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i went googling for “diane abbot” because i don’t know her, and found this:

https://labour.org.uk/press/diane-ab...ration-system/

what’s supposed to be wrong with it?

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

oh, damn, i no longer have a subscription to that. copypasta, por favor?

Here you go

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Markets are warming towards Jeremy Corbyn.

Yes, you read that right. In a sign of just how unpredictable UK markets have become, analysts are starting to believe that the diehard socialist leader of the Labour party could be just what sterling needs in this, its darkest hour.

The country is certainly putting investors through their paces with a series of political shocks and confusion, taken lately to a new level by plans for a general election and plans to suspend parliament. By comparison, the shake-up in UK markets when the 2010 election produced a hung parliament now looks like a twee outbreak of pearl-clutching.

“With the UK’s autumn political storm now breaking out in full force, this may prompt ‘peak uncertainty’ hopes . . . Investors might now look forward to the dust settling and knowing where we stand,” said Christopher Granville, managing director at TS Lombard. “The UK outlook is, instead, utterly imponderable.”

$1.20 has now become the new line in the sand for the pound, which pivoted around $1.60 for most of the post-financial crisis era. An alarming flash crash a few months after the Brexit referendum sent the pound very briefly under $1.15, but this week’s nadir — just under $1.20 — has not been familiar territory for sterling since Frankie Goes to Hollywood took Welcome to the Pleasuredome close to the top of the UK pop charts. (That was 1985, for those too forgetful or too young to recall.)

UK manufacturing data earlier this week suggested that a feeble currency is doing little to lift the economy. So, how could Mr Corbyn help?

To the extent that markets paid attention to UK politics over the bulk of the past two decades before the Brexit vote, the mantra has always, crudely, been “Tories Good, Labour Bad”.

“The markets wouldn’t be keen,” noted Capital Economics’ Paul Dales, “but if Labour came to power before the 31 October or after another Brexit delay, its opposition to a no-deal Brexit would remove a near-term downside risk to the economy. And, by removing further uncertainty, its support for either a softer Brexit or no Brexit at all would boost the economy in the medium term.”

Oliver Harvey, a forex strategist at Deutsche Bank, broadly agrees. “Some market participants have expressed concerns that the election of . . . Corbyn as prime minister could be negative for UK asset prices, particularly sterling,” he said. “We believe these fears could be overstated.”

Whatever the long-term implications for sterling, an ascent to power for Mr Corbyn would likely mean “the pound would benefit if the risk of a no-deal Brexit is removed and a closer UK-EU relationship looks more likely,” said Mr Dales.

Already, the parliamentary drama that lines up the chance of a general election has helped to boost sterling from its lows. It climbed 0.8 per cent on Wednesday morning. New rules clearly apply.

wow! thanks!

i must spread more spread

Tonight there will be an interview on the BBC2 with Prince Andrew about the Epstein affair and his role in it. Of course he denies ever meeting the woman.

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Originally Posted by _tunic_

Tonight there will be an interview on the BBC2 with Prince Andrew about the Epstein affair and his role in it. Of course he denies ever meeting the woman.

I only saw the second part of the interview but Oh my god, what a load of bullcrap
- I couldn't sweat at that time because I was shot during the Falkland War
- the photograph is fake because I wasn't wearing a suit
- I was at that house but never went upstairs
etc
etc

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Originally Posted by _tunic_

i don't follow celebrity news although this is more of a crime beat.

could you please summarize the story? just 3 lines for the uninformed.

In the middle is a woman that under oath claimed she had sex with Prince Andrew when she was 17, at the time the picture was taken. On the left is Prince Andrew who claims he doesn't remember ever meeting her, the picture is fake for a whole bunch of reasons that are all sucked out of his or his lawyers thumb. The arm around her waist is not his, he wasn't wearing a suit and he always wears suits at parties because he is a royal, Epstein never took photos etc etc etc
On the right is the girlfriend or wife of Epstein who introduced them to each other.

For a longer story check the link I supplied. Or this transcript of the interview

oh right right i do see ghislaine maxwell (i know about this thing, just didnt know about “royals,” i usually skip those parts).

prince andrew... is this the the guy who flew a chopper in the falklands or somethinf, and was the boyfriend of a porno lady? (seems i knew something after all hahaha... ages ago).

ah the royals lololol

i did like elizabeth hurley as queen :D

so he’s kind of an uncle cyrus.... xD

(he does looked a bit photoshoped there, hahaha, but down with the monarchy either way)

ps- i must spread more spread, thanks

Was Sarah Ferguson a pornlady? Must check pornhub.....

Anyway, the reviews of the interview were not very positive. Here's one of them:
,, I expected a train accident. But this was a plane that flew into an oil tanker, creating a tsunami that caused a nuclear explosion, so bad, "said royalty journalist Charlie Proctor.

His PR guy resigned two weeks ago because he was against the interview.

no ferguson person, one koo stark (that’s a memorable name or what)

apparently it was an “avante garde” movie and not a porno and she won a lawsuit for defamation or something like that for 50 years of bad publicity

I was kidding about Fergie but didn't know. It's mentioned in this article, at 25th item

the only fergie i know of is one who pissed her pants or something. from some horrible band?

im so out of the loop :D

Johnson/Corbyn televisied debate is on tonight at 9. Gonna be interesting one for sure. Almost to do a drinking game of it.

Everytime Johnson moves from an unrelated topic to Brexit take a drink

Everytime Corbyn says "for the many not the few" take a drink

Everytime nuclear bombs and would Corbyn set one off take two drinks.

Gonna be HAMMERED by the end of the night.

My liver couldn't take it

i wish i had time to watch this

Well my first one of Johnson talking about Brexit on an unrelated matter would have killed me if I'd played the drinking game.

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Originally Posted by h8kurdt

Well my first one of Johnson talking about Brexit on an unrelated matter would have killed me if I'd played the drinking game.

you could have played with tea maybe or...

I think most people had made their minds up before the debate and nothing I saw tonight makes me think there'll be much switching of sides.

Boris flapped about like a naughty schoolboy trying to talk his way out of a detention. Corbyn was more polished (hardly difficult next to Boris) and predictably scored points on the NHS, but he probably lost whatever advantage that might've given him with his continued failure to really say where he stands on Brexit. And I just don't see his commitment to a 4 day week being a vote winner.

Can't disagree with any of those points tbh. Interesting point is that Corbyn should ha e jumped at the question about honesty and pointed out that Johnson lied to the queen for his gain. Missed opportunity.

Also, Johnson somehow totally fluffed up the two easiest questions of the night "what would you give the opposition fro Christmas" and "which world leader do you admire right now".

I agree Boris' answers to the christmas gift and world leader questions were banal, but why is there this increasing need to give over valuable time to questions that are themselves banal? They only had an hour together. Why waste any of it on this shit? The same with that cringey moment half way through where she got them to shake hands. And the crowd jeering and cheering for their favourite. It's like we've imported the worst side of American political campaigning. Did anyone see that Macron - Le Pen debate a few years ago? No 'look-at-me' moderators. No studio audience. Just them in a room, discussing policy. If we're gonna have these tv debates I'd much rather they were like that than what we got last night.