WorKid wrote:

And I'm not at all convinced by A. Not to the extent it would swing 650,000 voters, in the UK, from Stay to Leave.

Obviously it doesn't sit right with me what happened either, and hopefully heads will roll, although it doesn't appear to have been illegal activity, so far anyway.

Interesting, 'cause here's the thing. I don't think the social media propaganda strategy would've been as effective without the groundwork laid down by 'conventional' media like Murdoch. You need that for A to succeed.

Propaganda strategy overview:
Using conventional media and propaganda, divide society 50-50 on bipartisan issues. Then come voting time identify swing voters on social media and target them to vote your way OR suppress their vote by convincing them their vote won't matter. Depending on the individual of course.

Theoretically, this could skew election results a certain way and is a sound strategy overall. Unethical, but sound.

Facebook (social media) are idiots for not realising their platform could be abused in this manner. Targeted personalised ads are their core business and therefore targeted propaganda (including fake news) are a logical extension. They need to rethink their business model and practices otherwise governments will intervene.

EUrgh, I don't want none of this foreign blEU passport muck.

What's the latest that I can renew my passport to avoid having a Brexit one for as long as possible?

Will there be a "Printed in the EU" stamp on the back?

acemuzzy wrote:

So our new blue passports will be made in the EU

You couldn't make this shit up

Utterly ridiculous. The eu red ones are made here for british citizens. So instead of giving that company the contract for the blue passports we give it to a french company.

How about putting british companies first for a chance? Fucking incompetent idiots. As much of a muppet trump is, at least his "america first" is better than what we do. Other countries i.e. germany for example allow domestic companies to tender for domestic contracts first. Over here politicians will bend over and drop their trousers for a tenner of any foreign money.

Oh and i voted remain, incase im coming off as an leaver.

All hail the free market

ARGH

Aren't pint glasses made in France too?

That could be one of those Euro-myths - but I think at one point most British pint glasses were made there. There are certainly a lot of 'em made by arcoroc.

Given we are the only ones who drinks pints I always though it was weird we imported them.

Charmin'

davyK wrote:

Given we are the only ones who drinks pints I always though it was weird we imported them.

Actually, pint glasses are pretty common in France, they’re used for large beers which tend to be 500ml.

Yossarian wrote:

davyK wrote:

Given we are the only ones who drinks pints I always though it was weird we imported them.

Actually, pint glasses are pretty common in France, they’re used for large beers which tend to be 500ml.

Robbing people of 68 ml, and rubbing their face in it at the same time.

No wonder we voted to leave.

WorKid wrote:

Charmin'

Nice

My view is different. If France is cheaper, let's use France. It shouldn't matter that they're the other side of a bit of water. But given we need Europe for stuff like this, why the fuck are we leaving?

acemuzzy wrote:

My view is different. If France is cheaper, let's use France. It shouldn't matter that they're the other side of a bit of water. But given we need Europe for stuff like this, why the fuck are we leaving?

Public sector procurement is based on VFM principles, getting the minimum acceptable outcome for the best price. So all that this tells us is that rules were followed and the most VFM bidder won. Given the austerity ridden state of the country, this doesn’t seem like a bad thing. It’s still hilarious - anything that gets these cunts frothing at the mouth gets a big thumbs up from me.