Peta O'Brien
@petaobrien
politics, history, theology, news; really everything that annoys you about those people in pub quizzes. Wouldn't be able to help you on any sport questions tho.
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http://petaobrien.posterous.com 23-09-2011 11:30:58
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So it turns out the courts were ordered to ārubber-stampā warrants for the rich power companies to break into the homes of those already unable to survive in the cold winter of the cost-of-living crisis, install pre-payment meters and leave them to freeze & starve. Itās evil!
Anne Webb @secrettory12 There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries. This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and Iām out of order?
A river of boiling shit flows through your town. You havenāt seen a tomato for 18 months. MOTD is 3 minutes long and narrated by a parakeet. Your salary is paid directly to British Gas. You solve a riddle to speak to a GP. You feel people come here because they want an easy life
Once more for the hard of thinking: Impartiality and political neutrality are NOT interchangeable concepts. If one political āsideā is doing objectively bad things, the impartial response is to SAY SO. And you donāt have to ābalanceā it by pretend the other side are just as bad.
āIām not familiar with that particular caseā. Suella Braverman says she didnāt know about 12 refugees being killed in Rwanda in 2018 after protesting about their conditions. Moments earlier she insisted āRwanda is safe for refugeesā. āRwanda is a safe countryā she repeats.
Well letās think shall we? 1. Our beaches are unusable since you filled the sea with raw human shit 2. Whole swathes of the UK hospitality industry went out of business because of Brexit 3. Weāre all broke because you crashed the economy 4. Rocketing rail & petrol prices 5. Etc