November Politics Thread: Countdown To The Lizard Cull

shrewbie · 2019-11-28T21:22:59.957Z

funny last sentence imo

The Independent – 28 Nov 19

Tories threaten Channel 4 after ‘coward’ Boris Johnson replaced with melting...

The prime minister has refused to take part in a climate change debate

Epimer · 2019-11-28T21:32:14.708Z

mirror – 28 Nov 19

Girl, 15, confronts Michael Gove as he tries to get in Channel 4 climate debate

The Tory minister tried to get into a TV showdown with Jeremy Corbyn in a furious last-minute row with Channel 4 - but he didn't account for 15-year-old Izzy Warren

Rinsed by a teenager, you ridiculous puppet-faced wank

CeeJay · 2019-11-28T21:56:53.481Z

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Epimer · 2019-11-28T22:04:51.034Z

Looks like my local Lib Dem candidate had an absolute belter of a radio interview earlier.

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Fucking lost it at the last one.

thewarn · 2019-11-28T22:06:35.889Z

He called june skindred ‘jo swinson’!! What a loser

Ruffers · 2019-11-28T22:19:39.288Z

I don’t understand why people think we’re a species worth saving
And I REALLY don’t understand why liberals think we can affect environmental change without dismantling capitalism

jeffpistachiomagnum · 2019-11-28T22:30:01.630Z

Ruffers:

I don’t understand why people think we’re a species worth saving

Was filled with gloom at the polls and headlines, came to the thread thinking it will be fine and I should stop listening to BBC radio. Righto then

kiyonemakibi · 2019-11-28T22:32:46.614Z

Ruffers:

I don’t understand why people think we’re a species worth saving

Sorry, but I really hate this sort of pointless nihilism.

the_ravens · 2019-11-28T22:34:41.609Z

I was born during my mum’s labour

Ruffers · 2019-11-28T22:35:52.530Z

Not sure you understand nihilism if that’s what you think it is

kiyonemakibi · 2019-11-28T22:39:04.608Z

OK fine, then it’s just pointless. You think everyone on the planet deserves to be wiped out? I just don’t really understand it as a statement.

Bamnan · 2019-11-28T22:40:04.088Z

sorry ruffers I still think human beings are the greatest species on Earth

anon19035908 · 2019-11-28T22:40:42.231Z

Nah it’s cats.

Bamnan · 2019-11-28T22:40:59.836Z

what? not even in the top 20

Ruffers · 2019-11-28T22:41:02.321Z

Not at all, it wasn’t an opinion, it was a statement of confusion. And it is confusing, the outright moralism over a species that’s done this to itself and refuses to accept why it’s gotten this far. It rings hollow, and it’s borne out in the complete ineffective efforts of the last fifty years.

Also going on about things having a point or not is just childish, some things just are. Does global warming have a point?

ttf · 2019-11-28T22:41:13.323Z

Just an accurate statement isn’t it, no one wants it to be true but it probably is

Ruffers · 2019-11-28T22:41:36.823Z

fucking low bar though innit, what’s next, cats or something.

anon19035908 · 2019-11-28T22:41:38.879Z

Cats are great.

the_ravens · 2019-11-28T22:43:12.617Z

Yeah but to just give up on ourselves when literally the only point of any species is to not give up on itself?

I dunno, might need to head to the knobbed thread

Epimer · 2019-11-28T22:44:02.500Z

Bamnan:

sorry ruffers I still think human beings are the greatest species on Earth

Pfft, we’re not even in the greatest phylum on earth!

(Bacteria)