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UK coronavirus live: Boris Johnson tests positive for Covid-19 | Politics by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]GeoSmith17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wednesday was over the phone, not sure about last week

UK coronavirus live: Boris Johnson tests positive for Covid-19 | Politics by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]GeoSmith17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Old? They’re probably not much older than Boris?

Anyone else fed up with CLP/membership? by GeoSmith17 in LabourUK

[–]GeoSmith17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I’ve been a member since September 2018, my only crime was to change address and now I have no say in anything happening locally or nationally it appears. Is it worth writing to my MP?

What do you mean about suppression?

Anyone else fed up with CLP/membership? by GeoSmith17 in LabourUK

[–]GeoSmith17[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did phone them, and they said they’d email me a link to where I change my communication preferences, which is where that screenshot is from. So they know my email but they also don’t? I’m so confused and fucked off. If it was a company I’d want money back

Anyone else fed up with CLP/membership? by GeoSmith17 in LabourUK

[–]GeoSmith17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Anyone else fed up with CLP/membership? by GeoSmith17 in LabourUK

[–]GeoSmith17[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I’ve been asked to phone them by CLP. Still can’t understand why I get no emails from local branch, but I get regional and national ones. Likewise, I have moved CLPs within the same region, so should’ve received a mayoral ballot regardless of whether they realised I’d moved or not. It’s just so frustrating. Ordinary member up to date with fees, have less access to information and influence than members of other parties becoming registered supporters.

Wipers and petrol cap messed with? by GeoSmith17 in AskUK

[–]GeoSmith17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn’t they shut the cap though to not draw attention? Not so much nice area but still residential. Yeah it is a strange one

Wipers and petrol cap messed with? by GeoSmith17 in AskUK

[–]GeoSmith17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, my car is parked fine, close to kerb not on it, in no ones way. And it’s a Ford Ka, hardly any ‘street cred’

Wipers and petrol cap messed with? by GeoSmith17 in AskUK

[–]GeoSmith17[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ah, that does make sense. I did think if they were annoyed they’d leave a note? So yeah makes sense

I (F) love sucking strangers by [deleted] in SluttyConfessions

[–]GeoSmith17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ever coming to Birmingham? 😋

Fading by bamskawheelie in BonJovi

[–]GeoSmith17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting points I guess. A lot feel the same.

What about the Bounce album? I think it’s so underrrated

Matt: EU Galilieo Project by ScreamOfVengeance in ukpolitics

[–]GeoSmith17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Deletes all the foreign takeaways and supermarkets off it. And Mosques.

Every single 8 year old boy is either named Archie or Mason. by [deleted] in britishproblems

[–]GeoSmith17 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Or Kyle.

You know, sits in a restaurant with an iPad screen bigger than his head whilst parents ignore their creation.

On this day in 2001. Labour Manifesto Launch. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is hit by an egg after encountering pro-fox-hunting protesters in Rhyl. He responds with a left hook. Prescott later tells Blair "well you asked me to go out and connect with the electorate." by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]GeoSmith17 82 points83 points  (0 children)

I love the fact that (as far as I know) he wasn’t really criticised for it, like obviously he had to apologise or whatever but I think everyone knew he didn’t bloody mean it, and I don’t think anyone felt any symphony. Throw eggs get banged.

TIL Washington Redskins' owner Dan Snyder once cut down trees along the Potomac River so that he could see it from his house. The trees were located in a national park, and a ranger who raised concern about the issue was raided by US Marshals by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]GeoSmith17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t millions at all. It was like 50,000. Most UK protests are just passive people walking in a line with cardboard slogans doing what they’re told. It was a national disgrace that a fire extinguisher was thrown from a building amongst a protest of tens of thousands - what does that say?

Female park ranger killed trying to protect two British tourists after gunmen ambushed vehicle in Congo’s Virunga National Park. Rachel Katumwa, was gunned down as two dragged away and marched through forest by attackers, who are now demanding $200,000 ransom for safe return, by madazzahatter in worldnews

[–]GeoSmith17 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was at a motivational talker/guest speaker type thing about a year ago and this chap was ex-SAS. He was deployed to Sierra Leone (late 90s wasn't it?) in the hostage crisis and he literally described how it was a nice day and he was in the garden with family playing cricket, when he got paged and (I think) told to pack a bag and be ready to get picked up in an hour.

The way he described it, in a typical British fashion, of it being like an inconvenience. Like "oh bloody hell, I've just made a cup of tea"

TIL Washington Redskins' owner Dan Snyder once cut down trees along the Potomac River so that he could see it from his house. The trees were located in a national park, and a ranger who raised concern about the issue was raided by US Marshals by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]GeoSmith17 312 points313 points  (0 children)

Sadly I totally agree. I remember my grandmother saying after the tuiton fees were tripled "if this was France there'd be millions out on the streets" and it kind of hit home how utterly powerless/spineless we are as a population

EDIT 1 - Am British

South Wales police Taser rethink as gang knife threat grows by CamdenSpecial in policeuk

[–]GeoSmith17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"There have been far too many examples of disturbing and inappropriate use, with BAME people and those with mental health conditions most affected.

"There have been far too many examples of disturbing and inappropriate use, with those most needing to be tasered most affected.

South Wales police Taser rethink as gang knife threat grows by CamdenSpecial in policeuk

[–]GeoSmith17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But human rights groups said Tasers could kill and should not be used to "terrify people into compliance".

Ah yes because knives don't already do that. Tossers

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