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StarTopic Great Britain Batshit Islands |ST| Let us cling together

Honestly I struggle to see how any of the frontrunners could be popular, but even with the current run of shit news about open corruption, law breaking, and incompetence, on top of a pandemic, periods of food and fuel shortages, and tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths due to Covid the Tories are still on 32% in the polls. They've also got an inbuilt advantage in our electoral system in that they need fewer votes (on average) to win constituencies, and with Labour's collapse in Scotland, the path to majority for them is tough. Plus, the boundaries changes coming through will give the Tories an even bigger advantage in elections.

Even if Labour have a huge lead (as they are developing now, seemingly), the electoral system is stacked in favour of the Tories.
 
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The food and fuel shortages were caused by idiots not the government. If I pop to Sainsburys tomorrow and buy all the broccoli it doesn't mean the country is doomed. If anything it's better to get used to seasonal foods again than killing the planet with Moroccan cucumbers and Egyptian grapes.

I do wonder why no governments have scrapped the bollocks 28 day death nonsense though. It would make them all look better to eliminate 2/3rds of all the deaths if they made it only 10 days like how long you have to isolate if you actually have Covid.

and stopped including things like car crashes and brain tumors.
 
Gashead said:
The food and fuel shortages were caused by idiots not the government.
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The problems with food imports, the shortage of lorry drivers and the growing backlog of shipping containers are very much caused by the government.

Yes, if everyone runs out to buy broccoli, then there will be a shortage of broccoli. But if government policy means that less broccoli is coming in through the ports, there are fewer lorry drivers to transport the broccoli, and containers of broccoli are getting held up in impromptu lorry parks, then that means it won't take as many people buying broccoli before there is a shortage of broccoli.
 
JazzPotatoes said:
The problems with food imports, the shortage of lorry drivers and the growing backlog of shipping containers are very much caused by the government.

Yes, if everyone runs out to buy broccoli, then there will be a shortage of broccoli. But if government policy means that less broccoli is coming in through the ports, there are fewer lorry drivers to transport the broccoli, and containers of broccoli are getting held up in impromptu lorry parks, then that means it won't take as many people buying broccoli before there is a shortage of broccoli.
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I work in food distribution, it's why my day starts at 5am that I mentioned in the Game awards thread, and thank god I missed that dud lol. I get why they don't dilute the hype but they should really say if Nintendo isn't going to show before it starts.

I chat to lorry drivers daily wearing my mask, while lots of them don't even when they come from docks and ports which is probably a big reason for covid spreading all around the country. There is a shortage of drivers and containers world wide. America has nothing to do with Brexit and they are trying to get drivers for all over the world, and with or without Brexit a Pole wouldn't have come here over the choice of working in Germany (80,000 short). The pandemic has made a right mess of getting new drivers trained but it's also made a right mess of supermarket staff. Next time you see an empty shelf, ask them if they have broccoli in the chiller out back, they probably will... Maybe not Tesco, because their drivers are planning to strike, I'd heard they wanted to get their stuff in to stores early but that makes no sense as those same drivers would be doing the same amount of work, defeating the strikes purpose and potential.

I don't work in fuel distribution but I know it would take a good 3 hours for a tanker to get from Fawley to Bristol if the pumps ran out, which is ample time to get footage of the queues for the evening news regardless of a shortage or not.
 
Gashead said:
I work in food distribution, it's why my day starts at 5am that I mentioned in the Game awards thread, and thank god I missed that dud lol. I get why they don't dilute the hype but they should really say if Nintendo isn't going to show before it starts.

I chat to lorry drivers daily wearing my mask, while lots of them don't even when they come from docks and ports which is probably a big reason for covid spreading all around the country. There is a shortage of drivers and containers world wide. America has nothing to do with Brexit and they are trying to get drivers for all over the world, and with or without Brexit a Pole wouldn't have come here over the choice of working in Germany (80,000 short). The pandemic has made a right mess of getting new drivers trained but it's also made a right mess of supermarket staff. Next time you see an empty shelf, ask them if they have broccoli in the chiller out back, they probably will... Maybe not Tesco, because their drivers are planning to strike, I'd heard they wanted to get their stuff in to stores early but that makes no sense as those same drivers would be doing the same amount of work, defeating the strikes purpose and potential.

I don't work in fuel distribution but I know it would take a good 3 hours for a tanker to get from Fawley to Bristol if the pumps ran out, which is ample time to get footage of the queues for the evening news regardless of a shortage or not.
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And yet, not a single store in Saxony that I nor any of my colleagues visit noticed a single shortage of anything during the past two years, while every person I know from Britain did.

You don't have to go to bat for the massive fuckup on both the country's populace and politicians for the mess they've caused if brexit
 
Linkstrikesback said:
And yet, not a single store in Saxony that I nor any of my colleagues visit noticed a single shortage of anything during the past two years, while every person I know from Britain did.

You don't have to go to bat for the massive fuckup on both the country's populace and politicians for the mess they've caused if brexit
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What exactly were the people of Britain running out of? The petrol problem was a couple of days of the media being nobs and Walkers crisps were due to them fucking up their IT system.
 
Gashead said:
What exactly were the people of Britain running out of? The petrol problem was a couple of days of the media being nobs and Walkers crisps were due to them fucking up their IT system.
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You already admit it in your previous posts that numerous products that would have been on shelves weren't and that people would have to eat seasonal instead if having access to all things at all times, so how am I supposed to take you asking this in good faith?
 
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Linkstrikesback said:
You already admit it in your previous posts that numerous products that would have been on shelves weren't and that people would have to eat seasonal instead if having access to all things at all times, so how am I supposed to take you asking this in good faith?
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Rich coming from you as you claim German doesn't have shortages when there are articles on everything from car parts to Christmas geese. Maybe those people are bullshitting and fearmongering like here.

I didn't say people "would" have to get used to season goods I said it would be better to get used to them for the planet. "If anything it's better to get used to seasonal foods again than killing the planet with Moroccan cucumbers and Egyptian grapes."
The goods I mentioned came from outside the EU and still exist on the shelf right now so nothing to do with Brexit or shortages but still pollute the planet in shipping them here all year round.

I wanted to know what products were on a consistent shortage like the crisps not what was out back, and therefore not a shortage because they still exist in the store for someone to purchase, which is what I said "Next time you see an empty shelf, ask them if they have broccoli in the chiller out back, they probably will." but you've not provided any item shortages despite every Brit you know calling you up to discuss it.

You've manage to misread, skip words and deliberately conjure up totally different meanings from my posts, and you then deflect to asking me if I'm posting in good faith? Who said Germans didn't have a sense of humour?
 
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Much as I would rather it not be the case, my passport still says United Kingdom on the front, though I'd definitely take the accusation of being German as a compliment, so thanks for that.
 
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Unfortunately haven't had any joy getting my booster yet: Despite living in a fairly large city, no-where local is doing walks ins or appointments, and the only walk in centre is 15 miles away in a small village.

I can only hope that that one centre isn't getting an entire city worth of adults directed towards them to get boosters.
 
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I know some places stopped doing walk ins due to the uptick in Christmas shopping related footfall which seems counter to helping it not spread in crowds.

When I did a walk in way back when, they were saying people from Plymouth were there and it was close to Gloucester
 
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Big news from North Shropshire today:

North Shropshire byelection: Liberal Democrats win former safe Tory seat in blow to Johnson


The Liberal Democrats have won a stunning victory in the North Shropshire byelection, taking what had previously been a safe Conservative seat by a margin of nearly 6,000 votes, and capping a disastrous few weeks for Boris Johnson.

Helen Morgan, the Lib Dem candidate, won 17,957 votes, ahead of the Conservatives’ Neil Shastri-Hurst, on 12,032, a majority of 5,925. Labour’s Ben Wood was third, with 3,686 votes. Turnout was 46.3%.

The calamitous collapse in Conservative support – a 34% swing in a seat where they had a near-23,000 majority in 2019 – will prompt significant jitters among many Tory MPs, and is likely to raise questions about Johnson’s future.
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In other news: Cor, it's foggy outside today. After a couple of days of reasonable clear skies here in the east, it's now looking like Silent Hill out there. Very grey and dreary.
 
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Even if by-elections often are used to punish the incumbent government, this is a big win for the Lib Dems, and a big blow for Johnson's chances of clinging on. Labour were never realistically in the running and suspect the votes they lost went to tactically voting for the Lib Dems, so doubt Starmerites are fussed about the result.
 
Labour are never, ever going to do well in rural seats. Years of portraying them as socialist bogeymen means that if you're hoping for an upset in these areas, like we saw yesterday, you have to rely on the Lib Dems. The main takeaway is that mud is beginning to stick, and that will give all opposition parties hope.

Greetings BTW, just moved to Scotland so was worried I wouldn't be able to get booster jab before Christmas, but thankfully got mine first thing this morning at a walk in centre. Very well organised.
 
So I obviously heard about energy price increases over the last few months but being on a fixed tariff with British Gas I haven't been directly effected.

But today I decided to look at what the prices will be after the end of my tariff. Absurd increases both per kWh and per day that will almost double my bill per month. God I'm going to be fucked in May unless something unexpected happens. Can not afford that shit.

So yeah if you're on a fixed tariff prepare yourself to be fucked by the energy companies at some point.
 
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Just wanted to share a link to this, in case fellow Britons hadn't seen it yet:

Prince Andrew: the lengthy and embarrassing legal ordeal ahead

When a Manhattan judge rejected Prince Andrew’s efforts to dismiss Virginia Giuffre’s sexual abuse lawsuit against him on Wednesday, it marked a victory for his longtime accuser.

Judge Lewis Kaplan’s ruling also means that the embattled royal will remain embroiled in lengthy – and embarrassing – legal proceedings for the foreseeable future.

“This is a huge development because it clears probably the biggest legal hurdle Virginia Giuffre and her team had to get her case to a jury,” said Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor and co-founder of West Coast Trial Lawyers.
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Just a reminder that a member of the Royal Family was close friends with a convicted paedophile and a convicted trafficker, and is now going to be facing accusations in a civil case that he had sex with a trafficked girl. And Brenda and the rest no doubt knew all about this.
 
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I don't know about what's more likely with Prince Andrew, that he deliberately met up with the pedophile Epstein because he is a pedo who wanted to sleep with one girl once or that he met up with the billionaire Epstein because he likes hobnobbing with fellow rich people like himself.

He's fucked either way because if he didn't do it then how can he possibly make people think that?
 
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Galgavias said:
Labour are never, ever going to do well in rural seats. Years of portraying them as socialist bogeymen means that if you're hoping for an upset in these areas, like we saw yesterday, you have to rely on the Lib Dems. The main takeaway is that mud is beginning to stick, and that will give all opposition parties hope.

Greetings BTW, just moved to Scotland so was worried I wouldn't be able to get booster jab before Christmas, but thankfully got mine first thing this morning at a walk in centre. Very well organised.
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Welcome to Scotland! Please enjoy the lovely weather 😅
 
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It's been an exciting few weeks

Four Johnson aides quit in fallout from Downing Street parties

Four of Boris Johnson’s key staff have quit as the fallout from the Downing Street party scandal continued to shake his hold on government.

Johnson’s longstanding policy chief Munira Mirza was the first to go, using a stinging resignation letter to accuse the prime minister of “scurrilous” behaviour when he falsely linked Keir Starmer to the failure to bring paedophile Jimmy Savile to justice.



Within hours, three more of Johnson’s staff had gone – Dan Rosenfield, his chief of staff, Martin Reynolds, his principal private secretary, and his director of communications, Jack Doyle.

All three have been implicated in Downing Street’s response to the lockdown parties that are now being investigated by the Metropolitan police.
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In other news, the situation at Dover isn't getting any better

‘Brexit to blame’: Huge lorry queues at Dover as port bosses call for talks on EU checks

Huge lorry queues building up at the Port of Dover have been blamed “entirely” on extra controls which have come into force from Brexit.

It comes as port chiefs urged the UK government to hold talks with the EU on ways to ease further checks set to come in later in 2022 which could cause “disastrous” disruption to trade.


One courier told The Independent he had been caught up in queues of up to 15km (9 miles) since full customs controls came into force at the beginning of January.
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Just a reminder: All these parties, lockdown breaking and issues at the ports are part of strong and stable government.

We could have had chaos with Ed Miliband back in 2015.
 
I feel like I should ask here since people are talking about gas price increases, my flatmates and I are students (and most of us not from the UK) and we moved into a rented home back in 2021. Anyway, we didn't have bills setup and we found out that our previous supplier for energy and gas went bankrupt and someone else is taking over a few months ago, so we emailed them and those people just told us to wait to be contacted. It's been like 4 months since then and we're probably moving out in the summer, haven't paid an electricity bill yet, is that normal for the UK? You just wait until someone else does it for you?
 
ToniC139 said:
I feel like I should ask here since people are talking about gas price increases, my flatmates and I are students (and most of us not from the UK) and we moved into a rented home back in 2021. Anyway, we didn't have bills setup and we found out that our previous supplier for energy and gas went bankrupt and someone else is taking over a few months ago, so we emailed them and those people just told us to wait to be contacted. It's been like 4 months since then and we're probably moving out in the summer, haven't paid an electricity bill yet, is that normal for the UK? You just wait until someone else does it for you?
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It's definitely not normal; Did the landlord mention anything about utilities or suppliers before you moved in?

I would definitely try to contact the new supplier as soon as possible and try and speak to someone about what the situation is. Even if they haven't sent you any bills, if they think your property is unoccupied there's always the risk that they disconnect the power or something. Or if they can see you're still using energy, there's the risk of them just sending you a massive backdated bill out of the blue.
 
Yeah you really want to get that sorted while you are ALL still there. If the hefty bills in your name and flatmate 1 and 2 have both fucked off into the sunset, good luck getting help with it.
 
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JazzPotatoes said:
It's definitely not normal; Did the landlord mention anything about utilities or suppliers before you moved in?

I would definitely try to contact the new supplier as soon as possible and try and speak to someone about what the situation is. Even if they haven't sent you any bills, if they think your property is unoccupied there's always the risk that they disconnect the power or something. Or if they can see you're still using energy, there's the risk of them just sending you a massive backdated bill out of the blue.
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They did not, and the letting agents kept ghosting us about it/not being helpful at all. Emailed the new energy company again, hopefully they have something and don't tell us to keep waiting.
 
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Gashead said:
Was she really only in charge for 4 years? Seemed much longer than that.

www.bbc.co.uk

Cressida Dick to step down as Metropolitan Police chief

A recent report into racist and sexist officers in London was one of many controversies she faced.
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Probably because she's been fairly prominent since the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes in 2005, which one might remember as the execution of an innocent man that she spearheaded and was subsequently punished for by... uh, getting a promotion? I think she's been in fairly senior roles in the Met for most of the time since then even before actually becoming Commissioner.

I'm sure the Met and politicians will find some other politically pliable ghoul to take charge. Cressida will probably end up getting paid megabucks to write some horrible weekly column for the Sun or Mail or something.

At least this is extremely funny:

 
How's it going where you are? Trees and the odd fence panel down around me. Nothing too bad, council didn't empty the bins :LOL:
 
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Was definitely a WFH day if there ever was one lol. Boss said don't go in and anyone who is in go home early. Apparently the O2 Arena got damaged so I heard?
 
Strong winds and heavy rain here in the Glorious People's Republic of South Yorkshire when I went shopping earlier. Definitely unpleasant but didn't see serious damage, just tree branches and wheelie bins knocked over.
 
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Blustery and wet here in the South East, but we seem to have avoided the worst of it. Some branches and trees blowed over, but no widespread damage that I can see.

Thoughts going out to the near half a million people left without electricity though. We're really not very good at this weather response thing...
 
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Was a horrible morning here in the northern south west. Some lady near here yesterday was very lucky. Big tree came down on the car but it smashed into the right side of the back seats not the drivers seat.

cleared up now, not even raining
 
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Gonna be some real torment between the "woo Boris" and "woo Queenie" parts of the right demographic this evening.

Could the queen getting seriously ill with of COVID cause them to have an epiphany that maybe Boris "let the bodies pile high" Johnson could have handle this better? Our crystal ball says doubtful.
 
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