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This is a link post Welcome to your new flexible future citizens
Also: fucking newts, holding us back
 (benito vaselini no not that one, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 9:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post fake newts

(I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 9:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post they missed a good bus slogan there
'Let's build some houses on some fucking newts'
 (benito vaselini no not that one, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 9:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post So glad we're leaving the EU
so that we can kill newts at night now our rooms are well lit by sucking them up with more powerful vacuum cleaners
 (I helped save b3ta! A Rory Borealis here under duress, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 10:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post Personally I am sick to death of Brussels beaurocrats dictating what shape my oranges should be.
Before the 1970's you could get them in any shape you wanted. Square, triangular arm...er..did i say square. And you could buy them by the fluid ounce or yard for only a shilling and seventeen bob.
 (I helped save b3ta! herd of chickens First part only £1.99 and comes with a free, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 10:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post Are you saying that this bit of legelisation is fine and dandy without need of reform?
www.gov.uk/guidance/great-crested-newts-protection-surveys-and-licences

BTW the latest estimate is that there's 75,000 of the fuckers in the UK

Morning Benny!
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 10:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post more interested in hearing your concerns with the working time directive than the newts to be honest
From a left-leaning perspective of course
 (benito vaselini no not that one, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 10:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post So you're just going to ignore the newt laws? You must be fine with them.
As for the Working time directive, keep it in UK law and change it.
Remove some of long list of workers that are not protected by it.
Because we'll be free to do so.

Your turn benny.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 10:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post "As for the Working time directive, keep it in UK law and change it."
I sincerely hope there's some sort of oversight and that the "bonfire of rights" doesn't happen.
 (theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post Are 2 houses of parliament and public opinion not oversight enough?

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post I think the problem is time, will all the existing EU legislation be properly debated?
or will it be down to the government to make the decisions? It's the root of the bonfire of rights fear - that the government will use the lack of time to get everything legally watertight to pursue its own agenda
 (theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post Welll the "great repeal bill" is supposed to deal with all that.
Not saying there won't be fuck ups because it's a huge job but they not going to sneak in getting rid of the WTD. Look what happened with the NI contributions in the budget for example.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post "NI contributions in the budget"
Like I said I hope there's time for proper scrutiny, this was a single issue that was reported on extensively (as it was in the budget) - there was time for public outrage to be registered. I'm not sure how many of the bits of legislation will have time for a proper airing.

Yes, agreed it's the biggest legal job in our country's history.
 (theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post You reckon the tories are going to extend the working time directive to protect more people?
That's not the main thrust of the article

And as you asked, I am fine with the newt laws as they stand, yes
 (benito vaselini no not that one, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post I "reckon" the Tories have a fucking slim majority in Parliament and won't be there for ever.
There's a lot of tory back benchers that seem to have found their voice recently and are happy to vote against the government. So at the very worst the time directive will maintain the status quo. Get the right people in power and it will be improved.

And thank you for highlighting that you are fine and dandy with insane laws so long as they are shat upon you from the eu.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post 'get the right people in power' they're at 45% in the polls
And thank *you* for getting more upset about newts than your 4 weeks holiday. Hilarious
 (benito vaselini no not that one, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm upset that in the middle of a housing crisis whole developments can be postponed for years if not scrapped.
Because a single is found on a site.
A newt that is not even threatened in this country.

Also they're at 45% because labour is a fucking shambles.
That needs to change.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post housing developments get held up for a multitude of reasons
the newt thing is a bit ridiculous but certain nesting birds, bats, any number of other protected species, archaelogical discoveries etc etc hold things up or can developments entirely. But the usual reason is simply local opposition.
 (theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post If there's a need then fine.
But in this case it's bollocks.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 12:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post I believe the GCN
was protected in statutory law by Thatcher, so leaving EU might make no difference. Stick that in your Brexit fact-free pipe and smoke it.
 (I helped save b3ta! A Rory Borealis here under duress, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 13:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post Maybe back in the 80's it was needed or maybe thatcher just loved them.
That uk law exists from then true, however things in the UK have changed and they're not engendered anymore but the EU law overrides it I guess.

But if people feel strongly about keeping an eu law that was established with the help of boris johnsons daddy then lobby your m.p to save the newt.

Just not Ken Livingston because he doesn't think the newts will be troubled.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 13:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post Out of interest
how many GCN across the whole of the UK would you say was a viable population?
 (I helped save b3ta! A Rory Borealis here under duress, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 15:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post A b3tan I may be Withnail, but an expert on newts I am not!
But I would guess it's somewhere between 2 and 74,999
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 15:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post Didn't think Thatcher was such a fan of them types
GCN
 (theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 13:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post it's never as simple as 'we've got loads of them, bulldoze it'
Newts could be a particularly good indicator of something else that would support loads of other species, low pollution or an ancient environment.

It's just developers pushing to build on greenfield rather than brown because they can make more profit
 (benito vaselini no not that one, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 12:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post Look at all the dead animals.... we must perform a quirkafleeg!

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 13:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post hahahahaha
I think newt might be my new favourite word. There's something inherently funny about it
 (benito vaselini no not that one, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post well Cerebus is certainly eft off about the whole thing

(theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 12:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post Benny just has that effect on me.

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 12:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post Rather than killing wildlife
the "housing crisis" could be aided by greater restrictions on landlords and using our empty buildings
edit: fucking newts? fucking humans more like.
 (I helped save b3ta! A Rory Borealis here under duress, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 12:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post And banning divorce would help too.
Force people to stay together resenting every moment of their existence like in the olden days.
 (I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 12:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post I must be living
in the olden days
 (I helped save b3ta! A Rory Borealis here under duress, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 13:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post Don't we need to build 300,000 houses a year or something to keep up?

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 13:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post not once we kick out all the forrins

(I helped save b3ta! A Rory Borealis here under duress, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 15:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah, but you're a fucking idiot.
There's a housing crisis for the simple reason that the construction industry owners don't WANT to build houses because it's 'not profitable enough at present.' There are hundreds of sites in the UK that HAVE planning permiission, that won't see a single house built until the property developers think they'll get a good enough deal. And that's WITHOUT going into all the 'brownfield' sites that could be developed, but won't. or the fact that 'affordable' housing is seen by the powers that be as something to be avoided at all costs.
 (I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 28 Mar 2017, 20:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post I can't wait for the Tories to degrade farming subsidies, workers' rights, paternity, maternity, holiday pay
clean beaches, environmental protection, fishing sustainability, competeition standards in business etc etc. All that oppressive stuff the EU technocrats have imposed on us for all these years...
 (theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 10:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post I want to know why we never got to inflict some britishness on europe over the years.
Surely as one of the two net contributors we could have forced france to install 100% porcelain thrones rather than shitting in a hole in the floor like a savage.
 (I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post I know you're not being serious here
but one thing that amazes me is how the EU is reported in this country - that things are done to us by the EU - whereas in truth the UK, France and Germany run (or ran) the fucking place.
 (theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post And yet thousands of british tourists still lose flip flops on the continent every year due to 3rd world sanitation.
We have squandered our membership.
 (I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post some of those flip flops block their pathetic sewerage
every cloud and all that... :)
 (theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post When I go to the continent I wipe my arse on flip flops and just stuff them down.
Take that you Greek bastards!
 (I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post bet that Kos a lot
unless you go to Argos
 (theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post I get them wholesale at kostco
That way it's not ex-zorba-tant.
 (I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 12:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post I take a core-few items of footwear on holiday to avoid that chios
That way I don't fira large luggage bill, although it's milos if I have to stick to walking on the rhodes.
 (I helped save b3ta! joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 13:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ionian-lace them at the end of the day, samos everyone else.
Then I put on a paro-s-lippers. S'aronic really.

[Trapped in a pun factory - send help]
 (I helped save b3ta! joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 15:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post gutted for u
*pokes with stick through the bars*
 (theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 17:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 28 Mar 2017, 16:19, , Reply)