The Politics Thread

[Bijou Bob]

Ah, so you're suggesting that whilst left wing/liberal think tank statistics are believable, those suggested from an opposite political perspective are not?

no - I just doubt they exist! show me one!!

Have a look at the Centre for Policy Studies website. There are numerous articles and studies. Try 'No system to abuse: Immigration and health care in the UK' by Harriet Sergeant for starters.

[Prufrock]

Yeah, but do you have any evidence that Harriet Sergeant is a real name?! If I were inventing a leader of a right-wing think-tank I think I'd call her Harriet Sergeant.

[Lord Kangana]

Obergrupenfuhrer, surely?

[Lord Kangana]

Apologies, Obersturmfuhrer.

[Prufrock]

So George is doing a bad job?

David Cameron picked him as Chancellor. this is fun!

In this new found spirit of magnanimity that you're fostering, I take it you are endorsing both the Premiership of Cameron and the Spreadsheets of Osbourne?

eh? you take it wrong! (as usual)

I thought this was a new round of the new "who picked who game", is all. I think I win!

Mornington Crescent!

Ah. I see. Your old age is getting you confused again. The game wasn't who was picked by whom, it was who signed who(m). And then who played them.

So, for example, manager A signs player B. Player B is rubbish. So is manager A. So manager A is sacked. Then manager C arrives and re-signs player B. Player B is still rubbish (so is manager A, by the way). This is now manager C's fault, because despite manager A signing Player B for an inordinate amount of money, the act of resigning player B is entirely manager C's fault. Manager C is sacked, partly because of the input of players such as player A, and partly because manager C quite literally wouldn't know where to start with organising a pissup in a brewery. And manager D takes over. Subsequently (almost inevitably given the cosmic order of things) player B suffers a lapse in shitness for a couple of games and is lauded as the new messiah. For this week. Which manager is at fault now?

Clearer now?

I *think* that I get it. So, if Boris takes over and keeps George as Chancellor it's Boris' fault, so he gets voted out and the new Tory guy still keeps George as Chancellor but he somehow accidentally finds out you can power combustion engines with sighs and passive-aggression and so we're all fine?

[Lord Kangana]

Something like that, yes.

[CrazyHorse]

Yeah but would the new Tory guy provide the party with a world class behind the scenes setup?
And despite losing the next election he'll go on record claiming he felt that they did enough to win it?

[thebish]

So George is doing a bad job?

David Cameron picked him as Chancellor. this is fun!

In this new found spirit of magnanimity that you're fostering, I take it you are endorsing both the Premiership of Cameron and the Spreadsheets of Osbourne?

eh? you take it wrong! (as usual)

I thought this was a new round of the new "who picked who game", is all. I think I win!

Mornington Crescent!

Ah. I see. Your old age is getting you confused again. The game wasn't who was picked by whom, it was who signed who(m). And then who played them.

So, for example, manager A signs player B. Player B is rubbish. So is manager A. So manager A is sacked. Then manager C arrives and re-signs player B. Player B is still rubbish (so is manager A, by the way). This is now manager C's fault, because despite manager A signing Player B for an inordinate amount of money, the act of resigning player B is entirely manager C's fault. Manager C is sacked, partly because of the input of players such as player A, and partly because manager C quite literally wouldn't know where to start with organising a pissup in a brewery. And manager D takes over. Subsequently (almost inevitably given the cosmic order of things) player B suffers a lapse in shitness for a couple of games and is lauded as the new messiah. For this week. Which manager is at fault now?

Clearer now?

well - lovely game - I'm sure you'll have a great future in game design - but still no idea what it had to do with my post about Bruce...

[thebish]

[Worthy4England]

Ah. I see. Your old age is getting you confused again. The game wasn't who was picked by whom, it was who signed who(m). And then who played them.

So, for example, manager A signs player B. Player B is rubbish. So is manager A. So manager A is sacked. Then manager C arrives and re-signs player B. Player B is still rubbish (so is manager A, by the way). This is now manager C's fault, because despite manager A signing Player B for an inordinate amount of money, the act of resigning player B is entirely manager C's fault. Manager C is sacked, partly because of the input of players such as player A, and partly because manager C quite literally wouldn't know where to start with organising a pissup in a brewery. And manager D takes over. Subsequently (almost inevitably given the cosmic order of things) player B suffers a lapse in shitness for a couple of games and is lauded as the new messiah. For this week. Which manager is at fault now?

Clearer now?

Who the fcuk signed player A? This is the first time player A is mentioned...

I think you've confused yerself.

[thebish]

Ah. I see. Your old age is getting you confused again. The game wasn't who was picked by whom, it was who signed who(m). And then who played them.

So, for example, manager A signs player B. Player B is rubbish. So is manager A. So manager A is sacked. Then manager C arrives and re-signs player B. Player B is still rubbish (so is manager A, by the way). This is now manager C's fault, because despite manager A signing Player B for an inordinate amount of money, the act of resigning player B is entirely manager C's fault. Manager C is sacked, partly because of the input of players such as player A, and partly because manager C quite literally wouldn't know where to start with organising a pissup in a brewery. And manager D takes over. Subsequently (almost inevitably given the cosmic order of things) player B suffers a lapse in shitness for a couple of games and is lauded as the new messiah. For this week. Which manager is at fault now?

Clearer now?

Who the fcuk signed player A? This is the first time player A is mentioned...

I think you've confused yerself.

LK's confusion has been apparent for a number of weeks....

[Lord Kangana]

Ah. I see. Your old age is getting you confused again. The game wasn't who was picked by whom, it was who signed who(m). And then who played them.

So, for example, manager A signs player B. Player B is rubbish. So is manager A. So manager A is sacked. Then manager C arrives and re-signs player B. Player B is still rubbish (so is manager A, by the way). This is now manager C's fault, because despite manager A signing Player B for an inordinate amount of money, the act of resigning player B is entirely manager C's fault. Manager C is sacked, partly because of the input of players such as player A, and partly because manager C quite literally wouldn't know where to start with organising a pissup in a brewery. And manager D takes over. Subsequently (almost inevitably given the cosmic order of things) player B suffers a lapse in shitness for a couple of games and is lauded as the new messiah. For this week. Which manager is at fault now?

Clearer now?

Who the fcuk signed player A? This is the first time player A is mentioned...

I think you've confused yerself.

Shit.

[Lord Kangana]

well - lovely game - I'm sure you'll have a great future in game design - but still no idea what it had to do with my post about Bruce...

Well you could have mentioned this before you started playing the bloody thing. I've gone to all that effort, when alls you had to say was that you weren't playing out. Honestly, the clergy of today...

[thebish]

well - lovely game - I'm sure you'll have a great future in game design - but still no idea what it had to do with my post about Bruce...

Well you could have mentioned this before you started playing the bloody thing. I've gone to all that effort, when alls you had to say was that you weren't playing out. Honestly, the clergy of today...

clearly not THAT much effort given the extent to which you shagged it all up!!

[Montreal Wanderer]

Yeah, but do you have any evidence that Harriet Sergeant is a real name?! If I were inventing a leader of a right-wing think-tank I think I'd call her Harriet Sergeant.

You'd better be careful - she has a lot of friends amongst the gangs of London according to http://harrietsergeant.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. So pleased with her relationships with hoodlums she wrote a book about it. You wouldn't want to annoy someone with that influence.

Here she is with two of the gang.

[Prufrock]

She looks like one of the Desperate Housewives!

[Hoboh]

Her guns ain't big enough for my liking!!

[Hoboh]

yesterday signs of the large numbers taking advantage of the relaxation in the laws was evident at Sofia’s busy bus station, where all London bound coaches were fully booked until January 9.

Despite the 42-hour journey, which takes two days, scores of young Bulgarians have paid the £110 single journey fare to Victoria coach station in London.

Whoopee

[thebish]

yesterday signs of the large numbers taking advantage of the relaxation in the laws was evident at Sofia’s busy bus station, where all London bound coaches were fully booked until January 9.

Despite the 42-hour journey, which takes two days, scores of young Bulgarians have paid the £110 single journey fare to Victoria coach station in London.

Whoopee

just out of interest, how many London-bound coaches are there from Sofia bus station between now and January 9th?

[Bruce Rioja]

yesterday signs of the large numbers taking advantage of the relaxation in the laws was evident at Sofia’s busy bus station, where all London bound coaches were fully booked until January 9.

Despite the 42-hour journey, which takes two days, scores of young Bulgarians have paid the £110 single journey fare to Victoria coach station in London.

Whoopee

Scores? That'll be 20's then.