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Nov 4th 2009, 10:34 pm

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Re: Why do you want to move to Canada

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian

Well yes. But your post was tongue in cheek to begin with, so stop being pedantic.

I would've voted for more hanky-panky in government with KGB linked call girls.

It's been all downhill since then.

I wasn't the one who was making points of order when it comes to dates.

And anyway, given the Robbins Report of 1963 and with Sussex, Keele, York and East Anglia all being built before 1964 government policy for the next 10 year could have been quite easily inferred.

Nov 4th 2009, 10:40 pm

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Re: Why do you want to move to Canada

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Originally Posted by Oink

I wasn't the one who was making points of order when it comes to dates.

And anyway, given the Robbins Report of 1963 and with Sussex, Keele, York and East Anglia all being built before 1964 government policy for the next 10 year could have been quite easily inferred.

Not a point worth arguing over.

Pax vobiscum.

Nov 4th 2009, 10:45 pm

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Re: Why do you want to move to Canada

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Originally Posted by JonboyE

Yes, in 1997 William Hague said the Conservatives would win the next election. It was good enough for me. I was off.

Because, of course, New Labour have done such a great job

Nov 4th 2009, 10:46 pm

#409

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Re: Why do you want to move to Canada

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Because, of course, New Labour have done such a great job

Better than Hague I would imagine, he drank 14 pints of beer a day.

Nov 4th 2009, 11:11 pm

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Re: Why do you want to move to Canada

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Because, of course, New Labour have done such a great job

They were doing great in 1997.

I have an image in my head of Hague giving a speech to the Tory conference when he was about 15. It makes me shudder to this day.

Nov 4th 2009, 11:16 pm

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Re: Why do you want to move to Canada

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They were doing great in 1997.

I have an image in my head of Hague giving a speech to the Tory conference when he was about 15. It makes me shudder to this day.

I had high hopes for that labour party - but the rot set in after a couple of years (most notably after 9/11). It's thanks to those c**** that I dislike governments; I guess I ought to thank them really.

Nov 4th 2009, 11:17 pm

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Re: Why do you want to move to Canada

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Originally Posted by Alan2005

the "C" word Al....................

Nov 4th 2009, 11:18 pm

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Re: Why do you want to move to Canada

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Originally Posted by dollface

I'm a bit of an anarchist now. But the lazy hypocritical kind that doesn't actually do anything.

Edit: To respond to your edit; yes - i stand by my statement

Nov 4th 2009, 11:19 pm

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Re: Why do you want to move to Canada

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I'm a bit of an anarchist now. But the lazy hypocritical kind that doesn't actually do anything.

A bit like Noam Chomsky, then?

Nov 4th 2009, 11:24 pm

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Re: Why do you want to move to Canada

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A bit like Noam Chomsky, then?

Yes, quite a bit actually. Though I think he is naive in that he expects people to be nice to each other. Oh, you meant lazy and hypocritical - yes, then exactly like that.

Nov 4th 2009, 11:29 pm

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Re: Why do you want to move to Canada

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A bit like Noam Chomsky, then?

Yeah, he's barely published anything, the lazy bastard.

Nov 4th 2009, 11:31 pm

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Re: Why do you want to move to Canada

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Yes, quite a bit actually. Though I think he is naive in that he expects people to be nice to each other. Oh, you meant lazy and hypocritical - yes, then exactly like that.

No, I meant the be nice to each other bit. Chomsky isn't hypocritical (much) and it's a bit much to call him lazy at his age.

His transformational grammar was enough to fry my OH's brains back in the early 70's though. I blame him for that.

Nov 4th 2009, 11:33 pm

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Re: Why do you want to move to Canada

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Originally Posted by Oink

Yeah, he's barely published anything, the lazy bastard.

The comparison between me and him breaks down on a number of points. The amount of publishing is not the greatest of them which is that he's actually clever.