A wilding Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Now, now, be fair. The Star's headline is actually "Totally sane (old psychic desperate for any publicity going) says that aliens broke the internet, lol." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 This seems like an appropriate time to remind people who reads the papers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 The Morning Star doesn’t get so much press these days (so to speak). Otherwise, yes, broadly same opinions as 35 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartIheartTesla Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 This 'Build Back Better' is a stupid slogan no matter whether used in the US or the UK, but I particularly blame the UK for not having better slogans when they could easily access the classics: "Keep calm and get your build on", "Keep calm and carry on building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 1 hour ago, john said: The Morning Star doesn’t get so much press these days (so to speak). Otherwise, yes, broadly same opinions as 35 years ago. Well, Communism is less of a thing now and Putin has Russia Today to be his mouthpiece instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 3 hours ago, Maltaran said: This seems like an appropriate time to remind people who reads the papers I’ve always loved that clip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plessiez Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 10 minutes ago, IheartIheartTesla said: This 'Build Back Better' is a stupid slogan no matter whether used in the US or the UK, but I particularly blame the UK for not having better slogans when they could easily access the classics: "Keep calm and get your build on", "Keep calm and carry on building" Eh. "Build Back Better" is a pretty good slogan, I think. It's short, alliterative, almost impossible to disagree with -- I mean, what, you want to build back worse? -- and it manages to suggest a vague sense of aspirational positivity while promising absolutely nothing of substance. It's not amazing, sure (it's slightly too generic for that) but it's perfectly fine. "Keep Calm and Carry On", on the other hand, is a terrible slogan ... and one which was sensibly never actually used for its intended purpose. (I mean "carry on..." what? Being bombed by the Nazis?) Its current popularity, which I'm fairly sure only really started after the 2008 financial crash (so more than sixty years after the war it was coined for had ended), is a bizarrely ahistorical bit of faux-nostalgia. Everything I've read about this suggests that test audiences at the time hated "Keep calm..." and the other similarly-worded trial posters the Ministry of Information produced alongside it before the war began, which is why almost all copies made were soon pulped. (And they were right to hate it. It's shit.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 Wrong thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiko Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Using my firm knowledge of the English language or in this case Google translate, I can easily translate "build back" to "zurückbauen". This translates - still according to Google - to dismantle. Hmm...I wonder if something got lost in translation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, kiko said: Using my firm knowledge of the English language or in this case Google translate, I can easily translate "build back" to "zurückbauen". This translates - still according to Google - to dismantle. Hmm...I wonder if something got lost in translation. This seems accurate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Tories apparently forgot to get permission to play ‘Blue Cassette’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stannis Eats No Peaches Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 47 minutes ago, kiko said: Using my firm knowledge of the English language or in this case Google translate, I can easily translate "build back" to "zurückbauen". This translates - still according to Google - to dismantle. Hmm...I wonder if something got lost in translation. Turns out we thought Boris had been promising to raise living standards, but he’s actually been trying to raze them all along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, Stannis Eats No Peaches said: Turns out we thought Boris had been promising to raise living standards, but he’s actually been trying to raze them all along. Very good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 8 hours ago, Spockydog said: Iron Man Boris? GTFOH. I can see some similarities, Tony Stark is arrogant, always convinced his plans will work even when they lead to disaster and spends half his time chasing women. Creating Ultron to try to defend the world does sound like a Boris plan. Of course, Tony Stark is also a genius and his attempts at flight didn't leave him stuck halfway along a zipwire so there are differences as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/07/private-hospitals-treated-eight-covid-patients-a-day-during-pandemic-says-report UK's private hospitals accept £400M a month during pandemic to treat NHS patients and help with Covid capacity. Average 8 covid patients a day (between the 18 hospitals, not each), and treat fewer NHS patients than they did before taking the extra money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castellan Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 On 10/2/2021 at 9:59 PM, BigFatCoward said: Whatever the rights and wrongs of how the police dealt with him (apparently poorly) its pretty much irrelevant. He's not a rapey murderer because of missed opportunities. If he was never employed and never had handcuffs or a wt card to abduct her, does anyone doubt he wouldn't still have raped and murdered someone. dunno A career in a male dominated force that has power over other other people, may get exposed to seedy side of life and/or see how little is done about crimes from flashing to rape may have worsened his nature and/or given it more scope to act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 All these stories about the police make me feel like I’m in some weird, flash-forwarded episode if Endeavour, where it seems like all the police in the UK are totally corrupt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 6 hours ago, Castellan said: dunno A career in a male dominated force that has power over other other people, may get exposed to seedy side of life and/or see how little is done about crimes from flashing to rape may have worsened his nature and/or given it more scope to act. Re male dominated, 27% of officers are female, 34% of total workforce is female and a significant % of the Senior Leadership Team is female, its not the 70s anymore. https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/areas/about-us/about-the-met/senior-management-team/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Week Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 1 hour ago, BigFatCoward said: Re male dominated, 27% of officers are female, 34% of total workforce is female and a significant % of the Senior Leadership Team is female, its not the 70s anymore. https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/areas/about-us/about-the-met/senior-management-team/ 73% of officers is male dominated, yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 https://inews.co.uk/news/fuel-shortage-figures-petrol-station-deliveries-panic-buying-crisis-explained-1237349 In news everyone already knew, the ‘fuel crisis’ wasn’t caused by any real shortage of fuel but by panic buying morons. Quote hroughout the petrol supply crisis, deliveries to filling stations barely fell as massive levels of panic buying were the leading cause of fuel shortages, i analysis of fuel data reveals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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