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Bio1590 12/17/21 11:23:12 AM #1: |
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-59693102 The Conservatives have lost the North Shropshire seat they held for nearly 200 years to the Liberal Democrats in a by-election blow to Boris Johnson. --- https://i.imgur.com/bbRWLI8.gif https://i.imgur.com/A0BErSV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/S1m3po4.jpg https://i.imgur.com/7fCcfko.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Stewman_Magoo 12/17/21 11:31:33 AM #3: |
Good fuck conservatives --- PSN Stewman_Magoo ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Tom Clark 12/17/21 11:36:23 AM #4: |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59699135 The PM blamed a "constant litany of stuff about politics and politicians" in the media for the result Boris literally using "we lost because of who we are and what we do" as an excuse without any sense of irony. I mean, he's right, but... --- http://i.imgur.com/6eF0W.gif ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Funkydog 12/17/21 11:38:51 AM #5: |
Boris has then spent his time blaming the media for focusing on all the terrible things the Tory have done and how poorly they handled the pandemic, rather than the lies he says about how Britain has handled it the best in the world (which isn't remotely true) --- Let's make biscuits! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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IShall_Run_Amok 12/17/21 11:42:28 AM #6: |
Oh no! *punt* Anyway... --- how does it feel to kick a tree we don't know because we're trees and we don't kick eachother ... Copied to Clipboard!
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zado19 12/17/21 11:42:35 AM #7: |
I mean, who looked, saw, and heard this guy and said..... "yep, he is definitely the right person for the job, he will make a great PM" ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Funkydog 12/17/21 11:46:23 AM #9: |
zado19 posted... I mean, who looked, saw, and heard this guy and said..... "yep, he is definitely the right person for the job, he will make a great PM" Your average working man saw the elite of the elite from the elitest of the elitest schools and saw themselves in him due to him acting like a buffoon on TV shows. --- Let's make biscuits! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Solar_Crimson 12/17/21 11:48:44 AM #10: |
zado19 posted... I mean, who looked, saw, and heard this guy and said..... "yep, he is definitely the right person for the job, he will make a great PM"Isn't he just British Trump? --- I often wonder if we are growing as a people... or in fact, regressing. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Xavier_On_High 12/17/21 11:52:38 AM #11: |
"Shropshire" is pretty much synonymous with "Tory", so this is a pretty big deal. --- http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltnafhjcUz1qmxswbo1_500.gif ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Tyranthraxus 12/17/21 12:08:02 PM #12: |
Too bad it's not in time to stop Brexit. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Bio1590 12/17/21 12:42:10 PM #13: |
lol from the comments on Reddit the Conservatives ran a South Asian guy with literally no connection to the area and that riding/district (or whatever they call them in the UK) is still well over 95% white. --- https://i.imgur.com/bbRWLI8.gif https://i.imgur.com/A0BErSV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/S1m3po4.jpg https://i.imgur.com/7fCcfko.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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zado19 12/17/21 12:52:28 PM #14: |
Funkydog posted... Your average working man saw the elite of the elite from the elitest of the elitest schools and saw themselves in him due to him acting like a buffoon on TV shows.My genuine condolences to anyone who see themselves in him... ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Solar_Crimson 12/17/21 12:55:53 PM #15: |
zado19 posted... My genuine condolences to anyone who see themselves in him...America and the UK are full of temporarily-embarrassed millionaires. --- I often wonder if we are growing as a people... or in fact, regressing. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ScazarMeltex 12/17/21 1:12:25 PM #16: |
Solar_Crimson posted... Isn't he just British Trump?In a way. Boris is an idiot and a buffoon but he's at least competent in his understanding of how the Government works. Trump is a deeply and fundamentally stupid man who is posseses a level of animal cunning that allows him to thrive by grifting investors dumb enough to fall for his schtick. Luckily he had absolute zero understanding of the Government he was trying to run. --- "If you wish to converse with me define your terms" Voltaire ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Tom Clark 12/17/21 2:38:10 PM #17: |
ScazarMeltex posted... Boris is an idiot and a buffoon He actually really isn't, he just plays a character to his own ends. He would never have risen as far as he has without playing to the crowd in his early days, setting himself up with the immaculately messy hair, the perfectly unkempt tie, etc. He got in the public eye and began his rise from the back benches with regular appearances on shows like Have I Got News For You because he was funny. He looked like Worzel Gummidge, he stuttered and stumbled over his words and always seemed befuddled by things. He had the charm that only a well-meaning idiot could have - he was every posh public schoolboy stereotype going, so people laughed at him. And because people laughed at him, he kept getting booked to be the comedy relief on more shows - he even presented TV footage of Glastonbury one year. He was that funny but harmless posh boy from the telly. So when he was up for re-election, then eventually mayoral election, people voted for him partly because he was the most familiar name on the ballot, and partly because it would be funny to see "good old Boris" in power. Even the fact that we all refer to him as "Boris" is a sign that he's still good at setting himself up as our pal off of TV rather than the PM. But it's all a meticulously crafted act. There's a famous anecdote from a respected journalist about how, in the early days of Johnson's career, he was booked to be a speaker at an event. He rocked up late, looking dishevelled, flustered, and unprepared. He went up on stage, had to look at the sign behind him to remember what the event was even for, he "umm"ed and "err"ed his way through his opening remarks, then started telling an anecdote that he forgot the end of... and it went down a storm. Everyone loved it because it was a trainwreck, but a funny one, and he was so obviously an idiot that it charmed everyone, even the journalist. Everyone went away talking about how great Boris was. Years later that same journo was at another event that Boris was due to speak at. Once again, he rocked up late, looking just as dishevelled, flustered, and unprepared. He went up on stage, again had to look at the sign behind him to remember what the event was even for, he "umm"ed and "err"ed at the exact same point of his opening remarks, started to tell the exact same anecdote that he forgot the end of at the exact same point... Everything about his public persona is a carefully crafted performance designed to make Boris seem likeable, unthreatening and charming. Think how many transgressions over the past few years have literally been waved away with the line "That's just Boris being Boris." He gets away with so much more because of the character he plays. He's many things, but he should never be mistaken for a fool --- http://i.imgur.com/6eF0W.gif ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Irony 12/17/21 2:38:55 PM #18: |
Stewman_Magoo posted... Good fuck conservatives --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Tyranthraxus 12/17/21 2:39:12 PM #19: |
So was the part where he hid inside a refrigerator just an act? --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Funkydog 12/17/21 2:42:02 PM #20: |
Tom Clark posted... Stuff So much this. --- Let's make biscuits! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Lordgold666 12/17/21 2:56:26 PM #21: |
Now enjoy your xmas lunch school kids --- "May the Father of Understanding guide you." http://error1355.com/ce/Lordgold666.html ... Copied to Clipboard!
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UnholyMudcrab 12/17/21 2:57:45 PM #22: |
I know this is important and the ramifications are worth talking about, but holy shit, I'm too distracted by how every single sentence is a new paragraph. I hate it so much. --- http://i.imgur.com/VeNBg.gif http://i.imgur.com/gd5jC8q.gif http://i.imgur.com/PKIy7.gif http://i.imgur.com/3p29JqP.gif ... Copied to Clipboard!
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