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Re: Prince Harry Podcast
« Reply #25 on: April 18, 2017, 05:22:02 PM »
the upper class ghetto of Eton
I didn't know you went to Eton.
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Re: Prince Harry Podcast
« Reply #26 on: April 18, 2017, 05:26:35 PM »
So you want to perpetuate a system which continually produces damaged, unhappy lives?
I've met quite a lot of people who have had dragged unhappy lives. None of them were in the Royal Family. Some of them came from council estates (let's get rid of that system) or middle class families (that system has to go) or highly religious backgrounds (definitely get rid of that system).

You seem to have so much hate and anger, why not let it go, I think you'll be happier.
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« Reply #27 on: April 18, 2017, 05:27:03 PM »
We have a president like Trump. It is called May and it's just thrown its teddy out of the pram.

No, May calling an election feels calculated, not temperamental.

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Re: Prince Harry Podcast
« Reply #28 on: April 18, 2017, 06:39:46 PM »
[quote anchorman 09.20]
....growing up in the upper class ghetto of Eton....[/quote]

I didn't know you went to Eton.

 ;D jeremy

Anchor I only just noticed that bit of your post. You really do have it bad, you sound chippy. Do you know Eton, exactly where it is or anyone who went there? If you did you wouldn't say that. Plenty of middle class go there & they give good scholarships.

No, May calling an election feels calculated, not temperamental.

It does indeed, because of jeremy corbyn's unpopularity she's confident of getting back in.
There's such a thing as overconfidence though, no-one can ever be that sure of the outcome of an election.
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« Reply #29 on: April 18, 2017, 06:50:59 PM »
Sorry, I do not agree with the English or Scottish private education system, or the flawed individuals it produces - Bullingdon club, anyone? (And a pig's......ear)
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« Reply #30 on: April 18, 2017, 07:30:53 PM »
Well Anchor, I am all for good state schools, i went to a grammar school (privately educated before that), husband and offspring were also educated at state grammar schools but that is in a way beside the point because private schools - or public schools as we call them -do exist whether we approve of the system or not. While they exist we must give them some credit for good education nor blame parents for sending their children to them. There's no point being bitter and angry about it.

Public schools vary tremendously & Eton is better than many, not only for education but for pastoral care. That is why it was chosen for the two royal princes whose mother was insistent on them going there, plus its proximity to London. You can't tar all the schools, or ex-pupils, with same brush.

What we can do is campaign strongly for better state schools. There are some very good ones but people deserve more. I've always understood that Scotland has higher educational standards than England.

We've gone off the point of what Prince Harry said in his podcast, which has nowt to do with what school he went to. His words have struck a chord with people across the board.
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Re: Prince Harry Podcast
« Reply #31 on: April 18, 2017, 07:33:11 PM »
Sorry, I do not agree with the English or Scottish private education system, or the flawed individuals it produces - Bullingdon club, anyone? (And a pig's......ear)

Whereas the state system produced the football hooligans of the 70's and 80's. We can all commit the fallacy of overgeneralisation.

Honestly, you do really need to get rid of that chip on your shoulder. Too many of your posts are poisoned by it.
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« Reply #32 on: April 18, 2017, 08:39:54 PM »
Jeremy, I agree, but a lot more of his posts are kind, witty and erudite. We've both had a go at him about his chip (more of a plank) & i think he will have got the message by now  :).

Hooligans come from all educational backgrounds. For some it is a rite of passage! I had a brief foray into minor hooliganism aged 14 which was very educational - for my parents & teachers.

Prince Harry has grown into a kindly, thoughtful man who seems genuinely to want to help people, I believe he would be the same regardless of schooling but his high profile means more will hear him. Since Rhiannon posted this thread I've heard about it endlessly on radio, on TV and it pops up on the internet! It's been well received so I think we can fairly say, good for him.
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« Reply #33 on: April 19, 2017, 03:17:11 AM »
Jeremy, I agree, but a lot more of his posts are kind, witty and erudite.
Yes, I know. That makes it all the more annoying when his posts exhibit his chippiness.

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Hooligans come from all educational backgrounds.
Indeed they do. That was my point.
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« Reply #34 on: April 21, 2017, 06:46:13 PM »
More work being done by Royals on mental health. Somewhat more impressive than Jeremy Hunt who thinks we all know what depression is like because we have all been a bit down!



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39664608

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« Reply #35 on: April 21, 2017, 06:50:29 PM »
More work being done by Royals on mental health. Somewhat more impressive than Jeremy Hunt who thinks we all know what depression is like because we have all been a bit down!



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39664608

They strike me as good and sincere people.

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« Reply #36 on: April 22, 2017, 01:09:38 PM »
More work being done by Royals on mental health. Somewhat more impressive than Jeremy Hunt who thinks we all know what depression is like because we have all been a bit down!



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39664608

Surely some understanding and empathy is better than none

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« Reply #37 on: April 22, 2017, 01:45:45 PM »
Surely some understanding and empathy is better than none
thinking that we all know what depression is like because we have all been a bit down is showing precisely no understanding nor empathy.

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« Reply #38 on: April 22, 2017, 02:00:19 PM »
thinking that we all know what depression is like because we have all been a bit down is showing precisely no understanding nor empathy.

Actually it is damaging, because it is this kind of ignorance that leads people to think that those with clinical depression can 'pull themselves out of it'.