"oh you don't get me I'm the end of the union": lol brexit is how we're all gonna die

those mountains in Tralee were amazing. I'd happily become an RA sleeper agent if they financed me a trip back there.

hiyooooo jim

I hope you didn't call it "Donnie" at any point when you were there

Loooooooooool Jim

Xp I do not ever but I'm tired and drunk and need of abbreviation

tírs

Always refer to the gaeltacht as gaelts tho

yeah? we always call them "summer students"

Best joke in Ulysses is on those lines

Anyhoo I saw two drivers stop in The middle of the roundabout round the Arc de Triomphe an exchange numbers in the middle of the road

Paris driving is another world. So’s Marseille. But out in the countryside or even on the autoroutes it’s not so bad.

Well it's ILX, we exaggerate for (not very) comic effect

Joking about gulags and liquidating the landed gentry is a deadly serious business imo, and shouldn't be treated lightly... Apart from on here!

It only took the bbc two and a half days more than everywhere else to cover the Williamson/China story., cos they finally realised most of the party despise Williamson, but still waited for permission to run any bad news.

That's FlyBMI fucked, so.

bmi had the best uniforms :(

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UoqgHCeZ3Kc/T0-RTHerAII/AAAAAAAABvE/U7-wgcpgijE/s1600/BMI+FA.jpg

low sympathy rating tbh, but I suppose from environmental pov it won't mean there is suddenly less planes belching out greenhouse gases/pollutants, just some other operator filling the void.

is jason cowley alright
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2019/02/len-mccluskey-remainers-need-calm-down-and-back-corbyn

What do we think about the isis returnees case

it feels like that whole situation was constructed by the Have Your Say machine just so people could have their say tbh

I felt a strong jihad impulse against western imperialism myself at that age tbf, but my ugly hairy arse just wans't pretty enough to get groomed by anyone.

You have to admire the contortions of people who think 16 year olds shouldn’t be allowed to vote, but that 15 year olds are responsible for being groomed & abused by terrorists. Oh, and someone being a shit human being doesn’t mean either their human rights or citizenship are forfeit.

just realised what i'm nigglingly reminded of every time nick cohen tweets "me in the observer"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xtM8mb2Ocg

Jfc pic.twitter.com/k2gL5hXYA2

— Matt Zarb-Cousin (@mattzarb) January 26, 2019

Owen Jones just isn't a good interviewer. Interrupts and can't stay on topic. This "but surely you must see that?" line of questioning doesn't work.

Interrupting is everywhere so it must be an executive decision on the part of producers to introduce some kind of tension but how do viewers benefit from two people speaking at once, or constant interruption. Either give someone a foot pedal that mutes interruptions or let them finish

All post-Paxman bullshit I think. Interrupt to look like you're speaking truth to power but actually don't speak truth to power

I understand on some shows if they don't want to let the guest actually speak, but Jones just seems completely unfocussed and unprepared, with no game plan at all - it feels lioke he is interrupting himself some of the time. Also, the fuck is it with overly long questions as well that contain the answer in them already, its like the football

interviewer: It felt like there was a concerted effort to exert more control over the central areas of the park in the latter stages when the opposition began to tire, was that a decision from the manager, or did the players collectively spot this happening, because it felt like a number of the players really grew into the match during the last 15 minutes, was that something you had talked about in training or is the manager now giving you more freedom to make these decision more on the spur of the moment, the crowd certainly appreciated it, is that something as players that you also collecitvely felt

footballer, in broken english: yes of course we had a good moment

generally i blame producers more than interviewers/hosts though - nobody benefits from people speaking at once, especially in limited timeframes, whats the point?

Where was this interview?

Guardian website

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/owen-jones

25th jan

OJ symptoms.

this pledging fealty to the labour party meme is extremely bad and dumb

and altogether not helpful

i just despair tbh

rather than hectoring or interrupting someone who is obv terrible and full of shit, you should lull them into a false sense of conviviality and let them condemn themselves. And then the cheka/people's court can deal with this evidence at a later date!

great point calz, please continue

actually this is not bad from, uh... theo bertram... ? wth
https://medium.com/@theobertram/how-is-labour-doing-b80cd7757ae2

I enjoyed this Owen Jones content:

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— Sir John Nipples (@BenignSyphilis) February 13, 2019

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— austin powers anchorman (@FRANKGRIMES420) February 17, 2019

neoliberal democrats launching today by all accounts

will probably take more votes off the tories tbf

In before 200 concern trolls bemoaning the death of the Labour Party

at least poor old G Lineker won't be sleeping out on the streets anymore.

there isnt 200 that care

Looking forward to a detailed explanation of how this party is different to the Lib Dems

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2018/04/it-s-tories-not-labour-who-should-fear-new-centrist-party

these principled idea politicians will be resigning their seats at the same time and putting their arguments to a by-election no doubt 🤔

At least most Tory "rebels" have the brains to realise people vote for the brand, not the particular nobhead representing it

My display name is disappointed they couldn't have waited until tomorrow tho

cdunt wait