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Our next Home Secretary??? Ye Gods...
This is what doesn’t seem to be understood. If all someone hears is that people who voted leave or voted for Trump etc are uneducated racists, then that person is unlikely to let people know their real views in public.
Exactly. This is why polls are always wrong. When Sky did their recent poll on Brexit, you had to take it with a pinch of salt. Mogg was spot on yesterday when discussing Vince Cable and his people's vote. Libs campaigned for that at the last election and where did it get them? The silent Tories are renowned for not saying anything and speaking at the polling stations. I see similarities between them, Brexieers and Trump voters.
So when 'remoaners' moan about losing a vote they should realise that calling people 'thick racists' actually went against them. Project fear turned many to vote leave as well.
Is it smart, then, to form and entrench your views about a subject on the basis that someone you don't know called you thick or racist for holding them? Not asking this about Brexit specifically, as I'm staying away from that topic. Just as a basic principle.
I can’t answer for Ellers, but for me, my views are already formed but I would try to avoid getting drawn into a debate where the other person’s views are that they believe I am thick or a racist. I find that remainers are much more vocal, in general, when in a group (granted that may just be where I live).
There’s always been huge swathes of people too ashamed to admit they Tory. Same with Brexit. One can only imagine why.
Claiming there’s no appetite for not cutting our own legs off over Brexit because the Lib Dems don’t get a lot of votes is just poor logic.
Claiming there’s no appetite for not cutting our own legs off over Brexit because the Lib Dems don’t get a lot of votes is just poor logic.
It’s not about being ashamed, it’s just that the type of response you get is that the other person is so certain that their view is right, and that people who voted leave must be so stupid that they want the country to cut its own legs off. That’s usually the time to not continue the debate because nobody’s point of view will change.
when did people become so soft they couldnt even bare to get their socks wet
or was the tube safety officer worried about mass drownings
or was the tube safety officer worried about mass drownings
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the leggy blonde on 38 seconds aint scared by a few inches
That doesn’t actually happen though. It’s always a Leave voter whose arguments for Leave have been exposed as intangible nothingness picking up their ball and storming off in a huff. If people really believe that what they’ve seen in the last two years means Leave is in theirs and the country’s best interests then good luck to them.
Nothing that has happened in the last two years has led me to believe that the views I held in 2016 about the EU were wrong. In fact, my negative view of the EU has strengthened.
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FFS
letter boxes and bank robbers
i hope boris dosent get all his speech ideas from the guardian
Nine uses for a burqa … that don't involve bashing them
Remona Aly
With the escape of Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed, the burqa's getting a bad press. Here's some top tips to rejuvenate the black onesie's image
Wed 6 Nov 2013 12.27 GMT First published on Wed 6 Nov 2013 12.27 GMT
6. Internet dating profile pic
Looking for someone to love you for who you are rather than what you look like? Don a burqa for your profile image and find a meaningful relationship with someone who agrees that looks are irrelevant. Avoid spaghetti dates.
7. Relaunch the postbox
Since the burqa eye-opening has been called a letterbox slit, and with the privatisation of the Royal Mail, seize the moment to set up an independent mobile mail service, AKA The Burqa Post.
8. Flashmob
Feel the need to improve burqa PR? Why not organise a burqa flashmob and surprise onlookers while cartwheeling through Leicester Square. Being shy won't be an issue, all will be incognito.
9. The Burqative
Star in a film about a fugitive in a burqa, inspired by real-life events. Tommy Lee Jones could reprise his famous line with a new twist: "Search every mosque house, doghouse, outhouse, curry house, Asda in that area. Your fugitive's name is Mo Hamed Ahmed Mohamed Mohammed. Go get him/her!"
i hope boris dosent get all his speech ideas from the guardian
Nine uses for a burqa … that don't involve bashing them
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Remona Aly
With the escape of Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed, the burqa's getting a bad press. Here's some top tips to rejuvenate the black onesie's image
Wed 6 Nov 2013 12.27 GMT First published on Wed 6 Nov 2013 12.27 GMT
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'Next time you spot an unidentifiable woman who wants to pop out in pyjamas to buy milk by stealth, do not be alarmed … follow our top tips on how you could use a burqa too.' Photograph: Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters
Yes, the burqa-bashing season is upon us yet again. The latest catalyst is a terror suspect-turned-transvestite who entered a London mosque in "western clothing" and popped out later in his burqa day-suit, fleeing security services and evading cameras. While he has managed to escape, his bilious disguise has not gone under the radar.
Cue the latest burqa-phobic frenzy, with Tory politicians seizing the opportunity to call for a burqa ban and the Sun's front-page story dubbing it a "female Islamic costume". I'm not sure if they meant it would make a great fancy dress outfit, but it does scare the bejeezus out of radical Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who tweeted: "No Halloween costume is scarier than Burqa."
This black onesie really couldn't get more controversial. The dangerous criminalisation of the burqa, and those who wear it, plays out repeatedly so that what women wear – or more specifically what some Muslim women wear – means it is seen as a threat to national security. But the next time you spot an unidentifiable woman who wants to pop out in pyjamas to buy milk by stealth, do not be alarmed: keep calm, think of Nigella Lawson and follow our top tips on how you could use a burqa too.
1. Getaway costume
It might be less aerodynamic than a balaclava, but people will assume you're a fundamentalist, rather than a bank robber. Radically safer.
2. Fire blanket for Guy Fawkes event
Who said the burqa was a security hazard? Your burqa can double up as a safety blanket should anyone catch alight. If there's no time to remove your burqa, fling yourself upon aforesaid pyro-victim. Remember – drop and roll.
3. Court disguise
Feeling bored and fancy stirring up some media furore? Just turn up in a burqa at a random trial, pretend you're the witness and befuddle the judge and jury. If you're a man and your voice might be a giveaway, remember it's one wink for no, two winks for yes.
4. Guess Who? The Burqa Edition
Create your own line of the Guess Who? game, using real-life participants in a burqa identity parade made up of your mates. (Please note: burqas not included.)
5. Superhero outfit
6. Internet dating profile pic
Looking for someone to love you for who you are rather than what you look like? Don a burqa for your profile image and find a meaningful relationship with someone who agrees that looks are irrelevant. Avoid spaghetti dates.
7. Relaunch the postbox
Since the burqa eye-opening has been called a letterbox slit, and with the privatisation of the Royal Mail, seize the moment to set up an independent mobile mail service, AKA The Burqa Post.
8. Flashmob
Feel the need to improve burqa PR? Why not organise a burqa flashmob and surprise onlookers while cartwheeling through Leicester Square. Being shy won't be an issue, all will be incognito.
9. The Burqative
Star in a film about a fugitive in a burqa, inspired by real-life events. Tommy Lee Jones could reprise his famous line with a new twist: "Search every mosque house, doghouse, outhouse, curry house, Asda in that area. Your fugitive's name is Mo Hamed Ahmed Mohamed Mohammed. Go get him/her!"
You really should think before you answer with this. OMG
It’s a fair point. The Lib Dems will always struggle with our voting system. General Elections are about far more than Brexit. To make an assumption from one for the other is wrong.
It’s exactly what I’d expect to hear. Nothing our government does inspires confidence, every forecast including the government’s suggests it’ll be a ****storm (BUT WE DON’T LIKE EXPERTS) so all that’s left is more digs based on nothing at the EU. How dare they not bend over for us!