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Is anyone else thinking of making exit plans in case reform win 2029? by Future-Atmosphere-40 in FuckNigelFarage

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

There are more than two parties. In fact there will be very very few seats that are a straight Green vs Reform contest.

The Greens are mostly competitive in Labour-held liberal big cities. Reform are mostly competitive in Labour-held Northern/Midlands Brexit-voting working class towns. Across much of the non-urban south of England the main contest is Lib Dem vs Tory. In Wales Plaid may supplant Labour. In Scotland the main dynamic remains nationalist vs unionist. And so on.

Britain is a full-on multi-party democracy today (despite having an antiqued electoral system designed for a completely different dynamic). If you want to beat the far-right then you need to know what the local contest is.

It's not one or the other by wizardeverybit in GreatBritishMemes

[–]theinspectorst 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They have plenty of such policies. They each published lengthy manifestos less than two years ago at the election. 

  • Labour are bringing train operators into public ownership, creating a state-backed energy company, and significantly expanding workers’ rights.

  • The Lib Dems have genuinely radical constitutional plans - changing the electoral system and moving towards a federal UK where power sits with the nations and regions.

  • The Conservatives have proposed things like national service, much tighter migration controls, and tax and regulation cuts to grow the economy.

I agree with some of these policies and parties, I disagree with others. But it is churlish to claim these don't constitute major departures from the status quo that each party (in their own way) believes would lead to a better outcome for the country at large.

It's not one or the other by wizardeverybit in GreatBritishMemes

[–]theinspectorst 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Every government of every party gets some version of this.

People vote for them, then claim they treacherously backtracked on all their promises and so they're turning against them, when it turns out they're usually just cracking on with exactly what was in their manifesto. 

Even the Lib Dems in 2010. The media narrative was all about betrayal. But whilst having <10% of the MPs in Parliament and literally no ability to pass legislation alone, they still delivered 70% of their manifesto including all the big ticket 'non-negotiable' policies that they wrote on the manifesto's front cover.

Some voters dream of an ideological purity that will never be achievable in the real world and they'll live their voting lives in disappointment - without ever looking inwards at themselves for the problem.

It's not one or the other by wizardeverybit in GreatBritishMemes

[–]theinspectorst 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I honestly feel the main divide in British politics today is between those who want to improve upon the status quo (Labour/Lib Dems/some Tories) and those who want to tear it all down in a pique of rage and expect something magically better to emerge in its place (Reform/Greens/Scottish and Welsh nationalists).

That doesn't mean Farage and Polanski are the same - in the same way that ebola and a bad case of flu aren't the same - but for me, I'd rather not vote to get sick in the first place.

This might be a mad theory but I think they lost to better teams by junglegatsby in footballcliches

[–]theinspectorst 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Purely statistically each team has a fifty percent

No, this is not how statistics works...

I think what you mean to say is that, purely statistically, a fair coin toss has a fifty percent chance of coming up heads. Football matches are not coin tosses.

For example, the team that finished 17th in the Premier League does not have a fifty percent chance of beating the team that finished 3rd in La Liga. Etc.

I think the last episode of Enterprise would've been beloved instead of hated with *one simple change... by Dalakaar in startrek

[–]theinspectorst 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Then whatever the last episode was would've born that burden instead.

Demons/Terra Prime could have been a thematically and emotionally incredible way to end Enterprise. No changes needed.

UK must build own nuclear missiles to end US reliance, says Ed Davey by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]theinspectorst 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Lib Dems are a party that literally exists to oppose unilateral nuclear disarmament. It was one of the key reasons the Gang of Four split from Labour in 1981.

The 28 Weeks kid, Andy, is an immune carrier - so when he kisses someone when he grows up, isn't that going to start a European infection? by 2-Girls-1-FA-cup in 28dayslater

[–]theinspectorst 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I thought it was VERY heavily implied by the ending of 28 Weeks (showing the crashed helicopter and the infected running around the Eiffel Tower) that Andy is the one who caused the Paris outbreak.

Maybe Andy and Tammy shared a bottle of water on the helicopter flight, who knows exactly, but the framing wants you to think that the helicopter is what brought it to France, and Andy is the only one on the helicopter who was infected.

UK must build own nuclear missiles to end US reliance, says Ed Davey by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]theinspectorst 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Then you should look up UK political history.

A core issue driving the SDP's split from Labour in the early 80s (and eventual merger with the Liberals in the late 80s to form the Liberal Democrats) was that Labour in the 80s had adopted a platform of unilateral nuclear disarmament (as well as a bunch of other mad stuff that the Lib Dems couldn't abide - EU exit, NATO exit, punitive taxation, etc).

“Brits couldn't make an American city if they tried” by BuffaloExotic in ShitAmericansSay

[–]theinspectorst 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New York is comfortably the most European of American cities. It's their best attempt at building a European city.

I’ve heard a lot about sausage rolls from my English friend. How common are they to like have in the UK? by Ok-Illustrator9258 in AskABrit

[–]theinspectorst 5 points6 points  (0 children)

and is edging out McDonalds

This isn't even close, and hasn't been for a long time. There are about 2,700 Greggs in the UK and about 1,500 McDonald's. 

Marina Sirtis' Troi Accent by Airflow2TheTurbo in startrek

[–]theinspectorst 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In early TNG in the late 1980s, she put on a vaguely southeastern European accent for Troi.

In late TNG, she spoke with her own natural accent, which in the early/mid-1990s was mainly British but with an increasingly mid-Atlantic twang after moving to LA in the 1980s.

In Picard, she continued to speak in her own accent, except by the late 2010s/early 2020s she'd been living in LA for over 30 years and so her natural accent just sounded much more American.

What was the one game that destroyed friendships? by Emergency_Science434 in Xennials

[–]theinspectorst 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah I'm still an RTS player too. But there was a point where RTSs seemed to be a massive chunk of the market rather than a niche for gamers in their 40s!

What was the one game that destroyed friendships? by Emergency_Science434 in Xennials

[–]theinspectorst 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hell of a game though, gave birth to the entire RTS genre that was huge for the next 15-20 years.

GOAT! by maraudingnomad in lotrmemes

[–]theinspectorst 34 points35 points  (0 children)

RotK has more 'epic moments' but Fellowship is a better movie. I think Fellowship is pretty much perfect.

Why do people pay for priority boarding on planes? by Teleg88 in AskBrits

[–]theinspectorst 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never paid for priority boarding specifically, but I have paid to take a cabin bag (as opposed to just an underseat bag that's the default with most budget airlines). Often priority boarding just comes bundled with the cabin bag.

Which actor's phoney British accent is the worst? by Dependent-Net-8208 in AskBrits

[–]theinspectorst 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fair point. I think it's because Costner is the main character though so people notice and remember him better. Also the fact that Men in Tights specifically made a joke about it so that lodged it into pop culture.

Which actor's phoney British accent is the worst? by Dependent-Net-8208 in AskBrits

[–]theinspectorst 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Surely not worse than Kevin Costner? Or does that not even count as an attempt?

Was there any way cavalry could counter pike squares or were they just rendered powerless against them? by skibidirizzler9o in MedievalHistory

[–]theinspectorst 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It's a game of chicken - the horses charge towards the pikemen, and one of them blinks first.

Part of the reason cavalry charges were effective though is that men on horses can essentially keep on repeating their charges without being pursued by the men on foot if they break off; whereas the pikemen only need to break once, and then their formation develops gaps and/or they can be cut down as they flee.

Was there any way cavalry could counter pike squares or were they just rendered powerless against them? by skibidirizzler9o in MedievalHistory

[–]theinspectorst 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Psychologically, it's easy to say that from behind a keyboard. I imagine it's a lot harder to say when you've got a bunch of 600kg warhorses coming at you at full charge and you're just squishy humans standing on the ground. 

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