UK Politics Thread XIII: The Brexit Ship Departs

by **The Huskar Social Union** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 7:54 am

Novus America wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Hundreds of major and minor roads cross the Kent border. Doesn't seem practically possible for trucks to be stopped and their papers scrutinised at every one of them.

Hey, that's just like that other border!

Umm, not all borders are crossed by hundreds of roads.

No but the NI border has roughly 200 major and minor crossings.

But the Tories said technology will fix it so no worries really.

by **The New California Republic** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 7:57 am

Ifreann wrote:A wild People's Republic of Kent appeared!

I think you mean "The People's Garden of Kent", as Kent is known as the "Garden of England" after all. It sounds more wholesome and idyllic than "Republic" as well.

by **Ifreann** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:00 am

The Huskar Social Union wrote:
Novus America wrote:
Umm, not all borders are crossed by hundreds of roads.

No but the NI border has roughly 200 major and minor crossings.

But the Tories said technology will fix it so no worries really.

The boffins will boff something together and we'll all have a boffing good time.

The New California Republic wrote:
Ifreann wrote:A wild People's Republic of Kent appeared!

I think you mean "The People's Garden of Kent", as Kent is known as the "Garden of England" after all. It sounds more wholesome and idyllic than "Republic" as well.

Wholesome and idyllic name for a totalitarian state whose populace are almost exclusively employed as border guards. I like it.

by **The New California Republic** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:10 am

Ifreann wrote:
The New California Republic wrote:I think you mean "The People's Garden of Kent", as Kent is known as the "Garden of England" after all. It sounds more wholesome and idyllic than "Republic" as well.

Wholesome and idyllic name for a totalitarian state whose populace are almost exclusively employed as border guards. I like it.

Totalitarian states love hiding the reality of things behind flowery euphemisms: torturer = enhanced interrogation host; world's largest border control centre to intimidate the illegals and stop smooth free trade = The People's Garden of Kent.

by **Celritannia** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:12 am

"I didn't know scientists knew these things."

by **Novus America** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:17 am

The Huskar Social Union wrote:
Novus America wrote:
Umm, not all borders are crossed by hundreds of roads.

No but the NI border has roughly 200 major and minor crossings.

But the Tories said technology will fix it so no worries really.

Fair point.
I had a read it as any other border, that was my stupidity for missing that. Which is retrospect is obvious.
I get to sit in the corner with the dunce cap now.

by **North American Imperial State** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:21 am

Celritannia wrote:"I didn't know scientists knew these things."

He still keeps his job smh

by **Hirota** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:40 am

The Huskar Social Union wrote:
Hirota wrote:I just saw the new Spitting Image Trailer. Oooh boy it did make me chuckle

Well that trailer was certainly something.

I mean, the fight scene might be something I can never forget, as much as I might want to.

by **The Free Joy State** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:47 am

Hirota wrote:
The Huskar Social Union wrote:Well that trailer was certainly something.
I mean, the fight scene might be something I can never forget, as much as I might want to.

My first thought on that scene:

Brain bleach. Brain bleach.
My Kingdom for some brain bleach.

by **Andsed** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:53 am

The Free Joy State wrote:
Hirota wrote:I mean, the fight scene might be something I can never forget, as much as I might want to.

My first thought on that scene:

Brain bleach. Brain bleach.
My Kingdom for some brain bleach.

Who is behind Spitting images? I want to sue them.

by **Novus America** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:02 am

The Free Joy State wrote:
Hirota wrote:I mean, the fight scene might be something I can never forget, as much as I might want to.

My first thought on that scene:

Brain bleach. Brain bleach.
My Kingdom for some brain bleach.

And still being stupid, I decided to look up that trailer... no warning could have prepared me, but TBF I would have disregarded any warning anyways.
This is how the wold ends, you create an image so horrible it reduces even the strongest to gibbering mental wrecks, yet the more your warn people about it, the more watch it...

by **Ifreann** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:07 am

The New California Republic wrote:
Ifreann wrote:
Wholesome and idyllic name for a totalitarian state whose populace are almost exclusively employed as border guards. I like it.

Totalitarian states love hiding the reality of things behind flowery euphemisms: torturer = enhanced interrogation host; world's largest border control centre to intimidate the illegals and stop smooth free trade = The People's Garden of Kent.

There you go, they're not border guards, they're groundskeepers. Kindly gents who just want to keep the flowerbeds in order. Oh no, the shotguns are just for...pest control...yes.

by **Fartsniffage** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:12 am

Ifreann wrote:
The New California Republic wrote:Totalitarian states love hiding the reality of things behind flowery euphemisms: torturer = enhanced interrogation host; world's largest border control centre to intimidate the illegals and stop smooth free trade = The People's Garden of Kent.

There you go, they're not border guards, they're groundskeepers. Kindly gents who just want to keep the flowerbeds in order. Oh no, the shotguns are just for...pest control...yes.

Is that Priti Patels new name for the Immigration Service?

by **Andsed** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:13 am

Novus America wrote:
The Free Joy State wrote:My first thought on that scene:

Brain bleach. Brain bleach.
My Kingdom for some brain bleach.

And still being stupid, I decided to look up that trailer... no warning could have prepared me, but TBF I would have disregarded any warning anyways.
This is how the wold ends, you create an image so horrible it reduces even the strongest to gibbering mental wrecks, yet the more your warn people about it, the more watch it...

I am no longer afraid to die thanks to that scene. Because no punishment in hell can be worse than having watched that.

by **North American Imperial State** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:26 am

This has just come through
No Autumn Budget
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54267795

by **CoraSpia** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:50 am

North American Imperial State wrote:This has just come through
No Autumn Budget
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54267795

Well, there's no more money left.

by **Celritannia** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:00 am

CoraSpia wrote:
North American Imperial State wrote:This has just come through
No Autumn Budget
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54267795

Well, there's no more money left.

You forget, the Tories are allowed to have a magic money tree.

by **CoraSpia** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:20 am

Celritannia wrote:
CoraSpia wrote:Well, there's no more money left.

You forget, the Tories are allowed to have a magic money tree.

You mean borrowing it?

by **Hurdergaryp** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 12:19 pm

CoraSpia wrote:
Celritannia wrote:You forget, the Tories are allowed to have a magic money tree.

You mean borrowing it?

No, you can just make more money. That's what the venerable instution of The Royal Mint is for.

by **CoraSpia** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:06 pm

Hurdergaryp wrote:
CoraSpia wrote:You mean borrowing it?

No, you can just make more money. That's what the venerable instution of The Royal Mint is for.

You mean so the pound goes to shit?

by **Hirota** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:08 pm

Well...printing more money worked in 2008. But yeah,printing to excessive amounts is dumb.

by **Fartsniffage** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:19 pm

Hirota wrote:Well...printing more money worked in 2008. But yeah,printing to excessive amounts is dumb.

The UK is not Venezuela. We could go quite far with printing money before that becomes an issue.

by **Nuroblav** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:21 pm

Ah yes, money printer go brrrr. I don't remember that going well with Wilson.

Obligatory video from this guy

by **Fartsniffage** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:27 pm

CoraSpia wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:No, you can just make more money. That's what the venerable instution of The Royal Mint is for.

You mean so the pound goes to shit?

The current inflation rate is well below the BoE target. Printing more money would probably help the economy.

by **The New California Republic** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:37 pm

It's begun:

Hundreds of students have been told to self-isolate after a suspected Covid-19 outbreak in a halls of residence.
All 500 residents at Parker House in Dundee have been asked to quarantine until contact tracing is complete.

Close contacts of the positive case, who is a student of Abertay University, are being contacted.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... l-54261668

a number of Aberdeen University students testing positive have also been confirmed.

A total of 72 residents in Wavell House halls of residence in Aberdeen's Hillhead Student Village are being asked to self-isolate for 14 days.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... l-54261668

A major outbreak of Covid-19 at Glasgow University has led to 124 students testing positive.

The university said the actual number of infected students was "likely to be higher", and added that 600 people were self-isolating.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-54268780

Four St Andrews University students have contracted coronavirus after a freshers' week party.

More than 40 people are now self-isolating following the gathering in a hall of residence, which broke national coronavirus restrictions.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... e-54233381

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