Parliament Invaded. (795 hits)
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Submitted by Scotsman (View user info) at 2004-09-15 16:35:51 EDT
I have no idea if you guys have heard the news but check out:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3656524.stm
Basically there was a large demonstration outside the House of Parliament regarding the banning of fox hunting in this country. At the time of the protest a debate was ongoing in the House when 5 protesters came running into the main debating chamber. At this point men in tights who are supposed to be the security came running in to eject the protesters.
This to me is one side funny as hell but on the other it is pretty scary as if these guys had been terrorists we may well have lost our Parliament! This comes only a week after a man managed to climb the walls of Buckingham Palace dressed as Batman. Again funny but with serious repurcusions. I can only forsee that the strengthening of the Police State in the UK will leap forward and these idiots will cause us to lose even more freedoms in the interests of The War on Terror.
Anyway all that said check it out. You will probably find a video of the event on the bbc news site as well. Funny as fuck!
Oh for the American here it is the equivalent of in one week having a man scale the White House and 5 people invading Congress. I imagine there would be hell to pay if that happened.
Sorry if this has already been discussed.
Scotsman
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Submitted by Scotsman (user info) at 2004-09-15 17:54:49 EDT (#)
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Yeah that is true and it will all have to be looked after etc etc.
That said the Houses of Parliament were well over budget as was the Sydney Opera house. Still it looks shit. I want to be proud of it but not so far :(
Submitted by sebcharrot (user info) at 2004-09-15 17:44:36 EDT (#)
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Forget construction decisions, how about their desks made out 3 different fucking types of oak and mahogany and all that shit about jack Mc-fucking-Connel demanding that the building be 47% larger than designed!??
Money-grabbing bastards...
Submitted by engine13 (user info) at 2004-09-15 17:43:11 EDT (#)
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Hehehe. Those silly British.
Submitted by Scotsman (user info) at 2004-09-15 17:36:01 EDT (#)
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ahahahahhahaha....well they certainly were prolific
Submitted by sketch9 (user info) at 2004-09-15 17:21:58 EDT (#)
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heh. the irish are the worlds best terrorists. take THAT rest of the world!
Submitted by Scotsman (user info) at 2004-09-15 17:18:57 EDT (#)
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Aww God that fucking Scottish Parliament is a travesty!!! Since when do you let Civil servants make fucking construction decisions!!!
Submitted by sebcharrot (user info) at 2004-09-15 17:16:43 EDT (#)
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Yeah I heard about it. Fucking shambles.
Speaking of parliament, the fucking scottish parliament: PHEW! What a fuck-up!
fuck.
Submitted by Schwarzes_Glas (user info) at 2004-09-15 17:09:22 EDT (#)
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Moight ayege wew!!!
Submitted by Scotsman (user info) at 2004-09-15 17:04:57 EDT (#)
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Fraid not...just some stupid outfit with nice shoes with buckles.
Submitted by JinkyWilliams (user info) at 2004-09-15 17:03:28 EDT (#)
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"Everyone knows that no mere man or anything he can build can stop Batman.
I'd be more worried about a security force that wears tights...."
--Was the security force (farce?) dressed like Batman, perchance?
Stay orange.
--JW
Submitted by Scotsman (user info) at 2004-09-15 16:58:44 EDT (#)
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Yeah the fox hunting thing has been wasting a lot of time for years now. It is a load of shite that 99% of the population don't give a toss about.
As for the terrorist hunting....well we have been dealing with terrorism for decades now mainly with the IRA. I was in London at the weekend there and was explaining to my Aussie girlfriend how many times London had been bombed. Also it is the twentieth anniversary of the Brighton bombing where Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet were very nearly blown up.
Submitted by Scotsman (user info) at 2004-09-15 16:56:03 EDT (#)
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Yeah the tights guys are apparantly a throwback to some bollocks tradition. I reckon they will be getting the boot now!
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2004-09-15 16:55:30 EDT (#)
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I saw that Batman thing, it shouldn't be funny but it is. Don't you kids go round and round over this fox hunting thing every year? Can't you compromise and hunt terrorists instead.
Submitted by OneCheapGeek (user info) at 2004-09-15 16:50:29 EDT (#)
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Everyone knows that no mere man or anything he can build can stop Batman.
I'd be more worried about a security force that wears tights....
Submitted by ICO (user info) at 2004-09-15 16:42:14 EDT (#)
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If the batman thing was a weak ago, why did I see it on a gossip-show last night? they said it was live, too! All lies. All conspiracies. Where did I put my Super Mario suit?
Submitted by Scotsman (user info) at 2004-09-15 16:36:23 EDT (#)
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