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by ia801310
Thu Sep 22, 2022 11:13 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories





Nah, not terse or aggressive enough and not enough typos!
Not enough time in the day for :bimbo: to be posting on two rugby forums


It's Mdaclarke lads.


Yeah, he's always been like this. An absolute lunatic with absolute lunatic opinions. I don't want to be seen as shouting down ...
by ia801310
Thu Sep 22, 2022 8:16 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories



So getting back to the original point it seems Labour wanted to give other nationalities the same voting rights as those enjoyed by citizens of Commonwealth countries, Zimbabwe, Fiji and Ireland when it came to UK elections.

That is correct. In a GE Commonwealth citizens who are resident (visa ...
by ia801310
Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:26 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Worcester and Wasps GONE?
Replies: 560
Views: 36897

Re: Worcester and Wasps GONE?

Iain(bobbity) wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 9:37 pm
by ia801310
Wed Sep 21, 2022 8:40 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories






Thank you for sending me a manifesto that was for an election they lost and not their current policy. And that those arriving on the beaches are not migrants so not covered by tbis. Other than that, 10/10 logic and reasoning.


Residence could mean anything and it was in their last ...
by ia801310
Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:34 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Worcester and Wasps GONE?
Replies: 560
Views: 36897

Re: Worcester and Wasps GONE?

Surely the league can't afford to lose 2 teams, some way must be found to keep them going. I thought that there was someone interested in Worcester?
by ia801310
Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:00 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories






I mean aside from the Rwanda point (which isn't a smart policy anyway because it won't remove the numbers arriving) none of this is true.

I very much doubt Whittome has any say at all over labour policy and the link to Hodges is a great example that you won't vote labour not because of ...
by ia801310
Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:56 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories





"Ordinary residence" is a specific term for entitlement to use of NHS services.

You get a biometric residence permit for the UK if you get a visa for more than 6 months.


I see.

So getting back to the original point it seems Labour wanted to give other nationalities the same voting rights ...
by ia801310
Wed Sep 21, 2022 12:23 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories






What are their current policies on asylum/immigration that you so disagree with?


They disagree with the Rwanda plan for 1.

Also they want anybody who lives in the Country to have the vote in general elections regardless of citizenship. Therefore you can land on a Kent Beach on the ...
by ia801310
Wed Sep 21, 2022 12:14 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories





They disagree with the Rwanda plan for 1.

Also they want anybody who lives in the Country to have the vote in general elections regardless of citizenship. Therefore you can land on a Kent Beach on the Monday and be in the Voting Booth on the Thursday .

They are secretly in favour of open ...
by ia801310
Wed Sep 21, 2022 12:09 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories






Well, I suppose one could say that TERFs are from the left, there are some unlikely alliances on this issue, with eg, women's rights activists teaming up with anti-abortion groups in the US.
Their tropes and methods have been imported to the UK





I'm not sure what you mean here, do you ...
by ia801310
Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:54 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories




The right is, yet again, stoking fires where it serves their purpose to stoke division.#

Trans people amount for a tiny proportion of our population but to hear the shrieking from the Right you'd think the "Transers" were murdering puppies and eating babies, defacing statutes of anything they ...
by ia801310
Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:48 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories



This is insane from Starmer

https://labourlist.org/2022/09/anger-from-labour-activists-as-public-ownership-conference-motion-blocked/

Even as a Tory I support nationalisation of public services and utilities.

If Labour can stop being so nutty on Social and Cultural issues (including ...
by ia801310
Tue Sep 20, 2022 8:48 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

This is insane from Starmer

https://labourlist.org/2022/09/anger-from-labour-activists-as-public-ownership-conference-motion-blocked/

Even as a Tory I support nationalisation of public services and utilities.

If Labour can stop being so nutty on Social and Cultural issues (including Immigration ...
by ia801310
Tue Sep 20, 2022 8:22 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Springbokke next 4 years to 2027
Replies: 3392
Views: 158490

Re: Springbokke going forward

Interesting from the Press Conference that Kade Wolhuter is on the Bok radar.
by ia801310
Tue Sep 20, 2022 5:35 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories






I'm a TERF too, well if JKR is I must be, and I deeply object to be labelled 'cis'. There is no need for the term, trans women are a subset of women , just as man is used as a catch-all at times for all adults. I don't see why women should be forced to re-define themselves. I am heartened ...
by ia801310
Tue Sep 20, 2022 11:35 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Worcester and Wasps GONE?
Replies: 560
Views: 36897

Re: Worcester GONE?


The CVC angle is interesting.

Presumably they have some sort of angle/strategy and are looking to pull the trigger on something at some point.

From an English (and probably Welsh) perspective the fundamental challenge is converting comparatively very high interest in international rugby into ...
by ia801310
Tue Sep 20, 2022 11:03 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories





It isn't. Every single piece of polling in trans issues shows the majority of the public don't care. Some like Andy Ngo try to make a career from it, talentless lickspittle that he is. Right wing papers love a moral panic every once in a while and have a different one every few years, and ...
by ia801310
Tue Sep 20, 2022 10:36 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories






I don't think it's an over-riding issue, and it's definitely not something left-of-centre blokes care about, but my wife, who is generally super liberal, gets genuinely angry about the whole 'trans women are real women' thing.


What a TERF!

I've tried having that discussion with some ...
by ia801310
Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:16 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: UK Home energy prices
Replies: 828
Views: 66192

Re: UK Home energy prices

Central heating went on last week.
by ia801310
Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:29 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

I know this is Canada but Woke nonsense like this is why Right Wing parties are on the ascendancy, if I was a centre left politician I would despair as I know I am getting tarred with the same brush.

Pure voter repellent

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11224383/High-school-defends ...
by ia801310
Sat Sep 17, 2022 11:00 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Rugby Championship
Replies: 2213
Views: 98413

Re: 2022 The Rugby Championship

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Sep 17, 2022 9:40 pm Great win. Boks show real character to pinch that bonus point. Hats off to Louw and Fourie poaching in the end.

I The last round is going to be a rat race for the trophy.

We need to find a 10 real quick.
Francois Steyn, and call up Tyrone Green
by ia801310
Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:50 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Worcester and Wasps GONE?
Replies: 560
Views: 36897

Re: Worcester GONE?

Fantastic news. Worcester are my favourite premiership team, followed by Newcastle. I like rooting for the underdogs.

I assume this means that the RFU are confident that Worcester will survive otherwise they wouldn't have let them play.
by ia801310
Fri Sep 16, 2022 7:56 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Worcester and Wasps GONE?
Replies: 560
Views: 36897

Re: Worcester GONE?

by ia801310
Fri Sep 16, 2022 7:47 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Brexit Thread
Replies: 3474
Views: 210089

Re: The Brexit Thread

Don't know if this is a Brexit issue. Over the last few years the New York Times has been publishing Anti British articles, apparently this is to appeal to the FBPE crowd and hopefully make them subscribers/followers. It appears to have gotten worse since the Queen died.

The fence sums it up well ...
by ia801310
Sun Sep 11, 2022 6:14 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Junkies being a bad boy
Replies: 15
Views: 1099

Re: Junkies being a bad boy

Apparently he was found out because the a young boy was staying with his dad in the room next door and recognised that the lady with Jantjies was not his wife.

https://www.sarugbymag.co.za/boks-rocked-by-jantjies-scandal/

"According to the report, Jantjies and Simjee were spotted by a father and ...
by ia801310
Sun Sep 11, 2022 8:15 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories






FFS, this is like groundhog day. You don't get to dictate whether the term "coconut" is racist or not in the context being discussed here. Period. That's the whole crux. You just shouting "it's racist"
https://midnitereviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978 ...
by ia801310
Sat Sep 10, 2022 5:22 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories



You think the coconut racist slur is fine,


FFS, this is like groundhog day. You don't get to dictate whether the term "coconut" is racist or not in the context being discussed here. Period. That's the whole crux. You just shouting "it's racist"
https://midnitereviews.com/wp-content/uploads ...
by ia801310
Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:45 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories




Here's a picture of some of the 5 white South African's that opposed apartheid when it was actually being brought in, at a vigil opposing the stripping of the coloured franchise (coloured in the SA sense, not whatever way you're using it). You think you know the history but you don't, how was ...
by ia801310
Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:37 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: God bless you M’am
Replies: 633
Views: 36681

Re: God bless you M’am

Extremely sad news.

God save the King.
by ia801310
Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:23 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories



You are wrong on both counts.

1) I'll repeat what I said before on this kinda subject. One of my (more militant, granted) Ghanaian friends Jennifer always used to say something like "White people invented racism. White people perpetuated racism (still do actually). White people don't now get ...
by ia801310
Thu Sep 08, 2022 8:41 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories



Isn't giving oil and as companies a free lunch, just the way the UK has done things since Thatcher? It's become completely ridiculous during this era of Tory rule though.

Oil and gas is one area of the UK economy that needs urgent reform, but it's probably already too late.

The comparison ...
by ia801310
Thu Sep 08, 2022 8:38 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories




He told the truth about the left's racism

"Earlier, I made an ironic reference to a term used by some on the left about black people who are deemed traitors to the cause through joining the Tory Party"


"some on the left" is the key there.

"Coconut", "Oreo", "Banana" etc are epithets that ...
by ia801310
Wed Sep 07, 2022 11:28 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories



A kinder, gentler politics

https://twitter.com/mrjoelclark/status/1567496789158240256?cxt=HHwWgIC9hcuB78ArAAAA

https://twitter.com/iainmacwhirter/status/1567554665738272770?cxt=HHwWhICwlbmqicErAAAA

https://twitter.com/heraldscotland/status/1567559221171855360

https://twitter.com/DPJHodges ...
by ia801310
Wed Sep 07, 2022 11:25 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories



Dan hodges is a top propagandist. His whataboutery and smearing groups of society shows he was a shrewd purchase by the Mail owners. A stupid tweet by a journalist and he is on it. Hope like some of the kremlins top media people he at least got an Italian villa out of it.


It should also be ...
by ia801310
Wed Sep 07, 2022 6:10 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 21490
Views: 1306868

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

A kinder, gentler politics

https://twitter.com/mrjoelclark/status/1567496789158240256?cxt=HHwWgIC9hcuB78ArAAAA

https://twitter.com/iainmacwhirter/status/1567554665738272770?cxt=HHwWhICwlbmqicErAAAA

https://twitter.com/heraldscotland/status/1567559221171855360

https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status ...
by ia801310
Sat Sep 03, 2022 6:39 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Rugby Championship
Replies: 2213
Views: 98413

Re: 2022 The Rugby Championship






He sure did.

Willemse was decent at 10 although his kicking left a lot to be desired. I personally think both Kolisi and Wiese were both better contenders for MOTM.

I agree about his kicking. But his stepping , off loading, distribution changed our backline in a much more attacking force ...
by ia801310
Sat Sep 03, 2022 1:03 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Rugby Championship
Replies: 2213
Views: 98413

Re: 2022 The Rugby Championship

Australia 8th in the world

https://rawling.github.io/wr-calc/
by ia801310
Tue Aug 30, 2022 7:35 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Nienaber FINALLY GOING....
Replies: 191
Views: 11117

Re: Nienaber OUT

Sards wrote: Tue Aug 30, 2022 7:12 am Amazing how little indignation there is for Rassnabber.
If it were AC or Pieter De Villiers they would have been fired already. But because it's 2 white coaches......?
Don't agree with this. Being a World Cup Winner gets you lots of credit in the bank.
by ia801310
Mon Aug 29, 2022 5:36 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Nienaber FINALLY GOING....
Replies: 191
Views: 11117

Re: Nienaber OUT


Jake White will just get the ANC back on our footsteps selecting only white players and we will play more high kick and charge rugby all over again. He started the rot.

We need a coach to take us to the next WC. That is
Dobson.
1.He changed the RasNaber defensive gameplan at the Stormers to ...
by ia801310
Sun Aug 28, 2022 5:05 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Rugby Championship
Replies: 2213
Views: 98413

Re: 2022 The Rugby Championship

https://www.sarugbymag.co.za/nienaber-chopping-block/

Nienaber in trouble.

Ultimately, winning is the most important thing.