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_CurseTheseMetalHnds t1_iudbkb8 wrote
Reply to comment by Mr_Happy_80 in Qatar lavished British MPs with gifts ahead of World Cup by ladyem8
> The Tories can't decide what their stance is on fracking, having U turned 5 times in the last 6 months.
Right, and we know what Labour's stance is.
>Keith
Wow you really slagged him there, dunno how he'll recover. Not being as left as would be desirable isn't the same as being indistinguishable from the Tories for fucks sake.
_CurseTheseMetalHnds t1_iubrwf6 wrote
Reply to comment by Warmso24 in Qatar lavished British MPs with gifts ahead of World Cup by ladyem8
I don't really buy the "they're all the same" chat when we have one side voting to ban fracking and one voting to allow it, one pushing for workers rights and one demonising unions, one pushing for green energy and one banning on shore wind, one calling for a windfall tax on energy companies and another crashing the economy via tax cuts for the rich etc. A very quick look at the two main parties makes it obvious they're not the same. This article being full of conservative MPs who did propaganda work for Qatar and one labour MP who took a single trip and now outwards admits he was wrong to do so also shows that. Christ, the divide by party on this bill about creating buffer zones around abortion clinics to see top protestors harassing people on the way in says it all.
_CurseTheseMetalHnds t1_iubohm4 wrote
>Mundell, who was the first openly gay Conservative cabinet minister, also gave an interview to Qatar’s state-run agency this year in which he criticised “baseless” media coverage about a report into Qatar’s record on worker rights
Being openly gay and taking bribes from a country that arrests gay people is shocking. Also disappointed to see Chris Bryant named there. I expect it from Tories but a labour MP, especially one as solid as Bryant is, should be above this.
_CurseTheseMetalHnds t1_iui9ci3 wrote
Reply to comment by thecoolerllcoolJ in TIL about the "Raines sandwich;" an inedible piece of "food" that served as a way to bypass prohibition laws. by Alabussy
We had the same in the UK. Iirc it was defined as "a substantial meal" which obviously left it open to interpretation.