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amazing. if corbyn had pulled a stunt like that he'd be on the front page of the scum tomorrow being called a traitor.

I'm surprised at how OK I am with that.
Why waste time and money to do a proper photoshoot with PM wearing genuine poppy when the whole thing is symbolic anyway. Shows resourcefulness on part of his staff.

No doubt UKIP will call for him to apologise or something.

They all from a to z must die.

who gets the charitable donation for a potatochopped poppy?

fuck cameron. die, cunt.

Fucking amazing... #worstpotatochopeva

That looks fucking delicious...

who gets the charitable donation for a potatochopped poppy?

Don't want to defend Cameron but who said he hasn't made a donation?

I've got a stash of poppies at home from previous years. I just remember to make a donation each year without getting a new poppy.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ireland-to-decriminalise-small-amounts-of-drugs-including-heroin-cocaine-and-cannabis-for-personal-a6719136.html

Common sense prevails (in Ireland)

Illustrated with a pile of insulin needles which are designed for subcutaneous injections and are too short to reach a vein.

Obviously the Independent sub in question has never lived.

IM into the thigh or GTFO.

#hardcorediabetix

PICC line and PEG ftw...

Obviously the Independent sub in question has never lived.

It sounds as if he or she has never been dependent.

I'm learning how to use PEGs next week...

It sounds as if he or she has never been dependent.

Sublime.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/04/theresa-may-surveillance-measures-edward-snowden

I feel safer already...

^ you would say that now.

The very wide open "an illegal website" being any website doing or associated with anything illegal... so all of them, the entire internet.

So now the plane brought down in Sinai was an ISIS bomb.

Are we heading towards a boots-on-the-ground conflict in Syria or is this to divert our attention from the snoopers charter?

Our govt are cunts, either way.

^ according to 'sources' at No. 10 downing street. certainly not a cynical bit of speculation to garner some kneejerk support for their snoopers charter, oh no, not at all.

Having just watched SPECTRE last night, it's a depressingly similar scenario.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc1pYqUq8tg

Cameron said stranded tourists would be rescued as soon as possible.

Okaayy.. so spending public money on tourists who couldn't be bothered to get proper travel insurance is OK, whilst spending tax money on UK residents without private health insurance or loss of income insurance is bad.

Agree they're cunts but not for trying to protect British people flying in and out of Sharm.

It's not just the British government saying that, the airline operating the plane have said that it wasn't a technical fault or pilot error but an 'external' action, security experts and investigators have said the plane is unlikely to have been struck from the outside and Sinai-based militants aren't believed to possess the technology to shoot down a jet from a cruising altitude.

It is rare to lose a jet airliner at cruising altitude.

Eyewitness accounts from people who flew out of Sharm recently talk of lax security and security staff literally sleeping on the job.

Meanwhile Russia continue to merrily fly it's citizens in and out of Sharm despite what just happened and the obvious issues. Who are the real cunts here?

Russia doesn't want to admit to the possibility of a bomb because it would be bad PR for Putin as it would be seen as IS retaliation for the Russian escalation in Syria. Egypt doesn't want to because it would be bad for tourism - a critical industry - and because it's annoying when President Sisi is visiting London. But actually it also hands him a good card.

Britain is putting out the welcome mat for him, with business and security interests trumping concerns over human rights and a security crackdown (remind anyone of another recent visit?). The bombing - if that’s what it turns out to have been - could allow him to bolster his position as a strong ally in the fight against militants.

We are in a new heyday of realpolitik, and that's shit, but I wouldn't cloud that with tin hat conspiracy theories.