It's an easy target for people to rally against.

A quick win for most people so they can go home after their little protests and feel smug for a few days.

Tackling real issues closer to home requires a bit more effort than printing a wacky sign and having a laugh of an evening.

Posted By: lurd on February 6th 2017 at 18:14:50

Message Thread

Speaker of the House of Commons has basically told Trump to fuck off (General Chat) - norway, Feb 6, 17:10:27
- Daddy hundred? (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 6, 20:39:00
  - Well done all (General Chat) - CauldRon, Feb 6, 21:05:58
- 99 (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Feb 6, 20:35:05
  - On a silver platter (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Feb 6, 20:36:57
  - That'll do it. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Feb 6, 20:36:16
- Come on, let's break a tonne (n/m) (General Chat) - CauldRon, Feb 6, 19:50:34
  - No chance (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 6, 19:55:22
    - Rock n'roll. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 6, 20:28:08
      - Nervous nineties... (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 6, 20:28:29
    - Not gonna happen you happy clapper (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 6, 20:13:31
- BERCOW SMASH! (n/m) (General Chat) - bird table, Feb 6, 18:24:21
- I can't get too wound up by Trump .. (General Chat) - Gob on a Stick, Feb 6, 17:53:41
  - Thats the bit I dont understand. (General Chat) - usacanary, Feb 6, 18:01:54
    - Yep, this lettuce shortage is starting to bite (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 6, 19:56:09
      - TBF that probably effects your life more than Trump.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Feb 6, 21:10:22
    - But they are complicated issues with complicated solutions (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 6, 18:17:13
      - True - but "so-called judge"??? (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 6, 18:22:51
        
        Says the so-called Old Git (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Feb 6, 19:32:17
        
        I'll let that pass (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 6, 18:32:21
        
        Agreed. Dangerous stupidity. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Feb 6, 18:32:00
        
        That actually made me lol ... a child's response (n/m) (General Chat) - Gob on a Stick, Feb 6, 18:28:45
    - It's an easy target for people to rally against. (General Chat) - lurd, Feb 6, 18:14:50
      - So ALL protest is worthless virtue signalling? Entirely without purpose? (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Feb 6, 18:20:15
        
        Nice straw man. (General Chat) - lurd, Feb 6, 18:25:06
        
        Sorry meant all Trump protests in UK. (General Chat) - norway, Feb 6, 18:29:39
        
        Take it you went to the one outside county hall then? (General Chat) - lurd, Feb 6, 18:39:54
        
        No I didn't. Nice diversion though. (General Chat) - norway, Feb 6, 18:43:26
        
        VMT (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 6, 20:15:55
        
        Why are you so aggressive? It's not very nice. (General Chat) - lurd, Feb 6, 18:53:01
        
        No aggression lurd old bean. (General Chat) - norway, Feb 6, 19:00:48
        
        Hardly a facist is he? (General Chat) - lurd, Feb 6, 19:11:43
        
        Oh wow (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 6, 20:16:34
        
        Telling everyone you're going to be a fascist, then doing fascist things doesn't make you (General Chat) - norway, Feb 6, 19:49:12
        
        The vocal minority....... (General Chat) - usacanary, Feb 6, 21:08:50
        
        you forgot the big one (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 6, 18:58:24
        
        That won't be fair on the likes of me. (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Feb 6, 19:06:21
        
        you still get a bit of pensh no? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 6, 19:11:41
        
        Yeah, ten Bob a week at the mo (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Feb 6, 19:16:57
        
        happy days sign the pertition, you'll not pay tax on yer ten bob then (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 6, 19:20:28
        
        That's wank (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 6, 19:08:00
        
        Just the way the cards fall I guess (n/m) (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Feb 6, 19:10:20
        
        you must have took commutation then i'm guessing? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 6, 19:22:46
        
        Aren't all govt pensions taxable? (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 6, 19:05:02
        
        plodders, fire brigade strikers (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 6, 19:12:43
        
        my pension ain't tax free - five brigade striker ! (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Feb 6, 22:25:40
        
        Has that always been so? (General Chat) - lurd, Feb 6, 19:01:10
        
        yep (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 6, 19:05:10
        
        Unjustified illumination of fog lights in non-foggy situations (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 6, 18:36:56
        
        Cardboard is for recycling, not bedding for homeless people. (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Feb 6, 18:35:44
        
        The Kardashians (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 6, 18:34:51
        
        The Dacia Duster (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 6, 18:34:01
        
        Increasing numbers of supermarket trolleys in public toilets. (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Feb 6, 18:33:58
        
        Pineapple on pizza (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 6, 18:33:19
        
        Yes... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 6, 18:36:07
        
        Continued existence of Piswich (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 6, 18:32:49
        
        Iceberg Lettuce (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 6, 18:32:49
        
        The price of replacement loose furniture covers (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 6, 18:32:16
        
        People who frequent supermarkets in nightwear (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 6, 18:31:38
        
        I'd widen that tombs to people going anywhere in their nightwear... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 6, 18:32:31
        
        Done (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 6, 18:33:23
        
        Well, any chap running the a town in his nightgown is probably a wrong un... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 6, 18:35:22
        
        i don't get wound up by trump in the slightest i have the shining (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 6, 18:41:02
        
        Sadly not in my lifetime matey... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 6, 18:44:05
      - That's rubbish. Stop being silly (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 6, 18:19:31
    - There is... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 6, 18:05:07
- Bercow is such a loathsome self-important headline hunting oil slick (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 6, 17:42:06
  - Haha (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 6, 19:34:56
  - Tories hate him. The Beast of Bolsover congratulated him though. (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Feb 6, 18:04:28
  - Nice missus though (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Feb 6, 18:01:25
    - my thoughts entirely huge - bit self obsessed but deffo would ! (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Feb 6, 18:31:27
  - I'll do it - esp if if it's bercow (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Feb 6, 17:51:27
  - Maybe so. But it's a bloody fantastic headline. (General Chat) - norway, Feb 6, 17:43:30
    - Thing is, it's easy to make grand gestures when you have no responsibilities (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 6, 17:47:24
      - I have no sympathy for her... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 6, 18:17:08
        
        So much this. (n/m) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Feb 6, 18:26:32
- Just heard that on 6 Moosic - much wailing and bashing (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 6, 17:32:52
- Key words there "in the Royal Gallery" (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 6, 17:24:34
  - Why are 'Royal Gallery' the key words. He means Parliament. The end. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Feb 6, 17:38:48
    - It isn't the bit where Mr Speaker, Theresa the Appeaser et al is - it's here... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 6, 17:42:30
      - Khrushchev! Blimey (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 6, 17:48:28
      - Indeed. It's where they do the guest speaking shizzle. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Feb 6, 17:45:22
        
        Not all of it. There are other rooms where most speakers get (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 6, 18:18:51
        
        The message is clear though. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Feb 6, 18:30:57
        
        Yes and the fact Bercow wants a bit of cheap adulation (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 6, 18:32:25
        
        It's quite ballsy to be fair. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Feb 6, 18:40:09
        
        He's leaving soon so (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Feb 6, 18:44:54
        
        Probably sees it as a chance to get his name out there. (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Feb 6, 18:45:27
        
        Definitely. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Feb 6, 19:01:23
        
        his Mrs gets plenty ! (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Feb 6, 18:33:50
        
        Don't know why. She's an annoying t**t (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 6, 18:40:50
  - I read something quite interesting about the Muslim ban today (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 6, 17:29:59
    - TBF its not a Muslim ban is it. (General Chat) - usacanary, Feb 6, 17:46:18
      - Most defence contracts are signed out of sight so tricky to protest against... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 6, 18:11:16
      - Isn't it? (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 6, 18:09:30
        
        Your latter point is my point really... (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 6, 18:37:54
        
        *quacks (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 6, 18:09:49
    - He's not "a bit of a twat". He's a deluded, dangerous, racist protofascist cunt. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Feb 6, 17:42:08
    - Why can't they just withhold the issuance of visas? (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Feb 6, 17:32:59
      - I think that is broadly the plan yes. 90 day halt while they sort out future vetting (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 6, 18:31:20
      - It's a gesture. If terrorists want to come in they'll acquire visas and come in from low-t (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Feb 6, 18:06:55
        
        ...low-threat countries. It's a sop to the people who voted him in. (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Feb 6, 18:07:40
    - There's also no doubt #fakenews that the 6 countries concerned do not have business... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 6, 17:32:18
- Bigly. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 6, 17:22:40
- ... (General Chat) - norway, Feb 6, 17:16:17
  - Only Labour clapped him by the looks of it. (General Chat) - harry boulders, Feb 6, 17:19:31
    - By the looks of it (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 6, 17:33:12

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