368 Responses to Start the Week Thread 10 August 2020

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  1. Sluff says:
    August 11, 2020 at 10:55 pm

    A person hardly anyone in the uk has heard of has been selected as Joe Biden’s running mate.

    Key facts.
    The person is
    a. A Democrat
    b. BAME
    c. Female
    d. Opposes Trump.

    Which makes this at the time of writing THE top story on the BBC webshite.

    Totally impartially, of course.

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  2. StewGreen says:
    August 11, 2020 at 11:31 pm

    Actual words of tweet
    “This guy is making decisions about your health”

    Is using the noun “guy” for a woman misgendering ?

    Guy is not super masculine
    It can be used when you don’t know the sex of a person.
    “This guy’s driving is terrible”
    doesn’t mean the driver is a man.

    It is unusual when you are sure the person is a woman.

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  3. Fedup2 says:
    August 12, 2020 at 3:16 am

    The marketing department of Ben and Jerry UK must be as ‘woke ‘ as you can get . I can’t think f why Any brand would link itself with the mass organised crime that is the south coast invasion .

    Now Ben and Jerry brand in the UK is owned by the Unilever conglomerate . I for one will be ensuring I will be avoiding Unilever products – which are generally overpriced compared to supermarket own brands and avoiding buying them – it’s a similar protest to not having a TV licence .

    It’s all that an individual can do .

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    • Guest Who says:
      August 12, 2020 at 7:37 am

      A single BBC staff member has responded.

      The rest are now in love, or obsessing about Kamala.

      Interesting thread. A fair number of some still in Brexit mode, suddenly hitting a Graun story.

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      • Thoughtful says:
        August 12, 2020 at 8:23 am

        High time the abject coward we call a PM introduced a 100% sales tax on companies who decide to use their market power to promote political policies. We neither vote for, nor can hold them to account in any meaningful way.

        Seeing companies like Mercedes Coca cola, Formula one, suddenly costing customers twice as much is the only way to concentrate the minds of senior executives to stop far left infiltration of their marketing departments.

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  4. StewGreen says:
    August 14, 2020 at 5:04 pm

    Anyone know the telephone number for Patel’s Taxis ?

    … asking fro a friend in Calais

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  5. Fedup2 says:
    August 18, 2020 at 2:47 pm

    Do you notice a certain pattern about the state of The State ?

    Failing agencies . This time it’s ‘ofqual ‘ then there was Public Health England. OFCOM of course, border Force , Immigration department , The electoral commission , the political so called Supreme Blair Court . …..

    …..

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