#483

ah right. so the dunk by “lafargue” is that all parliaments can undo previous legislation so what’s ball’s and wagner’s point.

it’s easier to not try and understand any of this now. just gonna push for DiS to sort this out tbh.

#484

On this post there’s a link to a TUC study into EU membership and workers rights.

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#485

I assumed that lafargue was taking the piss out of the idea that Labour don’t understand this.

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#486

All three of those tweets seem to be making the same point (although I don’t know the context of Wagners).

A better way to think of it is ‘forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown Twitter’

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#487

^this.

You’d have to be monumentally arrogant to think that political parties don’t know that parliaments aren’t beholden to each other, and I assume that this is why Jimmy Bollock is taking a (justified) dunking here.

#488

The EU obviously isn’t inherently good for worker’s rights, but it has ended up at a decent position with regards to them, so I can see why people stick to the “it’s a good thing!” position.

Worked a while back on some EU stuff to do with the Renewable Energy Directive. One of the things I learnt was that, partly because of the way the EU is set up, with the Parliament, Commission and the Presidency all putting forward different versions of text etc on directives, there’s a sort of internal competition to be seen to be the most progressive / responsive etc. And because the Parliament is lower profile in the public eye, MEPs are more inclined to push things that will them in the public eye. As a result green interests had a lot of influence on the renewables stuff that they probably wouldn’t have had in a UK scenario.

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#489

Misread this as jimmy Bullard

#490

In case anyone was wondering, The Absolute Boy in Spanish, which Corbyn is fluent in, is El Niño Absoluto.

(According to Google Translate)

#491

Can someone put all of these people in a big bin please

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#492

Labour pivot to peoples vote by valentines day i reckon

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#493

Hasn’t May pushed back the next vote on her deal to the 25th Feb?

Did I read that somewhere?

#494
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#495

I’ve decided that I’m not going to steal anything when the riots start.

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#497

No looting, more tutting. I agree. Might just wander the streets in a daze.

I don’t think there’s going to be any riots, tbh. Don’t see it happening, even in my most Steve Bannon-like apocalyptadreams

#498

I don’t know what I can offer but I’d be happy to share with you.

#500

I’m 100% going to throw bins through windows.

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#502

Oh yeah. Smart thinking.

#503

That’s not how this maths works

OH BREXITCASTLE, I see

You know what, fuck it - I’m going to become a vigilante glazier and try to net out the amount of busted windows.

#504

I’m throwing windows at bins

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#505

think i’m gonna play Brexit on survival mode, means you start with no weapons or items, much more challenging.

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