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Rhys Benjamin

In my job I have become sadly familiar with immigration rules. It is my understanding you will need a BRP and ILR to immigrate to the UK in that way. Obviously I don't know your personal circumstances so I would not be able to comment on the likelihood of success or failure of applications. However,...

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Should be noted that on number ordering, it's only since Rachel took over that the large numbers have always been on the left. Carol always did it in reverse order of how the contestant said it (which I personally prefer) so there are several examples of large numbers NOT being in the middle. Off t...

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Should be noted that on number ordering, it's only since Rachel took over that the large numbers have always been on the left. Carol always did it in reverse order of how the contestant said it (which I personally prefer) so there are several examples of large numbers NOT being in the middle. Off th...

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:19 am
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 7:33 am I find it hilarious that Gevs mate Owen Jones being so outspoken as a gay man who would be thrown off the nearest roof in Gaza just for being gay.
citation needed

Well, given Hamas have no tall buildings left…

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First of all, Hamas likely exists in the form it does because of the oppression by Israel on the Palestinians for decades. It breeds terrorism. Also far more Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces over the decades than vice versa. Does it make such a difference that Hamas killed a lot of I...

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The addition of an extra offer at 3-box is good. The reduced prizes, not so good. Most of the time people didn't win 5 figures anyway.

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It's a bit "generic ITV 80s gameshow" in the same mould as Take Your Pick, Play Your Cards Right, et al. The final round for the money is hugely on the clichéd side. But yeah, not terrible.

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As per David, really. Bizarre tactics from C1, but really it's C2's fault for not playing the safe 8, which is the best choice in this circumstance.

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That'll teach me for being such a cynic! Apologies!

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Andrew Neil has got it spot on. Lot of nonsense spouted about “trial by media” re Russell Brand. The media has no power to try and/or convict. Rightly. But it has a responsibility to research, reveal and expose wrongdoing. Which it has in the Brand investigation by @Channel4 @thetimes — responsibly ...

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If you commit a crime, you get arrested.

Unless it’s illegal immigration, in which case you are waited on hand and foot by taxpayers’ money.

Lock them up. Stop the boats.

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Ronan M Higginson wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 11:50 am
samir pilica wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 11:14 am Wonder what his motivation for going on the show was ? No doubt a successful, intelligent man in real life, bothered to fill in the form, auditioned, travelled to Salford and then...
Got himself a free hotel...

There's other ways to get a free hotel in this country. #satire

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 7:00 pm
Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Sun Jun 18, 2023 8:09 pm I wasn't talking about Boris's riposte here, and nor was the committee.
What were you talking about?

They (and I) were referring to the MPs who had criticised the committee throughout.

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This suggests that criticism of how the Committee has operated is to be censured, and I think that is fundamentally wrong. A Select Committee cannot be prosecutor, judge, and jury with a blank cheque as they currently are. MPs who have expressed concerns about the committee throughout the process -...

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And here we all are at last. The 30,000-word diatribe which will make for a shredder's field day in Westminster next week has finally been published. If nothing else it will make for a lovely supply of toilet paper for some others. I will try to keep this brief. The intention of my piece is not to c...

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Well, no, it’s more like this (admittedly unfunny) sketch. https://youtu.be/AcNLHfaHb1M

If you underpay for your goods and the shopkeeper goes “fine” that’s not on you, surely?

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Do you remember the expenses scandal? Six MPs and peers were given prison sentences . If you do remember, it seems you are in the minority. Four MPs have claimed their driving fines on expenses and just been asked to pay the money back . Where's the outcry? Where's the call for them to at least res...

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Do you remember the expenses scandal? Six MPs and peers were given prison sentences . If you do remember, it seems you are in the minority. Four MPs have claimed their driving fines on expenses and just been asked to pay the money back . Where's the outcry? Where's the call for them to at least res...

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Mark James wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 3:04 pmHere's the BBC being "left on social issues".

You must have missed this then. https://order-order.com/2023/05/19/bbc- ... -coverage/

Rhys Benjamin

Thoroughly recommend the Eurovision mosh pit. I Wrote A Song was an experience.

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Not sure what the bookies know that we don’t but the UK has been absolutely tanking in the last week or so. They’re now favourite to be last (surely that’ll be Spain?).

In fairness Mae’s rehearsals have been pretty rubbish, although I’m told she was better last night.

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9/10 for me.

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Predictions for this semi:

Norway, Malta, Serbia, Portugal, Switzerland, Israel, Moldova, Sweden, Czechia, Finland

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Turns out the UK is a police state then . Surprise surprise. (Anti-monarchists arrested for no apparent reason.) A significant police operation is under way in central London. We have made a number of arrests in the area of Carlton House Terrace. The individuals have been held on suspicion of breac...

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Thought I'd have my own bash at this. After asking it about the Cones Hotline (which was a mistake) I asked it for who the best Countdown contestant is. Who is the most successful Countdown contestant of all time? The most successful Countdown contestant of all time is currently believed to be a man...

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The protestor at the Crucible was on GB News last month saying having children was morally wrong due to the climate.

I wish his parents had felt the same way.

Before long someone will die at one of these protests - it's a miracle it didn't happen at Silverstone.

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How is HAPHAZARDOUS not in!?

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If a Tory acted like this we'd never hear the end of it from the BBC and the left-wing media. https://youtu.be/zU1Dx5PYV9Y

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What we don't know is that's what Sky's show "Succession" is all about: who will succeed Eadie to become the next series producer of Countdown?

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The 5 around me - three Conservatives all include the party and one of two Labour.

There’s not some big conspiracy going on from Tory MPs. It’s desperate stuff from Carol.

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That’s a template that’s been available for years. Theresa May certainly doesn’t need to masquerade as a Green.

Also a majority of MPs don’t put their party in their bios (from all parties). Nor do Brown or Blair.

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She’d always been a floating voter but it’s disappointing to see Carol Vorderman lurch to far-left conspiracies on her Twitter feed.

https://twitter.com/lukerobertblack/sta ... 89922?s=20

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9 x 8 x (8 + 3) - 6 was staring in the face there and everyone missed it?

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Well isn’t it all CGI these days anyway?

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It's just badly-written laws and legislation, really. They're classified as motorbikes but obviously don't fulfil any motorbike safety criteria. You can *own* one but you can't ride it publicly at the moment, either on road or pavement.

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Not a prediction, merely my own preferences of the songs.

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I've written a long thing here which sums up my thoughts in detail.

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I'm not reading 52 pages of lies. How do you know it's lies if you haven't read it? The chances are that Boris Johnson, as he was the Prime Minister, knew what the laws were (people talk about them as "rules" like they're some lesser thing, but they were the law), and his claim that he di...

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If you have, like me, insisted on reading the Gray Report and now Johnson's submission to the Privileges Committee in full, there's a huge conspiracy that went on whilst the media are too busy focusing on the political soap opera. The Gray report made it clear Boris Johnson was assured repeatedly th...

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I ranked all the songs. Go watch. https://youtu.be/X-C809dj8TE

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They’ve been working on this since lockdown 1. Not a surprise.

On the other hand I bloody hope the test alert makes it clear it’s a test.

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Andrew Neil never called the Government Nazis Nor did Gary Lineker. This is what he said, here and here : Good heavens, this is beyond awful. This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and I...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:05 am
Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:54 pm Strikers have buggered this up now, I won't be able to make it.
I don't think you can blame this one on Gary Lineker.

But I can blame it on the Ranting, Moaning, and Terrible union.

Rhys Benjamin

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:32 pm Donald Trump isn't just "right wing" though. He's a dangerous lunatic.

But the tweet below it further proves my point.

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Strikers have buggered this up now, I won't be able to make it.

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I've seen an article suggesting that ChatGPT has a heavily left-wing bias. As in, proper Marxist-Leninism. :D Not only do I doubt this to be the case, but I don't even see how it could be the case. What would a "Marxist-Leninist" chatbot look like? If I ask it a question about mortgage ra...

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Andrew Neil never called the Government Nazis, nor was he ever party political, and Alan Sugar isn’t a BBC employee (The Apprentice is an independent production). They made Clarkson apologise in 2011 for joking - joking! - about shooting strikers. What is ridiculous is the fact the Beeb clearly agre...

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You mean about Sue Gray's stitch-up with Labour?

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Good idea for a Backbench Business Debate. I'll call the boss.

Rhys Benjamin

We must not historically revise the original NI protocol. It was better than May’s backstop and thus was agreed to at a time when time was not on the country’s side. May’s backstop provided no exit mechanism for Stormont and would have forced the UK into EU customs rules. The Windsor Framework for t...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 10:23 am Not sure where it gets its facts from:

a load of fake news waffle

Told you so. It’s hopelessly left-wing.

It’s got its facts from the court of Twitter opinion, not, you know, reality.

Rhys Benjamin

I've seen an article suggesting that ChatGPT has a heavily left-wing bias. As in, proper Marxist-Leninism. I think that says a lot about the state of Twitter and the internet than it does about AI being "realistic" etc. given it clearly isn't representative of the majority of people.

Rhys Benjamin

Rhys, nobody is gonna be printing anything in 2023, it's a paperless society these days everywhere you go, as i'm sure you know. You should see our office! I think that’s a poor decision from OUP, though, even just from a historical standpoint. They should print a paper dictionary every 10-15 years...

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Okay, let's play. What exactly am i supposed to be changing to and why? The dictionary isn't perfect, but are any of them? It's not long since we had the best C of C ever and two highest scores of 154 in pretty close succession, all of which happened using the current dictionary set up. Am i missin...

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Maybe when Damian retires the new person will have the vision to make the change. Okay, let's play. What exactly am i supposed to be changing to and why? The dictionary isn't perfect, but are any of them? It's not long since we had the best C of C ever and two highest scores of 154 in pretty close ...

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That's as maybe, but it doesn't change how the scum media have acted.

https://twitter.com/NewsmanDan/status/1 ... 34914?s=20

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Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Sat Feb 18, 2023 10:57 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Feb 18, 2023 10:25 pmI don't know why people don't stick to their real names.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOImSuV6aQo

r/whoosh

Rhys Benjamin

I wasn't - but seemingly England are these days. When they play Test cricket these days it's hilarious for all the right reasons.

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Broad comes in as “the nighthawk” and immediately top edges a slog in the air. Blundell and Kuggeleijn look at each other and it lands between them. Then he wears one on the lid and takes 6 minutes to get another one.

This is absolutely banterlicious, I’m loving it.

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A constituent’s letter makes reference to “my Chambers dictionary” and your first reaction is “heretic!”

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