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Yeah, I can safely say without even reading that list or looking up any alternative sources that nearly all of them are indeed lies. Corbyn has only been stated to be the most 'smeared politican of all time' recently by the news press. He could molest a gallic rooster for all I care, as long as the policies are better than the alternative.

Steady as we go, increasing spending and not increasing the coffers, at least the Labour Party are trying something drastic, instead of the slow decline the nation is on... Child poverty at 40%, the largest rise in poverty since Thatcher, enjoy your personal wealth mate; you must be swimming in it; because the rest of the country isn't. I'd tax corporations double that.

It's brutal, especially when someone needs proprietary equipment and medicine. Imagine having diabetes and needing a particular infusion set, a particular blood test set, and of course insulin. Imagine one being covered but not the other, renegotiating of contracts between companies and insurance, all of sudden everything one was using is no longer covered and now one has to change devices. A terrible headache.

You are allowed a lapse if it is between jobs, or otherwise. Besides strict conditions, yes it is compulsory and very expensive. Who’d have thought a government law forcing private health insurance would increase premiums?

It is compulsory in USA to have health insurance. As opposed to whom? Surely not their Tories and their magical pot of money for health, education, and defence? Here I was thinking that the UK is in it’s worst financial state in a long time.

I was reading an article the other day; quite amusing really as it was showing the immigration statistics of the UK. I've come to know that the Conservative Party or Brexit Party (whatever hill those fools die on) are pushing a narrative of 'harsher, stricter, fairer (on the British!) immigration laws. They use this narrative that they've cut immigration in half*. And the * of course in this instance, only means they've cut down on European immigration and that immigration in total has actually risen. I have always found it odd that the typically defined conservative parties (The Tories for the Brits, The Liberals for us Aussies) have always been hardliners on immigration; 'less immigration!', 'more jobs for natives!', but on closer inspection they've always been the types to circumvent those sort of labour laws that protect the workers and allow the importation of cheap labour from less 'lucky' countries. Temporary Visas that usually lead to permanent residency, allowing the news channels to manipulate the statistics of immigration.

As someone that knows little of British politics, its current standing, histroy, and future; I will suggest voting for Corbyn. Thank you, my British allies and friends.

Out of that city, I'd take Skriniar.

My top five songs on Spotify this year.

I feel second hand embarrassment for that post.

And get this @CaaC (John). The term ol' Anton here used is inappropriate and could be considered offensive. 'Language Nation' is the correct nomenclature It's completely normal really. Which ultimately makes sense due to the sheer number of languages. They aren't as 'disconnected' as you think, their cultures just have changed to the modern world, just because they aren't dressed in paint doing a corroboree doesn't mean they don't understand their heritage or history, or practise others things like avoidance, dreamtime stories, music, art, sports, and so on. They have just had the unfortunate job to integrate into a modern world that didn't really want them, and to do it in a very short amount of time. But in my experiences most have a latent pride and understanding of their people, even if they have fallen into the wrong crowd or made the wrong choices. I mean if I were to emulate my heritage entirely, I'd either be a black-lunged coal miner or a serf digging a ditch somewhere in England, ahaha.

Well with that resume you wouldn't really be needing much storytelling about Oz but you'd probably drop dead at what Surfers has become these days. It's terribly built up, high-rise after high-rise, over-priced shops in a crowded plaza, traffic congestion, a huge casino just off in Broadbeach, drug trafficking, etc. It's still a beautfiul place to visit but even in my lifetime it feels like a different place altogether, like it isn't real but a facade. The entire South-East corner is really just a metropolis now, stretch north into the Sunshine Coast all through Brisbane, and over the border to the Tweed Heads. Even the hinterlands around the Gold Coast like Tambourine Mountain have become tourtist hotspots pricing out the locals. What used to be a sleepy hidden town in paradise is now another tourist trap. It's all depressing really, how crowded and 'big' Australia is becoming, it's losing a lot of local charm to commericalisation, and it only gets worse everytime I go home. I miss it everyday however and now I'm getting all worked up, feeling trapped in a winter-hell of Chicagoland.

I grew up in a small rural town named Cunnamulla. It's just north of the NSW border but firmly in South-West Queensland. There is a significant Indigenous population in that part of QLD not just in my town but all over. If you've got any questions I'd be more than happy to answer.

I am not. However, there were over 200 language groups, so it was never really one civilisation.

Just imagine, if Gerrard were still playing he’d do something that would directly lead to Liverpool losing the PL(again).

I swear I posted this already

I know our boy Georgie would pull through. Kinda nuts looking at this Chelsea team compared to what it was five years ago. Who'd have thought there'd be six players from the academy up and around the starting XI? That isn't even counting Gilmour and Christensen both of whom joined from other academies.

It feels just fantastic, even though I am not a Liverpool supporter.

I hate how much I enjoy this incarnation if Liverpool. There is definitely a Je ne sais quoi about this team, that it hasn’t had in my lifetime at least.

Good thing they weren't in your work shoes otherwise you'd never have found them.

Goes to show maybe I shouldn't even bother putting in effort in a long post like that when the first line is all people get stuck on.

I didn't say you did...

@Eco @Dr. Gonzo There is literally nothing wrong with Budweiser or Coors. They aren't anything fancy and don't try to be. For a low price point they are a fine beer to drink, though I don't pretend I'm drinking artisan products. I often have cheap lagers around to drink as a palate cleanser, the clean and simple taste of Blue Labatt or Pabst Blue Ribbon goes a long way and makes me appreciate more complex flavours. Sadly Gonzo, San Diego isn't the beer Mecca... because Chicago is. Here we have the highest concentration of breweries per square-mile and we also have the most breweries in any American metropolitan area, and that is a fact I read in the Chicago Tribune. Granted, I still feel most breweries make a mediocre and derivative product at a high price point but it's nice to have variety. So I suppose San Diego could have a better selection of local brews but definitely Chicago has the country beat on quantity and choice. I have had many, many, many local brews, so many I cannot remember most; but the two that seem to stick out for constant quality is Pipeworks Brewing and Hop Butcher For The World. So if you are ever in the Chicago area, I'd reccomend find something by those two, although the latter is very difficult to find. The issue I have with most breweries is the culture of having the 'most XY'. By that I mean a brewery wants to have the 'most sour ale' or the 'hoppiest IPA', rather than having a balanced and complex product they often just double down on one core flavour which for me just makes for terrible drinking. Or oddly enough, they create a product that is less refined than it's counterparts, American hefeweizens, dubbels, trippels, whits, ad nauseam are often a lot easier on the palate, and it's usually a disappointing experience. However I will put money down that the best craft brewery in the world isn't American at all. It's Canadian, and French-Canadian at that. Unibroue out of Montreal creates beers in the trappist and Belgian style. These beers are phenomenal and it's sacrilege to say but Unibroue rivals and often beats some of the best beers coming out of Belgium; beers that have hundreds of years to be perfected. I don't mind an IPA. They are feast of famine, I don't have a preference on it's hop level as long as it is balanced. I dislike sours in general save for the Leipzig Gose and Flemish Red. Very inconsistent. Dubbels. trippels, blondes and so many other Belgians are phenomenal. Hefeweizens, Marzens, Bocks, Dunkels, out of German have my heart. Lagers never get old even though they are kinda bad, haha. As far as English style beers go, the Bitter, Pale Ale, etc they are under appreciated and under-brewed. The Australian brewery Coopers makes fantastic Ales and I'd reccomend anyone drink Coopers if visiting Australia.