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Old Oct 25th 2013, 3:16 pm
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Quite probably THE best album of all time.
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Old Oct 25th 2013, 3:18 pm
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Originally Posted by chris955
Quite probably THE best album of all time.
Which also just happens to be by a British band ...
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Old Oct 25th 2013, 3:22 pm
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Which also just happens to be by a British band ...
Well no surprise really, most of the worlds greatest bands have been British.
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Old Oct 25th 2013, 6:05 pm
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Default Re: What makes Britain completely crap?

Originally Posted by dunroving
Nothing makes it "completely" crap, but the following make it "somewhat" crap:

Chavs
Entitlement culture
Traffic

Can't think of much else.
I can

Bizarre Energy Tariffs
Bizarre rail ticket prices
Aristocracy
Xenophobia
Daily Mail
BNP, UKIP and the Tories
Labour
Tony fu@king Blair
Lib Dems (yellow is a good colour for them)
Sky high fees on pensions and investment funds
Concentration of wealth, resources and opportunity in SE

Although that last one means that places like the NE are increasingly depressed, depopulated and inexpensive so that I can move back, buy a nice house for not much money and live well off my yankee dollars as long as the NHS survives.

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People who moan about everything.
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People who moan about everything.
Stop moaning about it, then
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Stop moaning about it, then
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oh yes.....other things that tick me right off

The police
GCHQ
Union Jack bunting
Esther Rantzen
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Originally Posted by nun
I can

Bizarre Energy Tariffs
Bizarre rail ticket prices
Aristocracy
Xenophobia
Daily Mail
BNP, UKIP and the Tories
Labour
Tony fu@king Blair
Lib Dems (yellow is a good colour for them)
Sky high fees on pensions and investment funds
Concentration of wealth, resources and opportunity in SE

Although that last one means that places like the NE are increasingly depressed, depopulated and inexpensive so that I can move back, buy a nice house for not much money and live well off my yankee dollars as long as the NHS survives.
You've mentioned concerns about the NHS before. Care to elaborate. I too have concerns about the NHS and means testing for pensions etc.
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Old Oct 26th 2013, 12:21 am
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Originally Posted by Bud the Wiser
You've mentioned concerns about the NHS before. Care to elaborate. I too have concerns about the NHS and means testing for pensions etc.
Just the creeping contracting out and privatization of services. Lack of funding is resulting in poor services which I fear will be used as an excuse to cut back further on NHS services an have them replaced by private contractors.
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Originally Posted by Sally Redux
People who moan about everything.
Yes very tiresome but it makes them happy
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Originally Posted by Bud the Wiser
You've mentioned concerns about the NHS before. Care to elaborate. I too have concerns about the NHS and means testing for pensions etc.
We have had to use the NHS various times since being back including just last week and have been incredibly satisfied with the service we have received. There is lots of nonsense being bandied about, changes have to be obviously but it will be with us for many years yet.
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Originally Posted by nun
I can

Bizarre Energy Tariffs
Bizarre rail ticket prices
Aristocracy
Xenophobia
Daily Mail
BNP, UKIP and the Tories
Labour
Tony fu@king Blair
Lib Dems (yellow is a good colour for them)
Sky high fees on pensions and investment funds
Concentration of wealth, resources and opportunity in SE

Although that last one means that places like the NE are increasingly depressed, depopulated and inexpensive so that I can move back, buy a nice house for not much money and live well off my yankee dollars as long as the NHS survives.
But, I suspect there are similar things, people , political wrangling in ALL other countries.
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Old Oct 26th 2013, 6:23 am
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Originally Posted by mikelincs
But, I suspect there are similar things, people , political wrangling in ALL other countries.
Absolutely that is very obviously the case, sometimes you have to consider the posting history of a member when reading some comments.
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Old Oct 26th 2013, 10:35 am
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Originally Posted by chris955
We have had to use the NHS various times since being back including just last week and have been incredibly satisfied with the service we have received. There is lots of nonsense being bandied about, changes have to be obviously but it will be with us for many years yet.
My mum's treatment on the NHS has been very good. However, stories of poor NHS performance will be used as an excuse to phase it out by those that either want to save money or are idealogically opposed to the NHS. Those stories might, or might not, be true.
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