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The proposals to end the BBC licence fee agreement are:

An excellent idea; the socialists at the BBC have leeched off the British public for far too long.
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An idea I'm open to discussing, though I have reservations about the timing and the specifics.
15
6%
A bad idea as framed; I'm open to reform of BBC funding, but not like this, and not now.
28
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A terrible idea that the government is using to advance a cynical culture war agenda to save Johnson's skin.
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I have an altar to Sir David Attenborough in my living room and have watched every episode of Dr Who.
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Wait... you Brits actually have to pay for a TV licence?
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Total votes : 264

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Postby Ifreann » Sat Nov 27, 2021 7:31 am

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Think you have the wrong link there. Though a Walkers crisp shortage sounds very serious as well.


Omicrom is the latest limited edition crisp flavour, with all seasoning removed to show respect to the struggle of all of those with long covid who haven't got their taste back.

A bag of uncooked slices of potato.
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Postby The Nihilistic view » Sat Nov 27, 2021 7:35 am

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Think you have the wrong link there. Though a Walkers crisp shortage sounds very serious as well.


Omicrom is the latest limited edition crisp flavour, with all seasoning removed to show respect to the struggle of all of those with long covid who haven't got their taste back.


Unsalted crisps predate covid unfortunately. :lol:
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Postby Fartsniffage » Sat Nov 27, 2021 7:37 am

The Nihilistic view wrote:
Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Omicrom is the latest limited edition crisp flavour, with all seasoning removed to show respect to the struggle of all of those with long covid who haven't got their taste back.


Unsalted crisps predate covid unfortunately. :lol:


Did no one ever tell you that the little blue packet has salt in it?

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Postby The Blaatschapen » Sat Nov 27, 2021 7:42 am

Fartsniffage wrote:
The Nihilistic view wrote:
Unsalted crisps predate covid unfortunately. :lol:


Did no one ever tell you that the little blue packet has salt in it?
I thought that was Viagra in powder form.
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Postby The Notorious Mad Jack » Sat Nov 27, 2021 7:43 am

Kerwa wrote:But actually I would be happy if there was an end to the role model/representation shit that goes on.

Not there's evidence that young boys look up to the listed people are role models anyway - young people are more likely to recognise and treat as role models influencers or sportspeople than they are actors or particular characters.
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Postby The Nihilistic view » Sat Nov 27, 2021 7:49 am

Fartsniffage wrote:
The Nihilistic view wrote:
Unsalted crisps predate covid unfortunately. :lol:


Did no one ever tell you that the little blue packet has salt in it?


You think I salted my own crisps as a child? :p
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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Sat Nov 27, 2021 8:10 am

Fartsniffage wrote:
The Nihilistic view wrote:
Unsalted crisps predate covid unfortunately. :lol:


Did no one ever tell you that the little blue packet has salt in it?


I turned out wrong because the liberals put a little pink packet in mine.
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Postby The Huskar Social Union » Sat Nov 27, 2021 8:18 am

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Postby Fartsniffage » Sat Nov 27, 2021 8:20 am

The Nihilistic view wrote:
Fartsniffage wrote:
Did no one ever tell you that the little blue packet has salt in it?


You think I salted my own crisps as a child? :p


If you didn't then you missed out. Smiths crisps with the salt bag were amazing.

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Postby Ifreann » Sat Nov 27, 2021 8:36 am

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Fartsniffage wrote:
Did no one ever tell you that the little blue packet has salt in it?


I turned out wrong because the liberals put a little pink packet in mine.

Oh no, this isn't salt, this is sugar, spice, and everything nice anime!
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Postby The Free Joy State » Sat Nov 27, 2021 8:50 am

The Nihilistic view wrote:
Fartsniffage wrote:
Did no one ever tell you that the little blue packet has salt in it?


You think I salted my own crisps as a child? :p

Oh, I used to love those crisps with the little salt packet. I used to sometimes add a dash of pepper for extra flavour.
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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Sat Nov 27, 2021 8:52 am

The Huskar Social Union wrote:Every Man a Tayto Packet!


I'll have you know that their cheese & onion contains in the ingredients no more than the industry-standard 15% human feet.
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Postby The New California Republic » Sat Nov 27, 2021 10:43 am

Fartsniffage wrote:
The Nihilistic view wrote:You think I salted my own crisps as a child? :p


If you didn't then you missed out. Smiths crisps with the salt bag were amazing.

Occasionally you got two salt sachets in the bag!

Of course there were also times when there were no salt sachets in them too...
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Postby HISPIDA » Sat Nov 27, 2021 10:45 am

y'all's chips got salt bags?
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Postby The New California Republic » Sat Nov 27, 2021 10:48 am

Hispida wrote:y'all's chips got salt bags?

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Postby Celritannia » Sat Nov 27, 2021 1:07 pm

The Nihilistic view wrote:
Celritannia wrote:
At least there were amazing benefits by being apart if the EU.


Cheap nannies was a great benefit, did you know their pay is up nearly 20% since brexit. How outrageous.


More like a lot of local libraries people relied on won't get the EU funding

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Postby Hurdergaryp » Sat Nov 27, 2021 4:34 pm

Celritannia wrote:
The Nihilistic view wrote:Cheap nannies was a great benefit, did you know their pay is up nearly 20% since brexit. How outrageous.

More like a lot of local libraries people relied on won't get the EU funding

Who needs libraries when you have Rupert Murdoch-owned media?


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Postby Celritannia » Sat Nov 27, 2021 4:40 pm

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Celritannia wrote:More like a lot of local libraries people relied on won't get the EU funding

Who needs libraries when you have Rupert Murdoch-owned media?


I mean, isn't that just the Metro?

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Postby Hurdergaryp » Sat Nov 27, 2021 4:50 pm

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
The Huskar Social Union wrote:Every Man a Tayto Packet!

I'll have you know that their cheese & onion contains in the ingredients no more than the industry-standard 15% human feet.

It used to be 0% human feet (or any other ingredients derived from human corpses, for that matter), but that was because of the tyrannical quality standards enforced upon the British food industry by that merciless moloch known as the European Union. Now enjoy the newfound taste of the British Empire reborn!


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Postby Fartsniffage » Sat Nov 27, 2021 5:02 pm

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Dumb Ideologies wrote:I'll have you know that their cheese & onion contains in the ingredients no more than the industry-standard 15% human feet.

It used to be 0% human feet (or any other ingredients derived from human corpses, for that matter), but that was because of the tyrannical quality standards enforced upon the British food industry by that merciless moloch known as the European Union. Now enjoy the newfound taste of the British Empire reborn!


Pretty sure foot cheese is some kind of fetish.

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Postby Vassenor » Sat Nov 27, 2021 5:03 pm

Fartsniffage wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:It used to be 0% human feet (or any other ingredients derived from human corpses, for that matter), but that was because of the tyrannical quality standards enforced upon the British food industry by that merciless moloch known as the European Union. Now enjoy the newfound taste of the British Empire reborn!


Pretty sure foot cheese is some kind of fetish.


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Postby Hurdergaryp » Sat Nov 27, 2021 5:05 pm

Fartsniffage wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:It used to be 0% human feet (or any other ingredients derived from human corpses, for that matter), but that was because of the tyrannical quality standards enforced upon the British food industry by that merciless moloch known as the European Union. Now enjoy the newfound taste of the British Empire reborn!

Pretty sure foot cheese is some kind of fetish.

Given how Victorian pornography was absolutely depraved, consider snack-based cannibalism to be just another aspect of True Britishness.


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Postby HISPIDA » Sat Nov 27, 2021 5:28 pm

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Fartsniffage wrote:Pretty sure foot cheese is some kind of fetish.

Given how Victorian pornography was absolutely depraved, consider snack-based cannibalism to be just another aspect of True Britishness.

...you shouldn't have said that. now my morbid curiosity is gonna get the better of me.
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Sat Nov 27, 2021 5:35 pm

Hispida wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:Given how Victorian pornography was absolutely depraved, consider snack-based cannibalism to be just another aspect of True Britishness.

...you shouldn't have said that. now my morbid curiosity is gonna get the better of me.

Let's just say that this whole idea of the Victorian era being void of carnal lust is a rather idiotic untruth. The number of prostitutes in Great Britain was absolutely staggering, for example.


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Postby Vassenor » Sun Nov 28, 2021 6:05 am

Speakers critical of Boris Johnson banned from Whitehall.

Apparently this government is going full on echo chamber then, banning anyone who's said anything critical of our Dear Leader from speaking at civil service events.
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