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.

Whoof!

You are swallowing the media hype.

Interesting to see how frightened labour's opponents are.

But the attempted smearing of Corbyn seems to be benefitting him.

the proof will be in the pudding
it is far from unlikely that a new party will emerge, with members from both sides joining
it could well find early appeal across a decent swathe of the electorate but, as we have seen in the past, that may fade quite quickly (SDP and UKIP being good examples)

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no need to smear corbyn
he steps in his own shit time and time again and does not emerge smelling of roses

Media hype ?

All the media did was report what Chukka and Old MacDonald said , no need to hype anything.

Abbott must be due another clanger very soon.

One of the things which have always interested me is why some of the failures of life enjoy or indulge with satisfaction in the failures or mistakes of others make. Behaviour which is often seen in those who achieve little themselves.

depends on how one defines someone as being a failure, yourself arguably being a fine example of your own definition

in any case, banana skins have always been a staple of all comedy

Manuel,

I have made many mistakes, failed often but survived to the age of 80.

My school reports were often "capable of far more than he often presents", he should try harder.

Somehow, in spite of my failings, I have survived while many of my fellows have fallen by the roadsides and are popping up the daisies.

I was told when young to recognise one's mistakes, and failings, to learn from them and try not to repeat them.

I continue to travel in hope.

But, you do seem to have the ability to keep walking into brick walls.

superciliousness becomes you, as does its reflection of your actual inferiority to most others

Here is a reasonable warning.

Perhaps, Corbyn and McDonnell have their fingers closer to the pulse than some of the Brexiteers (such as Dil and Manuel) and much of the rabble led by them.

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Ten years on, capitalism might not survive the shock of another Lehman
Will Hutton

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/09/ten-years-after-2008-crisis-another-financial-crash

Here is a reasonable warning.

Perhaps, Corbyn and McDonnell have their fingers closer to the pulse than some of the Brexiteers (such as Dil and Manuel) and much of the rabble led by them.

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Ten years on, capitalism might not survive the shock of another Lehman
Will Hutton

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/09/ten-years-after-2008-crisis-another-financial-crash

mccluskey, corbyn and mcdonnell, in that order, have their fingers closer to the carotid of everyone than most would like to imagine

No.

You are just feeling your own.

Pity someone hadn't told Corby and co the same as you were told when you were young as they seem to have kept making the same mistakes all their lives.

The tory hope.

Is this Manuel's and Dil's pin-up?

i have no idea why you choose to believe i am a fan of boris's
he's great on HIGNFY, but as leader of a political party?????

I thought him a suitable icon for your ideals.

Boris frequently conducts himself in ways where it is hard for one to continue making allowances for his quirks and thereby continue giving him the respect a leader should naturally deserve.

For his lack of discipline alone, he would not make a good leader, let alone a great one.

Speaking personally, I don't want a leader who looks and seems to behave like a fat oaf and can't even seem to manage his own hair or clothing.

Having said that, I think his oratory is terrific and his use of the written word is quite inspiring and charismatic.

To me, he just seems to lack that extra bit of personal discipline and being the bit that just makes all the difference.

Exec,

What does he inspire with his written word?

To me, he is the English version of Trump and a self-serving hedonistic chancer.

Unfortunately, at the moment too many of to-days serving MPs are more interested in their own "career" prospects than feasible future policies for the benefit of the UK and its population as a whole.

(That applies to all major parties.)

Anyone else on here notice, how in Episode 1 The Bodyguard changed his shirt over from a white one to a blue one and then back again?

And in Episode 4, last night, how the plaster on his forehead seemed to move from one side to the other? I would have to go back and re-check this episode to see if the side of his temple where he attempted to shoot himself (but with the bullet changed from a real one to a blank) also changed from his left side to right side. This could have been a shot of him looking at himself in the mirror.

Pity too, to lose Keeley Hawes so soon and have her killed off.



Or has she just gone into hiding to recover from the explosion....... Hmmm?

Fred

Well for one thing, he hopes to inspire the PM to bin the Chequer's deal but she probably won't and I think this will be the undoing of her.

In the running to replace her are

Boris Johnson (favourite): 5.9/1
Sajid Javid (with a good British name): 7.2/1
Jacob Rees-Mogg (from the back benches which is unprecedented and my favourite): 10/1
Michael Gove: 10.5/1
Jeremy Hunt: 11.5/1