Anthony 💙🇺🇳🇪🇺🇬🇧🏴
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Banner: 1990 Crossing the road/rail Arahura River bridge, W Coast of S Island NZ.
But only snowflaky arseholes would buy them... so you're probably right, they would sell a lot of them.
November 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
But only snowflaky arseholes would buy them... so you're probably right, they would sell a lot of them.
It's pretty transparent that migration wasn't an important issue to any noticeable % of the public until the far right's agitation gained traction. So identifying it as a legitimate issue of public concern is highly questionable. The rational action to address the concern is to quash the far right.
November 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
It's pretty transparent that migration wasn't an important issue to any noticeable % of the public until the far right's agitation gained traction. So identifying it as a legitimate issue of public concern is highly questionable. The rational action to address the concern is to quash the far right.
I didn't say Churchill's gambit was a success!
November 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I didn't say Churchill's gambit was a success!
The "special relationship" was invented by Churchill to jemmy the US into the allied alliance in WW2. It has always been wheeled out as a diplomatic tool when one side or the other needed a bit of cajoling. It has little meaning beyond that, if any.
We've been close, but no closer than others.
We've been close, but no closer than others.
November 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The "special relationship" was invented by Churchill to jemmy the US into the allied alliance in WW2. It has always been wheeled out as a diplomatic tool when one side or the other needed a bit of cajoling. It has little meaning beyond that, if any.
We've been close, but no closer than others.
We've been close, but no closer than others.
Uncharted in modern US history, very much charted fascist territory.
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Uncharted in modern US history, very much charted fascist territory.
It's a list of positive developments and the migration point is included. That directly implies a positive view.
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's a list of positive developments and the migration point is included. That directly implies a positive view.
Yeah... but the fact that you mention migration reduction as a positive thing when our economy depends on net inward migration tells me that they are still driving the narrative and that has to change, particularly in the media, before we can even start to make any progress.
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yeah... but the fact that you mention migration reduction as a positive thing when our economy depends on net inward migration tells me that they are still driving the narrative and that has to change, particularly in the media, before we can even start to make any progress.
Sustained cognitive dissonance is terribly wearing.
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Sustained cognitive dissonance is terribly wearing.
The incentive to drive an EV always had to be a temporary measure until buying an EV was established as the norm.
The infrastructure has to be paid for somehow.
The infrastructure has to be paid for somehow.
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The incentive to drive an EV always had to be a temporary measure until buying an EV was established as the norm.
The infrastructure has to be paid for somehow.
The infrastructure has to be paid for somehow.
Or maybe Christo-fascist values, where no numeral has the value it's defined as and anyone using it can make up their own value anyway.
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Or maybe Christo-fascist values, where no numeral has the value it's defined as and anyone using it can make up their own value anyway.
This is one way into opening up the issues.
You may want to expand it in the direction of all undue influences (lobbying & transparency) and I don’t disagree, but my angle would be to include invesigating the Libertarian & Christo-fascist money flooding into global liberal democracies from the USA.
You may want to expand it in the direction of all undue influences (lobbying & transparency) and I don’t disagree, but my angle would be to include invesigating the Libertarian & Christo-fascist money flooding into global liberal democracies from the USA.
November 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This is one way into opening up the issues.
You may want to expand it in the direction of all undue influences (lobbying & transparency) and I don’t disagree, but my angle would be to include invesigating the Libertarian & Christo-fascist money flooding into global liberal democracies from the USA.
You may want to expand it in the direction of all undue influences (lobbying & transparency) and I don’t disagree, but my angle would be to include invesigating the Libertarian & Christo-fascist money flooding into global liberal democracies from the USA.
Of course bulies think bullying is fun, they don't just lack the empathy to see the harm of their actions, they actively enjoy harming others as an act of validating their own agency.
Farage was then forming the adult he became.
Farage was then forming the adult he became.
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Of course bulies think bullying is fun, they don't just lack the empathy to see the harm of their actions, they actively enjoy harming others as an act of validating their own agency.
Farage was then forming the adult he became.
Farage was then forming the adult he became.
Given modern global relations it makes absolute sense for small units to gather into large like-minded groups.
Breaking up the UK made far more sense while we were inside the EU than it does now.
Breaking up the UK made far more sense while we were inside the EU than it does now.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Given modern global relations it makes absolute sense for small units to gather into large like-minded groups.
Breaking up the UK made far more sense while we were inside the EU than it does now.
Breaking up the UK made far more sense while we were inside the EU than it does now.
Can't help laughing at the cosplay allusion to a broken shotgun in the crook of the arm with a black brolly... just SO 'City'.
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Can't help laughing at the cosplay allusion to a broken shotgun in the crook of the arm with a black brolly... just SO 'City'.
There are so many many other ways he could be compensated surreptitiously.
Was, perhaps, a portion of his cronies' bribes for his use, without ever coming into his direct possession?
Was, perhaps, a portion of his cronies' bribes for his use, without ever coming into his direct possession?
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
There are so many many other ways he could be compensated surreptitiously.
Was, perhaps, a portion of his cronies' bribes for his use, without ever coming into his direct possession?
Was, perhaps, a portion of his cronies' bribes for his use, without ever coming into his direct possession?
Yes, all atrocious... and STILL vastly better than the Tories, who were THAT bad.
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Yes, all atrocious... and STILL vastly better than the Tories, who were THAT bad.
This lot are far from as good as everyone wanted, but it's daft to claim they're anywhere near as bad as the Tories were.
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This lot are far from as good as everyone wanted, but it's daft to claim they're anywhere near as bad as the Tories were.
And Germany offered their's to us at a very reasonable price too!
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
And Germany offered their's to us at a very reasonable price too!
That would be a very á la mode approach, it would be more honest to make the proposal before getting elected.
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
That would be a very á la mode approach, it would be more honest to make the proposal before getting elected.
I don't understand why people make good points then completely needlessly introduce divisive regional narratives. It weakens support for the argument.
You can pointlessly dice the vote using a million diferent metrics to lay the blame for Brexit in one quarter or another.
You can pointlessly dice the vote using a million diferent metrics to lay the blame for Brexit in one quarter or another.
November 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I don't understand why people make good points then completely needlessly introduce divisive regional narratives. It weakens support for the argument.
You can pointlessly dice the vote using a million diferent metrics to lay the blame for Brexit in one quarter or another.
You can pointlessly dice the vote using a million diferent metrics to lay the blame for Brexit in one quarter or another.
Doesn't Putin operate a system of his faithful Oligarchs having nominal ownership of assets he has sole use of?
Similarly, why would Farage as leader need take the risk of receiving assets directly when his position of authority let's him require that others pay?
Similarly, why would Farage as leader need take the risk of receiving assets directly when his position of authority let's him require that others pay?
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Doesn't Putin operate a system of his faithful Oligarchs having nominal ownership of assets he has sole use of?
Similarly, why would Farage as leader need take the risk of receiving assets directly when his position of authority let's him require that others pay?
Similarly, why would Farage as leader need take the risk of receiving assets directly when his position of authority let's him require that others pay?
I agree with the intent of constraining inequality, largely so that government can function without being unduly influenced. At some point soon the Greens have to propose deliverable mechanisms to achieve it.
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I agree with the intent of constraining inequality, largely so that government can function without being unduly influenced. At some point soon the Greens have to propose deliverable mechanisms to achieve it.
Nobody needs to be a billionaire, nobody.
It's far more wealth than anyone can use to enhance their own lives, those of their loved ones, friends and whole communities.
BUT, their wealth is in nominal values attached to assets. In purely practical terms *how* can that be assessed for taxation?
It's far more wealth than anyone can use to enhance their own lives, those of their loved ones, friends and whole communities.
BUT, their wealth is in nominal values attached to assets. In purely practical terms *how* can that be assessed for taxation?
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Nobody needs to be a billionaire, nobody.
It's far more wealth than anyone can use to enhance their own lives, those of their loved ones, friends and whole communities.
BUT, their wealth is in nominal values attached to assets. In purely practical terms *how* can that be assessed for taxation?
It's far more wealth than anyone can use to enhance their own lives, those of their loved ones, friends and whole communities.
BUT, their wealth is in nominal values attached to assets. In purely practical terms *how* can that be assessed for taxation?