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Screwdriver wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:37 pm I am merely pointing out the error of your ways.

Just for fun though, I'll go back and have a look at what you're waffling on about.
Don't bother. Iccy will be awake at about 2am GMT and do it for you. :lol:
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Count Steer wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:41 pm Same question to you. What exactly do you disagree with from what he actually said? All I'm getting is that people object to what they infer that he didn't say or something. It's a straight question. What do you disagree with that he actually said? Never mind all the sideways bollocks about pyramid selling and 'deliberately misleading' just tell me what he said that you disagree with.
Do you mean this?

"However difficult the last few days have been, it simply doesn't compare to having to flee your home from persecution or war to seek refuge in a land far away. It's heartwarming to have seen the empathy towards their plight from so many of you.
'We remain a country of predominantly tolerant, welcoming and generous people. Thank you."
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Count Steer wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:00 pm
Seems that Lineker has not heard of economic migration ...
I'm sure he has, but is, perhaps, restricting his attention to address one issue at a time. Which bit of his statement above do you disagree with?

Just as a matter of interest, when do you think Lineker will address the issue of illegal, economic migrants? He's had plenty of time to do so . . .

Is it possible he doesn't know they exist?
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Yambo wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2023 7:54 am
Just as a matter of interest, when do you think Lineker will address the issue of illegal, economic migrants? He's had plenty of time to do so . . .

Maybe he's waiting for Bravermans specialist knowledge of the offside rule?
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Screwdriver wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:21 pm
Count Steer wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:41 pm Same question to you. What exactly do you disagree with from what he actually said? All I'm getting is that people object to what they infer that he didn't say or something. It's a straight question. What do you disagree with that he actually said? Never mind all the sideways bollocks about pyramid selling and 'deliberately misleading' just tell me what he said that you disagree with.
Anyone who goes around suggesting our UK government is comparable to Nazi Germany from a taxpayer funded platform should be sacked instantly.
He didn't, though.


Dunno, Screwd- I like you, but perhaps you could swap out 'driver' for 'loose'.


Also, I think it's fundamentally a human right to call out fascism.

Thankfully, common sense has prevailed and the sweaty-tooth racist conspiracy loons can move on to something else.
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Docca wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2023 9:31 am
Screwdriver wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:21 pm Anyone who goes around suggesting our UK government is comparable to Nazi Germany from a taxpayer funded platform should be sacked instantly.
He didn't, though.

Dunno, Screwd- I like you, but perhaps you could swap out 'driver' for 'loose'.

Also, I think it's fundamentally a human right to call out fascism.

Thankfully, common sense has prevailed and the sweaty-tooth racist conspiracy loons can move on to something else.
"He" who?

Did you just fall into the same trap I just explained above while simultaneously describing the precise mechanism for it?
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Yay, victory for right thinking people. And the looming horror of football commentary being disrupted for two weeks in a row has been averted, Nobel Humanitarian medals all round.
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Screwdriver wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:21 pm Anyone who goes around suggesting our UK government is comparable to Nazi Germany from a taxpayer funded platform should be sacked instantly.
Pretty sure Twitter isn't a taxpayer funded platform. (assuming we're still talking about Lineker and not someone else that poor Screwd is thinking about but won't tell).

And by the way, Lineker made a BBC live-on-air (presumably his own view, or at least he agreed with it) critique of government human rights issues. Yes, of course it was the Qatari government. But inconsistent to state 'no politics' and then allow it.
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Potter wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:14 am
MyLittleStudPony wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 9:42 pm blah blah
mangocrazy wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 10:16 pm So how does that translate to this side of the pond? What contagion risks are there and what exposure do UK banks have? Selfish I know, but...
Have you actually read what he's written and understood it? He's cut and pasted that from somewhere as a wind-up*, it's years out of date.
* well I think it's a wind-up, he might not know himself :lol:

It's painful to watch some of you regurgitate and discuss political ideology, banking, monetary theory, Nazis, Psychos, etc...:crazy:

The only redeeming feature is a bit of entertaining ming-mong and as a Brucie bonus tonight I did enjoy the worlds most unstable moderator and Ant arguing about who's a snowflake :thumbup:
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It's not looking good lately for the SNP with the latest revelations.....
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Potter wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2023 2:37 pm
You seem to be on a roll anyway, it was ming-mong with Ant before and last night it was ming-mong with Screwd, that looked like you got the whole section locked
Who will you drunkenly engage with tonight when the wine starts to flow?
The snipers were out in full force. I can just see him now, swigging his cheap pino, seeing a view/opinion which he doesn't agree with, then dribbling "OH NO YOU DON'T", before going into a full on mongo rage across his keyboard.......they probably all drink from the same vinegar glass.
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The BBC struggle to keep their bias in check.
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Ant wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2023 2:44 pm It's not looking good lately for the SNP with the latest revelations.....
I haven't seen that yet but could it be any worse than the EU at the moment?

Is it this? It could only be more laughable if they wrote it on the side of a bus.
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Local news...

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Looked like some kinda Yamaha.
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Ant wrote: Wed Mar 15, 2023 5:40 pm Does penis length make you angry?

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/german-man-s ... tx35fWekPY

:wtf:
Not angry, but when people step on it I find it mildly annoying.
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Ant wrote: Wed Mar 15, 2023 5:40 pm Does penis length make you angry?

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/german-man-s ... tx35fWekPY

:wtf:
This bit is interesting, can you be too drunk to be held responsible for your crimes in Germany?
close to criminal incapacity
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Just one thing after another, fuck the BBC.

https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2023- ... r-14-years
The mother of a missing chef says she has still not had an apology from the BBC after letters were sent demanding TV licence payments from her daughter - 14 years after she mysteriously disappeared.

Claudia Lawrence disappeared from York on 18 March, 2009, prompting the biggest and most complex missing person inquiry in the history of North Yorkshire Police.

Her mother, Joan Lawrence, has said letters were being sent to her daughter's cottage for her TV licence fee, with one recently even threatening court action and a £1,000 fine.
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SVB collapse may be start of ‘slow rolling crisis’, warns BlackRock boss

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... larry-fink


The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank could just be the start of “a “slow rolling crisis” in the US financial system with “more seizures and shutdowns coming”, the chief executive of the world’s largest asset manager has warned.

The CEO of BlackRock, Larry Fink, also predicted in a letter to investors and company bosses that inflation would persist and rates continue to rise, trends that both contributed to SVB’s collapse.
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