goldfinger
- 09 Jun 2005 12:25
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.
MaxK
- 29 Jul 2016 11:14
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grannyboy
- 29 Jul 2016 11:29
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Two men have been jailed for 4 years for smuggling immigrants into UK.
Well we're seeing some Justice at last..It's to be hoped those immigrants that
were smuggled into the country illegally are deported forthwith, with NO lengthy
appeals.
grannyboy
- 29 Jul 2016 11:32
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The only charity that i'd contribute too would be a birth control one.
cynic
- 29 Jul 2016 11:37
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two bricks is very efficient and cheap
VICTIM
- 29 Jul 2016 11:42
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In the right hands of course .
Haystack
- 29 Jul 2016 11:42
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Painful, if you get your thumbs caught.
Fred1new
- 29 Jul 2016 13:45
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Post 72891,
If only it could be done retrospectively and I could choose who would be subjected to the procedure, I would give willingly.
jimmy b
- 29 Jul 2016 13:57
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Problem is Fred you wouldn't give to anyone ,you didn't even take any supplies to Calais when you were passing right by the door .
Your so full of shit.
cynic
- 29 Jul 2016 14:16
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i sure he said let them eat cake so raided his local morrison's throwaway bin and loaded his car with stuff for the calais migrants
french customs probably wouldn't let it through
Fred1new
- 29 Jul 2016 14:48
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Dumbo and Manuel,
How are the Geert Wilders and Marine Le Pen getting on?
Are they giving you some tips?
You may feel at home with the moderate views on immigration.
Mind if the con or the kipper parties reject you can always join the BNP.
I sure you will feel at home.
MaxK
- 29 Jul 2016 15:10
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This was written a few years ago, but it sums up Fred and fellow travellers to a tee.
England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. In left-wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at every English institution.
http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/56132/The-self-loathing-of-the-British-Left-is-now-a-problem-for-us-all
Fred1new
- 29 Jul 2016 15:34
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Perhaps that was written by a biased English man and not being English I can understand their dilemma.
Perhaps this is apt.
“Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country's virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, "the greatest", but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.”
Also,:
If you give respect to others, then others may give respect to you. At least you will be giving them a chance of doing so.
VICTIM
- 29 Jul 2016 15:37
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Talking through ones backside is an art form .
Fred1new
- 29 Jul 2016 15:53
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Yours must be suffering a blockage!
VICTIM
- 29 Jul 2016 16:11
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Bottoms up .
MaxK
- 29 Jul 2016 20:05
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George had you well twigged Fred.
But what I don't understand is why? Why do you hate yourself??
MaxK
- 29 Jul 2016 20:39
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A lot of that was true driver, but the 70/80's saw the unions getting out of their heads on power.
btw, where are they today? protecting the average worker against unfair competition by cheap imported labour eh?
where are they??
Haystack
- 29 Jul 2016 21:11
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The phrase "lions led by donkeys" comes to mind when considering some of the pointless struggles conducted by many unions.
The miners strike led by Scargill who would not let his members have a vote. There was the strike over technology in the print union. The dockers strike against containers. The years of restrictive practice and demarcation that required 6 men to put up a no smoking sign. The list is quite long.
The dockers were offered jobs in the container businesses in London and Tilbury. Their response was to strike and London and Tilbury closed. The work went to the container port at Felixstowe. The print workers were offered involvement in the new technology but tried to stop it, so they were cut out completely. For years they had milked the system in Fleet Street with phantom employees and over staffing. The unions were ruining the car and other industries.
The changes that were brought about by Thatcher were needed. Labour had tried unsuccessfully to introduce the same type of changes. Barbara Castle produced a document called "In place of strife" which she failed to get past the left wing and the unions.
We were called the sick man of Europe while the unions dominated businesses. It is interesting that the Labour Party has never attempted to repeal Thatcher's union laws.