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by OrangeRKN » Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:41 am

Suppressing criticism of the government

What a democracy we live in

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by Moggy » Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:57 am

OrangeRKN wrote:Suppressing criticism of the government

What a democracy we live in


Worth it for those steady Tory hands on the tiller!

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by Tineash » Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:07 pm

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by Preezy » Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:21 pm

Sky News wrote:Cowboys, priests and Tories are among some of the fancy dress costumes deemed inappropriate by the University of Kent's student union.

The Kent Union guidelines - revealed in the lead up to Halloween - also included dressing up as film producer Harvey Weinstein and television personality Caitlyn Jenner.

It said the list, leaked to the Canterbury Journal, aimed to ensure students' "right to a safe space" by banning "offensive" costumes.

Also on the list were "the Crusades [sic], Nazi uniform, priests and nuns, cowboys and Native Americans, ISIS bomber, Israeli soldier and the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him)".

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by Tafdolphin » Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:39 pm

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Sky News wrote:Also on the list were "the Crusades [sic], Nazi uniform... and Native Americans, ISIS bomber, Israeli soldier and the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him)".

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These are all perfectly reasonable. But cowboys and priests is going a bit far.

I assume no-one would risk the mass panic that dressing as a Tory would cause.

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by Vermilion » Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:42 pm

So they're not allowed to dress up as Father Ted?

How mean.

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by Moggy » Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:44 pm

Preezy wrote:
Sky News wrote:Tories

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Nobody would be offensive enough to go as a Tory, surely?

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by OrangeRKN » Fri Oct 12, 2018 3:08 pm

Preezy wrote:
Sky News wrote:Cowboys, priests and Tories are among some of the fancy dress costumes deemed inappropriate by the University of Kent's student union.

The Kent Union guidelines - revealed in the lead up to Halloween - also included dressing up as film producer Harvey Weinstein and television personality Caitlyn Jenner.

It said the list, leaked to the Canterbury Journal, aimed to ensure students' "right to a safe space" by banning "offensive" costumes.

Also on the list were "the Crusades [sic], Nazi uniform, priests and nuns, cowboys and Native Americans, ISIS bomber, Israeli soldier and the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him)".

:|


Excellent, my Grenfell Tower costume isn't on the list. I'm okay!

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by KK » Fri Oct 12, 2018 3:27 pm

At least we can still dress as Jimmy Saville, that’s the main thing.

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by Vermilion » Fri Oct 12, 2018 6:50 pm

KK wrote:At least we can still dress as Jimmy Saville, that’s the main thing.


According to Metro, Jimmy Savile is also prohibited.

'ows about that then.

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by Lex-Man » Fri Oct 12, 2018 6:56 pm

Vermilion wrote:
KK wrote:At least we can still dress as Jimmy Saville, that’s the main thing.


According to Metro, Jimmy Savile is also prohibited.

'ows about that then.


Is that part of a blanket ban on 70's celebs?

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by Vermilion » Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:00 pm

lex-man wrote:
Vermilion wrote:
KK wrote:At least we can still dress as Jimmy Saville, that’s the main thing.


According to Metro, Jimmy Savile is also prohibited.

'ows about that then.


Is that part of a blanket ban on 70's celebs?


The article doesn't say all 70's celebs are banned, so you might get lucky if you try Gary Glitter.

https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/12/kent-stu ... s-8030266/

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by Tafdolphin » Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:02 pm

Vermilion wrote:
lex-man wrote:
Vermilion wrote:
KK wrote:At least we can still dress as Jimmy Saville, that’s the main thing.


According to Metro, Jimmy Savile is also prohibited.

'ows about that then.


Is that part of a blanket ban on 70's celebs?


The article doesn't say all 70's celebs are banned, so you might get lucky if you try Gary Glitter.

https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/12/kent-stu ... s-8030266/


You could try and pass Glitter off as disco Elvis.

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by Moggy » Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:24 pm

Tafdolphin wrote:
Vermilion wrote:
lex-man wrote:
Vermilion wrote:
KK wrote:At least we can still dress as Jimmy Saville, that’s the main thing.


According to Metro, Jimmy Savile is also prohibited.

'ows about that then.


Is that part of a blanket ban on 70's celebs?


The article doesn't say all 70's celebs are banned, so you might get lucky if you try Gary Glitter.

https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/12/kent-stu ... s-8030266/


You could try and pass Glitter off as disco Elvis.


I don’t think Elvis would be much better....

https://metro.co.uk/2017/08/16/priscill ... d-6856214/

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by Vermilion » Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:36 pm

Just found a follow up column about all this...

https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/12/universi ... e-8031439/

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by Return_of_the_STAR » Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:59 pm

OrangeRKN wrote:
Preezy wrote:
Sky News wrote:Cowboys, priests and Tories are among some of the fancy dress costumes deemed inappropriate by the University of Kent's student union.

The Kent Union guidelines - revealed in the lead up to Halloween - also included dressing up as film producer Harvey Weinstein and television personality Caitlyn Jenner.

It said the list, leaked to the Canterbury Journal, aimed to ensure students' "right to a safe space" by banning "offensive" costumes.

Also on the list were "the Crusades [sic], Nazi uniform, priests and nuns, cowboys and Native Americans, ISIS bomber, Israeli soldier and the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him)".

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Excellent, my Grenfell Tower costume isn't on the list. I'm okay!


Idiots, as cowboys rarely fought against native Americans. It was US rangers who fought the battles against them.

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PostRe: Politics Thread 5
by Corazon de Leon » Fri Oct 12, 2018 8:05 pm

Just watching through last night's Question Time - the Tory MP for Aberdeen is getting a comprehensive beating from almost everyone he interacts with. Probably because he's been talking out his strawberry floating arse all night.

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by Garth » Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:22 pm

DFLA march in London: Far-right protest spills into violence as police officers attacked

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A far-right "football lads" march through central London spilled into violence on Saturday afternoon.

Hundreds of supporters of the Democratic Football Lads’ Alliance (DFLA) were marching from Park Lane to Whitehall before some started to push through police escorts.

Dozens could be seen fighting officers, with one seen threatening a policeman and screaming: "I'll kill you."

Meanwhile, several hostile-looking men had to be held back from joining the fighting by their friends.

Many of the DFLA activists could be heard chanting, as they marched down Pall Mall: "Whose streets? Our streets."

Scores of police on horseback, wearing riot gear, tried to control the swelling groups with police vans trying to block them in.

The march was met with a number of counter protesters, including from Stand up to Racism and the Jeremy Corbyn-affiliated Momentum group.

Skirmishes continued in Trafalgar Square. Some masked counter-demonstrators shouted: "Nazi scum off our streets."

A splinter group from the DFLA marchers, meanwhile, aimed vicious insults as riot police sought to keep both groups apart. Traffic was brought to a standstill.

However, the Met said only one person had been arrested.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/d ... 61276.html

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PostRe: Politics Thread 5
by Lagamorph » Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:42 pm

The best solution is to just ban football.

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PostRe: Politics Thread 5
by Vermilion » Sat Oct 13, 2018 8:37 pm

Glad i was up there last saturday instead of today.


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