Tag: Europe
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Comin’ Over Here
This was supposed to be on the Xmas podcast but I forgot. It is by Asian Dub Foundation and Stewart Lee and is a version of his infamous sketch/rant/piece about immigation. They are attempting to get this song to #1 by December 31 – when the UK fiinally leaves Europe – a debate soiled by…
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Mogg’s Message for The Common People
From The Joe website and via Peter Daniels, here’s the Victorian Haunted Pencil Jacob Rees-Mogg and his rendition of Pulp’s Common People. CANNOT UNSEE. Very funny though.
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Big Brother is called Alexa & Hey Google Kill
Last month the news hit that Google is working with the US Military in creating recognition AI for military drones This made quite a few staff leave unhappy with the idea their technology is aiding killing people (and made a mockery of their ‘Don’t Be Evil’ slogan, but as we know those ethical qualms disappeared…
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Percy and Louis 50th Anniversary of Decriminalisation
A few days ago it was the 50th anniversary of partial decriminalisation in the UK – the result of the famous Wolfenden Report, which was fallout over the Peter Wildeblood case. This is a great little video showing how being illegal to be gay affected 78 year old Percy, and the difference in how 13…
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I Got Knocked Down (But I’ll Get Up)
What can I say about the shitshow that’s been this week? The horror of Orlando, and now the killing of Jo Cox, there just does seem to be some extremist kickback happening, from homophobia, Islamophobia to fascist scaremongering and actual violence. Division and a distinct possibility that UK will vote to leave Europe, leaving us…
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Responses to those horrible UKIP posters
[UKIP defaced poster by Wales News Service] Apart from their colour-blind use of any colour that other parties have deemed just too vomit-inducing, the UKIP campaign is classic yellow-(and purple) press, dogwhistling about immigration to pally up the racist vote. So nice to see these reactions to these awful posters. A quick Google shows you…