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2020-02-07 21:27:37 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Mine's ยฃ570 a year so I'd welcome a mileage based system, at least fuel has dropped a bit this week

2020-02-07 21:27:56 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

That's just tax

2020-02-07 21:28:37 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

I'm paying almost that in insurance too, just because the previous owner added an aftermarket cat back exhaust

2020-02-07 21:29:19 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

It only does 27mpg so it's not that surprising tbh

2020-02-07 21:29:35 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

350Z

2020-02-07 21:31:20 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

I've seen it do 34mpg on a long gentle motorway run but normally it gets about 27mpg for commuting, even though it's mostly A roads and motorway

2020-02-07 21:32:48 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Yeah, it's not that heavy but it's got a 3.5L V6 in the front

2020-02-07 21:33:17 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Mine's an '06 so it could well be

2020-02-07 21:34:00 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Nissan aren't known for their modern designs and frequent model updates

2020-02-07 22:31:42 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

SPecial ADvisor @Hopix

2020-02-07 22:32:02 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Implying that half of them are getting fired

2020-02-07 23:39:36 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

That's another source for it @Hopix

2020-02-07 23:42:14 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Have you not seen the riots in the streets every weekend since?

2020-02-07 23:43:24 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Wait, that's Paris not London ๐Ÿ˜‚

2020-02-07 23:44:34 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

I've not noticed any change, other than the number of people who've got an EU flag filter on their profile pics still

2020-02-07 23:45:05 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

There won't really be any changes until what ever deal we get or don't comes into effect anyway

2020-02-07 23:52:14 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Yeah, there's a house round the corner from me with a flagpole mounted to their garage with a Union Jack they raise and lower every day

2020-02-08 00:29:16 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

They'll spend at least as much as they're getting knocked off fixing issues with them

2020-02-08 00:42:04 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

How easy is it to get land and planning permission to do it? I imagine that and getting connected in to utilities are among the harder things to do?

2020-02-08 00:47:13 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Wow, that's over 3x my mortgage payments, but I do live in a cheap area of the country

2020-02-08 00:55:09 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

That must be a fairly narrow line to toe?

2020-02-08 10:47:02 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Does it have a date on it? Could be old data or a leading question

2020-02-09 22:51:52 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

There's a lot of people voting now who either weren't born or are too young to remember The Troubles

2020-02-09 22:53:05 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

Yes, STV makes it much more likely for it not to be a two party system so they have to have coalitions

2020-02-09 23:38:57 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Coronavirus is the family of viruses, SARS and MERS are also Coronaviruses, either the current strain doesn't have specific name or the media aren't using it

2020-02-09 23:39:34 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

They're probably referring to another variant

2020-02-13 23:15:51 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Is that council level?

2020-02-14 23:07:50 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ

2020-02-15 15:50:31 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

#tokendiversity?

2020-02-15 16:08:55 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

These sound very promising, are they going to be the type of reactors that can use processed waste from older gen nuclear reactors?

2020-02-15 16:11:30 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Depending on the costs of packaging that in the smaller size that would hopefully be something they could look at for a gen2 mini reactor

2020-02-15 16:14:37 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

And a lot more reliably, even with the British weather!

2020-02-15 16:22:00 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

No, they were just wanting to kick all those people who talk funny out /s

2020-02-15 16:22:13 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

(and I don't mean the Welsh)

2020-02-15 16:25:59 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

More seriously, that was one of the main arguments for Brexit, sorting out our own trade deals that work for us, rather than having tariffs that hurt us but help Europe as a whole (there would be the reverse for other countries)

2020-02-15 16:30:09 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

If we can agree a deal without the aircraft tariffs then I could see Airbus moving more production here, even if it's just the last stages of production before flying them out

2020-02-15 18:53:39 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Some TV presenter who used to present Lust Island until she got kicked off when it came out she was literally lamping her boyfriend

2020-02-15 18:54:04 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Yeah, with a lamp in some cases

2020-02-15 20:29:24 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Create separate wings for those in there for terrorism and extremist beliefs to keep them away from other prisoners and stop it spreading in there. Same for anyone convicted of gang related crimes.

2020-02-15 20:31:31 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Relocate the residents of the Falklands, fill them with the dangerous prisoners/extremists then let the Argentinians invade if they want and leave them to deal with it, if they clear them all out we can then take hem back (again)

2020-02-15 20:32:10 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

If that deters Argentina then they can survive by themselves with no outside help from us

2020-02-15 20:33:05 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Keep a small military base on there that is defended to stop them getting in, but to allow somewhere for planes/helicopters to land to drop off any new arrivals

2020-02-15 23:07:24 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Of course they're being belligerent, if we get a satisfactory trade deal easily without giving massive amounts of ground to the EU then there's much less to deter other countries from trying to leave, the Sweden Democrats took a 'Swexit' out of their manifesto because of how difficult the EU were making our leaving.

2020-02-16 00:26:59 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Even repeats of some things would go down well, and not really cost anything, would be a good stand in for overnight possibly?

2020-02-16 10:13:55 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

Surely that law couldn't be legal, imagine if the AfD for a majority in that region, would the parliament just not do anything until their next elections because they couldn't repeal it?

2020-02-16 10:28:40 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

What happened to nothing changing during the negotiation phase?

2020-02-16 11:21:51 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

Hopefully that story goes viral in Germany, it could help them get more votes than they otherwise would

2020-02-16 17:46:02 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

They want democracy, as long as they don't disagree with you too much

2020-02-16 17:48:27 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

No, hopefully there'll be a backlash against the SPD for this, and other parties will realise that this could be extended to them in future and condemn them for it, no matter where they are on the spectrum

2020-02-16 17:49:28 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

August '21 for their next parliamentary elections though so this will probably be forgotten by then

2020-02-16 17:57:16 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

They're centre left like Labour claim to be aren't they?

2020-02-16 17:59:43 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

Who's likely to get their votes as they fall away? Is it likely that there won't be the possibility of a CRight-CLeft coalition in the next elections that would need Merkel/her successor to work with further right parties?

2020-02-16 18:00:22 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

Greens are a much bigger force in Germany that the UK right?

2020-02-16 18:01:50 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

So there's a reasonable chance of CDU-Green government after the next elections or are they too different?

2020-02-16 18:06:28 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

That doesn't sound good for Germany if they end up running the whole country

2020-02-16 18:08:21 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

So other than environmentally a CDU Green government may be better than what's currently there?

2020-02-16 19:38:05 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Surely that could be reported as breaching GDPR rules since you didn't give them permission to store your name?

2020-02-16 19:38:57 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Lowest tier of fine for that would be 10m Euros or 2% turnover, whatever is higher...

2020-02-17 19:15:14 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

I wonder if the EU will try and stick their oar in to prevent them from doing that? Especially if they end up being faster than the EU lanes!

2020-02-18 23:24:01 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Clarifying that means they can refuse to treat you (for non-critical stuff) if you y you can't understand a doctor's strong accent etc.

2020-02-19 12:46:21 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Yeah, leeds/reading went to shit about 8-10 years ago

2020-02-19 12:46:37 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

@wacka Electric Six

2020-02-19 12:47:03 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

They did that Danger high voltage one as well

2020-02-19 12:48:58 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Everyone left AAF once they'd done Smooth Criminal too

2020-02-19 13:01:29 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

There was a decent number of female fronted bands at download the last 2 years from what I remember, and they were decent ones too

2020-02-19 21:05:17 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

The green/white/crest one looks more like a US State flag

2020-02-19 21:05:51 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Too close to a French flag without the border /s

2020-02-19 21:06:55 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

I think red/green are too ingrained into Wales these days not to have them in a replacement flag

2020-02-19 21:07:31 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Red dragon on green for that one might work, or swapping the current dragon with that one?

2020-02-19 21:07:55 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

But I think any referendum would go the same way as the NZ one

2020-02-19 21:11:21 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

What does Wales produce these days other than rock/metal bands and special forces training areas?

2020-02-19 22:54:23 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Water border is easier to control than land, assuming we ever get a government that want's to do that

2020-02-19 23:05:13 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

We only need to demand to annex Catalonia, then immediately set it free

2020-02-19 23:49:13 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Something high-tech that China is making, a few more epidemics and we'll be laughing, and people are starting to want to avoid their tech which will boost our market even more

2020-02-20 00:40:42 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

And Rolls Royce exporting their mini nuclear plants around the world, possibly with the option to pay for them to be guarded by our forces (as long as the land they're on gets the same status as an embassy)

2020-02-20 10:45:43 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

Shooter is white so must be far right and everyone right of CDU must support the AfD so everything must be their fault and all of them are equally guilty of this shooting /s

2020-02-20 10:46:24 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

That's the exact argument they decry as racist and islamophobic if it's applied to a terrorist of Middle Eastern origin

2020-02-20 14:52:07 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

He's white, therefore he must be far-right/white supremacist, therefore he must be associated with the far-right/populist right party so we can smear them as being guilty for this too

2020-02-20 15:08:03 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

So he's a deep state conspiracy theorist more than far-right?

2020-02-20 15:08:31 UTC [Athens #eu_politics]  

But he's right of centre and white so that's all the mainstream media care about

2020-02-20 15:35:31 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

I thought gdpr breaches got fines (to the EU?) rather than compensation payed to the victims?

2020-02-20 16:42:39 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

I thought that was because of institutionalised racism?

2020-02-21 10:19:33 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

If you buy the tree still standing with rights to fell it would that even be illegal? I imagine there may be a loophole where a private forest could sell a standing tree and recommend a service who will chop it down for you and leave you with the wood. Wouldn't be ideal for most people due to storage space etc. but if they allowed people to buy x% of a tree and share the felling costs based on ownership it might work

2020-02-21 10:25:05 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Though if you had space for a tree of wood you could just buy >2m3 of it anyway

2020-02-21 18:23:23 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

2k had offices in hartlepool too iirc

2020-02-21 20:14:47 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Yeah, I was getting moved around on the road a bit on the way home from work by it

2020-02-21 20:20:39 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Is that because of the free prescriptions paid for by the rest of the UK?

2020-02-22 18:11:36 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Uploaded today, but that's no guarantee the info is up to date

2020-02-22 18:19:42 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Just if you're querying whether it's up to date there isn't really a guarantee unless they list their sources for you to check

2020-02-22 18:54:56 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

That's probably the best way for Labour to die/become a fringe party, if the Corbynites keep control and keep doubling down on their choices

2020-02-22 19:25:17 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

No no, it's the racist police that are only looking into it when the culprits are minorities /s

2020-02-22 21:34:06 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

So that's a ยฃ60 fine for each parent for an unauthorised absence then?

2020-02-23 14:19:22 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

Yet

2020-02-23 14:20:07 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

They'll start ratcheting the wet wood/house coal ban after a couple of years

2020-02-23 14:21:25 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

I think a new rightwing party would go the same way as TIG/CUK/TIGFC or whatever they called themselves because of the fear of letting Labour in if the vote was split too much

2020-02-23 14:21:54 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

@Hiddenhope they'll come for that too, they're already making noises about gas boilers

2020-02-23 14:22:28 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

It would need some form of PR/STV for a new party to stand a chance here

2020-02-23 14:23:29 UTC [Athens #uk_politics]  

I'm just wondering what they'll suggest people use for camping stoves if they get to the point that all combustible fuels are banned?

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