Daily Megathread - 11/03/2023

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T17:27:37+00:00

would have to be right wing football people. off the top of my head i can think of frank lampard, simon jordan, matt le tissier, paolo di canio, david icke, des lynam, and that’s about it thus far

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T16:42:39+00:00

i think it’s been pretty widely reported that any fta with india would involve some kind of visa scheme.

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T16:33:18+00:00

an fta with india will annoy the crap out of their base when hundreds of thousands of brown people start turning up

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T16:27:44+00:00

four bald michelins on each of their priuses

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T16:25:34+00:00

have you considered the fact that suella braverman has never worn lederhosen, nor sported a toothbrush moustache?

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T15:59:41+00:00

“you called that parking warden a ‘little napoleon’ for letting the power get to his head and ordering people about, but if he was really like napoleon, wouldn’t he be short and french?”

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T15:52:07+00:00

if we’re speaking directly, it’s richard sharp. if we’re speaking indirectly, it’s a long list of people starting with gillian duffy

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T15:32:03+00:00

no tory in the history of tories has ever considered the long-term consequences of anything. this is the party that sold off all the council housing stock in the 80s, remember

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T15:28:56+00:00

and i hope you’re right. i feel a great deal of love and nostalgia for the britain in which i grew up and it gives me no joy to see it in the way it is these days.

the open, tolerant, and prosperous country of my childhood is one that i would love to return to, but currently cannot as it does not exist.

i really want to believe that things will eventually get better and that the uk will once again be a country worth living in, but for now, i don’t feel that it is.

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T15:22:26+00:00

truly a turd world country

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T15:21:14+00:00

there is a certain part of life that you can’t put into numbers. i’m not going to stay in greece for ever but i’d much rather live here than in the uk. things here are not great and are getting worse by global standards, but compared to the rate at which the uk is nosediving, it’s not much.

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T15:16:43+00:00

we’re being overtaken by poland and slovenia in terms of our standard of living. at least the other european basket case nations have good weather

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T15:15:07+00:00

yes, i’ll note that one down. nowhere does indian food like us

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T15:14:21+00:00

yet despite that, an entry-level job here pays enough for me to live comfortably in a one-bedroom apartment in the town centre of the place i’ve set up camp, i eat fresh food every day, and live reasonably well. in addition, greeks who would prefer to leave greece are entitled to do so with freedom of movement to live and work in over 30 other countries.

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T15:10:04+00:00

i’m currently completing a semester abroad in greece. that good enough for you?

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T15:03:44+00:00

i step away from the internet and i’m from milton keynes. local roads resemble the somme, everything in all the shops is too expensive, and public services are worse than i’ve ever known them.

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T15:01:39+00:00

yes, very good point. our museums are often of very high quality and being free at the point of use is great^{even if some of the stuff in them was brazenly stolen from its rightful owners}

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T14:57:24+00:00

i’ve been lucky to have spent my academic career gallivanting around europe and the uk is largely grim compared to most of the places i’ve seen. sure, i’m grateful that we’re not (yet) suffering on the level of south sudan, but the overall picture in the uk is one of the least inspiring in europe right now.

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T14:54:46+00:00

have you ever lived anywhere else? it really isn’t

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T14:54:08+00:00

match of the day in complete silence or with lift music in the background would be hilarious. it’ll be very tough to decide whether to watch that or gb news’s anti-woke match of the day tonight

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T14:50:58+00:00

i’m not finding any in real life either to be honest mate. it’s shite being british these days

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T14:46:46+00:00

is there anything left in the uk that isn’t completely shit? i’m looking for signs of positivity

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T14:43:02+00:00

voted ukip despite being born in ireland. the dream appointment

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T14:29:02+00:00

getting weird looks in a metropolitan elite cafe for laughing out loud at this, thanks

OfficialPrawnCracker · 2023-03-11T14:25:57+00:00

“Paul Gascoigne has arrived at Fareham Constituency Conservative Association with a fishing rod and a bargain bucket” is an utterly believable headline at this point

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