SLC 7:23 Fri Sep 5
The Bedroom Tax
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The Bedroom Tax came a step closer to being axed today after a shock Tory defeat in the House of Commons.
Labour and Lib Dems joined forces to vote in favour a Bill to protect victims of the hated policy. In a hammer blow to David Cameron, they voted 306 to 231 against the tax.
The move left the Coalition in turmoil and prompted calls from the Tories to break up the alliance immediately.
Opponents of the tax warned this was just the first step in what could be a gruelling Commons battle.
Cameron is losing his grip.
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Bullet
5:24 Sat Sep 6
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I thought this was to do with the dildo bros.
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stomper
4:01 Sat Sep 6
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Getting a bit Conrad isn't it?
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CHICKEN RUN MANIAC
3:04 Sat Sep 6
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Our first night sees us sailing through the channel. The waters are still, calm like a millpond making the captain nervous. He strokes his enormous beard thoughtfully. Despite this age of science and enlightenment, seamen remain superstitious, and these waters make him nervous. Do they portend a safe voyage, or is Poseidon merely luring us into a false sense of security.
We gather on deck to smoke our pipes and tell stories of the places we have been and people we have met.
Old Yarner, so called because of his love of crochet, tells of the time he was once nearly eaten by a four-headed giraffe. Second Officer Fucktoggle scratches absently at his anus whilst writing in his journal.
Dark continents await us, and hopefully, lots of bare-breasted Amazonian women.
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Alfie
2:59 Sat Sep 6
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the pipes and drum play us out of port, as our wenches sob racked with remorse dockside for the loving times they shall miss whilst we voyage.
on the quayside cucumber vendors do a roaring trade in the cold air, as our desolate maidens purchase them to employ their vegetable dildo - like qualities in our absentia..
an old crone swabs a tear from her careworn cheek as our intrepid vessel draws away from the sketch , silent keel running over the greasy harbours water.
above us circles an ostrich, confused and lost from its usual migratory pattern.
'fuck it' remarks the errant bird.
'ive got meself proper lost in a pickle and stumbled into a story of some proud departing voyagers bound for the lost tribes of heligoland. fuck it'
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CHICKEN RUN MANIAC
2:49 Sat Sep 6
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I look forward to this adventure with typical Victorian zeal. We appear to inhabit slightly different historical eras, nevertheless, I feel certain our mission to seek out new tribal peoples and discover strange new animals with furry pelts and beaks will be a resounding success.
I am growing a huge Darwinian/Dickensian beard to celebrate the occasion.
Our ship shall be called HMS Beardboy.
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stomper
2:47 Sat Sep 6
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Alfie 2:43 Sat Sep 6
Careful brave mariner! You'll end up in Leigh on Sea
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Alfie
2:43 Sat Sep 6
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we sail at the coming of day then, it is set.
using my wolf pelt coat, i intend to venture under sail up the varied recesses of the thames estuary creek, probing far inland across the tidal defences of canvey and the Maldon tidal inlet.
therein i believe i shall encounter the lost peoples of the wasp hat, named for their insect bonnets and devout worship of oyster beak face.
queen anne has instructed this mission and any man - friend or foe alike - who should attempt to derail my ardour will be blown in half on the crest of a cannon.
we have husky dogs to accompany us and seven packets of tinned wolf meat on which to dine.
the motto of the expedition is 'suck deep of the marrow pipe or fucking get out' and that is underwritten by royal warrant
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stomper
2:39 Sat Sep 6
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westhammerer 2:15 Sat Sep 6
Certainly not but they think they might be. Christ Murdoch and his ilk have done a number on us.
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westhammerer
2:15 Sat Sep 6
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I assume the majority on WHO are not elite capitalists? Yet some seem content to demonise the poor. Or worse, squabble for the scraps and seconds that 'trickle-down' the leg of the neoliberal system.
In the otherwise shit film, 'The MAtrix', a character called Morpheus indicates the situation in allegorical terms.
In a moment of practical Marxism, illuminating why the poor will support an unegalitarian system that is to their very own detriment, he says that "many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.”
That is precisely what we see today.
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CHICKEN RUN MANIAC
2:12 Sat Sep 6
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I shall, good friend. There are many places to see along with many new species to catalogue. There will also be tribal peoples in need of civilization and Christianity.
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Alfie
2:11 Sat Sep 6
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Then i'll to it.
will you accompany me to far removed territories?
i must know.
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Alfie
2:07 Sat Sep 6
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would you have it so sir?
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Brucies_Star_Prize
2:00 Sat Sep 6
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It was a good idea, aimed at promoting equality in theory, but in practice it was totally unworkable and probably cost more than it saved.
You can hardly ask the countless under-accommodated council tenants to pay extra without offering them an alternative property with fewer bedrooms.
And there lies the problem, namely the lack of smaller properties available.
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Alfie
1:55 Sat Sep 6
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not taken as such sir
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CHICKEN RUN MANIAC
1:46 Sat Sep 6
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Not meant as an attack, Alfie. I've read quite a bit of Dickens myself and find him a bit tedious. That being said, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities and A Christmas Carol are all magnificent.
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Alfie
1:37 Sat Sep 6
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im not 100% sure crm, either about what I wrote, its truth, or how to reply.
im too wankered to research it. if my claim was incorrect I pologise. I still love dickens though. he knew the common mans voice and ways and put it nup for all to see. he didn't come from much as I recall,, but he was heard by many.
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1:35 Sat Sep 6
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Has anyone posted a positive comment as to how our housing shortage can be eliminated yet?
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