recall ever feeling pride or shame over actions of people I share nothing more than citizenships with. I'm attached to Labour. I didn't like my Spice Girls t-shirt going missing but I got over it. If my Hell Yes t-shirt disappears I'm declaring war.Patriotism or national pride is the feeling of love, devotion, and sense of attachment to a homeland and alliance with other citizens who share the same sentiment. This attachment can be a combination of many different feelings relating to one's own homeland, including ethnic, cultural, political or historical aspects.
Patriotism - Wikipedia
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
I didn't really understand the Islington comment. Is it a London thing or a politics thing? I know Corbyn represents part of Islington but don't see how that works as a joke on Starmer. Either way it made Boris look kind of stupid when Starmer calmly explained he was in Camden.
"Fall seven times, get up eight" - Japanese proverb
-
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 15751
- Joined: Mon 25 Aug, 2014 9:26 pm
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Apparently its that Starmer represents the "Islington mentality" - whatever *that* might actually be.
"IS TONTY BLAIR BEHIND THIS???!!!!111???!!!"
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Probably shouldn't give up the day job.
"Fall seven times, get up eight" - Japanese proverb
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Ladies & gentlemen, I give you the political editor of the BBC, reporting on PMQs *sigh*
" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Conservative party's websiteAnatolyKasparov wrote:Johnson the usual blustering nonsense at PMQs, complete with a half assed "Islington" jibe at Starmer.
(our PM sold his former house just last year - it was in........Islington)
and Johnson in the moving backgroundBuild Back Better.
https://www.conservatives.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I know I don't like Johnson or his party but the website with him in it is a grotesque caricature
That Tory website mirrors Labour's
red-blue, party symbols, party leaders in a moving background
https://labour.org.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Has it always been this way?
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
I guess Tory party headquarters has determined Johnson's nonsensical performances work well enough keeping the Tory party in leadership.Willow904 wrote:Probably shouldn't give up the day job.
-
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 15751
- Joined: Mon 25 Aug, 2014 9:26 pm
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Still obsessing more about Labour than the, you know, actual government.refitman wrote:Ladies & gentlemen, I give you the political editor of the BBC, reporting on PMQs *sigh*
" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"IS TONTY BLAIR BEHIND THIS???!!!!111???!!!"
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 68603.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Oh, here we are
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43224785" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'm sure I've heard that line somewhere before...."I don't believe that those are terms that any prime minister of this country should accept."
Oh, here we are
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43224785" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Mrs May said "no UK prime minister could ever agree" to this.
One world, like it or not - John Martyn
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
PorFavor, supper is lentils, parsnips, one carrot with pasta.
Go straight to the mince pies if you want, that's fine.
Go straight to the mince pies if you want, that's fine.
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Merkel brass-tacking the situation"Angela Merkel has said the major obstacle to a Brexit deal is not access to British fishing waters but future regulatory standards in the UK, adding that she expects the talks to continue for days to come."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ays-merkel" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Sky'sGoneOut
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 8192
- Joined: Sat 30 Aug, 2014 1:11 am
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Are we expecting to hear anything from the fat arsed lying sack of shit this evening?
- Sky'sGoneOut
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 8192
- Joined: Sat 30 Aug, 2014 1:11 am
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
I made some lentil and carrot soup earlier with cumin and smoked parika, no parsnip unfortunately.
At some point I really must get round to inventing a miniature wind turbine you can strap to your backside because after that soup I'm pretty sure I could power a small town.
At some point I really must get round to inventing a miniature wind turbine you can strap to your backside because after that soup I'm pretty sure I could power a small town.
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
California's total population is approximately 39.5MMore Californians died from COVID-19 on Tuesday than any other day, the latest milestone in an accelerating pandemic that is infecting and hospitalizing residents at levels far eclipsing any seen before.
---
Nearly 1,400 Californians have died from COVID-19 in the last 14 days. Since the pandemic began, the disease has killed more than 20,200 statewide.
---
The sharp spike in fatalities seen over the last few weeks is the realization of what public health officials have long feared — that a tsunami of new coronavirus cases would not only swamp the state’s hospitals with patients, but swell the number of residents dying from the disease.
“Our message is: As much as you can, stay at home,” Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s health and human services secretary, said Tuesday. “We know that it works. We know that we can bring our transmission rates down.”
Still, conditions statewide are continuing to deteriorate.
California recorded 34,490 new coronavirus cases Monday... .
https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... ions-surge" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Sky'sGoneOut wrote:I made some lentil and carrot soup earlier with cumin and smoked parika, no parsnip unfortunately.
At some point I really must get round to inventing a miniature wind turbine you can strap to your backside because after that soup I'm pretty sure I could power a small town.
- RogerOThornhill
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 11147
- Joined: Mon 25 Aug, 2014 10:18 pm
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Evening all.
This is Lozza Fox's party...
They might hoover up some Brexit Party voters but no more than that.
This is Lozza Fox's party...
Given that the 2024 election will be fought, as most are, on jobs and the economy but even more so probably on "How the government cocked up Brexit"; I can't actually see this sorry bunch doing that well.@TheReclaimParty
@thereclaimparty
- Children will be taught how to think, not what to think.
- We'll reform public institutions and defund those who seek to undermine and divide society.
- Police to focus on actual crime and not thought crime.
- Free Speech Act legislation to protect freedom of expression.
They might hoover up some Brexit Party voters but no more than that.
If I'm not here, then I'll be in the library. Or the other library.
-
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 15751
- Joined: Mon 25 Aug, 2014 9:26 pm
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
I mean, those are nearly all just windy generalities aren't they? Who is actually in favour of "undermining and dividing society" or indeed against "focusing on actual crime"??
Pretty thin gruel to power a supposed "new movement".
Pretty thin gruel to power a supposed "new movement".
"IS TONTY BLAIR BEHIND THIS???!!!!111???!!!"
- RogerOThornhill
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 11147
- Joined: Mon 25 Aug, 2014 10:18 pm
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
In normal circumstances it would be astonishing to think that four and a half years after the Brexit vote, they're still discussing the deal but then you consider who is on our side and it becomes perfectly believable.
The equivalent of doing your homework on the bus going to school weeks after it was set.
The equivalent of doing your homework on the bus going to school weeks after it was set.
Adam Payne
@adampayne26
Breaking: In a “frank” discussion tonight, Johnson and von der Leyen agreed that “very large gaps remain,” according to a 10 Downing St source. The pair agreed that by Sunday a “firm decision” had to be made whether it’s deal or no deal. Talks to continue over the next few days.
10:19 PM · Dec 9, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
If I'm not here, then I'll be in the library. Or the other library.
- Sky'sGoneOut
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 8192
- Joined: Sat 30 Aug, 2014 1:11 am
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Given nobody seems to be stopping Laurence Fox making a total arse of himself I'd love to know why he thinks legislation is needed to protect freedom of expression.
Being heckled at his gigs and dropped by his acting agent isn't censorship, it's the consequence of being a dickhead.
Being heckled at his gigs and dropped by his acting agent isn't censorship, it's the consequence of being a dickhead.
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
I hope at least some of those who voted for Johnson are embarrassed by his appearance.
Boris Johnson and EU agree to extend Brexit talks for another 72 hours
This, at the end of the piece, may be the daftest thing they've said yet.
Boris Johnson and EU agree to extend Brexit talks for another 72 hours
This, at the end of the piece, may be the daftest thing they've said yet.
The UK has said it will not countenance further negotiations past 31 December
One world, like it or not - John Martyn
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
This picture's even worse.
" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
ffs
" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
ffs
One world, like it or not - John Martyn
- Sky'sGoneOut
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 8192
- Joined: Sat 30 Aug, 2014 1:11 am
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
In the U.S it's the stated aim of the kind of far right groups Fox so admires, they literally want to bring down soceity and recreate it in their own image, but while they may be on his side of the so called 'culture war' even he's not dumb enough to advocate armed revolution. And there's also the fact he's a massive wuss.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Who is actually in favour of "undermining and dividing society"??
-
- Site Admin
- Posts: 8331
- Joined: Mon 25 Aug, 2014 7:27 pm
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
So actually we won’t have control of our borders for a while!
So actually we won’t have control of our borders for a while!
- RogerOThornhill
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 11147
- Joined: Mon 25 Aug, 2014 10:18 pm
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
And by "reform public institutions" they actually just mean "The BBC" - the defund threat is pretty obvious,AnatolyKasparov wrote:I mean, those are nearly all just windy generalities aren't they? Who is actually in favour of "undermining and dividing society" or indeed against "focusing on actual crime"??
Pretty thin gruel to power a supposed "new movement".
If I'm not here, then I'll be in the library. Or the other library.
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
This is for Ursula von der Leyen -
[youtube]mfVZhlEb_RI[/youtube]
[youtube]mfVZhlEb_RI[/youtube]
- Sky'sGoneOut
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 8192
- Joined: Sat 30 Aug, 2014 1:11 am
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
I was watching a Come Dine With Me at the weekend where a splendidly snooty Frenchman claimed that the continental view of Englishmen was that they were overweight and badly dressed. He was shouted down and accused of Gallic arrogance but if he'd taken the argument to a court of law and used the above picture as evidence I suspect it would now be perfectly legal to refer to Englishmen as ill groomed fat bastards.gilsey wrote:This picture's even worse.
" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
ffs
-
- Site Admin
- Posts: 8331
- Joined: Mon 25 Aug, 2014 7:27 pm
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
@PF excellent!
As an aside, it must be at least 30 years since I listened to a Bread song....
Oh, and lovely to see you
As an aside, it must be at least 30 years since I listened to a Bread song....
Oh, and lovely to see you
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Never underestimate the ability of people who have a decision to make to find space to kick the can into.
I still believe in a town called Hope
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Fox - Children will be taught how to think, not what to think.
Gove and co will be furious. Children need to learn to regurgitate facts!
Gove and co will be furious. Children need to learn to regurgitate facts!
I still believe in a town called Hope
- Sky'sGoneOut
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 8192
- Joined: Sat 30 Aug, 2014 1:11 am
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
I mean why the fuck does Johnson always look like he's wearing baggy jodhpurs? He has access to the finest Savile Row tailors and yet they don't seem to be able to make him a pair of trousers that fit. I can only assume his massive arse and skinny legs makes their job impossible. But it still must be quite upsetting to make an expensive suit and see it in action looking like someone has haphazardly stuffed it full of mashed potato.
Ah well what do I know, he's obviously a fine figure of a man, I mean why else would pole dancing American entrepreneurs looking for public contracts and pole climbing Tory socialites looking for money and power sleep with him?
Ah well what do I know, he's obviously a fine figure of a man, I mean why else would pole dancing American entrepreneurs looking for public contracts and pole climbing Tory socialites looking for money and power sleep with him?
- RogerOThornhill
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 11147
- Joined: Mon 25 Aug, 2014 10:18 pm
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
That one is a bit odd since his bestest new mate is most definitely a trad-(ex) teacher. "How to think" sounds very woolly and progressive.adam wrote:Fox - Children will be taught how to think, not what to think.
Gove and co will be furious. Children need to learn to regurgitate facts!
If I'm not here, then I'll be in the library. Or the other library.
- Sky'sGoneOut
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 8192
- Joined: Sat 30 Aug, 2014 1:11 am
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
It's getting towards Fox mating season, late December early January.
The males will be barking at night soon competing for territory and the females will begin making that weird eerie call that means they're in heat and trying to attract a mate.
Probably best to keep Laurence and Claire away from each other for a while.
The males will be barking at night soon competing for territory and the females will begin making that weird eerie call that means they're in heat and trying to attract a mate.
Probably best to keep Laurence and Claire away from each other for a while.
- Sky'sGoneOut
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 8192
- Joined: Sat 30 Aug, 2014 1:11 am
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
For people like Laurence 'how to think' and 'what to think' are not mutually exclusive.RogerOThornhill wrote:That one is a bit odd since his bestest new mate is most definitely a trad-(ex) teacher. "How to think" sounds very woolly and progressive.adam wrote:Fox - Children will be taught how to think, not what to think.
Gove and co will be furious. Children need to learn to regurgitate facts!
- Sky'sGoneOut
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 8192
- Joined: Sat 30 Aug, 2014 1:11 am
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
[youtube]PfUwXVaejzo[/youtube]
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Where's that gone? I like it.
- Sky'sGoneOut
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 8192
- Joined: Sat 30 Aug, 2014 1:11 am
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
I can't remember and that's partially your fault.
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
Dream Ivory, or something like that.
- Sky'sGoneOut
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 8192
- Joined: Sat 30 Aug, 2014 1:11 am
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
[youtube]RYE1CnI1OTE[/youtube]
There's a reason they were removed.
There's a reason they were removed.
- Sky'sGoneOut
- Prime Minister
- Posts: 8192
- Joined: Sat 30 Aug, 2014 1:11 am
Re: Wednesday, 9th December 2020
[youtube]_OVlT7YCMIs[/youtube]