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Post by Mr Poppy on Aug 24, 2023 16:38:50 GMT
and from R&W. Whilst they don't 'weight' the answers by 'Most Important Issue' then they put a đ next to the top 3 (ie CON are seen as performing worst on the most important issues - noting Brexit doesn't even make the list!)
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Post by domjg on Aug 24, 2023 16:43:43 GMT
Our democratically elected HMG did CHOOSE to delay some stuff due to the UNFORESEEN issue of Covid and Ukraine War on inflation. I'm disappointed we have delayed some minor, final aspects as supply chains should have adjusted by now anyway. IIRC likes of M&S had the Percy Pigs issue (not to be confused with Boris and Peppa Pig). IIRC the Groan used to find someone, somewhere who was inconvenienced by Brexit (eg the cheese chap) but another delay on some minor final checks is not that big a deal IMO. Events dear lass, events...  If you want to try and bring out the gammon in Brexiteers then maybe mention not taking back control of our borders WRT to immigration rather than goods. Those 'delays' are  Well, she has certainly already brought out the gammon in YOU. "Events dear lass, events..." - What a patronising pr**k @trevor is. The irony is he complains about trolls (people who call him out) yet exhibits behaviour here which by far is the most troll-like of any poster with clearly deliberate schoolboyesque wind up attempts and endless winking emojis. What a massive 'Werkzeug' he is |
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Post by steve on Aug 24, 2023 17:07:48 GMT
domjgI distinctly remember the sign on the big red bullshit bus. "Vote leave it won't be quite as crap as it could be".
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Post by steve on Aug 24, 2023 17:11:27 GMT
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Post by domjg on Aug 24, 2023 17:12:45 GMT
domjg I distinctly remember the sign on the big red bullshit bus. "Vote leave it won't be quite as crap as it could be". lol, I reckon they took inspiration from British built cars of the 1970s. There's been a similar attitude towards quality control.. |
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Post by Mr Poppy on Aug 24, 2023 17:14:30 GMT
I expect there is a bit more to it but perhaps a clear difference between LoC and RoC. Under Starmer then LAB HQ have made ÂŁ4.1million of efficiency cost savings. If they can magnify that into the public service in HoC '24-29 (assuming Starmer is PM) then I might vote LAB in GE'29. @mayorjd seems to be missing out IMO. I'd happily take some tickets to Epsom but probably not a Coldplay concert or Chelsea Flower Show (not quite sure why Chelsea Flower show seems so popular!?!?). Although taking ÂŁ1million from Unite for 'no say' in LAB policy and some hefty donations from 'private sector' does mean LAB can comfortably live without the hassle of some members who were probably the kind Starmer was very keen to get rid of anyway (IIRC the term is 'Brightsizing). PS LAB is now the biggest party (in ÂŁ terms) and CON are running at a lose: www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media-centre/uk-political-parties-accounts-published-1 |
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Post by jen on Aug 24, 2023 17:18:02 GMT
For the hard of thinking... I have explained many times why the referendum was undemocratic. I note that you have never brought a counter-argument. As for your brilliant idea, thanks, but I am already politically active and have been for many years. I also vote for political parties that support rejoin. But I have an idea for you: why not post a positive argument in favour of why anybody should vote for your beloved Conservative Party, rather than droning on with blah blah blah Starmer blah blah flip-flop blah and a link to an obvious troll Twitter account? Seriously... is that the best you got? Hahahahahaha! Well I admit to having blocked you in the past but you seem 'interesting' so we can do a few more rounds of 'ping pong' if you're game. How did LDEM do in the 'Final Say' vote of GE'19 with their "Revoke" (ie no need for a ref) policy? Didn't seem that popular IIRC? Might I ask who you vote for? I assume you vote Green (or SNP if you live in Scotland) but perhaps you could get your hard of thinking fellow Rejoiners to vote for a Rejoin party rather than waste the time of the small number of people on UKPR2 who voted Leave* and have no regrets. If you want to then you can explain how you hope to Rejoin.EU without another referendum - bearing in mind that if you set that precedent then any future HMG can Leave.EU again without holding a referendum. I'm not keen on that kind of ongoing uncertainty and 'hokey cokey' but if you want to go down that route then you still have to win a GE and be able to win a vote to Rejoin.EU in HoC (and hope the process is pretty quick and they say 'yes'). Bon chance PS Could you also state exactly what the terms of 'Rejoin.EU' would be (ie the annual cost, any vetoes, �, etc) and give your view of what you think the EU will be in say 2035 (ie new entrants, annual cost, further loss of sovereignty, etc). I' ve stated in the past that if EU goes back to just being a 'FREE trade deal' then I wouldn't be opposed and that wouldn't need a ref. However, given our current deal is pretty good then I should state that seems pretty pointless and I wouldn't support it if it meant we lost our ability to make our own trade deals. * Campaigned in my case. Can't speak for the other 2. I voted CON in GE'15 to hold a democratic vote (which was supported by all main parties); Leave in EURef'16; CON in GE'17 (although in fairness to Corbyn he had said Brexit was settled); then even joined CON as a member ahead of Maybot resigning to ensure I voted for the more Brexity option for CON leader; then CON in GE'19 of course. Hard of thinking types might think the process would be quicker in reverse - I dunno - give it a go and lets find out. I get a headache trying to think myself down to your level, but hey, I've got 10 minutes to kill, so why not? LDEMs? Who cares? It's up to them what they propose. I would hazard a guess that their unpopularity at the time may have been connected to their choice of leader. You may ask, but frankly it is none of your business. And it is never wrong to call out bigotry and lies. Why would I want to explain something that I never said? Blah blah blah. I already told you all you need to know: demographics, dear boy, demographics... Terms of rejoin? It's not my job. Hopefully, when the negotiations take place, somebody other than mad deluded fools like Sunak will be in charge. I hope they'll be able to negotiate a decent deal. Of course, we could put it to the country once the deal has been finalized. Unlike wot you mad Kremlin financed idiots did. And yes, yes, yes, I get it, you spread lies to force your minority view on the rest of us. Well done. How long will it take to reverse the process? Hahaha! Your time has come and gone. Demographics, dear boy, demographics... |
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Post by Mr Poppy on Aug 24, 2023 17:31:22 GMT
Well I admit to having blocked you in the past but you seem 'interesting' so we can do a few more rounds of 'ping pong' if you're game. How did LDEM do in the 'Final Say' vote of GE'19 with their "Revoke" (ie no need for a ref) policy? Didn't seem that popular IIRC? Might I ask who you vote for? I assume you vote Green (or SNP if you live in Scotland) but perhaps you could get your hard of thinking fellow Rejoiners to vote for a Rejoin party rather than waste the time of the small number of people on UKPR2 who voted Leave* and have no regrets. If you want to then you can explain how you hope to Rejoin.EU without another referendum - bearing in mind that if you set that precedent then any future HMG can Leave.EU again without holding a referendum. I'm not keen on that kind of ongoing uncertainty and 'hokey cokey' but if you want to go down that route then you still have to win a GE and be able to win a vote to Rejoin.EU in HoC (and hope the process is pretty quick and they say 'yes'). Bon chance PS Could you also state exactly what the terms of 'Rejoin.EU' would be (ie the annual cost, any vetoes, �, etc) and give your view of what you think the EU will be in say 2035 (ie new entrants, annual cost, further loss of sovereignty, etc). I' ve stated in the past that if EU goes back to just being a 'FREE trade deal' then I wouldn't be opposed and that wouldn't need a ref. However, given our current deal is pretty good then I should state that seems pretty pointless and I wouldn't support it if it meant we lost our ability to make our own trade deals. * Campaigned in my case. Can't speak for the other 2. I voted CON in GE'15 to hold a democratic vote (which was supported by all main parties); Leave in EURef'16; CON in GE'17 (although in fairness to Corbyn he had said Brexit was settled); then even joined CON as a member ahead of Maybot resigning to ensure I voted for the more Brexity option for CON leader; then CON in GE'19 of course. Hard of thinking types might think the process would be quicker in reverse - I dunno - give it a go and lets find out. myself down to your level, but hey, I've got 10 minutes to kill, so why not? LDEMs? Who cares? It's up to them what they propose. I would hazard a guess that their unpopularity at the time may have been connected to their choice of leader. You may ask, but frankly it is none of your business. And it is never wrong to call out bigotry and lies. Why would I want to explain something that I never said? Blah blah blah. I already told you all you need to know: demographics, dear boy, demographics... Terms of rejoin? It's not my job. Hopefully, when the negotiations take place, somebody other than mad deluded fools like Sunak will be in charge. I hope they'll be able to negotiate a decent deal. Of course, we could put it to the country once the deal has been finalized. Unlike wot you mad Kremlin financed idiots did. And yes, yes, yes, I get it, you spread lies to force your minority view on the rest of us. Well done. How long will it take to reverse the process? Hahaha! Your time has come and gone. Demographics, dear boy, demographics... You should have perhaps left it at the bit in bold  We agree on LDEM - as did most people in GE'19 Thank you for not making any effort to think or answer simple questions that someone who claims to vote for a Rejoin party and wants to Rejoin.EU (without a ref) might perhaps have considered were worth thinking about - or not! I'm pretty sure none of the very small number of people who read UKPR2 are going to change their minds on the basis of what I* say and since you have nothing to say about how you want to Rejoin then... well... the even harder of thinking types might need to do that hard thinking for themselves then. I thought you might to be able to help the 'die-hard' Rejoiners on UKPR2 with a cunning plan to Rejoin but seems not. We'll see about demographics. Maybe a younger person can do the thinking that you seem unable to do, become leader of party, win a GE, etc. Maybe one day we do Rejoin. However, someone needs to get of their arse/keyboard to get the process going (eg Gina Miller or the confusingly named Rejoin.EU if people have realised LAB, LDEM and even Count Binface have moved on). Since you have nothing to add or interesting to say then please appreciate why I'll now choose to ignore you. Have a nice evening though  * Oh and I'm not Boris or even a CON MP. I did join CON as a member to vote for Boris as PM (and Rishi, although the idiots picked Truss so MPs had to dump her and pick Rishi). I hope I don't get the chance to vote for CON's next leader but I'll pay my £25/yr out to 2025 as pretty sure I might get the chance to vote on that. Instead of 'fake gotchas' then by all means 'quote' something from a post of mine where I have lied (not where a politician has lied as I appreciate that would be a very long post). If it's an interesting posts then I'm sure someone will repost it. |
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Post by steve on Aug 24, 2023 17:37:29 GMT
jenAs a card carrying member of the lib dems and despite everything you might have heard to the contrary here. It's lib dems policy to rejoin the European union, there's no time frame given, which I think is a mistake by the leadership but there's some logic in it, we want to see an immediate far closer relationship with the European union including single market participation and would work with other progressive parties and hopefully some grown ups in government to achieve it. You may see brexitanians here saying this isn't lib dem party policy but it is, they know not of what they blabber and was agreed the last time covid and various members of the Windsor clan didn't muck up conference arrangements. If it's put to conference next time it will pass again overwhelmingly.
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Post by jen on Aug 24, 2023 17:40:56 GMT
I get a headache trying to think myself down to your level, but hey, I've got 10 minutes to kill, so why not? LDEMs? Who cares? It's up to them what they propose. I would hazard a guess that their unpopularity at the time may have been connected to their choice of leader. You may ask, but frankly it is none of your business. And it is never wrong to call out bigotry and lies. Why would I want to explain something that I never said? Blah blah blah. I already told you all you need to know: demographics, dear boy, demographics... Terms of rejoin? It's not my job. Hopefully, when the negotiations take place, somebody other than mad deluded fools like Sunak will be in charge. I hope they'll be able to negotiate a decent deal. Of course, we could put it to the country once the deal has been finalized. Unlike wot you mad Kremlin financed idiots did. And yes, yes, yes, I get it, you spread lies to force your minority view on the rest of us. Well done. How long will it take to reverse the process? Hahaha! Your time has come and gone. Demographics, dear boy, demographics... You should have perhaps left it at the bit in bold We agree on LDEM - as did most people in GE'19 Thank you for not making any effort to think or answer simple questions that someone who claims to vote for a Rejoin party and wants to Rejoin.EU (without a ref) might perhaps have considered were worth thinking about - or not! I'm pretty sure none of the very small number of people who read UKPR2 are going to change their minds on the basis of what I* say and since you have nothing to say about how you want to Rejoin then... well... the even harder of thinking types might need to do that hard thinking for themselves then. I thought you might to be able to help the 'die-hard' Rejoiners on UKPR2 with a cunning plan to Rejoin but seems not. We'll see about demographics. Maybe a younger person can do the thinking that you seem unable to do, become leader of party, win a GE, etc. Maybe one day we do Rejoin. However, someone needs to get of their arse/keyboard to get the process going (eg Gina Miller or the confusingly named Rejoin.EU if people have realised LAB, LDEM and even Count Binface have moved on). Since you have nothing to add or interesting to say then please appreciate why I'll now choose to ignore you. Have a nice evening though * Oh and I'm not Boris or even a CON MP. I did join CON as a member to vote for Boris as PM (and Rishi, although the idiots picked Truss so MPs had to dump her and pick Rishi). I hope I don't get the chance to vote for CON's next leader but I'll pay my ÂŁ25/yr out to 2025 as pretty sure I might get the chance to vote on that. Instead of 'fake gotchas' then by all means 'quote' something from a post of mine where I have lied (not where a politician has lied as I appreciate that would be a very long post). If it's an interesting posts then I'm sure someone will repost it. Hahahaha! Just as I thought... you got nothing. |
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Post by pjw1961 on Aug 24, 2023 17:45:36 GMT
The article below worries me a lot. Quite aside from the disgusting behaviour going on in Llanelli (and the Home Office), I have not far away from me, RAF Wethersfield. While I think that it is an unsuitable place to house asylum seekers and other immigrants due to its rural location and lack of transport links, the people themselves don't worry me at all. However, the idea their presence may attract Katie Hopkins, Richard Tice, GB News and a camp full of racists and fascists spewing vile hate, is genuinely alarming. Were that to occur ways to fight back would need to be considered. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/24/south-wales-suella-braverman-welsh-stradey-park-hotel. P.s. before anyone asks, IMO the Labour councillor mentioned in the report should be expelled form the Party if that account is correct. |
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Post by jib on Aug 24, 2023 17:50:00 GMT
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Post by jib on Aug 24, 2023 17:52:41 GMT
"Events dear lass, events..." - What a patronising pr**k @trevor is.  |
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Post by steve on Aug 24, 2023 17:57:51 GMT
There's nothing inconsistent in what Ed Davey said in the interview linked here to a staged approach to rejoin.
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Post by pjw1961 on Aug 24, 2023 17:57:57 GMT
Briefly on other matters today:
(a) I'm amazed that the Republicans in their debate managed to turn up someone even more insane than Donald Trump. Having scraped away the bottom of the barrel they are now tunneling toward the Earth's core. Ramaswamy's political 'philosophy' seems to be that if something is real and fact based declare it a hoax and if it is totally mad, then champion it as policy.
(b) I can't believe so much stuff has been written on here about Brexit today. Give it a rest everyone, none of you is going to persuade the others. Rejoining the EU will be a 2030's thing, although the beginnings of realignment with the EU can start as soon as the current rabble are safely consigned to raving on the opposition benches.
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Post by jen on Aug 24, 2023 18:15:06 GMT
jen As a card carrying member of the lib dems and despite everything you might have heard to the contrary here. It's lib dems policy to rejoin the European union, there's no time frame given, which I think is a mistake by the leadership but there's some logic in it, we want to see an immediate far closer relationship with the European union including single market participation and would work with other progressive parties and hopefully some grown ups in government to achieve it. You may see brexitanians here saying this isn't lib dem party policy but it is, they know not of what they blabber and was agreed the last time covid and various members of the Windsor clan didn't muck up conference arrangements. If it's put to conference next time it will pass again overwhelmingly. I get it mate. We have considerable (but far from entire) political overlap. I am not aligned to any political party (in fact, I find the concept abhorrent), but I am a practical realist and take part in elections. In my constituency, LDEMs are of no consequence, so I do not particularly concern myself with them. Fortunately I have other realistic voting options. On the other hand, I consider the current iteration of the Conservative Party. They seem to stand for corruption, misogyny, transphobia, sewage in rivers, accelerating the climate catastrophe, and just staying in power (presumably to enable further self-enrichment). Have I missed anything out? I don't think they actually represent conservative people who (I would like to think) are generally against most of those things. So anybody now voting Tory is, in my view, yes, a traitor. I wish there were an option for most decent conservative folk, and yes, and though it pains me to partially agree with the reactionary johntel, then maybe they have LDEM and Labour as viable alternatives in some constituencies. Perhaps somebody could deliver a counter argument? (Naturally something other than blah blah Starmer blah flip-flop blah and a link to a Russian troll account.) |
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Post by Mr Poppy on Aug 24, 2023 18:15:52 GMT
Best to state what your link contains to ensure folks click on it. The Davey interview clip you posted was in most press. See "Ed Davey repeatedly refuses to say whether he wants UK to rejoin EU"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-gmb-ed-balls-lib-dems-davey-b2336118.htmlHe's consistent as back in 2021: "Lib Dems are 'not a rejoin party' â Ed Davey"www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news-westminster-news-ed-davey-on-lib-dems-brexit-6912010/Had they picked Moron* then maybe their leader would want to Rejoin but the former minister from the CON-LDEM coalition seems only interested in getting another red briefcase (ie not upsetting Starmer) than listening to the people who pay ÂŁ15/yr to go to 'Glee Club' and put their hands up for policies that they must surely know (from experience) that their leader will ignore IF their leader ever gets a chance to get their hands on a red briefcase. Of course if anyone wants to supply a source that states LDEM will Rejoin.EU in the next parliament (and cover whether that means with/without a ref) then they can post that info. We're both happy to 'Stay Out' and as I just found out with one more Rejoiner then if you ask questions they give you nothing. Still.. there's always "Carry on Moaning" I suppose. * It shouldn't be for me to look up LDEM policies and a bit like Greens they go in for vague, out of date, essays but even Moron isn't proposing to Rejoin.EU in the next parliament (or ever). Ultimate aim seems to be "..seeking to join the Single Market" (which if your only interest is being able to emigrate to Spain then far enough I suppose - if you don't mind waiting for all the steps to play out - starting with LAB even needing LDEM MPs to form a govt and realising picking Davey as leader was a mistake) www.libdems.org.uk/news/article/rebuilding-trade-cooperation-with-europe |
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Post by c-a-r-f-r-e-w on Aug 24, 2023 18:17:48 GMT
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Post by Mr Poppy on Aug 24, 2023 18:18:39 GMT
"Events dear lass, events..." - What a patronising pr**k @trevor is. I assumed Lakeland Lass was a Lass rather than a 'boy'? I never did get this being offended on behalf of someone else thing. If I've offended Lakeland Lass by calling her a Lass then I humbly apologise. I'll offer a correction: "Events dear they, events" |
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Post by jen on Aug 24, 2023 18:19:39 GMT
(b) I can't believe so much stuff has been written on here about Brexit today. Give it a rest everyone, none of you is going to persuade the others. Rejoining the EU will be a 2030's thing, although the beginnings of realignment with the EU can start as soon as the current rabble are safely consigned to raving on the opposition benches. Quite so. I said there was no need for discussion (though I reserve the right to call out bigotry and lies). Demographics, dear boy, demographics... |
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Post by c-a-r-f-r-e-w on Aug 24, 2023 18:21:48 GMT
jen A while back you mentioned having to prep your pedalboard for a gig, and I asked what pedals you might be using. You didnât reply but I wasnât sure if that was because you didnât see my post. Anyways, if you donât want to say, thatâs obviously fine, no biggie, Iâm just interested in what pedals people use.
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Post by Mr Poppy on Aug 24, 2023 18:24:23 GMT
Just FWIW then Green Party of E&W last 'essay' was from Jan'23. IMO they need to go for catchier slogans (eg Get Brexit Done, Make Brexit Work, etc) but that's up to them of course.
Green Party say UK needs to be ârejoin readyâ as country marks three years since leaving EUwww.greenparty.org.uk/news/2023/01/31/green-party-say-uk-needs-to-be-rejoin-ready-as-country-marks-three-years-since-leaving-eu/NB Quite a short essay for them so a quick read. Some of the info is out of date already (eg IMF predictions). Bit vague on the timing but they do state: "As Greens we believe that the UK should rejoin the EU as soon as the political conditions are right"NFI what that means TBH. The political conditions could be right now, right never, or anything in between. IIRC I used to say "No Fate but what we make for ourselves" so if folks actually want to Rejoin 'full fat' EU then 'Get on with it' instead of 'Carry on Moaning'. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2023 18:27:13 GMT
jen As a card carrying member of the lib dems and despite everything you might have heard to the contrary here. It's lib dems policy to rejoin the European union, there's no time frame given, which I think is a mistake by the leadership but there's some logic in it, we want to see an immediate far closer relationship with the European union including single market participation and would work with other progressive parties and hopefully some grown ups in government to achieve it. You may see brexitanians here saying this isn't lib dem party policy but it is, they know not of what they blabber and was agreed the last time covid and various members of the Windsor clan didn't muck up conference arrangements. If it's put to conference next time it will pass again overwhelmingly. I get it mate. We have considerable (but far from entire) political overlap. I am not aligned to any political party (in fact, I find the concept abhorrent), but I am a practical realist and take part in elections. In my constituency, LDEMs are of no consequence, so I do not particularly concern myself with them. Fortunately I have other realistic voting options. On the other hand, I consider the current iteration of the Conservative Party. They seem to stand for corruption, misogyny, transphobia, sewage in rivers, accelerating the climate catastrophe, and just staying in power (presumably to enable further self-enrichment). Have I missed anything out? I don't think they actually represent conservative people who (I would like to think) are generally against most of those things. So anybody now voting Tory is, in my view, yes, a traitor. I wish there were an option for most decent conservative folk, and yes, and though it pains me to partially agree with the reactionary johntel, then maybe they have LDEM and Labour as viable alternatives in some constituencies. Perhaps somebody could deliver a counter argument? (Naturally something other than blah blah Starmer blah flip-flop blah and a link to a Russian troll account.) I think you summed up the current iteration of the Tory Party very fairly indeed jen. Fuck nose what earlier leaders (and I donât mean Cameron or May  ) would make of this âwhatâs in it for me?â rabble. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2023 18:29:08 GMT
jen A while back you mentioned having to prep your pedalboard for a gig, and I asked what pedals you might be using. You didnât reply but I wasnât sure if that was because you didnât see my post. Anyways, if you donât want to say, thatâs obviously fine, no biggie, Iâm just interested in what pedals people use. It will surprise you to hear that I havenât a clue what âprepping a pedal boardâ even involves Carfs. (or maybe notâŚ) |
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Post by c-a-r-f-r-e-w on Aug 24, 2023 18:32:45 GMT
jen A while back you mentioned having to prep your pedalboard for a gig, and I asked what pedals you might be using. You didnât reply but I wasnât sure if that was because you didnât see my post. Anyways, if you donât want to say, thatâs obviously fine, no biggie, Iâm just interested in what pedals people use. It will surprise you to hear that I havenât a clue what âprepping a pedal boardâ even involves Carfs. (or maybe notâŚ) Oh itâs a whole other world, Paul (potentially quite a rabbit hole, I am discovering as I find my way back into it). But failing that, thereâs always⌠Brexit! |
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Post by alec on Aug 24, 2023 18:43:36 GMT
A good lesson on how it's done. This thread, while US focused, details how covid was used to relax a swathe of regulations. Understandable at the time, but now that covid is no longer an issue, apparently, guess what? Those 'emergency relaxations' remain. And it's funny how all of them either undercut labour protections or benefit business owners. None of them seem to have the interests of citizens and consumers in mind.
There is a similar tale in the UK, and this isn't surprising. The right has always been good at pivoting and framing. Things that were once unthinkable turn into things that are inevitable in the blink of an eye.
Here's the thread -
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Post by pjw1961 on Aug 24, 2023 18:53:07 GMT
It will surprise you to hear that I havenât a clue what âprepping a pedal boardâ even involves Carfs. (or maybe notâŚ) Oh itâs a whole other world, Paul (potentially quite a rabbit hole, I am discovering as I find my way back into it). But failing that, thereâs always⌠Brexit! Or covid, or Corbyn or even bloody football in the cricket season. |
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Post by c-a-r-f-r-e-w on Aug 24, 2023 18:55:37 GMT
Oh itâs a whole other world, Paul (potentially quite a rabbit hole, I am discovering as I find my way back into it). But failing that, thereâs always⌠Brexit! Or covid, or Corbyn or even bloody football in the cricket season. Corbyn doesnât get discussed that often compared to other things. Itâs just that some people are very sensitive to it. I can see what you mean about footie though⌠|
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Post by jen on Aug 24, 2023 18:58:37 GMT
jen A while back you mentioned having to prep your pedalboard for a gig, and I asked what pedals you might be using. You didnât reply but I wasnât sure if that was because you didnât see my post. Anyways, if you donât want to say, thatâs obviously fine, no biggie, Iâm just interested in what pedals people use. Since you ask, the current version for a small gig is... > Korg Pitch Black Mini tuner > Digitech Freqout > Digitech Ricochet > Mooer Yellow Compressor (don't really use it so I'll dump it soon) > MXR Super Badass Distortion > MXR Carbon Copy Delay Mini > Boss GE-7 (only used if the frequency characteristics of the room make a correction necessary) > Caline Americana > |
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Post by jib on Aug 24, 2023 19:03:59 GMT
Just FWIW then Green Party of E&W last 'essay' was from Jan'23. IMO they need to go for catchier slogans (eg Get Brexit Done, Make Brexit Work, etc) but that's up to them of course.
Green Party say UK needs to be ârejoin readyâ as country marks three years since leaving EUwww.greenparty.org.uk/news/2023/01/31/green-party-say-uk-needs-to-be-rejoin-ready-as-country-marks-three-years-since-leaving-eu/NB Quite a short essay for them so a quick read. Some of the info is out of date already (eg IMF predictions). Bit vague on the timing but they do state: "As Greens we believe that the UK should rejoin the EU as soon as the political conditions are right"NFI what that means TBH. The political conditions could be right now, right never, or anything in between. IIRC I used to say "No Fate but what we make for ourselves" so if folks actually want to Rejoin 'full fat' EU then 'Get on with it' instead of 'Carry on Moaning'. Sounds like a better bet for a friend of mine and I still think it's going to be neck and neck between them and them for 3rd / 4th place in England. |
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) would make of this âwhatâs in it for me?â rabble.