NJS

There's a Family Guy where Peter is sent on a sexism awareness course after telling the following joke at work: Why do women have breasts? So men have something interesting to look at while they're talking.

The response is wrong anyway, concentrating on the figure per week - no matter what it is, he wouldn't spend it on the NHS - that's the real lie.

Well she seems to start by saying she hasn't analysed the votes to see what happened then makes a big point of losses like Mansfield where it does look like "traditional" labour voters did abscond. I think that ignores the increased majorities in a lot of places which are a long way from the metropolitan/student areas she suggests. The demise of trade unions and a drift towards unregulated working practices does mean that the previous route to mass labour voters might be harder. If that is the case then engaging/bribing young people to get into politics and moreover vote is a damn good strategy - especially as the Tories have ignored them for so long. I still think Labour has to open up the debate about taxing the rich more - as I said at the time I think personal taxation isn't necessarily the way forward and Id concentrate more on tax avoidance/evasion as a starting point and then engage the public more about what taxation brings. Ben Goldacre had a series of tweets a while ago about how businesses exist in this country not just for market access but for access to staff and that means the staff want access to education. healthcare etc which costs money via taxes. As I said I'd like to see a broader debate about the state's role in regulating capitalism and in sharing its benefits among the whole population. I think the country is drifting back to some of the problems of the 80s/90s and the infighting among the tories is going to get worse - maybe the doom and gloom you showed before the election about the cunts being in power for a long time (some of which I shared) should now be fading - I just wish obviously decent people like Bridget would "get on board" and at least go all out.

Translation: Me and my mates thought we were going to get slaughtered so we ran a low key campaign which was okay as we'd have been able to get rid of the man whose name I won't mention. The manifesto was shit but thanks to the tories being shit we dint lose as badly as we thought/hoped. All this talk of hope is bollocks - what we need to win now is more failed centrist shite.

That cunt Rees-Mogg/CT has said food banks are uplifting as they show charity works and their use has only increased because more people know about them.

Surprised it gets that bad on the Metro - on the slightly bright side at least the weather is bearable - last bad one I had, I was stuck at Stratford for 90 mins during that warm spell in June - couple of lasses fainted and they had to give out water.

I remember Gerrard getting a pen vs Shef Utd a few years ago when no contact was made and the establishment decided he had the right to anticipate what would have been a foul if he hadn't dived over it. I wouldn't be surprised if Meriino is charged after Carragher and that cunt Webb see it. Also Ritchie's next iffy tackle will get a red - they'll have orders to atone. (Bitter and paranoid after decades of this shite).

I thought he took a swing at Merino when he was "injured" as well.

I thought it was a dive but look for the number 16 pulling his arm if you watch it again. This is our first team apart from the back four and we're shite.

"Get on with it" seems to be the general response. A Dutch lass at work has just gotten her UK citizenship and a Polish lass is in the middle of applying - it would be nice id the brexiters would acknowledge how much they've scared and fucked over thousands of decent people.

It wasn't what he believes, it's the fact he stated he considered God's laws above man's. We're into the same territory as when Blair appointed Ruth Kelly as women's minister when she was a full on Catholic as well. It's a fundamental disrespect for democracy.

Just started Ozark - nicely dark and nasty so far.

I got the impression she was a bridge between all the Blairites who'd caused the disaster and them coming more in line with the party as is now (not the plp obviously).

Meant to add her bit about her two kids not dying if Tywin had lived was a push - the Sands wouldn't have cared about him in pursuit of revenge for Oberon. Tommen was mainly her fault for using the high sparrow to get Margery but I can see her thinking that would have panned differently with Tywin.

It was well within character for her to state she didn't give a fuck about the world and only herself/family - and also as an extension of that to tell Jaime he could fuck off as she now has a new Lannister to focus on.

That was supposedly fucked when Bran was touched by the NK and then passed the wall.

There was nobody stopping the unsullied - they'd all fucked off to highgarden - it just took them 4 or 5 eps to get there-just about the only realistic travel all season. The "siege" was just a show of strength. I enjoyed it but still think they should have done ten eps.

Yeah but that still seemed like about 3 days of actual meetings/chats/battles. I think things are happening at sort of the same pace as previously, they're just cutting out all of the fluff - though the time that they were on that ice island is taking the piss.

Also noticed Sansa said she hadn't heard from Jon "for weeks" - so the impression that everything has happened in a few days is wrong.

I have to admit I glanced through a YouTube fan season prediction piece a few months ago and about the only thing I remember was one of the Dragons being turned.

Should have made the expendables wear red so I wouldn't have had to keep thinking which top boy had been killed. I like the cut of the Night King's jib - "Dragons eh? - fuck you". Don't really get the Sansa/Arya shit - surely in "real life", Bran would have just told her that Littlefinger betrayed Ned.

The only positive thing I can think of is that it might wake people up to how poor we are - very unlikely but there's nowt else.

It can be a bit simplistic to say that "most" of the people who voted for Trump are the neglected white males alluded to here - just like those blaming brexit on neglected northerners/Welsh etc, etc. There were plenty of votes - see those Americans chez mentioned and see how many voters in the SE who voted for brexit - who voted just because they are selfish cunts.

I've always said that sanctions are about assuring mail readers that a jack boot is being applied to the poor's necks.

I've mentioned before that one of the things that makes me proud of my hometown (not many things do really) is my parents telling me of remembering and them being told about when Moseley supporters marched there in the 30s and "decent" people led by the unions got together and kicked the living shit out of them. I've always argued for a two pronged response to fascists - words and violence.