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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Chazz Rheinhold, Dec 8, 2019.

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  1. Idi Amin

    Idi Amin Well-Known Member

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    Bo selecta.....
     
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  2. Idi Amin

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    Hull or somewhere else?
     
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  3. Mr Hatem

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    Wandsworth council, which covers the Labour marginal of Battersea, the Tory marginal of Putney, and the safe Labour seat of Tooting, has confirmed that “unprecedented numbers” of people were voting this morning.
     
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  4. Obadiah

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    Fancy taking the p*** out of the disabled. Don't you think a diabetic can be Home Secretary?
     
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  5. dennisboothstash

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    Cheers for answering. Many wouldn’t
     
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  6. dennisboothstash

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    In what’s way were they odd? ;)
     
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  7. dennisboothstash

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    Yes I do think it should be
     
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  8. dennisboothstash

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    I don’t think you saw him take Johnson apart, as he wouldn’t turn up
     
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  9. Brabs

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    At uni I loved learning about anarchism as described by Proudhon - So I thought I'd just have another quick look on wikipedia for an overview as I've forgotten most of it.

    "whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy"

    "To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be GOVERNED is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished. It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the general interest, to be place[d] under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolized, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, vilified, harassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonored. That is government; that is its justice; that is its morality"

    I don't think anarchism would work but I do retain a romantic ideal towards it.
     
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  10. dennisboothstash

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    My opinion for what it’s worth

    OLM didn’t know he was posting a photoshopped image originally posted online by a racist trying to rig the election.

    He has the benefit of my doubt certainly.
     
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  11. Baldrick's Cunning Plan

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    You're not allowed to call a senior Labour politician and the leader of the oppressed on this thread, some will take issue.

    Next you'll be trying to tell us Corbyn has some mad ideas...

    https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1...-Labour-manifesto-spending-trees-green-sector
     
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  12. Newland Tiger

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    Nobody there except 2 bored looking ladies sat behind the desk when I went
     
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  13. Obadiah

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    The image wasn't photoshopped. She wears special shoes because of her diabetes.
     
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  14. dennisboothstash

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    Yes it was
    No one wears two left shoes for diabetes and there’s loads of photos at the same event showing her wearing a pair of shoes
     
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  15. brownbagtiger

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    call me old school, but having observed the issues in US elections with electronic voting (hanging chads, non-responsive touch screens) I think pencil and paper are the best understood method of voting - by both the voters and the observers in charge of preventing fraud.

    Also, cheaper in terms of infrastructure - no need for software iq/pq/oq and purchases of IT equipment that’s probably obsolete in the next election, presuming a 5 year general election cycle.
     
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  16. Newland Tiger

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    I thought you weren't voting from what you've said on here
     
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  17. Mr Hatem

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    There'll be another one in 2020.
     
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    Old fashioned... In all seriousness I can't believe in this world were all my bills and banking are done online, I can do that Parliamentary debate thing online, we can't do voting online. Make things easier for people and they are more likely to do
     
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  19. Newland Tiger

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    All the **** that's going on in this country and people talking about Diane Abbott's shoes ?

    It comes across as pretty pathetic to be honest
     
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    And they're probably worried about postal voting fraud in certain constituencies also.
     
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