A Political Thread pt. 2

[TRF_Olyy]

What's with the bargain bucket Anthony Bourdain voice over?

What an insane video for them to release

Also I really don't get why the ULEZ gets all this special attention - there's one in Birmingham, and several other cities in the country, did they miss all of those or is it because London has a Labour mayor and Birmingham(/West Midlands) has a Tory one?

 

[ncurd]

What's with the bargain bucket Anthony Bourdain voice over?

What an insane video for them to release

Also I really don't get why the ULEZ gets all this special attention - there's one in Birmingham, and several other cities in the country, did they miss all of those or is it because London has a Labour mayor and Birmingham(/West Midlands) has a Tory one?

ULEZ is also really weird in that a huge amount of household cars are exempt.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Moscow attack: Russia blames West and Kyiv for jihadist massacre

Ukraine accuses the Kremlin of lies, after it alleges Kyiv and the West were involved in the atrocity.

www.bbc.co.uk

Desperate from Putin’s regime.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Ministers Robert Halfon and James Heappey quit government

Education minister Robert Halfon and armed forces minister James Heappey are also standing down as MPs.

www.bbc.co.uk

The Tory position really is untenable now, they are simply not fit to govern.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Book of Donald: Trump hawks special ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles for $60

Former president sells Trump-endorsed Bible in concert with Lee Greenwood, country singer whose music is played at his rallies

www.theguardian.com

He has no shame.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Book of Donald: Trump hawks special ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles for $60

Former president sells Trump-endorsed Bible in concert with Lee Greenwood, country singer whose music is played at his rallies

www.theguardian.com

He has no shame.

What's more baffling is how many people lap it up. There's nothing wrong with not being Christian but the extent to which American evangelicals are so easily duped makes my head hurt. The guy is living embodiment of everything Jesus taught was wrong and they worship him. Hypocrisy is one of my pet hates and the extent to which Republicans are such massive hypocrites... I just want to put them in a sack and whack them with a stick.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Holidaymakers going to EU caught out by 10-year-passport rule

UK passports can have up to 10 years and nine months on them but EU countries won't accept them.

www.bbc.co.uk

Another Brexit benefit.

 

[ncurd]

Holidaymakers going to EU caught out by 10-year-passport rule

UK passports can have up to 10 years and nine months on them but EU countries won't accept them.

www.bbc.co.uk

Another Brexit benefit.

Honestly who lets there passport expire and try to travel on it? Regardless of the rules.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Honestly who lets there passport expire and try to travel on it? Regardless of the rules.

I think you'd be surprised.

 

[ncurd]

I think you'd be surprised.

Those people are fools regardless.

Most countries don't you in if it due to expire within X months.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Those people are fools regardless.

There are more than you would think out there. How many have turned up to the airport forgetting their passport even before these rules?

 

[General Melchett]

I noticed that EU passport holders can join the same passport e-gates queue as Brits at Heathrow while in the EU countries I have visited since Brexit, Brits have to join the dreaded 'rest of the world' queue which invariably takes longer to go down. Now there's a classic non-benefit of Brexit. Maybe that was part of the oven ready deal we were sold by BoJo.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

How much sewage is spilled in rivers, lakes and the sea near you?

Companies can release raw sewage during bad weather, but it poses risks to human health and wildlife.

www.bbc.co.uk

None near where I live, thankfully.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

How much sewage is spilled in rivers, lakes and the sea near you?

Companies can release raw sewage during bad weather, but it poses risks to human health and wildlife.

www.bbc.co.uk

None near where I live, thankfully.

Is that because you still crap out of the windows?

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Is that because you still crap out of the windows?

Eh?

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Pupil behaviour 'getting worse' at schools in England, say teachers

A survey reveals nearly one in five teachers in England has been hit by a pupil this year.

www.bbc.co.uk

I’d never be a teacher.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Eh?

No raw sewerage near you because you don't have a stage system, ie crap out of windows. The moment has passed now though

In other news, it's confirmed the UK ended the year in recession and yet Hunt is going in about how they have got the economy back on track...

 

[General Melchett]

Pupil behaviour 'getting worse' at schools in England, say teachers

A survey reveals nearly one in five teachers in England has been hit by a pupil this year.

www.bbc.co.uk

I'd never be a teacher.

This kind of thing probably needs it's own thread or maybe a more general one covering modern day society / entitled arsehole behaviour / use of social media etc.

I've got a few friends who are teachers and they say most of their problems stem from parents who think it's the school's responsibility to teach their kids how to behave and to motivate them to work hard etc. - certainly changed days from when I was a kid. I got a rocket from my folks if my report card wasn't up to scratch. My friends constantly get angry emails from parents who think their precious little mini versions of themselves can do no wrong. Teachers aren't allowed to give honest/constructive criticism anymore and have to sugar coat everything. A sad state of affairs.

 

[General Melchett]

The moment has passed now though

As soon as I read "crap out of the window" I thought of Edmund's auntie who had a thing for thingy shaped turnips.

 

[Welsh Exile]

This kind of thing probably needs it's own thread or maybe a more general one covering modern day society / entitled arsehole behaviour / use of social media etc.

I've got a few friends who are teachers and they say most of their problems stem from parents who think it's the school's responsibility to teach their kids how to behave and to motivate them to work hard etc. - certainly changed days from when I was a kid. I got a rocket from my folks if my report card wasn't up to scratch. My friends constantly get angry emails from parents who think their precious little mini versions of themselves can do no wrong. Teachers aren't allowed to give honest/constructive criticism anymore and have to sugar coat everything. A sad state of affairs.

Whenever I got in trouble at school my dad would go to the teachers and say “what’s he done now”

These days parents are like “what have you done to my poor little boy how dare you blah blah blah”.