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Deleted user 14 August 2011 21:06:16

FairgroundTown wrote:
No he doesn't - he was correct - the RISE of Labour was in the LAST century... although most of the Liberal governments to which he alludes were the century before that.

Yeah, my memory of UK governments was a few years out.

spamdangled 14 Aug 2011 21:21:15 31,803 posts
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I'd say it was pedantic more than barmy

Anyway, there was the wartime coalition, and a couple of informal alliances with minority governments since then.

Deleted user 17 August 2011 11:34:55

Didn't catch who it was, but chap on the radio just now saying that the sentencing has had the backing of the silent majority. Erm, if the majority is silent how exactly does he know he has their backing?

Damn stupid.

Anyway, 4 years for a facebook page, crazy.

Deleted user 17 August 2011 11:35:27

There's a riot on the forum at the moment. We're looting groups.

MetalDog 17 Aug 2011 11:37:50 24,076 posts
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I think a lot of people don't give a shit because they think it will never happen to them. There's some dark shit coming our way off the back of this =/

agparrot 17 Aug 2011 11:53:41 11,901 posts
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AaronTurner wrote:
Didn't catch who it was, but chap on the radio just now saying that the sentencing has had the backing of the silent majority. Erm, if the majority is silent how exactly does he know he has their backing?

Damn stupid.

Anyway, 4 years for a facebook page, crazy.

Jack Straw, after an estimate one to two million people marched on the streets of various cities against the war on Iraq, also said that the war was supported by the silent majority.

Right after that thing he said about WMDs.

However, I see no reason not to instigate immediate curfew powers here in the UK, after all, if you've got nothing to hide, you have no reason to be out on the streets.

I feel like I have to point out that I'm being sarcastic in case some thick fuck thinks I'm being serious. It just isn't any fucking fun to post on Eurogamer anymore, I think I'm going to have a short break.

President_Weasel 17 Aug 2011 12:14:54 12,355 posts
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Speaking as someone who is generally at the pinko liberal, guardian-reading, end of the spectrum, I think he might actually be right about the "silent majority" in this case.

4 years for attempting to incite a riot on facebook when the riots in question didn't even happen does seem very harsh. On the other hand, fuck 'em.

Deleted user 17 August 2011 12:19:05

that Theasa May can fuck right off. looking at curfew powers for wales? We behaved ourselves over here. the problem is football loving English people who were rioting.

LionheartDJH 17 Aug 2011 12:23:24 20,303 posts
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They can't have loved football that much, the bastards got the England game and last weekend's Spurs match called off!

Nexus_6 17 Aug 2011 12:24:04 6,169 posts
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THESE WERE NOT THE UK RIOTS 2011.

Articulate-Troll 17 Aug 2011 12:33:32 3,098 posts
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TBF, the BBC called them England riots.

warlockuk 17 Aug 2011 12:33:42 19,519 posts
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For once I have to agree with Smuggo, as much as it pains me. Sure - they were in England, but it's still the UK. Even though _all_ of the UK didn't have them.

Hell, you may as well call them the Manchester, London and other places riots 'cos it didn't happen everywhere in England. Stop whining.

Deleted user 17 August 2011 12:35:07

EARTH RIOTS: AD

It's accurate!

disusedgenius 17 Aug 2011 12:36:35 10,677 posts
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Articulate-Troll wrote:
TBF, the BBC called them England riots.

Only after a couple of days of calling them UK Riots (during which time the thread title was changed).

Deleted user 17 August 2011 12:37:44

Nah, UK riots is only acceptable if you are foreign. Otherwise it is most definitely the English Riots.

MetalDog 17 Aug 2011 12:39:12 24,076 posts
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It's funny watching the non-English forumites spack out about it though =D

DJCopa 17 Aug 2011 12:43:54 2,578 posts
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Much better in Scotland with all those nasty religious nutters - Love to generalise

Deleted user 17 August 2011 12:46:25

MetalDog wrote:
It's funny watching the non-English forumites spack out about it though =D

Spack out? Really?

You can't really blame people for not wanting to be unfairly grouped in with scum holes in England can you. God knows if it was the other way round everyone would be pissing and moaning at involuntarily being forced to adopt the problem. No one rioted/looted anywhere outside of England. Pretty damn simple really.

disusedgenius 17 Aug 2011 12:49:26 10,677 posts
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mowgli wrote:
Spack out? Really?

Yeah, sorry. Although I completely agree with your logic it's still worth keeping the thread title the way it is for the amusing reactions from the provincials.

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