I know Anons are dumb, but are they voting for Nigel Farage dumb?
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2024
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Surely you know better than to ask that, Satan
Anon has an American flag next to their post. They aren't really Bri'ish
no way 😱
They're so dumb that they're doing it ironically
Well of course! Facism is the solution to an overbearing government, right?
Well the fact that they’re bigots helps them stomach it
Which is worse, Thatcher or Farage?
Thatcher, may she burn in hell, was far better than Farage. She at least had significant political skill, and an actual plan for the UK.
Farage is a grifter of Trump's mindset, but a few more braincells.
Thatcher’s thangs were thangin’ though.
Ew.
Every time Thatcher sexily spoke about fiscal responsibility I got an inch and a half of blue steel in my sweatpants.
What do you expect from the gaseous and liquid excrement of Satan?
American flag checks out.
This reads like a satire of those greentexts that satirize the knife laws in Britain.
It definitely reads like it was written by an American.
Conservatives making things up and getting angry about it
TV licence is a real thing though
It’s just a way of funding the BBC that was devised before a TV was something that essentially everyone had. Since it’s delivered OTA it seemed easier to tax the device itself then it was to tax everyone unfairly. So calling it a “license” is fairly outmoded, it’s really a tax. You also don’t have to pay it if you don’t actually receive TV channels.
It should just be rolled into regular taxes now, but who is going to propose and approve a new tax in this day and age? So it’s easier not to touch it.
I wish we had a TV tax in Canada. The funding of the CBC is a political football, so I sometimes feel like CBC News has to walk a tightrope to avoid having the government slash the budget.
It's probably better that there's just a tax on the device. Sure the UK government could meddle with that tax to cut the budget of the BBC, but it feels like it would be less likely since people would rightly ask why they're meddling with it. People are less likely to ask questions if the government is cutting a budget because "gotta pay off the national debt!"
Fact check: they only casually call you a cunt in Scotland
True - in the south they call you a berk.
In Cockney rhyming slang, the second half of the rhyme is mostly left off. In this case, the second half is left off and the first half is shortened.
Berkley Hunt = Cunt
Queen's dodger can mean
- someone who lives with the queen
- someone who performs crimes on behalf of the queen
- someone who finds those called for the draft but have not registered on behalf of the queen
Which is it?
Surely a fruit filled biscuit is another possibility.
"fruit"
someone who lives with the queen
Surely that would be the Queen's lodger?
Tell me about it, it's like, every time I want to get some grilled prawns there's always someone who goes "Oi mate, where's yer Barbie license?"
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I dont undrstand it but its funny
To watch tv in UK you need a tv licence
This was done as sort of a tax to fund public television without taxing people who don’t use it
The person then concludes that they should have voted for the nazis because liberals bad
I mean you do in the US as well, but it's called "A Netflix/Hulu/Disney Plus membership"
And it only funds one channel instead of dozens of TV, radio, web, apps, weather and news channels.
Also publicly funded TV tends to be way better. They have somewhat more accountability so especially news, politics etc tends to be much better. For leisure programs that varies a bit more by country, but obviously the BBC has produced a lot of great stuff.
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We have those, too. You can choose not to pay for them.
Truly, the freest country in the world.
I can't believe that is a real thing.
It did well for a long time. The BBC produces a lot of excellent programmes. It was also unafraid of holding the government's feet to the fire.
Unfortunately, the Tories successfully gutted it about a decade back. It still produces excellent programmes, but is neutered politically.
As for the licence fee. It is effectively an extra tax. However, if you don't watch TV, you don't have to have a licence. It's not perfect, but better than just a flat tax. It also helped keep them semi independent of the government.
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What's next, requiring a license to make toast in your own DAMN TOASTER!?
Give it time. It won't be a licence though, it'll be a compatible bread subscription for a discounted toaster, with government enforced felonies for using incompatible bread
*Based on how the software and entertainment industries work
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What about the Cat Detector Van?