Raheem
Well-Known Member
He's the one who didn't. It was a bit of a Westminster talking-point.
Why the Guardian is going down the pan!
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You're thinking of Mark Oaten
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Mark oaten was likely the tip of the iceberg
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Was it a threesome?
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
He's always ready for the aplopalypse
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
Little known fact: He was so bad at telling jokes that he was known as "I'll get" Mark Oaten.
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Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Yes. Not the only one though.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
A little bit them, a little bit not them.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
I saw that and vaguely wondered if it was cheaper to stage a pic rather than pay royalties.
It's not until page 26 of today's edition that they start reporting any news, with such unimportant stuff as child mental health and shipping people the government doesn't like to Rwanda. Plus all four column pieces, the lead editorial and a load of bollocks about how sports are "paying their respects" (by pissing their fans off).
Oh, and a 40 page memorial supplement.
Oh, and a 40 page memorial supplement.
newbie
undisambiguated
I was in a supermarket yesterday evening. No headlines left to read, more or less all papers gone, all titles sold out. People buying souvenirs I guess, for their grandchildren to be, because its history and they were there (well, in Morrisons) and no-one is going to save a screenshot for the inheritance.
I presume the commercial managers predicted and aimed for those sales, and the Sundays will be much the same.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
There are no comments being allowed on any of the articles about the queen or monarchy. So I posted this on another of their articles where comments were allowed and took a screenshot - and it was gone within 10 seconds! Suggests that they have pre set programs wiping any comments the mention the subject. Just - for fucks sake...
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Why are people getting arrested in Britain for being republicans? | Zoe Williams
Over the years, the conversation has been steadily closed down so that you can no longer voice anything but adoration, writes Zoe Williams
They've finally allowed a timid suggestion that not everyone is crying their eyes out.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
No comments allowed on the article though.Why are people getting arrested in Britain for being republicans? | Zoe Williams
Over the years, the conversation has been steadily closed down so that you can no longer voice anything but adoration, writes Zoe Williamswww.theguardian.com
They've finally allowed a timid suggestion that not everyone is crying their eyes out.
Leighsw2
strictly off the record
Good stuff. Are they now subjecting you to 'pre-moderation'? (ie. banning your comments) They did this to me after I posted something comparing Keir Starmer to Neil Kinnock!
ska invita
back on the other side
They've remedied this with today's lead editorial, with predictable results.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
£70 to run an oven for a week?! How the fuel crisis has Aga owners ripping out their stoves
One Blackpool-based ‘uninstaller’ has removed 35 of the kitchen classics this year. What a way to mark a centenary!
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
That takes a perfectly reasonable point about the disconnect between Guardian writers and its everyday readership and ruins it with hyperbole. “25-45k” is not a “realistic cost” buying an Aga. And you won’t need French doors either. Aside from anything else, you can buy a single oven width Aga (ie the same width as a normal single oven), which costs about £7000. But is it not already stark enough just to say that this “solution” will cost you £7000?
The disconnect between Guardian writers and everyday readership is amusingly backwards from what the stereotype says it should be.
The Guardian wrote an article a week back taking the mick out of Aga owners. One of these readers has gone to the letters page to defend their extravagant lifestyle choices.
The Guardian wrote an article a week back taking the mick out of Aga owners. One of these readers has gone to the letters page to defend their extravagant lifestyle choices.
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