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Artisreal

Germany9235 Posts

September 14 2017 13:24 GMT

#7681

Did he really ask to get banned because of TL not condoning his (at times insinuated) anti muslim/foreigners crusade?

LegalLord

United States13779 Posts

September 14 2017 13:38 GMT

#7682

Requested perm because he didn't enjoy posting anymore.

Dangermousecatdog

United Kingdom7084 Posts

September 14 2017 15:51 GMT

#7683

But he decided to post an anti muslim post just before the agreed perm banned occured, so he enjoyed posting, what he just didn't enjoy was people replying to him.

sc-darkness

856 Posts

September 14 2017 22:12 GMT

#7684

Pound has gone up a bit. No idea why. Let's see how it changes after EU-UK negotiations soon.

Edit: Probably because Bank of England considers increasing interest rates.

LegalLord

United States13779 Posts

September 14 2017 22:14 GMT

#7685

Probably for any number of reasons that have to do with the fact that currency exchange rates are constantly in motion.

sc-darkness

856 Posts

September 15 2017 20:44 GMT

#7686

Pound is a bit higher again. I guess Bank of England made a difference with their announcement that interest rate might go up. Still, fuck Brexit.

Zaros

United Kingdom3692 Posts

September 15 2017 22:34 GMT

#7687

Looks like Boris is about to challenge May for the leadership

Dangermousecatdog

United Kingdom7084 Posts

September 15 2017 22:37 GMT

#7688

I think most people will remember that he is an opportunistic politician who looked shocked and ill and ran off when interviewed over the results of the EU referendum. To be honest I don't think anyone is suprised he is making a run to be leader of the Conservatives.

Zaros

United Kingdom3692 Posts

September 15 2017 22:38 GMT

#7689

On September 16 2017 07:37 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
I think most people will remember that he is an opportunistic politician who looked shocked and ill and ran off when interviewed over the results of the EU referendum.

I don't think he could win the conservative leadership but him even challenging brings the government down and causes other people to challenge after he does.

Velr

Switzerland10844 Posts

September 15 2017 23:03 GMT

#7690

Your goverment is trying to match your press.

Ghostcom

Denmark4783 Posts

September 15 2017 23:10 GMT

#7691

Surely Boris is not going to happen - right? please?

LegalLord

United States13779 Posts

September 15 2017 23:12 GMT

#7692

Boris is too fake Eurosceptic to make a good leader. I'd rather have Gove in charge and he's a scummy backstabber.

Zaros

United Kingdom3692 Posts

September 15 2017 23:12 GMT

#7693

On September 16 2017 08:10 Ghostcom wrote:
Surely Boris is not going to happen - right? please?

Its probably his last role of the dice because he was about to be sacked, but if Donald Trump happened who knows Boris will probably be PM by next week.

sc-darkness

856 Posts

September 15 2017 23:40 GMT

#7694

Theresa May is a shitty politician compared to David Cameron. Yet, I don't even want Boris John as any sort of minister.

LegalLord

United States13779 Posts

September 15 2017 23:43 GMT

#7695

Cameron presided over two particularly consequential referenda. Perhaps it's to his credit that the better result won in both of them - but he basically staked his entire reputation on Remain and so he left the PM and then MP position in disgrace. Far as I see it though we (as the world) just replaced one incompetent with another.

sc-darkness

856 Posts

September 15 2017 23:46 GMT

#7696

Right, because it makes sense to reject a person completely after one mistake.

Jockmcplop

United Kingdom9768 Posts

September 15 2017 23:47 GMT

#7697

I hate the tories as a party but they really need to sort themselves out and get a cabinet with competent individuals capable of organizing effective action.
Brexit is so important that we can't afford to carry on into the negotiations with the current bunch of jokers.
I don't know who I would want as a tory PM though. Cameron and Osborne looked like fucking geniuses compared to whoever's available right now.

LegalLord

United States13779 Posts

September 15 2017 23:48 GMT

#7698

On September 16 2017 08:46 sc-darkness wrote:
Right, because it makes sense to completely reject a person because he made one mistake.

If your mistake is the most consequential decision of your entire career, then perhaps so.

sc-darkness

856 Posts

September 15 2017 23:50 GMT

#7699

So Churchill is a bad man then. Even though he saved us all from nazis, he still gave a large chunk of Europe to Soviet Russia. Maybe not everything is black and white?

LegalLord

United States13779 Posts

September 15 2017 23:53 GMT

#7700

I'm mostly just left scratching my head as to how laughable that absurd framing of past history is. I don't think there's much more to say here.