mannycalavera

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I don't agree that we should change the rules. However what she's suggesting would be to put us in line (albeit towards the long end) of some other European countries. Off the top of my head I think Spain, Germany, Italy, Austria, Greece, Denmark all have equally long timeframes. And I imagine she's pitched this like that to quickly deflect any arguments away about the UK being unfair.

I still think it's the wrong the to do and don't actually believe anything will change here. The Home Office is one of the most incompetent departments so I'd be surprised if they could even process existing applications within ten years let alone extend the waiting period to apply to ten years.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think I am reading this wrong. Late night drinking...

I think it's Labour travelling to Germany to see how best to deal with far right groups such as AfD in order to defeat them. As opposed to Labour travelling to Germany to try and learn lessons from AfD on how to appeal to right wingers and win seats.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

While Labour MPs discuss tactics to counter the threat of Reform, some are seeking lessons on combatting rightwing populists from outside the UK.

A small group is planning a trip to Germany in the coming weeks to find out what they can learn from the rise of the far-right Alternative fรผr Deutschland (AfD), which is expected to perform well in the countryโ€™s election later this month.

Wut.....? Am I reading that correctly?

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Yes but have you been to Europe? It's a giant ball of idiosyncrasies created by some old dudes four or five hundred years ago. And that's why we love it ๐Ÿ˜.

Do not question the sanity of this.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I suppose the bands / artists that were accused of "selling out" back in the day have weathered that criticism and inspired multiple generations of subsequent bands / artists that have also gone in to inspire multiple bands / artists.

Take Green Day for example. For me they were the canonical sell out band for my generation. But now nobody cares about that. And bands that rode the wave of their success don't care. And bands that were inspired by Green Day don't care either. Neither do the fans, neither does the press.

So I think it's just less and less of a thing these days. So people don't care as much when you leave your small indie label and join a major. In fact quite the opposite. Good on you for winning against the system.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Congratulations. And may I just say I have always been your most ardent supporter.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

True but 90s kids, around about the early 2000s, would have been at an age where they are carefree and just discovering life before having their dreams crushed by the coalition government.

It's why we've seen a wave of 80s nostalgia in music and TV recently.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Who the fuck is this woman?

[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Time to bleed legacy companies dry. That's all they can do at this stage.

Game over, man. Game over.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The veil.... it has been lifted.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Absolute jokes if Nazi Musk uses his position in the president's ear to force you lot to pay for government services using Twitter. ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚

 

Huge apologies, it's the Star. But who doesn't love a bit of salad tossing in the morning?

 

Archive link for those of us who aren't eligible for corporate dividends.

 

Wasn't sure if this counted as UK politics given his previous job. Decided Clegg Is best left out of politics for the foreseeable.

 

Now this is a slippery slope I can get behind. Now you just need to convince your Northern voters.

 

All those latent Tories wishing they'd voted Labour sooner ๐Ÿ˜….

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