A bit like landlords then?! 
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I seem to remember you have taken this avenue previously.
Not humourous, political or otherwise.
âAll landlords are bastardsâ, but not all bastards are landlords. Discuss. (2000 words max.)
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Republicans Demand Biden Tell Them Why They Are Impeaching Him
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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)âIn an irate letter to the White House, Kevin McCarthy and other congressional Republicans have demanded that President Biden reveal why they are impeaching him.
The letter claims that, after Republicans announced their impeachment inquiry, âthe White House has stubbornly refused to provide us with any reasons for our doing so.â
The Republicans go on to demand that Biden reveal the rationale for his ouster âimmediately, or face the consequences.â
âThe American people are waiting, Mr. President, for you to explain to us why we are impeaching you,â the letter concludes. âYour silence will not be forgiven.â
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Landlords are an easy target for hatred and loathing, most of it comes from jealousy and ignorance.
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My birth certificate confirms I had parents and as the years have past I have developed the look of my father so that rules me out of one type so how does that explain why I am a landlord?
Lets substitute the word landlord for artist, architect, engineer or computer nerd and discuss that. I think 2000 words would be far too many.
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As this thread has ceased to contain humour can itâs title not be changed to something more appropiate?
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I was citing a quotation, not making a statement; also my mock âessay questionâ doesnât require an answer explaining why anyone is a landlord.
I wouldnât dream of asserting that âall landlords are bastardsâ, but on the evidence of my two replies, I might be tempted to impulsively draw some other conclusions, OTOH the sample base is far too small to be reliableâŚ
I can create a new thread to debate whether all landlords are born out of wedlock 
Meanwhile
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or âare born without dreadlocksâ âŚ?
IMO thatâs both political and (mildly) funnyâŚ
Plus 64,000 court cases backlog and the Met doing their best to emulate the Schutzstaffel. Arresting women while ignoring the spiv Jonson partying. Not really working is it?
I can hear the desperation in the voices of the Tory idiots who are wheeled out to defend the curent shambles. The Tories are dross from top to toe currently,
I love this âthe Met pays damagesâ LOL, the Met has no money to pay damages, itâs the tax payer who has to pay damages because the Met has fu*ked up again.
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You family name isnât Rachman, is it Tim? Nobody objects to landlords making a fair return but itâs been a method of screwing the less well of for centuries. Where do the Royale leeches make most of their ill-gotten tax free gains?
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Abbott? eek
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I think sheâs under control now. She could loose the election all on her own 
Is she the Nadine Dorris or the ThÊrèse Coffey of the Labour party 
In 1981/2 I attended a Paddington Labour Party meeting where Diane Abbott was chosen as a prospective local councillor - young working class Black woman with a Cambridge degree - she was articulate and impressive and of course later became the first female Black MP. Sheâs since been re-elected for thirty years or so and is still probably doing a good job for her constituents. Unfortunately at least in part due to R4âs Deadringers show and the Tory press, sheâs become something of a joke to the general public.
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Sheâs never struck me as clever (enough), and she has struck me as hypocritical.
I donât watch TV here at all, but saw her many times on news type programs from time to time in the UK, and especially on Andrew Neilâs show when she was on with the guy i quite like that wears pink trousers and did TV programs about interesting train routes.
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A 2.2 from anywhere isnât âcleverâ but for a Black woman from a working class background at Cambridge nearly fifty years ago, I think that was quite an achievement. I think sheâs been a good local MP who was right for her constituency.
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It wasnât the 2.2/ educational background which I never knew about, but time and time again over time she was wrong-footed when found unable to think on her feet, was not logical, said inconsistent things, things which did not make sense, and seemed to fall back on spouting ideology as a defence.
Of course being dissected by Andrew Neil or anyone else was never fun. But I can assure you Iâd have thought the same about anyone else male or female, politician or whatever, that regularly fell.apart as she did.
Thereâs a lot worse around though.
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Fair enough, but think the electoral evidence suggests she was/isa good constituency MP and they seem increasingly rare.
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