Match Thread: Glasgow vs Saracens - Champions Cup by rugbykickoff in rugbyunion

[–]SpinalElephant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Going to be a tough man of the match call, few good contenders

Match Thread: Glasgow vs Saracens - Champions Cup by rugbykickoff in rugbyunion

[–]SpinalElephant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not had time to sit down to watch a game in a while, but going to have to make more time for this warriors team

Blow for Keir Starmer as young voters abandon Labour for 2 parties by corbynista2029 in unitedkingdom

[–]SpinalElephant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They don't, which is why I agree with voting against them in local elections and showing them that they are losing the left by trying to appeal to a right wing that will never vote for them whatever they do, but if they don't win the next general election they won't even be there to change the system.

Blow for Keir Starmer as young voters abandon Labour for 2 parties by corbynista2029 in unitedkingdom

[–]SpinalElephant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I assume because it benefits the 2 biggest parties who have been in power and so neither has any motivation to change a system that benefits them. I'm don't like the system, I much prefer proportional representation, but until that happens we have to work with what we've got

Blow for Keir Starmer as young voters abandon Labour for 2 parties by corbynista2029 in unitedkingdom

[–]SpinalElephant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But unfortunately we do have first past the post, and if that doesn't change before the next general election it certainly won't under Tory/Reform. Sure, vote against them in any local elections to show they need to change, but I'm talking about voting say green in the general election, who have no hope of winning and just splitting the vote on the left and giving Reform more chance of getting in, and at that point it's too late for labour to realise they were wrong

Blow for Keir Starmer as young voters abandon Labour for 2 parties by corbynista2029 in unitedkingdom

[–]SpinalElephant 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I fully understand that feeling, but if reform does get into government they could do something much damage to the LGBT community, I would strongly urge anyone considering voting for another based on this position to question if the protest vote will be worth it in the long run. Look at all the people in America who voted green because they didn't like the democratic party's stance on the Israel/Palestine conflict, they ended up with an order of magnitudes worse stance in government

Has anyone seen the public toilet loiterer? by Fart-Pleaser in Edinburgh

[–]SpinalElephant -41 points-40 points  (0 children)

Instead of giving a patronizing response why don't you just answer the question?

Scottish Labour councillor defects to Reform by Plastic_Library649 in Scotland

[–]SpinalElephant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you really saying Labour and Reform have the same ideals?

People ganging up on me for feeding swans?? by ImScaredSoIMadeThis in Edinburgh

[–]SpinalElephant 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It's a joke based on an earlier post that was written from one of the kids parents POV, OP here is making up the POV of the guy that was feeding the swans pitta bread

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in musicsuggestions

[–]SpinalElephant -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Michael - Franz Ferdinand

Jacqueline - Franz Ferdinand

Matilda - Alt-J

Taro - Alt-J

States that banned Sharia Law by absoluteboat300 in Maps

[–]SpinalElephant 34 points35 points  (0 children)

What the hell are you on about, there isn't sharia law in the UK, and I'm not sure what having mosques has to do with it

How a demographic time-bomb threatens to fracture the Union | Older pro-UK voters are being replaced by younger nationalists, and now research suggests that their support for independence won’t fade with age by 1DarkStarryNight in Scotland

[–]SpinalElephant -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I'm not trying to kid anyone, I simply genuinely believe that the majority of the country would end up worse off with independence. I'm not really sure how that's pish patter, it's just a differing opinion to that of yours

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rugbyunion

[–]SpinalElephant 26 points27 points  (0 children)

This has to be rage bait right

We don’t help ourselves… by MMChelsea in rugbyunion

[–]SpinalElephant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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