SANTAN Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Centre ground stuck with right leaning over far left, how unsurprising.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 I had almost forgotten this man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 14 minutes ago, itzdrk said: I had almost forgotten this man. I was talking about him in work the other day as someone I work with knew of him from working up in Skye. He's legendary up those parts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 On 24/11/2020 at 16:22, jakedee said: Watching the Parliamentary chanel just now, and that absolute clown John Redwood re-writing history and blaming the de - industrialisation of the UK in the 80's/90's on the EU. Clown. Reality - the economic forces that were the main cause of de-industrialisation in the developed world in the 1980s happened to Europe too. What happened in the Ruhr, in North East France, in Wallonia and elsewhere was that governments - and the EEC - spent colossal amounts of money helping the regions to transition out of old-school coal-howking and metal-bashing into new industries. Germany went hi-tech while France went more for plastics, chemicals etc. I do like my Bosch washing machine and dishwasher. Today those regions are massive employers with decent-paying jobs and poverty is low compared with us, though there are obviously some places that aren't exactly prospering. In the UK the government abandoned its industrial areas. They got nothing more than Jobcentres for jobs that didn't exist. There was no real investment in skills or new industries and now most of our post-industrial land is covered in housing, leisure facilities or is wasteland, while local communities are riddled with poverty and addiction. Those made unemployed were expected to up sticks, move to London and become marketing consultants, and the money saved in comparison with our neighbours went on tax cuts.. What's particularly galling is that it was these places that made Britain the powerful, and then the parts of the country that got rich off their backs simply abandoned them. France, Belgium and Germany - which had to absorb East Germany too - all have considerably higher GDP per person than the UK, where poverty continues to hold us back, so I think we know who got it right in the long run. None of this should be open to much debate, it's just history. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 2 hours ago, NotThePars said: I was talking about him in work the other day as someone I work with knew of him from working up in Skye. He's legendary up those parts. PETER DOW IS SINGLE 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) The Germans have a word for this. (mainstream press have covered that a Hungarian MEP was busted at a sex party, they have not confirmed the gay part, that is coming from independent journalists in Hungary but they have a good rep) Edited December 1, 2020 by dorlomin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 superb stuff, we could all learn from these old boys. Absolutely. It's a great documentary. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoustie Young Guvnor Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 01/12/2020 at 17:05, dorlomin said: The Germans have a word for this. (mainstream press have covered that a Hungarian MEP was busted at a sex party, they have not confirmed the gay part, that is coming from independent journalists in Hungary but they have a good rep) Aye shaggenfreude 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 https://amp.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/nick-ferrari/home-secretary-bring-new-law-protest-threaten-democracy/?__twitter_impression=trueHome Secretary to introduce new laws on protests which threaten democracyHere comes another Brexit bonus, no doubt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Friends in high places? https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2020/12/13/police-drop-probe-into-tory-ex-minister-arrested-over-rape-accusation/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 On 02/12/2020 at 15:01, MixuFruit said: superb stuff, we could all learn from these old boys. This is mentioned in the book Pinochet in Piccalilli by Andy Beckett. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 What has the delightful Joanne Swinson CBE been up to recently? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rider Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Theroadlesstravelled said: What has the delightful Joanne Swinson CBE been up to recently? Did she become Prime Minister after all? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 What has the delightful Joanne Swinson CBE been up to recently?Working in the Allander Sports centre Milngavie, I think 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 20 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said: 3 hours ago, Theroadlesstravelled said: What has the delightful Joanne Swinson CBE been up to recently? Working in the Allander Sports centre Milngavie, I think Hopefully something she needs to wear yoga pants for. amirite? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Hopefully something she needs to wear yoga pants for. amirite? Nooooooooooooo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 10 hours ago, Tynierose said: Or become slavering guests on off the ball. *cough* *cough* @Div 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 We did it lads. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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