SodjesSixteenIncher
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c**t think he's too good for Scotland eh. Fine, go then.
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Might throw some money on Italy at 3/1. Absolute beat.
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That video is flames.
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< Swiftie
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Margin Call - on iplayer just now.
Film fictionalising the 2007 crash from within an investment bank. Set over one day, it has that ensemble feel with more than a touch of Glengarry Glen Ross about it, including Kevin Spacey playing another "company man" middle manager type enforcing the misery from above.
What stopped me getting really into it was the patronising plot and character exposition going on throughout the whole thing. At one point Jeremy Irons asks someone to explain the situation to him like a child, which was a bit unnecessary as the film's entire dialogue was explaining everything to the audience like a child. You've got a Junior Analyst who is somehow a complete idiot that doesn't understand anything and usefully has every detail explained to him throughout. An hour in he observes that this is going to impact on everyone huh - half an hour after Irons' character has talked about the end of capitalism in front of him. Paul Bettany - who pretty much steals the show - does an admirable job of saving some excruciating character insight dialogue like "I'm really dark" and "f**k normal people". There's a few monologues that you can tell are meant to be really cutting Network-like moments of genius but they didn't really do it for me.
An enjoyable enough 6.5. Had the potential to be a really great film but didn't quite pull it off.
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I agree wi' that.
I smoked for 60+ years and I stopped cauld turkey two and a half years ago.
When he said that I thought good oan ye.
I'll repeat whit I've said on several threads here that no matter whit ye think o' his politics ye cannae deny that he is a guid speaker and stands up for himself.
I've said it many times, Farage is good at what he does. No problem admitting that. Taking UKIP as far as a Euro election win (and the lifestyle that its afforded him over the years) is pretty good going for this kind of thing. Usually we see whatever the latest vehicle for right-wing populism is crashing and burning after a much shorter lifespan than UKIP managed.
Pretty much everything he says doesn't stand up to any level of intelligent scrutiny but there's a talent involved in saying exactly what a decent group of people want to hear. I honestly don't even think he believes any of it tbh - he's a talented marketing man.
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Nige won me over last night. I originally thought Farage was failed merchant of whimsical and vacuous political pish but last night he hinted at smoking indoors, which I like cos Strasbourg and The Guardian.
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Having this attitude become the norm amongst all social classes is a pretty neat trick from the rich and powerful* when you think about it. When the riff raff resent people with profile, power or money sticking up for them, it really is job done. Nae chance of anything changing when you guilt trip people out of even wanting it.
And when I say rich and powerful, I of course mean the actual rich - not people who think they're Bill Gates because they run a small business.
People are criticising Brian May for bring up foodbanks because 'he could afford to donate his money to them.' Just because he has money is he not allowed to question why we have such an increase in them when the economy etc is improving.
I'd maybe accept the "why don't you give away your money then!!" argument if any of the people typically the subject of these discussion had the ability to solve the problems they campaign for. If you take Russell Brand and affordable housing or Brian May and food poverty, their entire net worth would be like throwing a tea towel at a tsunami. It's such a redundant argument.
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It can be used lazily at times yes, but there's a lot of truth in it. After telling us we were "all in it together" the deficit reduction efforts from this Gov have practically* all been at the expense of the poorest in society, whilst Cameron's actually handed tax cuts to the richest.
His time in office so far has been a pretty straightforward example of someone only representative of the priveleged. If you could provide a detailed explanation of how he's had an even-handed approach to everyone, I'd love to hear it. No mention of Labour being c***s or whatever please, just how we've all been in this recovery together. Thanks.
...which still doesn't answer how rich people have no right to want poorer people to become better off as well?
*Theres the £10,500 tax threshold thing. A token, diddy gesture if there ever was one but it's one thing I suppose.
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Fair point, but (Morgan, Brand et al) just stop banging on about being sooooo concerned about how the poor and underprivileged are suffering whilst ripping the heid aff another bottle of your latest expensive Bordeaux!
Doesn't really answer the question. I don't really understand what someone's wine spending habits (Brand is a sober alcoholic as it goes, so doubt he's a big Bordeaux man these days) has to do with political beliefs.
Rich people demanding everything stays the exact same as not to disrupt their lifestyle seems to be a perfectly legitimate position but someone saying a more equal society is desirable and actually better for everyone is lazily just written off as hypocritical. Don't get it.
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What's wrong with rich people being left-wing btw?
Piers Morgan is a total w**k who's as left-wing as I am Royalist so no objection to him being slagged but the general argument against anyone famous espousing left of centre views is that they're definitely hypocrites. Same idea as the voxpop on the show there saying its everyone's duty to vote for what immediately benefits their exact social class.
Load of bollocks if you ask me.
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Shy Tories? If I lived in London, I would be screaming from the top of the nearest tower block that Diane Abbot is a shameless hypocritical opportunist! Thick as a whale omelette, she is the very worst that British politics has to offer. Horrible woman !! Wonder why she gets such a regular gig !!?
Aye, she doesn't seem the most palatable Labour figure. She worked in TV before becoming a name in politics, so guess she gets regular gigs by being a bit of a media luvvy.
A lot of the new SNP fans don't know, or care, about their history.
They think the SNP were just formed for the referendum.
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Tbf, Salmond is an elected representative. There's nothing particularly wrong with observing someone professionally and thinking they're the best thing since sliced bread, or a total c**t.
Unreservedly worshipping someone and whoever pops out their fanny just because they've proclaimed themself better than you is a bit weird.
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Talking on This Week about "shy Tories" being the same as shy No voters.
No voters like Tories. Have to agree with that.
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Noworriesm420
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Wrong programme m9.
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I'd be up for a fair voting system in most countries but the British electorate are fucking knobs, so FPTP will do.
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Yes eerrr No?
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You can genuinely predict exactly what Farage is going to say every single time.
Think I might put my hat in the ring for the UKIP gig if he does go.
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The Tories are such shitebags on Europe.
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We can mark Hunt down with Umunna as someone who doesn't get Scotland in the slightest then. Pleasing.
Anyone heard Burnham speak about Scotland? If he's totally clueless Scotland is keepsies for the SNP.
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Questiosnp time
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Holding back the tears here at Nige's resignation rejection story.
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DING DING DING
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How Fuckin Shite Is Edinburgh Airport
in The Travel Forum
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Always done the job for me. Last time I used it was a few months ago going to and from Berlin Schonefeld and the former was state of the art in comparison. Surprised what a complete dump Berlin Airport was. Edinburgh's by no means the worst.