The country we left behind
Dec 16th 2017, 8:03 pm
#62
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Re: The country we left behind
There wouldn't have been a Brexit referendum if MT had been PM.
I'm no supporter of hers and I think "Brexit" is a religious cult like fantasy which is ruining the UK in my opinion, but the UK wouldn't be cutting off its nose to spite its face if there hadn't been a weak PM who wanted to settle a school boy squabble.
I'm no supporter of hers and I think "Brexit" is a religious cult like fantasy which is ruining the UK in my opinion, but the UK wouldn't be cutting off its nose to spite its face if there hadn't been a weak PM who wanted to settle a school boy squabble.
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Dec 16th 2017, 8:10 pm
#63
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Re: The country we left behind
I wonder what the Brexit situation would have been like if Maggie was still PM
There again if you were a serving soldier or police officer in those days then the Iron Lady was a very good PM. Granted if you were a coal miner you saw her in a different light and yet these days we prattle on about climate change and the need to find alternatives to fossil fuels. Perhaps she was a visionary after all.
There again if you were a serving soldier or police officer in those days then the Iron Lady was a very good PM. Granted if you were a coal miner you saw her in a different light and yet these days we prattle on about climate change and the need to find alternatives to fossil fuels. Perhaps she was a visionary after all.
She tried to instill a much needed entrepreneurial spirit in the population. Sure she had a number of bad points but many of the champagne socialists on this board can only see her bad points and they seem to think that Corbyn is the messiah.I agree with other posters in that if Maggie was still in power Brexit wouldn't have happened.
Many if not all politicians have good points and bad points and for myself, at least, when I do go to vote I try and see through the spin and dogma and I usually end up voting for those who I find least offensive. I deal with municipal (local) government daily in my job and the cronyism, short sighted thinking, and overall odious behaviour of most of those in power or wanting to be in power is very off putting to me. My wife says I don't have the patience or ability to not say what is really on my mind to last in an elected position.
Dec 16th 2017, 8:11 pm
#64
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Re: The country we left behind
There wouldn't have been a Brexit referendum if MT had been PM.
I'm no supporter of hers and I think "Brexit" is a religious cult like fantasy which is ruining the UK in my opinion, but the UK wouldn't be cutting off its nose to spite its face if there hadn't been a weak PM who wanted to settle a school boy squabble.
I'm no supporter of hers and I think "Brexit" is a religious cult like fantasy which is ruining the UK in my opinion, but the UK wouldn't be cutting off its nose to spite its face if there hadn't been a weak PM who wanted to settle a school boy squabble.
Dec 17th 2017, 12:13 am
#65
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Re: The country we left behind
Methinks I detect a little deliberate Trump-like misdirection here. Criticising Thatcher for her terrible policies does not automatically indicate that the critic is a Corbyn lover. The one does not follow from the other.
Dec 17th 2017, 1:02 am
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Re: The country we left behind
- Disliking/loving Thatcher
- Loving/disliking Corbyn
- Seeing Brexit as sheer lunacy / a Wonderful Thing
Are 3 separate issues. One does not necessarily lead to a particular view of any of the others.
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Dec 17th 2017, 2:22 pm
#67
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Re: The country we left behind
I'm wondering where I get this champagne supply
Dec 17th 2017, 2:28 pm
#68
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Re: The country we left behind
I make an effort to live up to ignorant stereotypes and therefore have a couple of bottles of Piper-Heidsieck ready chilled in the fridge.
Pop on over and we can quaff it while singing the Red Flag and other Commie ditties.
Pop on over and we can quaff it while singing the Red Flag and other Commie ditties.
Dec 17th 2017, 5:28 pm
#69
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Re: The country we left behind
And a schunkeln. Why go with half a load?
Dec 17th 2017, 6:16 pm
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Re: The country we left behind
Dec 18th 2017, 11:37 am
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Dec 18th 2017, 12:03 pm
#72
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Re: The country we left behind
Ineffectual and misguided, an irrelevance.
It's a toss up with electing Trump, isn't it, for the stupidest act by an electorate since the second world war?
Dec 18th 2017, 12:17 pm
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Dec 18th 2017, 2:39 pm
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Re: The country we left behind
To be honest, I don't see him as being very much at all...and, yes, that is simply my opinion however, you did ask...😎
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