Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Manuel,

Do you mean brighter and more thoughtful than you appear to be, and without the cunning, or morals of some barrow boy spivs?

I find most of the kids at public school have plenty of common sense. Through my kids, I know boys at Westminster, City, Highgate, Eton, Rugby, Winchester, Stowe, Harrow and a couple of other major public schools. They are all well rounded people, very clever and with plenty of common sense. Public school gives the pupils a lot of confidence. That is almost more important than the good exam results. It is why public school children end up in positions of responsibility. Richard Branson went to Stowe (hence Stowe corner at Silverstone just over the fence). Branson had that confidence that didn't allow for failure. It is a quality that I see in all my son's friends. They all assume that they will be successful in life.

It is my son's 18th birthday and I have at least 10 and maybe 20 of them staying the night tonight, mostly sleeping on the floor. It will be interesting tomorrow morning. It may be bacon sandwiches for 20. Every time they come here, they hide things. For weeks we are looking for odd items. Door stops in the fridge, the cat in a wardrobe etc.

Haystack

I use to think you were a Farmer with that username , or is it a nickname for your size ?

Yep I agree with Alders, bad night for labour on Question Time.

ps, alders did you watch the politacal programme after with Andrew Neal

Think that young kid gave my mate Portillio a right kicking.

Hes damed good for a youngster.

i was out last night, but i like portillo .... he often talks sensibly and gets his point across well .... in many ways, i think he'ld have made a good party leader or even pm, though i suspect he wasn't inclined that way, for you need to be very driven

No i missed it. Hes damed good for a youngster

How old was he ?

Hays good post above but for every Public School Boy in 5,000 theirs going to be one from humble beginnings whos going to be better.

Look at Harold Wilson.

John Major.


Rachel Reeves

PM elect.


Fact is Harold and Rachel remain the highest scorers in the London School of Ecomics exam history.

Cyners your totaly wrong,

Mick Portillio for primeminster....... any day.

In my opinion hes miles in front of Camoron or Osbourne hes only problem is his own sexuality ie, hes wrote he doesnt know.

Cyners your totaly wrong,

Mick Portillio for primeminster....... any day.

In my opinion hes miles in front of Camoron or Osbourne hes only problem is his own sexuality ie, hes wrote he doesnt know.

GF.

Do you mean the show where one of the participants paid the stable bill out of expenses, paid for by the taxpayers?

I wonder what would have happened to one of the immigrant scroungers who over claimed?

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You are getting old. That boy, Owen Jones is 29 years old and knows his facts. Very able and fluent.

I think Neil should shut up sometimes and listen to the answers, even if they don't suit his pitch.

Surprised how out of touch Portillo was. Usually, he is quite rational.

Agreed Fred.

Owen Jones...................can never remember his name.


Fred for PM.

sticky - i said i didn't think he really wanted the job

gf
The 'kid' you were talking about is Owen Jones. He writes for the Independent and the Guardian. He is no kid, he is 30. His grandfather was involved with the Communist Party and his parents met as members of a Trotskyist group, the Militant tendency. He used to be a lobbyist for the trade union movement.

I thought he spouted the usual working class nonsense about the trade unions and ignored Portillo's comments about the harm unions have done to Britain.

GF.

No!


I am to old.


Prefer playing chess with 70 year olds.

Cunning bs, who know all the openings and talk when its their opponent's move!


8-)

This is a b. of a market!

gf
There are plenty of working class kids at public school, either because of scholarships, bursaries or parents going without to afford it. You would be surprised how many taxi drivers have kids a private schools.

Hays have you ever been a Union Member?

Haze.

It must be in his genes.

Bloody bolshie lower class, they will be ruling the world unless you are careful!

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When I read you posts you remind me of the expression "airs and graces" who knows everybody of "importance".

(But are not known by them!)

No. Never would having seen the effects of unions at close range.

Hays........so as a non Union member how on earth can you give a logical account of them??????

Your as bad as Cynic........... just news paper headlines.

make your mind up you silly old bugger!
it's as silly a comment as saying you can't have a clue on how to bring up children unless you've had your own

for myself, i too would never willingly join a union - and fortunately never had to
i completely accept why unions certainly were needed, but i do not believe that they any longer have as top priority their individual members' best interests

i've assuredly seen the malign influence of unions when it comes to sacking poor teachers - a nightmare for the governors

i'm even old enough to remember the union of boilermakers calling out their members over who should draw a chalk line on a steel plate