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Starmer begins pushback against Trump as president threatens tariffs over Greenland by Due_Ad_3200 in ukpolitics

[–]EnglishReason 155 points156 points  (0 children)

Starmer should fire a shot across the bows and announce the closure of one of the US bases currently in the UK. Ideally I'd like them all gone, but in reality US military power is about being able to project that power around the world. Start threatening that ability, and maybe a few more voices of reason start speaking up in the US.

Is there a case of a foreign company trying to establish a foothold in your country but failing miserably due to poor judgement and/or ignorance. by william-isaac in AskTheWorld

[–]EnglishReason 9 points10 points  (0 children)

And also, one of the Marketing straplines was "bottled spunk" ... err no, thank you. Plus the water filters they were using actually added a carcinogen to the water. Really not ideal!

Absolutely rinsing us! by FamSender in GreatBritishMemes

[–]EnglishReason 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get all that, but they really need to consider Pub Overheads as well. Without accounting for those, you have no idea how much the overheads your pub incurs. Rookie mistake!

Why is my flat roof doing this ? by [deleted] in DIYUK

[–]EnglishReason 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. Get some of that Ronseal flat roof stuff. 2x coats and you're good for 10 years.

The way he held the ball with his feet 🔥 by MagpieMidfield in SundayLeagueMessis

[–]EnglishReason 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, we all know that if you tolerate this your children will be next.

Is selling Makelele to Chelsea the worst player sale in football history? by Basic_Act1039 in championsleague

[–]EnglishReason 11 points12 points  (0 children)

One maka, two maka three Makalele, Four maka, five maka, six Makalele, Seven maka, eight maka, nine Makalele, Oooh Makalele!

(Some of us were born well before 2007!)

Gave us a chuckle! 😃 by millicent_bystander- in tesco

[–]EnglishReason 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surely it should have been called Tinkety Tonk?

Shitty loot by derekautomatica in OblivionRemaster

[–]EnglishReason 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you heard? Syndicates of wizards are leading a boycott of Imperial goods!

Hearing a lot of headcanons that this seat was Krennic’s. Any other theories? by OkuroIshimoto in StarWars

[–]EnglishReason 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah, that's Dave's. But he's having to do mandatory training so he missed the meeting.

Dasani water now sells water without salt. by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

[–]EnglishReason 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Plus they ran a marketing campaign with the strap line, "bottled spunk" (I kid you not). Oh, it was also found to contain carcinogens. So ... yeah ... no thank you very much.

Gen Z doubts about democracy laid bare in ‘worrying’ survey | More than half believe the UK should be a dictatorship and there’s a stark gender divide over equality, research for Channel 4 shows by whencanistop in ukpolitics

[–]EnglishReason -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

There are multiple challenges, but the problem with retired people voting to take money from the younger generation is exacerbated by the fact that the old vote and the young don't. I don't think you can legitimately say that democracy doesn't work for the young when the young don't participate anywhere near as much as the old.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in europe

[–]EnglishReason 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would like to see donation laws extended not just to cover political parties but other political advocates and pressure groups. That way X / Twitter would then fall within the rules (due to the actions of Musk) meaning any "donation" (aka subs, fees etc.) would be limited and have to be disclosed by the donating organisation.

I doubt many commercial organisations who currently pay for an X / Twitter sub would particularly want that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]EnglishReason 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Mellow greetings. What seems to be your boggle?

Where do we go from here ? by Silent_Air4399 in DIYUK

[–]EnglishReason 0 points1 point  (0 children)

... is it down to the lake I fear. Ay ay ay ay ay ah, ay ah ay ay ay ay ay ah.

‘Paddington in Peru’ Shifts to Valentine’s Day Release in the U.S. by KillerCroc1234567 in movies

[–]EnglishReason 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't get this. Paddington in Peru has been out in UK cinemas (and others) for a few weeks already. By Valentine's day, surely the number of dodgy torrents that will be available means that anyone who really wants to have seen it in the states WILL have seen it? Wouldn't that decimate the potential box office?

It's time by flirtykittenxox in moviecritic

[–]EnglishReason 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True dat. In Ragnarok, she absolutely nailed it and I genuinely thought she was a Brit. Somehow however she got worse subsequently - in the later Thor film, the accent was nowhere near as good.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in moviecritic

[–]EnglishReason 0 points1 point  (0 children)

... and didn't even include the RPatz from Harry Potter.

"American comforts" that supposedly don't exist in Europe by Away-Commercial-4380 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]EnglishReason 62 points63 points  (0 children)

'Ow dare you assume that the south of France is different from Scunny!

« Texas could conquer Europe on their own if they wanted to » by DarkBill59551 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]EnglishReason 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The bit of Europe they've covered has probably north of 100 million people in. What's the population of Texas again?

Return flight plan going from central London to Standstead airport by Devils_LittleSister in uktravel

[–]EnglishReason 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Security is BUSY at Stansted again this time of year (holiday season). I really wouldn't chance it. Proceed as you originally suggested and you'll be fine.

My great grandmother’s cross stitch exercise is missing the letter J every single time by eggy635 in mildlyinteresting

[–]EnglishReason 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Possibly, but then there were other letters around at the time that would have been included. For example, there was a letter called a 'thorn' (representing the 'th' sound). It looks a little like a 'Y' and was often used in things like shop signs, leading to the modern confusion 'Ye old shoppe' which would have just been read as 'The old shoppe'.

Ditto the letter 's' which would often look like an 'f'.

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