Politics Thread 6

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Tomous** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 12:22 pm

That is genuinely terrifying :dread:

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **captain red dog** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:05 pm

I heard an idea yesterday that Twitter should give users more control, for example verified accounts can be set to only accept tweets or replies from other verified accounts. That seems like a fair change to me. They can allow their tweets to be viewed by everyone, but can set it so that only verified people can interact.

Twitter could then have an optional ID system where anyone can be verified (not just a VIP verification that they seem to have now).

Anonymous users will still be able to interact with people who choose to allow it.

I'm not sure why the social media debate is so prominent though, this particular murder doesn't seem to be connected to online abuse as far as we know.

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Return_of_the_STAR** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:14 pm

Does Grcade count as social media? Does that mean my real identity as David Beckham will be revealed?

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Moggy** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:19 pm

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:Does Grcade count as social media? Does that mean my real identity as Peter Beardsley will be revealed?

We already guessed.

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Return_of_the_STAR** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:13 pm

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-n ... um=custom7

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the Queen has agreed Southend will be granted city status following the killing of MP Sir David Amess.

Sir David was stabbed to death at Belfairs Methodist Church on Friday.

He regularly championed Southend's case to be a city during his time in Parliament.

Mr Johnson told the House of Commons he was "happy" to announce Southend "will be accorded the city status it so clearly deserves".

The prime minister said: "That Sir David spent almost 40 years in this House, but not one day in ministerial office, tells everything about where his priorities lay

Seems an odd way to be awarded city status. My friend really wanted it to happen so it's fine.

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Tomous** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:14 pm

Does having city status mean anything tangible?

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Return_of_the_STAR** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:16 pm

Tomous wrote:Does having city status mean anything tangible?

You have to change your road signs. I think cities are able to receive further central grants over those with town status. Mostly though it's about prestige.

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Tineash** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:27 pm

captain red dog wrote:I'm not sure why the social media debate is so prominent though, this particular murder doesn't seem to be connected to online abuse as far as we know.

Never let a good crisis go to waste.

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Moggy** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:29 pm

Tomous wrote:Does having city status mean anything tangible?

Aren't you old enough to remember Swansea becoming a city?

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Tomous** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:42 pm

Moggy wrote:
Tomous wrote:Does having city status mean anything tangible?

Aren't you old enough to remember Swansea becoming a city?

No

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Neo Cortex** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:45 pm

Well at least we know what Medway has to do to get city status now.

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Tomous** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:51 pm

Neo Cortex wrote:Well at least we know what Medway has to do to get city status now.

Plot twist: the attacker's goal was to gain City status for Southend

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Moggy** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:01 pm

Tomous wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Tomous wrote:Does having city status mean anything tangible?

Aren't you old enough to remember Swansea becoming a city?

No

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Jenuall** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:16 pm

I miss the good old days when you had to have a cathedral to be deemed a city! All these modern upstarts thinking they should be cities just because they've got a giant TK Maxx and two Nando's!

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Oblomov Boblomov** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:20 pm

What are the chances this would have happened within the next 12 months or so if he hadn't died and the policy hadn't suddenly become a populist open goal?

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Tomous** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:22 pm

Jenuall wrote:I miss the good old days when you had to have a cathedral to be deemed a city! All these modern upstarts thinking they should be cities just because they've got a giant TK Maxx and two Nando's!

You miss the gold old days of pre 1888?

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Oblomov Boblomov** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:24 pm

Tomous wrote:
Jenuall wrote:I miss the good old days when you had to have a cathedral to be deemed a city! All these modern upstarts thinking they should be cities just because they've got a giant TK Maxx and two Nando's!

You miss the gold old days of pre 1888?

Don't we all. Can anyone here honestly say they had any problems back then? I highly doubt it.

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **SEP** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:43 pm

I'm conflicted, I really like my local MP, but I can't ignore the chance of turning my little village into a city.

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Jenuall** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:54 pm

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:
Tomous wrote:
Jenuall wrote:I miss the good old days when you had to have a cathedral to be deemed a city! All these modern upstarts thinking they should be cities just because they've got a giant TK Maxx and two Nando's!

You miss the gold old days of pre 1888?

Don't we all. Can anyone here honestly say they had any problems back then? I highly doubt it.

Oblomov gets it.

Life was simple then!

PostRe: Politics Thread 6 by **Moggy** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 8:01 pm

twitter.com/brokenbottleboy/status/1449722226207563781

What a wanker :lol:

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