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Post by PASTIE on May 10, 2007 22:27:44 GMT -1
At the risk of being the nerd here, did anybody else just watch that? I may have spoiled my vote at the last election by scribbling words "nobody to vote for" across the ballot paper, but I have to say that watching the review of the last ten years in the company of Michael Howard for an hour or so sent shivers down my spine. With every word and every arrogant, disdainful elevation of an eyebrow I was thrown back to remembering what we got rid of in 1997 and for the first time in years I actually think I might vote Labour again So much so I had to post it here as everyone else has gone to bed!
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Post by CHOPPER READ on May 10, 2007 22:31:46 GMT -1
Blair has known how to talk to the nation. Lie to the nation. Fuck the nation up. And he still has that "Smug grin Chopper would love to destroy" look. The Tories are still arogant but look at Blair,Prescott etc.....
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Post by PASTIE on May 10, 2007 22:36:01 GMT -1
Blair has known how to talk to the nation. Lie to the nation. Fuck the nation up. And he still has that "Smug grin Chopper would love to destroy" look. The Tories are still arogant but look at Blair,Prescott etc..... However much I may disagree with so much of what he has done (I am old school Socialist) I have to conceded that I actually believe that a lot that was at the heart of what he did was with the best of intentions. His blinkered single minded Anglican crusade is another issue, but the intentions (if not always the methods) were probably honourable. One scent of Michael Howard and I smell the stench of Thatcher and remember that the motives were to smash society and then deny its existence, coupled with the malignant aim to line the pockets of themselves and their ilk whilst treating the rest of us with less than contempt. Frankly, if Labour want to get re-elected under Brown they could do a lot worse than employ Michael Howard to go on TV every night in the lead up to an election
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Post by CHOPPER READ on May 10, 2007 22:40:13 GMT -1
We both work in a public sector that has seen reductions in staff and quality in the last 10 years. Whereas the Tories lined their own pockets Labour have taken from us to give to all manner of immigrants. Thses people have only come for a free ride and Labour is responsible. Thatcher didn't piss around with terrorists either. She tackled them head on and didn't give a flying fuck what anyone else thought. They are as bad as each other. Blair has known how to talk to the nation. Lie to the nation. Fuck the nation up. And he still has that "Smug grin Chopper would love to destroy" look. The Tories are still arogant but look at Blair,Prescott etc..... However much I may disagree with so much of what he has done (I am old school Socialist) I have to conceded that I actually believe that a lot that was at the heart of what he did was with the best of intentions. His blinkered single minded Anglican crusade is another issue, but the intentions (if not always the methods) were probably honourable. One scent of Michael Howard and I smell the stench of Thatcher and remember that the motives were to smash society and then deny its existence, coupled with the malignant aim to line the pockets of themselves and their ilk whilst treating the rest of us with less than contempt. Frankly, if Labour want to get re-elected under Brown they could do a lot worse than employ Michael Howard to go on TV every night in the lead up to an election
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on May 10, 2007 22:45:19 GMT -1
Raving Loonies all the way
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Post by CHOPPER READ on May 10, 2007 22:49:01 GMT -1
It is hard to know whose box to cross. BNP are just thugs. Well i am i suppose. But you know what i mean. Greens are crap hippies. UKIP are deluded. The list goes on.
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Post by Golden_Boy™ on May 10, 2007 22:53:52 GMT -1
Absolutely Chop. I think it's a case of picking the 'best' of a bad bunch.
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Post by CHOPPER READ on May 10, 2007 22:57:11 GMT -1
I am 36 and have never voted.......EVER!!!!
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Post by Neko Bazu on May 11, 2007 7:20:28 GMT -1
In all truth, I'm definitely not gonna be voting Labour next time round if Brown gets into power - no idea who the better alternative is yet, but it's got to be Anyone But Him. Give it three or four years, and you'll see what a mess he's made of the economy - he'll only exacerbate it if he stays
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Post by PASTIE on May 12, 2007 23:31:40 GMT -1
We both work in a public sector that has seen reductions in staff and quality in the last 10 years. Whereas the Tories lined their own pockets Labour have taken from us to give to all manner of immigrants. Thses people have only come for a free ride and Labour is responsible. Thatcher didn't piss around with terrorists either. She tackled them head on and didn't give a flying fuck what anyone else thought. They are as bad as each other. However much I may disagree with so much of what he has done (I am old school Socialist) I have to conceded that I actually believe that a lot that was at the heart of what he did was with the best of intentions. His blinkered single minded Anglican crusade is another issue, but the intentions (if not always the methods) were probably honourable. One scent of Michael Howard and I smell the stench of Thatcher and remember that the motives were to smash society and then deny its existence, coupled with the malignant aim to line the pockets of themselves and their ilk whilst treating the rest of us with less than contempt. Frankly, if Labour want to get re-elected under Brown they could do a lot worse than employ Michael Howard to go on TV every night in the lead up to an election Not with you on that one Chop. I work in a public sector that has been transformed into a shadow of the private sector with what feels like an infinite number of targets set against an infinitie number of quantitave assessments that dont stand up to scrutiny. Nevertheless, these pointless and misearably time consuming distractions should not mask the fact that in ten years the quality of my working environment and the resources available are massively better than those that were inherited off the previous Tory government. As for my own voting, I have voted green and even the Respect Party (pre-big brother I might add) as well as for Scargill's real Socialist party. All of which were protest votes, but I am one of I suspect many who will return to Labour if there is even a scent of the Tories or even someone to the right of them getting in. As for immigration, I cannot say that I have been overcome with a new wave of Polish Geography teachers just yet!
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Post by gt on May 13, 2007 7:14:48 GMT -1
Why is GB posting as a guest? Has he cancelled his account
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Post by Neko Bazu on May 13, 2007 8:26:47 GMT -1
Why is GB posting as a guest? Has he cancelled his account It looks that way
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on May 13, 2007 8:27:51 GMT -1
Why is GB posting as a guest? Has he cancelled his account It looks that way Why has he done that?
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Post by gt on May 13, 2007 11:42:20 GMT -1
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on May 13, 2007 11:59:52 GMT -1
No more peanut butter jelly time!
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Post by PASTIE on May 13, 2007 18:44:21 GMT -1
THis thread took a bizarre twise. GB can't cancel his account. This is bigger news than Blair announcing his resignation
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Post by GresleyRam©®™ on May 13, 2007 18:48:09 GMT -1
I have said about it on the corridors - after spozz let us know he'd gone! gutted - and he didnt even say goodbye either!
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on May 13, 2007 19:06:59 GMT -1
I have said about it on the corridors - after spozz let us know he'd gone! gutted - and he didnt even say goodbye either! Where's he gone?
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Post by GresleyRam©®™ on May 13, 2007 19:12:22 GMT -1
I have said about it on the corridors - after spozz let us know he'd gone! gutted - and he didnt even say goodbye either! Where's he gone? apparently, he's now working full time again and doesnt have time for this place anymore? cant see why he would delete his account though - why not keep it and get on when he could!
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on May 13, 2007 19:13:35 GMT -1
Where's he gone? apparently, he's now working full time again and doesnt have time for this place anymore? cant see why he would delete his account though - why not keep it and get on when he could! I'll miss him! He was a decent Watford fan
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