Britain - The Official Thread

[Liquid]

That was a so agonisingly bad decision, yet so funny too.

In the grander scale of things, I'm not laughing. It was seriously one of the worst decisions I have ever heard, read or even dreamt of.

 

[TankAss95]

In the grander scale of things, I'm not laughing. It was seriously one of the worst decisions I have ever heard, read or even dreamt of.

It was so agonisingly bad. Do you know how much money we actually lost doing that? Could anyone tell me?

 

[Famine]

400 tons were sold at between $256 and $296/oz - approximately $4bn or £2.5bn at the time.

Today those 400 tons are worth $1,700/oz - approximately $24bn or £15bn.

So that decision effectively cost £12.5bn.

 

[TankAss95]

*weeps*

 

[Moglet]

[Stereotypeism]
Typical Brit :

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He's nowhere near ugly enough to be British.

 

[PeterJB]

Or fat enough.

 

[Tom]

Well people are panic buying Petrol and Diesel at the moment due to the tanker drivers going on strike. It cost my mother £50.00 for 33.81 Litres of Diesel this morning, this puts me off learning to drive even more, in a few years (maybe even months) it won't be economically viable to drive. I'm sure this is what Cameron and Clegg think of the general public.

 

[Lizard]

Im hoping for a career in politics. So vent hatred at me now and get it done with.

 

[dhandeh]

Well people are panic buying Petrol and Diesel at the moment due to the tanker drivers going on strike. It cost my mother £50.00 for 33.81 Litres of Diesel this morning, this puts me off learning to drive even more, in a few years (maybe even months) it won't be economically viable to drive. I'm sure this is what Cameron and Clegg think of the general public.

Got a link for this strike then?

 

[DK]

Nick Griffin's pretty kickable if you ask me. Just prepare to be attacked by skinhead bodyguads though.

 

[Tom]

Got a link for this strike then?

*Facepalm* I meant to put that it's a threat, but still at 7.30AM this morning, there was a 10 minute wait to get fuel.

 

[dhandeh]

It would appear Britain has more sheep in human form, than of the traditional type.

 

[Liquid]

Nick Griffin's pretty kickable if you ask me. Just prepare to be attacked by skinhead bodyguads though.

I was quietly interested when he went on Question Time. It was both shocking and hilarious watching him weasel and squirm, but I think his appearance on the show has gone some way to legitimising his party.

 

[Lizard]

Clegg is in a not too different situation than Loydd George in the 1918-22 government. As in he has to please the Conservitives and win the support of the public but it isn't really working.

 

[TankAss95]

I was quietly interested when he went on Question Time. It was both shocking and hilarious watching him weasel and squirm, but I think his appearance on the show has gone some way to legitimising his party.

Sorry to be a dumbass when it comes to politics, but what is he really all about? I know someone who really supports the guy. Isn't he a fascist?

 

[Lizard]

Sorry to be a dumbass when it comes to politics, but what is he really all about? I know someone who really supports the guy. Isn't he a fascist?

He might as well be. He hates foreign people and that is his parties main appeal.

 

[Liquid]

Clegg is in a not too different situation than Loydd George in the 1918-22 government. As in he has to please the Conservitives and win the support of the public but it isn't really working.

Lloyd-George was in charge though. And had a spine.

That said, the wartime coalition did lead to the downfall of the Liberal party.

 

[Lizard]

Lloyd-George was in charge though. And had a spine.

Not really. Yes he was PM but the conservitives always had the power in the coalition. The spine bit I will agree.

 

[Famine]

He might as well be. He hates foreign people and that is his parties main appeal.
I wonder why the BNP have not been banned.

Because banning people from holding different opinions is not a cornerstone of democracy. Even if it works, which it doesn't.

 

[Keef]

Because banning people from holding different opinions is not a cornerstone of democracy.

It's certainly possible. What's stopping them?

 

[Famine]

Quite.

 

[Lizard]

Because banning people from holding different opinions is not a cornerstone of democracy. Even if it works, which it doesn't.

My view was trying something not too different from de-nazifacation in Germany everyone seemed to like that idea at the time.

 

[PeterJB]

It's kind of against protocol, but to be honest I think we'd all be glad to see them gone.

 

[Famine]

My view was trying something not too different from de-nazifacation in Germany everyone seemed to like that idea at the time.

Fighting fascism by using fascism is nonsensical in the extreme.

People are (or should be) free to hold and air any ridiculous views about any subjects they want. They should only be censured by law when they cross the line and allow their views to cause harm to others (either through action or incitement to action).


I don't care that there's (insert group) supremacists out there. I don't care that they view (insert opposing group) people as the enemy, as inferior, as animals to be exterminated. If I encounter them and I'm made aware of their views I will distance myself from them. If they use their views as a justification to treat people badly or to encourage others to treat people badly, I'll start giving a crap.

 

[Alex.]

Quite interesting that the media has made everyone mass-panic-buy fuel for a shortage that probably doesn't even exist. Considering how much per litre of fuel goes to the government and it's right at the end of a tax year...

 

[ExigeEvan]

He might as well be. He hates foreign people and that is his parties main appeal.
I wonder why the BNP have not been banned.

The Socialist worker party ran a campaign for a while called "Ban the Nazi BNP". My sister and I found great pleasure in confronting anyone we heard preaching this, including my former Yr4 teacher, asking them how they could justify banning political parties, like the Nazis did.

Neither of us ever got anything more than a mumble in reply.

 

[Emptyone]

We are now in a double-dip recession (2 quarters of continual negative growth) according to the OECD. The government of course strenuously denies this, but RBS's economists seem to agree with the OECD's assessment of the economic climate. Not good propaganda for the coalition, which hasn't had a good week.

 

[Lizard]

The Socialist worker party ran a campaign for a while called "Ban the Nazi BNP". My sister and I found great pleasure in confronting anyone we heard preaching this, including my former Yr4 teacher, asking them how they could justify banning political parties, like the Nazis did.

Neither of us ever got anything more than a mumble in reply.

I suppose you missed the issue of where active Nazi's were banned from holding any public job or owning buisness or forming a party in Germany by both the soviets and France,Britain and America after the war to stop it happening again? That was justified as it stopped the same thing happening again.


But I will back down the BNP can think what they like as long as they don't do horrible things or restrict the rights to people who they dont believe to be "British". I was a little quick and a bit stupid to make a judgement. I believe in freedom of speach I was just thinking the BNP may take rights away from certain people because they are not "British"

 

[ALP1986]

considering i work in politics its disappointing to see how ill-informed the British public often are

 

[Liquid]

considering i work in politics its disappointing to see how ill-informed the British public often are

Enlighten us.