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Happy New Year UKMT  We can finally leave the shitfest of 2016 behind us and look forward to a glorious new year where none of the events set in motion last year actually happen.   What else is in the news? • Lib Dem leader Tim Farron claims his party is "back in the big time". • Southern Rail continues to be poo poo. • Riots in HMP Birmingham and Swaleside show the problems of the prison-industrial system, especially those of private guards. • Armed police stand around for 10 minutes to get their picture taken by the papers in several major cities, in an effort to discourage people driving a truck into them. • Elizabeth II has temporarily disappeared from public life after an illness, leading to a lot of fake tweets about a media blackout. • Brexit countdown: 89 days. Brexit plans released: 0. Brexit means: Brexit. We've Wander'd Mony A Weary Fit Out With The Old UKMT December 2016 Thread UKMT November 2016 Thread UKMT October 2016 UKMT September 2016 UKMT August 2016 Dies Anus Novus Brexit Thread Hogminay/Hogmenay/Hogmynae/Huggeranohni Scotpol Thread Bash Fashanah EDL/Fash Thread Duodi 12 Nivôse An CCXXV Europol Thread Judicial Ball Dropping Paedogeddon/Press Corruption Thread Watchnight Train Trainchat Thread The Not-Racist New Year's Macface Morris Political Cartoons Thread Round the Bay Relay #ukgoons on synIRC (thanks crispix). New Year's Resolutions quote:1. It's not a person's fault if they are poor;
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Jan 1, 2017 16:45
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Has anyone suggested that maybe full Communism is the answer?
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Jan 1, 2017 16:59
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My solitary contribution to the thread is always this 
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Jan 1, 2017 17:00
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Lord of the Llamas posted:Has anyone suggested that maybe full Communism is the answer? Are we sure it's not neoliberalism?
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Jan 1, 2017 17:02
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I watched 2016 Wipe today. Brooker is a goon, right?
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Jan 1, 2017 17:02
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Baron Corbyn posted:Are we sure it's not neoliberalism? Both have failed, clearly the only answer is the middle ground.
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Jan 1, 2017 17:07
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Vlex posted:I watched 2016 Wipe today. Yes but only to solely lurk the thread about keeping chickens in BYOB.
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Jan 1, 2017 17:09
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Baron Corbyn posted:Are we sure it's not neoliberalism?
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Jan 1, 2017 17:11
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Miftan posted:Both have failed, clearly the only answer is the middle ground. Best avatar/post combo of 2017. I'm calling it.
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Jan 1, 2017 17:38
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Guavanaut posted:We should give people the binary choice between bland neoliberal centrism and frothing populist fascism over and over again and continue to act surprised at the results. It's the logical way imo.
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Jan 1, 2017 17:49
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They're only going to keep picking fascism till they realise everyone can be a target. Everyone. Once the easy targets are murdered then it's short people. Brown haired people. People with exactly 28 moles. People with exactly 25 moles. People who can/can't dance. People who know more than the original 150 pokemon.
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Jan 1, 2017 18:34
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The Northern Ireland RHI scandal continues to rumble on at a slow boil with continued revelations about the subsidy scheme following the failed opposition no confidence motion against First Minister Arlene Foster. There have been reports that Foster's department was specifically warned early on of a possible overspend but no actions where taken and the DUP released letters Foster wrote to regional banks assuring them that subsidy payments would not be reduced to assist applicants in securing finance for the conversions required to benefit from the scheme (the letters only being released after their existence was revealed by a newspaper). Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness reiterated Sinn Fein's call for Foster to step aside in his New Year's statement today:quote:There is also no doubt that we are facing a serious growing political crisis in the North as public confidence in the political institutions has been grievously undermined by the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) debacle and the DUP's failure to deal responsibly and adequately with it. The DUP's hope that this might quietly blow over during the holiday doesn't seemed to have panned out, with SF's position on the issue hardening a bit. SF abstained from the no confidence motion arguing that it was sensationalist posturing from the opposition but have made it clear they will be tabling their own motion on January 16th calling for an independent investigation into the handling of the scheme and for Foster to temporarily step aside as First Minister pending the outcome of the report (something that previous First Minister Peter Robinson did in 2010 after revelations about a financial scandal involving his wife). It's a carefully crafted offer designed to answer growing public anger over the scheme that leave's SF vulnerable over allegations they are letting the DUP off the hook on the issue while giving their Executive partner's enough breathing space in order to maintain the current Executive. However the DUP are not keen at all and have said Foster will not step aside "for a single day" signalling the growing likelihood of a confrontation between the two executive parties in two weeks. Though every party except the DUP are likely to vote in favour of the SF motion (barring the Opposition taking revenge on SF for abstaining on their motion) the DUP has enough seats to launch a petition of concern to trigger a cross community vote and bury the issue yet again, a move which threatens to plunge public confidence in the Assembly to an all time low (not that it isn't on the floor at the moment or anything). SF haven't completely ruled out a new election, which would be triggered by them pulling out of government with the DUP. Conor Murphy, the man considered most likely to replace Martin McGuinness as Northern SF leader in the not too distant future, said it remained a "distinct possibility" if Foster continues to refuse to resign - though it's obvious SF do not particularly want to go to the polls it's unlikely they would lose out on much and the DUP could face a backlash from the voters. Either way the strained cordial working relationship between the DUP and SF seems to be severely damaged which probably signals a fun year of perpetual threatened collapse
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Jan 1, 2017 18:34
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:My solitary contribution to the thread is always this Sad!
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Jan 1, 2017 18:35
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I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
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It's very sad because hope is all we've got. But now we've memed that away we got gently caress all. Idiots.
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Jan 1, 2017 18:37
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Regarde Aduck posted:They're only going to keep picking fascism till they realise everyone can be a target. Everyone. Once the easy targets are murdered then it's short people. Brown haired people. People with exactly 28 moles. People with exactly 25 moles. People who can/can't dance. People who know more than the original 150 pokemon. Anything after mew is bourgeois excess.
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Jan 1, 2017 18:46
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Lord of the Llamas posted:Best avatar/post combo of 2017. I'm calling it. Take two things people don't like, the real answer is surely combining them.
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Jan 1, 2017 18:48
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endlessmonotony posted:Take two things people don't like, the real answer is surely combining them. Somehow this post made me think of kebabs.
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Jan 1, 2017 19:10
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i'm glad you included the most important thing in the january 2017 op
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Jan 1, 2017 19:26
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That winegums pissflaps pic should be in the OP
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Jan 1, 2017 19:57
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JFairfax posted:That winegums pissflaps pic should be in the OP So should this though 
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Jan 1, 2017 20:43
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Lord of the Llamas posted:Somehow this post made me think of kebabs. Kebabs are the best food. Hang your head in shame.
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Jan 1, 2017 20:46
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This one time I left Wales I found a place doing Shawarma. Now that's a food. Much like Harvester restaurants it's non existent on the right side of the border.
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Jan 1, 2017 21:13
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:So should this though Reverse it and it suddenly becomes meaningful 
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Jan 1, 2017 21:20
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Touche.
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Jan 1, 2017 22:02
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The 2016 Wipe was just an episode of Black Mirror, complete with a Black Mirror twist. ... and somehow it works so perfectly well.
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Jan 1, 2017 22:49
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Regarde Aduck posted:This one time I left Wales I found a place doing Shawarma. Now that's a food. Much like Harvester restaurants it's non existent on the right side of the border. I'm a fan of the Gyro
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Jan 1, 2017 23:10
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Pissflaps posted:Reverse it and it suddenly becomes meaningful 
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Jan 1, 2017 23:24
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Pissflaps posted:Reverse it and it suddenly becomes meaningful But on the other hand:
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Jan 2, 2017 00:14
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Would you like a Full English Brexit? Or a continental Brexit?
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Jan 2, 2017 00:23
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Scottish brexit is better, more potato scone.
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Jan 2, 2017 00:27
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Kokoro Wish posted:But on the other hand: the true pain of this thread is this reversing and then going forward again again and again forever
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Jan 2, 2017 00:33
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Was just about to post, it needs to loop back and forwards to properly depict the eternal cycle. 
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Jan 2, 2017 00:35
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Laradus posted:Was just about to post, it needs to loop back and forwards to properly depict the eternal cycle. Can you describe this 'cycle' in your own words? Complaints against Labour's current leadership - my own included - seem entirely linear.
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Jan 2, 2017 00:41
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The truth is in the middle  e- imagine imgur not being garbage so several people didn't have time to make the same joke ty 
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Jan 2, 2017 00:46
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baka kaba posted:The truth is in the middle well at least you did the actual work part of it that I couldn't be bothered remembering how to do animated gifs on my computer for
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Jan 2, 2017 00:49
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It's 2017, I typed 'gif loop reverse' into Google and picked one of the fabulous online services that do everything for you now
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Jan 2, 2017 00:51
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baka kaba posted:It's 2017, I typed 'gif loop reverse' into Google and picked one of the fabulous online services that do everything for you now Sometimes it's nice living in the future.
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Jan 2, 2017 00:57
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Miftan posted:Sometimes it's nice living in the future. Occasionally I notice that. It usually involves some sort of streaming video service.
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Jan 2, 2017 00:58
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Pissflaps posted:Can you describe this 'cycle' in your own words? The 'cycle' is you post, you get probated, you come back. Whatever else would I mean?  I did try to loop the gif but imgur just wouldn't accept unfortunately. I knew someone would step in 
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