Sadly I'm uselessly lost on the reference, I'm assuming it's the original Hoc?
It is, and it's utterly fantastic. Holds up to this day. I think it's on Netflix?
Sadly I'm uselessly lost on the reference, I'm assuming it's the original Hoc?
Had me legit laughing out loud.
Sadly I'm uselessly lost on the reference, I'm assuming it's the original Hoc?
It's just one political gaffe after another, watching the Tory party tear itself apart is a sight to see
It is, and it's utterly fantastic. Holds up to this day. I think it's on Netflix?
Thanks, I have always heard great things about the original so I do need to get round to watching it.Aye. Perfect time to watch it, it's very relevant. I think Netflix has it.
edit: Larcos gets his revenge
The tories really are tearing themselves apart at this point. Between brexit, sexual harassment and having a scarecrow as a leader they are unable to do anything. Doesn't seem like they give a fuck about the country.
First post, hello everyone.
I'm not sure what to make of this specific situation. If this guy quit over touching a knee 20-30 years ago then I find that a little ridiculous. There's got to be more to this story. Back then poking, tweaking, twerking or whatever the kids do on their apps these days was not the norm. In order for people (Male and female alike,) to communicate they fancy each other they had to literally talk to each other and send physical signals instead of the electronic signals used today.
Its a bit disturbing to see people rabidly judging the actions of people many years ago by today's norms.
That's not to say there wasn't wrong doing, I'm certain there was but knee touching? I'm not seeing it.
They've never given a fuck about the country, all they care about is themselves and their donors. Nowadays we're getting stunning incompetence to go along with the sociopathy .The tories really are tearing themselves apart at this point. Between brexit, sexual harassment and having a scarecrow as a leader they are unable to do anything. Doesn't seem like they give a fuck about the country.
First post, hello everyone.
I'm not sure what to make of this specific situation. If this guy quit over touching a knee 20-30 [15 years actually] years ago then I find that a little ridiculous.
Its a bit disturbing to see people rabidly judging the actions of people many years ago by today's norms.
That's not to say there wasn't wrong doing, I'm certain there was but knee touching? I'm not seeing it.
Oh Francis Urquhart, you legend.
Also, this one made me laugh. Easy joke for sure.
Oh Francis Urquhart, you legend.
Also, this one made me laugh. Easy joke for sure.
Oh Francis Urquhart, you legend.
Also, this one made me laugh. Easy joke for sure.
That is sort-of true and a good point. However, she's nowhere near as wacky as Boris and whilst I am sure she is self-serving, as all politicians are, maybe she recognises that the best way to do that is to just be a normal, non-bastard, non-sex-criminal, non-swivel-eyed-racist-maniac alternative to the Keystone Cops act currently running the show. And if she's only pretending, I don't really care.
Williamson not involved in decision about his own promotion, says No 10
The prime minister's spokesman told journalists at the lobby briefing that Gavin Williamson was not involved in discussions about the reshuffle following Sir Michael Fallon's resignation.
Asked what qualities May felt her new minister would bring to the job, the PM's spokesman said:
Gavin Williamson was an excellent and hard-working chief whip and the prime minister thinks he will make an excellent defence secretary. The prime minister is confident in the operation of the whips' office during her premiership.
From the guardian live blog
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha fucking lol
The first iPhone released in 2007, Facebook launched in 2004 poking, tweaking and twerking definitely weren't a thing then and the social media outrage phenomenon was still almost a decade away. My point stands I feel.
The first iPhone released in 2007, Facebook launched in 2004 poking, tweaking and twerking definitely weren't a thing then and the social media outrage phenomenon was still almost a decade away. My point stands I feel.
Oh, if we're going for Doctor Who parallels, there's an easier one for May:
A parody of Margaret Thatcher.
What are you talking about? People were aware of the problem of sexual harassement long before fucking Facebook turned up. Being in 2002 is not an excuse.The first iPhone released in 2007, Facebook launched in 2004 poking, tweaking and twerking definitely weren't a thing then and the social media outrage phenomenon was still almost a decade away. My point stands I feel.
Of course not, who in the party would vote for him?Actually, I'm sorry but this jumped up little prick is not actually going to be PM is he? He still has to go through the party vote doesn't he? There's no shortcut?
Without coming across as overly personal, how old are you? Harassment was absolutely a thing people were aware of and something that you could lose your job over in the 90s and 2000s, iPhones and tinder and Facebook and twerking has fuck all to do with it mate.
Lol. Also wondering if it's ok now if your phone runs out of battery and you can't send the right string of emojisYour point that groping women is fine because it was the only way to communicate with them prior to twitter?
I'm 41 now and the change in acceptance over this kind of stuff in the past 20 years has been dramatic and dare I say blown a bit out of proportion in a lot of cases. It appears that a misplaced touch of a knee that is removed the second when asked is now cause for public outrage and I feel that its gone too far.
I don't know how relationships are supposed to start when people are no longer able to use subtle signals anymore.
Well, there wasn't a members' vote on May because she ran unopposed after everyone else dropped out. That effectively turned into a coronation.No-one, but I wondered if there was any kind of back-door 'coronation' process that he could exploit, given that May is said to have anointed him.
Well, there wasn't a members' vote on May because she ran unopposed after everyone else dropped out. That effectively turned into a coronation.
I don't want to point out that a whip using his dirt on other candidates to run unopposed and become prime minister is literally the plot of House of Cards, but a whip using his dirt on other candidates to run unopposed and become prime minister is literally the plot of House of Cards.
Also placing your hand uninvited on someone, in a professional environment, without any signals first, is pretty shit flirting
Ok, I'm 33 and I somehow remember the following throughout the 90s and 2000s, in some order of importance.
A) Many, many episodes of the Simpsons that extensively referenced sexual harassment, including the classic episode "Homer Badman" which went into detail about the kind of public controversy that can emerge from a sexual harassment accusation.
B) Many, many talks at school, newspaper and magazine articles, other tv shows, soaps and countless other forms of media that referenced harassment as a generally bad thing.
C) A US president on the verge of impeachment over accusations of harassment, assault and infidelity that led to him committing perjury.
Do I need to go on? Are these signals subtle enough for you?
I think the issue here is that Bitsmuch thinks that losing your job over a hand on the knee is crazy but Fallon didn't lose his job because of that. He lost it either because of a raft of further accusations in his closet, as yet unvoiced to the public, or because this Gavin prick used the knee thing as a tissue-thin pretext to steal Fallon's job. I don't suppose anyone in their right mind thinks that putting your hand on someone's knee, once, at a dinner is grounds for losing your career.
UK is the subject of hostile takeover by a man that looks like Joe Root's coke addled younger brother and who keeps a Tarantula on his desk to scare people. Whisper his name...Gavin....