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I’d just like to see an ordinary person be a politician. Rather than some lying corrupt snake. I appreciate this could go the other way but could be the lesser of two evils.
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I idly wondered if there was job description or person spec back when we were furious about MP pay, and recently found out there is absolutely fuck all; you are elected to be a Member of Parliament and that is it, you decide what you want to do as an MP and no-one else.
https://twitter.com/PARLYapp/status/1460655888763699205
"There is no job description for an MP. They aren’t required to attend, speak, vote, hold surgeries or respond to constituent emails, letters or phone calls.
A judgement on whether an MP is adequately representing their constituency is entirely subjective. "
I for one would like an oath-based employment contract
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Well, there may be one last chance, but this important case is still intensely worrying, especially with the current 'Government' in place.
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@Doesntplaywellwithotters
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59576717
Inquests for the four victims of Stephen Port have exposed how failings by the Metropolitan Police contributed to the deaths of three men.
Feel ill reading how badly these murders were 'investigated' and families and partners treated. And still no accountability of the police.
RIP Anthony, Gabriel, Daniel and Jack.
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That's fucking horrible.
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Fucking tornadoes man.
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Very bad, 100 fatalities expected. I'm glad tornadoes aren't much of a feature in Europe.
Can you say 'an outbreak of tornadoes'? Sounds odd.
Wow. Do people commonly have tornado shelters/basements?
From the article (about a nursing home):
Some residents were found in the basement “and were prepared for this”, he said.
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Do people commonly have tornado shelters/basements?
It really depends. They are more common in the plains states - Nebraska / Kansas / Miss ouri / Oklahoma - in more rural areas. The land is so flat that there are no places to take shelter otherwise.
In more built up areas, no. If you see them they would be residential, rather than commercial, although lots of commercial buildings will have basements for physical plants. But Kentucky is not really as tornado prone as areas further west. It is much hillier so that tends to decrease the likelihood.
Also tornados can be really quiet if small. I had one touch down and tear out a wall of an apartment complex about 5 blocks due east of me and I didn't hear a thing.
However one of the most terrifying weather events I have ever experienced was being inside of an airplane hangar, watching the sky turn green black, and then seeing grass raining down as the wind picked up and the temperature dropped about 10C as part of an approaching front. Apparently a large tornado touched down nearby and we were experiencing the fallout. About 100x more frightening than any hurricane or tropical storm I've ever been through. I mean the sky was green. Never seen anything like that since.
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However one of the most terrifying weather events I have ever experienced was being inside of an airplane hangar, watching the sky turn green black, and then seeing grass raining down as the wind picked up and the temperature dropped about 10C as part of an approaching front. Apparently a large tornado touched down nearby and we were experiencing the fallout. About 100x more frightening than any hurricane or tropical storm I've ever been through. I mean the sky was green. Never seen anything like that since.
Wow, this story really gives me the heebie jeebies.
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Wouldn't have Johnson down as a quizzer
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He has been assured there were no parties lol
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The Sun getting in on the PM rule breaking:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17012430/boris-johnson-covid-lockdown-rules-dinner-date-carrie/Should make next weeks byelection more interesting, although it is all being blown out of proportion by the BBC
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And even if there was a party, no rules were broken.
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What's the deal with there always being photo/video evidence of these things? They've just made a habit of secretly filming each other in order to have kompromat at hand for later use?
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