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Not so cold December this time around

Sounds like my dad snoring right now

The biggest giveaway that Brexit was and is going to be a fucking disaster is that within months they were looking to assign blame for it. You’d think somebody at least would be wanting to take credit if it was going to bring even the most remote benefit to anyone whatsoever. Its also why its politically in their interest not to make a deal. If there’s a deal, there’s some definite “thing”, with their name on it, that they’re objectively answerable for, that you can call “Brexit”. If we just crash out with nothing, then all the consequences are just some shapeless calamity that’s fallen on us, and the media can spring promptly into action shaping the popular memory of what happened and who’s to blame.

@El Profesor I think you're taking the whole "El Profesor" persona a bit too far now mate

It's all the Remainers' fault I'm hearing this week. We should have accepted a soft Brexit or something instead of continuing to try and stop the country from throwing itself off an economic cliff while taking freedom of movement away from ourselves. Some Remainers are actually peddling this shite as well (mainly the ones using it as an excuse to say you should have backed Corbyn if you wanted Brexit but not this disaster). So Brexit being a failure is your fault if: You voted against Brexit. You campaigned against Brexit. You campaigned for a second referendum on Brexit after every poll for a year or more showed more support for Remain than Leave. You voted against the Conservatives at the last two general elections to try and stop Brexit. You didn't want Brexit. You tried to convince people that Brexit was a bad idea. You've had essentially no political power over the past 5 years. You're a Conservative MP who backed Remain and/or a reasonable Brexit deal to find some middle ground. Whereas Brexit being a failure is not your fault if: You voted for Brexit. You campaigned for Brexit. Brexit was your idea. You're a part of what has been the country's ruling party for the last 10 years. You told the country during the referendum that it would be the easiest deal in history and have since been proven wrong. You're a member of the ERG who refused to compromise and accept Theresa May's Brexit deal instead of leading us down this rabbit hole. You're the current Prime Minister, who sold Brexit to the nation, became Foreign Secretary, a part of the UK's negotiation team under Theresa May, then resigned and voted against a Brexit deal last year, before then being elected on a slogan of "Get Brexit Done". You're a Conservative/Brexit Party member who has enough money not to be adversely affected by a disastrous Brexit. I could go on. I've honestly got over it, it's happening, but I'm not having this shite about how its actually Remainers' fault for not getting on board sooner. If this was the 'will of the people' and 52% was the unquestionable majority that it's been made out to be over the past 5 years, then I'm afraid you dickheads have had 5 years to agree on something that you could get through parliament and get back to actually running the country (although with the current administration I dread to think what that looks like if/when it eventually happens). There's serious talk of Boris Johnson facing a leadership challenge if he compromises on the remaining issues and makes some sort of deal. People need to wake up and see that this whole thing has been nothing more than a cross between a big game and an identity crisis for the Conservative party. Now that they've purged so many of the moderate and more progressive Conservatives from the party, they really are just politicking over who gets to be Head Boy. Absolute fucking cunts.

Starship SN8 high altitude suborbital flight test launch is expected in less than an hour. First Starship prototype that will use 3 Raptor engines, a nosecone and body flaps. Will also attempt a landing flip maneuver (bellyflop); if successful, it will be a first ever for a vehicle of such size. Target altitude 12.5km. Stream will go live before launch.

Or when Swifty genuinely thought I was The Big Show

One for @Pyfish