Britain’s Conservatives Took a Beating.

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Britain’s Conservatives Took a Beating.

Post by Martin Hash » Wed May 18, 2022 9:46 am

They lost almost 500 seats. All the Lefty parties gained them. Take-away: MAGA can win but NeoCons are losers.
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Re: Britain’s Conservatives Took a Beating.

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:22 pm

In a probably unrelated event, they’ve banned their own flag from vehicles, as it may be offensive.

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Re: Britain’s Conservatives Took a Beating.

Post by Montegriffo » Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:48 pm

SuburbanFarmer wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:22 pm
In a probably unrelated event, they’ve banned their own flag from vehicles, as it may be offensive.

Only a particular council who have strict rules on what you can put on a taxi.
No flags are allowed British or otherwise on mini-cabs.
The mini picture is misleading. There are no restrictions on private vehicles or anything but taxis in one county.
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Re: Britain’s Conservatives Took a Beating.

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:41 pm

Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:48 pm
SuburbanFarmer wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:22 pm
In a probably unrelated event, they’ve banned their own flag from vehicles, as it may be offensive.

Only a particular council who have strict rules on what you can put on a taxi.
No flags are allowed British or otherwise on mini-cabs.
The mini picture is misleading. There are no restrictions on private vehicles or anything but taxis in one county.
I’m guessing that county is the equivalent of our California. A place to be avoided at all cost.
SJWs are a natural consequence of corporatism.

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Re: Britain’s Conservatives Took a Beating.

Post by Montegriffo » Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:41 pm

SuburbanFarmer wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:41 pm
Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:48 pm
SuburbanFarmer wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:22 pm
In a probably unrelated event, they’ve banned their own flag from vehicles, as it may be offensive.

Only a particular council who have strict rules on what you can put on a taxi.
No flags are allowed British or otherwise on mini-cabs.
The mini picture is misleading. There are no restrictions on private vehicles or anything but taxis in one county.
I’m guessing that county is the equivalent of our California. A place to be avoided at all cost.
Shropshire is pretty nice. It's on the Welsh border and has some nice castles.
The no flags rule wasn't aimed at the Union flag. It was so you don't have one lot of taxis with Israeli flags and another with Palestinian ones. Or Indian and Pakistani flags.
It's about avoiding conflict.
Obviously you can't just ban certain flags or political parties so you have to ban them all.
The whole Union flag story is just a bit of Daily Express faux outrage whipped up by a Brit' Nat' cabbie.
For legal reasons, we are not threatening to destroy U.S. government property with our glorious medieval siege engine. But if we wanted to, we could. But we won’t. But we could.
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Re: Britain’s Conservatives Took a Beating.

Post by Montegriffo » Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:48 pm

It was discussed at length on my UK forum if you are really interested.

https://ukpoliticsdebate.boards.net/thr ... ag-allowed
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Re: Britain’s Conservatives Took a Beating.

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:06 pm

Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:41 pm
SuburbanFarmer wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:41 pm
Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:48 pm


Only a particular council who have strict rules on what you can put on a taxi.
No flags are allowed British or otherwise on mini-cabs.
The mini picture is misleading. There are no restrictions on private vehicles or anything but taxis in one county.
I’m guessing that county is the equivalent of our California. A place to be avoided at all cost.
Shropshire is pretty nice. It's on the Welsh border and has some nice castles.
The no flags rule wasn't aimed at the Union flag. It was so you don't have one lot of taxis with Israeli flags and another with Palestinian ones. Or Indian and Pakistani flags.
It's about avoiding conflict.
Obviously you can't just ban certain flags or political parties so you have to ban them all.
The whole Union flag story is just a bit of Daily Express faux outrage whipped up by a Brit' Nat' cabbie.
How about just not banning flags? If people don’t like a political flag, the taxi goes out of business.
You’d get a hell of a reaction if you tried that here.
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Re: Britain’s Conservatives Took a Beating.

Post by Montegriffo » Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:17 pm

SuburbanFarmer wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:06 pm
Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:41 pm
SuburbanFarmer wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:41 pm


I’m guessing that county is the equivalent of our California. A place to be avoided at all cost.
Shropshire is pretty nice. It's on the Welsh border and has some nice castles.
The no flags rule wasn't aimed at the Union flag. It was so you don't have one lot of taxis with Israeli flags and another with Palestinian ones. Or Indian and Pakistani flags.
It's about avoiding conflict.
Obviously you can't just ban certain flags or political parties so you have to ban them all.
The whole Union flag story is just a bit of Daily Express faux outrage whipped up by a Brit' Nat' cabbie.
How about just not banning flags? If people don’t like a political flag, the taxi goes out of business.
You’d get a hell of a reaction if you tried that here.

IMG_1886.jpeg
Some flags are banned in the US.
Confederate flags at Nascar springs to mind.

''On May 19, 2016, the United States House of Representatives voted to ban the display of Confederate flags on flagpoles at Veterans Administration cemeteries, by a 265–159 vote.''
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Re: Britain’s Conservatives Took a Beating.

Post by SuburbanFarmer » Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:30 pm

Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:17 pm
SuburbanFarmer wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:06 pm
Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:41 pm


Shropshire is pretty nice. It's on the Welsh border and has some nice castles.
The no flags rule wasn't aimed at the Union flag. It was so you don't have one lot of taxis with Israeli flags and another with Palestinian ones. Or Indian and Pakistani flags.
It's about avoiding conflict.
Obviously you can't just ban certain flags or political parties so you have to ban them all.
The whole Union flag story is just a bit of Daily Express faux outrage whipped up by a Brit' Nat' cabbie.
How about just not banning flags? If people don’t like a political flag, the taxi goes out of business.
You’d get a hell of a reaction if you tried that here.

IMG_1886.jpeg
Some flags are banned in the US.
Confederate flags at Nascar springs to mind.

''On May 19, 2016, the United States House of Representatives voted to ban the display of Confederate flags on flagpoles at Veterans Administration cemeteries, by a 265–159 vote.''
NASCAR can ban whatever it wants at NASCAR races. The Feds can ban stuff at the VA. Not the same as banning something for private businesses across the board, as I’m sure you already understood.
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Re: Britain’s Conservatives Took a Beating.

Post by Montegriffo » Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:40 am

SuburbanFarmer wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:30 pm
Montegriffo wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:17 pm
SuburbanFarmer wrote:
Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:06 pm


How about just not banning flags? If people don’t like a political flag, the taxi goes out of business.
You’d get a hell of a reaction if you tried that here.

IMG_1886.jpeg
Some flags are banned in the US.
Confederate flags at Nascar springs to mind.

''On May 19, 2016, the United States House of Representatives voted to ban the display of Confederate flags on flagpoles at Veterans Administration cemeteries, by a 265–159 vote.''
NASCAR can ban whatever it wants at NASCAR races. The Feds can ban stuff at the VA. Not the same as banning something for private businesses across the board, as I’m sure you already understood.
A county council can impose conditions when they grant licences to operate as a taxi driver.
As your short video shows they can also amend the regulations to permit taxi drivers to display the national flag.

A storm in a teacup whipped up by outrage peddling right wing media.
For legal reasons, we are not threatening to destroy U.S. government property with our glorious medieval siege engine. But if we wanted to, we could. But we won’t. But we could.
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