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Liquid Gold

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  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,416
“I’ll do Brexit”

*clap clap clap clap*

“I’m worried about the poor”

*boooo*
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,417
Liquid Gold said:
“I’ll do Brexit”

*clap clap clap clap*

“I’m worried about the poor”

*boooo*
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Will Farage have a bitch about the loud right wingers in the audience?
 

SBAndy

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,418
clint van damme said:
Some Microsoft facilities have introduced it and seen big spikes in productivity.
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Slight tangent, but I remember a fair few years back now Virgin brought in unlimited annual leave for a large bulk of staff and found productivity increased.
 
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Deleted member 5849

Guest
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,419
skybluetony176 said:
Boris’ answer to every question seems to be Brexit.
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Sad though it is, that seems to be a popular catchphrase.
 

Liquid Gold

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,420
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Will Farage have a bitch about the loud right wingers in the audience?
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Plenty on social media saying that Etchingham is a lefty because she keeps cutting Johnson off.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,421
Liquid Gold said:
Plenty on social media saying that Etchingham is a lefty because she keeps cutting Johnson off.
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Wish Corbyn had said he'd leave a pork pie for Tubby
 

Ian1779

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,422
Corbyn clearly won that.
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,423
Brighton Sky Blue said:
So, I believe, has essentially anywhere else that's trialled it.
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Know a couple of people who have moved overseas. One to Norway and one to Sweden. Both now work 4 days weeks and say the same, productivity has increased. They also say they have far more flexibility over the hours they work, working from home etc which has led to a big improvement in quality of life and mental health.
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,424
Embarrassing - a presenter who shut Johnson down at every opportunity and was chronically biased to Corbyn as was the vocal rabble. Hats of to Johnson for escaping unscathed
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,425
Ian1779 said:
Corbyn clearly won that.
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lol despite the grotesque bias against Johnson he flattened him
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,426
Grendel said:
Embarrassing - a presenter who shut Johnson down at every opportunity and was chronically biased to Corbyn as was the vocal rabble. Hats of to Johnson for escaping unscathed
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Let's be honest G even if Johnson had shat himself on the stage and smeared it over his face you'd be calling it in his favour. She even made a dig at Corbyn about spending to pacify the gammon crowd
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,427
chiefdave said:
Know a couple of people who have moved overseas. One to Norway and one to Sweden. Both now work 4 days weeks and say the same, productivity has increased. They also say they have far more flexibility over the hours they work, working from home etc which has led to a big improvement in quality of life and mental health.
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When you get Joe Bloggs booing someone for wanting them to work less, you know you've got them properly hoodwinked.
 
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Skybluefaz

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  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,428
Grendel said:
Embarrassing - a presenter who shut Johnson down at every opportunity and was chronically biased to Corbyn as was the vocal rabble. Hats of to Johnson for escaping unscathed
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Didn't need to shut him down, he said the same thing every time
 
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Monners

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,429
Here’s a thought.
Let’s get Brexit done! Painful
 
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westcountry_skyblue

Guest
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,430
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Wish Corbyn had said he'd leave a pork pie for Tubby
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Cheap comment as usual,Dont bother if you have nothing constructive to say.You’ve obviously never lived under a socialist government as you always say Blair was not a socialist government.
Be careful what you wish for,The last lot nearly bankrupted us.
 

Ian1779

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,431
Grendel said:
lol despite the grotesque bias against Johnson he flattened him
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Fuck me that’s some next level fantasy... you should see if HBO want to do a series.
 
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Monners

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,432
30k nursing vacancies. - actually it’s 39k
40 new hospital builds - untrue
20k more police officers- Since 2010 the number dropped by 20.5k

Still, let’s get Brexit done
 

skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,433
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Corbyn talking about the 4 day week gets laughed at. 'Hahaha! I want to work myself into the ground! Trot!'
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Happy people are productive people. Just look at the Scandinavian countries. They typically have a shorter working week, more holiday, more public holidays, longer maternity leave, longer paternity leave, strict lunch and breaks etc. Does it mean that have 3 day weekend? No. Does it mean that they work a significant less number of hours over a year than us that would equate to a number of less days? Yes. Productivity in Scandinavia is amongst the highest in the world, Norway is No 2, Denmark is No 4 and Iceland is No 5. Luxembourg is top with 25 days holiday a year plus national holidays, Max 40 hour working week by law etc etc.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,434
Presenter was cutting Alexander off more, but he was continuing for longer (although Corbyn did it himself a few times) and it was pointless letting him continue because he just started going back to the one point of Brexit.

Crowd had elements supporting both but seemed more trying to heckle over Corbyn.

With the personal ethics I'm sure Corbyn was biting his tongue.

Dunno if it was just me but did anyone notice that Alexander struggled or didn't repeat the names when the questioners from the audience were from ethnic minority backgrounds?

IMO Corbyn came across as more prepared and calmer.

In a fight, it'd have been a bore with loads of trash talk but no real blows, with Corbyn getting it on points.
 

Liquid Gold

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,435
Audience should be made up of undecided voters. Genuinely don’t see the point in having party members there to act like football fans in order to try and sway viewer opinion.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,436
westcountry_skyblue said:
Cheap comment as usual,Dont bother if you have nothing constructive to say.You’ve obviously never lived under a socialist government as you always say Blair was not a socialist government.
Be careful what you wish for,The last lot nearly bankrupted us.
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I work in state education. Tell me why I should vote Tory, based on their decade in office. You want to talk cheap comments, look at that fat prick's recycling of debunked 2015 talking points and pledges to restore the police his government took away.
 
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Liquid Gold

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,437
Tory press office changing their official twitter handle to ‘fact check UK’ during the debate is a fucking disgrace.
 
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Skybluefaz

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  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,438
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Presenter was cutting Alexander off more, but he was continuing for longer (although Corbyn did it himself a few times) and it was pointless letting him continue because he just started going back to the one point of Brexit.

Crowd had elements supporting both but seemed more trying to heckle over Corbyn.

With the personal ethics I'm sure Corbyn was biting his tongue.

Dunno if it was just me but did anyone notice that Alexander struggled or didn't repeat the names when the questioners from the audience were from ethnic minority backgrounds?

IMO Corbyn came across as more prepared and calmer.

In a fight, it'd have been a bore with loads of trash talk but no real blows, with Corbyn getting it on points.
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Corbyn would garner lots more support from the likes of me if he just stated his position on Brexit. He wants to leave the EU because it's a capitalist vehicle. I don't even want to get into the ins and outs of it, but just honestly answer the fucking question. Even though it doesn't align with my views. It would gain a touch more respect.
 
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Skybluefaz

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  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,439
Liquid Gold said:
Tory press office changing their official twitter handle to ‘press office UK’ during the debate is a fucking disgrace.
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They are the party of cheap tricks, have been since Cameron. At least that prick fell on his sword.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,440
skybluetony176 said:
Happy people are productive people. Just look at the Scandinavian countries. They typically have a shorter working week, more holiday, more public holidays, longer maternity leave, longer paternity leave, strict lunch and breaks etc. Does it mean that have 3 day weekend? No. Does it mean that they work a significant less number of hours over a year than us that would equate to a number of less days? Yes. Productivity in Scandinavia is amongst the highest in the world, Norway is No 2, Denmark is No 4 and Iceland is No 5. Luxembourg is top with 25 days holiday a year plus national holidays, Max 40 hour working week by law etc etc.
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I would gladly sacrifice a few weeks of annual holiday in exchange for that.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,441
Skybluefaz said:
Corbyn would garner lots more support from the likes of me if he just stated his position on Brexit. He wants to leave the EU because it's a capitalist vehicle. I don't even want to get into the ins and outs of it, but just honestly answer the fucking question. Even though it doesn't align with my views. It would gain a touch more respect.
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Agreed on that, it was his weakest part of the debate. He can't say he'd campaign against his own deal...
 

Grendel

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  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,442
Ian1779 said:
Fuck me that’s some next level fantasy... you should see if HBO want to do a series.
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the country will decide who is correct
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,443
Grendel said:
the country will decide who is correct
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The country has been given a referendum by proxy 9 months after May's deal was first rejected. It could have had a real one in 6 and moved on to the next stage. Only you can present that as a triumph
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,444
Skybluefaz said:
Corbyn would garner lots more support from the likes of me if he just stated his position on Brexit. He wants to leave the EU because it's a capitalist vehicle. I don't even want to get into the ins and outs of it, but just honestly answer the fucking question. Even though it doesn't align with my views. It would gain a touch more respect.
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He would, but he and his advisors also know that if he says Remain he stands to lose candidates in urban Labour seats votes, which could be crucial. If he stands for Leave he stands to alienate others. Staying quiet he annoys some people from both sides by sitting on the fence. Whatever he does it will cost him in some way and I guess from polling data the advisors have told him the way to lose the least votes is to stay quite non-committal.

How that will fare for him at the ballot box will have to be seen.

But one thing we know for sure is Alexander intends this to be about Brexit and will do his best to deflect back onto that at every opportunity. IMO not how a GE should be.
 

Ian1779

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  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,445
Grendel said:
the country will decide who is correct
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Indeed
 

hill83

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,446
Liquid Gold said:
Tory press office changing their official twitter handle to ‘press office UK’ during the debate is a fucking disgrace.
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They changed it to factcheckuk.

Fucking scumbags trying to mislead people.
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,447
hill83 said:
They changed it to factcheckuk.

Fucking scumbags trying to mislead people.
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chiefdave

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  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,448
ITV snap poll has Corbyn winning the debate 78% to 22% for Johnson.

Was conducted on twitter and not weighted in any way.
 

Skybluefaz

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,449
Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
He would, but he and his advisors also know that if he says Remain he stands to lose candidates in urban Labour seats votes, which could be crucial. If he stands for Leave he stands to alienate others. Staying quiet he annoys some people from both sides by sitting on the fence. Whatever he does it will cost him in some way and I guess from polling data the advisors have told him the way to lose the least votes is to stay quite non-committal.

How that will fare for him at the ballot box will have to be seen.

But one thing we know for sure is Alexander intends this to be about Brexit and will do his best to deflect back onto that at every opportunity. IMO not how a GE should be.
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True
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 19, 2019
  • #2,450
hill83 said:
They changed it to factcheckuk.

Fucking scumbags trying to mislead people.
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Wasn't just a name change either, completely rebranded.
 
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