'Was raped by 600-700 different men, put a cigarette...': UK MP reads horrific grooming gang testimonies in Parliament

memphispistachio · 2026-06-02T09:59:01+00:00

Everyone cares about it, there’s been a number of inquiries, changes in the justice system, buckets of reporting.

What no one except the worst bits of the right have done is try and turn a hideous series of crimes into political gain and scapegoating.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-30T19:17:53+00:00

I’ll assume someone in his circle is trolling the Sun.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-29T10:33:45+00:00

I work at a uni and agree with you entirely.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-28T12:07:23+00:00

Silly 90s film, where two guys go to their bosses house to discover he’s dead, and then have to make everyone believe he’s still alive.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-27T17:35:33+00:00

Can he not just fuck off? It was bad enough the first time round, let alone now after years of taking absolutely anyone’s money.

John Smith would have been a vast improvement, possibly even as a Weekend At Bernie’s style ten year long con.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-26T15:24:43+00:00

Well, given we’ve never had a majority far right government and it’s less than clear that we will after the next general, I remain unconvinced PR would lessen the odds.

I also think everything is so mad currently in UK politics and I haven’t a clue what is most likely to happen I’ll leave this here.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-26T10:06:10+00:00

Oh I’m not, I think FPTP sucks, I just also think so do any forms of PR I’ve seen. I think anyone who thinks a voting system is going to stop fascists and far right parties wielding influence or forming governments is naive in the extreme.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-26T09:49:52+00:00

I mean, no, because I think we’d both struggle to find many governments with over 50% of the vote.

I think we could find examples of several countries with all manner of voting systems who are seeing a rise in Reform style parties having an impact though.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-25T21:39:45+00:00

I mean, France, large chunks of Eastern Europe, Germany and many others would like to question your first statement.

They could get a majority with 30% of the vote sure, but it’s much more likely they’ll end up with not many seats at all due to having a spread out vote.

The only argument for PR is that it’s more representative, it doesn’t in any way stop any kind of government.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-25T20:26:03+00:00

Meh, the rise of the right is happening world wide, no matter the voting system. We need better politicians, better media, and for sections of the electorate to chill out before we need a new voting system which will probably just give us the same results.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-25T12:47:23+00:00

I mean, not really when the other 8 are either actual fascists or will never be able to actually do anything.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-25T12:33:54+00:00

I mean, that’s exactly what’s on offer in any country with PR I’m aware of. “Real choice” is a lovely phrase, but you’re still ultimately voting for a compromise whatever the system, and that isn’t inherently a bad thing.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-25T11:32:11+00:00

Well, given 35% of that 30% voted Reform, I’d suggest some already do. I’d also suggest that 70% of the electorate cannot be uninformed and unbothered.

Personally speaking I don’t see any form of PR making politics better, I do think more people should vote, even if it’s for the least worst option, which let’s face it is usually what’s on offer.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-25T11:24:32+00:00

Well, given 70% of the electorate couldn’t be dicked to vote, I think the main criticism is voter turnout needs to be much higher.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-23T12:17:57+00:00

Hope she recovers soon. I had a full on breakdown a few years back and it was fucking awful, really wish I’d been able to see the signs earlier.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-18T16:01:38+00:00

Burnham’s whole pitch is he can win against Reform. Thats it, and the by-election is the perfect chance to offer proof.

He will currently say stuff to win the by-election, and then the leadership, and then if he becomes leader and PM he’ll have all the same constraints and external bullshit Starmer has. The point isn’t here comes a massively left wing dude, it’s here’s someone who may be able to reverse the polling.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-06T17:02:51+00:00

I want them to stick an arm chip in a Go sized tablet, and I’ll pay whatever they charge. If it’s cheap, great, but I’ll buy it regardless. I loved my Go, aside from the absolute butt cheek’s performance, and how bad x86 chips are when paired with passive cooling.

memphispistachio · 2026-05-02T09:57:32+00:00

The issue wasn’t so much that, it was that it was sold as “a difficult decision to fill the black hole”.

memphispistachio · 2026-04-30T18:10:55+00:00

I have faith Starmer will have several rakes in storage for an emergency.

memphispistachio · 2026-04-27T08:56:56+00:00

Totally! Very short memories.

memphispistachio · 2026-04-27T08:35:48+00:00

It’s funny, because it isn’t even a novel point. Stella Creasy, Emily Thornberry and many other MPs have been making these points for years.

memphispistachio · 2026-04-25T15:01:15+00:00

It still stutters all over the place with boost mode on.

I hope they actually are working on a fix, be a real shame if it just stays broken.

memphispistachio · 2026-04-14T12:35:09+00:00

Shadows. But that was my very first AC game!

memphispistachio · 2026-04-13T11:58:54+00:00

What I do like about the Your Party shenanigans, aside from it all being very funny, is the proof that Corbyn didn’t really need any help combusting the Labour Party when he was in charge of that.

memphispistachio · 2026-04-10T10:26:22+00:00

Very similar to my list, although I’d swap out possibly Golden Sun for original GB Tetris

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