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There's only one set of drains too It's a monopoly, I don't get a choice of who removes my soiled water (which is what you actually pay for) I think the energy side of things is a bit different like you say but water is in the same category as rail for me

Ruge, these are the actual members of the Tory Party, they seriously don't give a f*** about what is good for the country only what is good for them

The exact opposite Ruge, they will happen

Think like a Tory. Which one is offering tax cuts? Sunak is going to lose quite heavily, it doesn't matter how many refugees he wants to deport, Truss is offering cold hard cash

The fine isn't important, the Met doing their job, however, is.

Whoever drew that chart is clearly very bad at maths

So Candian laws...

This bit isn't true. It wasn't "people who run the council" iirc it was a Local Historical Society who were part of a council run consultation

This is the Sun Ra record I have, I don't need any more And only because I went to Discogs to get the pic have I just realised that the two CDs that came with it are not the same as the Double Vinyl. The vinyl is 16 tracks, The two Cds have another 18 tracks on top of that. Thats more tha enough Sun Ra

That wasn't quite it, there was also the ERG MPs threatening to leave the party and join UKIP too (like Douglas Carswell later did)

Figured as much

erm...

I saw a few posts about piles of suitcases at Heathrow this morning

Ask Emiline Pankhurst

When Lamda starts sending out the bills, I'll start looking for hidden meaning, until then

About 5 years ago probably, Im doubt they change the letter more often than that

Where on earth did you get the idea that there are non-sexist rapists from? And I'm fairly sure you meant causal not casual

Maybe she's just eagle-eyed

I often wonder if you know what the words you actually use mean Abuse being a case in point here Merriam-Webster

I love the way you think computers are sentient

Yes quite often we all know what you mean, you never actually say what we think you mean but we know

Says someone posting on Social Media

Yes but in the UK there's never really been a tradition of liberal left leaning parties. UK Left parties are mostly from the Communist / Socialist / Trade Union tradition, which are mainly always more authoritarian in their nature It's one of the reasons why a lot of "normal" people find it hard to vote Labour, as individuals, most of us prefer to be left alone to do what we want but that conflicts with our desire to have others behave in a way we like or approve of.

Thats correct, laws were inacted making certain acts and behaviours illegal, this is authoritarianism, that's controlling a population (or attempting to). The fact that its controlling in a way most people want and its with the consent of the people doesn't make it less authoritarian. A left response is to control things, the intent and effect of that control isn't relevant. I'm not saying its bad, I believe in lots of elements of control. What I'm pointing out is that it shouldn't come as any suprise that a Left leaning party wants to control immigration, it's natural behaviour for them What is odd, is that a party that claims to be a Laissez-faire, free market party is actually seeking to exercize heavy control on the issue, it's a sign that they are abandoning that ideology and are heading towards fascism