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    UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    It's so short, YouGov only had time to generate one approval rating for her. And that approval rating was -60, beating Boris Johnson's record of -42.
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    UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    It is very much like that, and it's why NZ moved to a proportional system year back.
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    UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    Seems very much like a conflict of interest that the only one who can call an early election is the PM, who has a vested interest in not calling one if the results are obviously not going to be favourable for their party. Works the same way here, of course.
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    Nobody has the intention to invade Ukraine

    I feel like there's potential in a comedy show about a real life billionaire trying to use his resources to do the Batman thing, but failing terribly because all of his ideas for gear are terrible and he accidentally outs himself on Twitter.
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    P&R Funnies!

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    Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

    Not sure why it took this long, but is he even likely to turn up?
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    What stupid thing did the GOP say or do this time? Episode 3!

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/pro-life-herschel-walker-paid-for-girlfriends-abortion-georgia-senate
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    UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    Brace yourself, because you're about to agree with Nadine Dorries: Trying to work out if she actually realizes that a general election held right now would put her party into opposition.
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    The blockchain is going to destroy everything

    RIP NFTs https://gizmodo.com/nft-crypto-web3-bored-ape-1849590462 I wonder what idiocy they'll come up with next.
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    UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    Letters of no confidence in Liz Truss 'already being put in', says Tory MP Though apparently she's immune to a vote until September next year.
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    What stupid thing did the GOP say or do this time? Episode 3!

    I was going to say it's probably not fair to judge people now for what they wrote on a web site as a teen twenty years ago, but from googling, he's continued to say a lot of stupid terrible things over the years, so clearly he has not changed much, if at all.
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    What stupid thing did the GOP say or do this time? Episode 3!

    If at first you don't succeed?
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    Transformers Hall of Fame 2022

    It took a note of my google login when I voted, so I assumed it was just saving the one vote per person.
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    This is terrifying

    Which state is this?
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    UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    I wonder if that's the cult brainwashing trick I saw explained on Twitter once. "Hey, new recruit, welcome to our family. Now stand in this and shout this ludicrous material at people so they will join too." [New recruit does so, general public reacts with bewilderment and terror.] "See new...
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    Conspiracy lunatic thread - people who believe in absurd nonsense are dangerous

    Don's great and regularly runs for council. Here's an article about him from 2019 when he last ran for mayor: https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/115074565/growth-is-bad-procongestion-don-mcdonald-joins-wellington-mayoral-race I mean, he's absolutely right about that. We need...
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    Conspiracy lunatic thread - people who believe in absurd nonsense are dangerous

    It's almost local election time in New Zealand, and it's an extra minefield this year as the crazies have decided that they're going to run candidates in the elections, but not let on they're crazies. E.G. in my own city, there's a fellow running for city councillor. You would not know it by...
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    Campaign Texts Archive

    Words fail me.
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    Skyrim! Because all the really good stuff never actually leaves.

    Figures. I suspect I may have been remembering the stagecoaches in Red Dead Redemption or something.
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    Skyrim! Because all the really good stuff never actually leaves.

    I've been playing the Anniversary Edition, which has been going about as well as expected so far: The Dawnbreaker quest bugged out when I got to the end, and I had to reload back a save to complete it. But I am confused by something - from when I played it way back, I recall when I took a cart...


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