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Ricky Spanish

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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #375 on: May 09, 2017, 07:56:23 PM »
Awww damn - hung by my petard. I did wonder why the Cam in the photie.. saw the date, not the year.  I did like the photo though, kinda Pennywise in its composition!!
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #376 on: May 09, 2017, 08:58:11 PM »
 And all the the Theresas went 'Kill the foxes, kill the foxes!'
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #377 on: May 09, 2017, 09:19:19 PM »
Quote from: Ricky Spanish on May 09, 2017, 07:14:30 PM
I've just realised why I don't respond to your diatribes... They are like watching a hot air balloon collapse, most of them are self-deflating!!

Since I only attacked T. May in the post you refer that is very supportive of the Tories of you.

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Back in the real world though I hear that Labour actually lost half as many seats in the locals as the Selfservatives...  What?

Please note in the real world its 2017.
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #378 on: May 10, 2017, 09:35:42 AM »
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #379 on: May 10, 2017, 09:55:16 AM »
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #380 on: May 10, 2017, 10:36:42 AM »
Surely the media can handle this and hi-light the questions candidates won't answer. Interviews they won't allow and so on ... at least when they are not fawning over them (One show anyone?)

Michael Crick is doing a good job.
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #381 on: May 10, 2017, 11:07:44 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on May 09, 2017, 08:58:11 PM
And all the the Theresas went 'Kill the foxes, kill the foxes!'

I now have no one to vote for.
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #382 on: May 10, 2017, 11:44:42 AM »
No prosecutions over election expenses (though Sth Thanet still being investigated)


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39865801
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #383 on: May 10, 2017, 11:49:35 AM »
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #384 on: May 10, 2017, 03:32:24 PM »
It's all beyond parody really.   A PM who simpers on the One Show and hides away from ordinary people, and a leader of the Opposition who talks of a reckoning with the rich, which is way too militant for English people.   

I try to ignore it, but bits of it keep filtering through, as if in a mad nightmare.   Drink required!
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #385 on: May 10, 2017, 06:15:16 PM »
Dear Its the Wigginhall Listen to the Man,

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I think Labour have been wrecked by globalization.  I mean, Old Labour had a kind of 'capitalism with benefits' menu, which sort of worked, until Callaghan pronounced doom on Keynes.   After that, it was chaos, until Blair moved to the right, and embraced globalization.   This seemed to work for a bit, until the Big Squelch (capitalism always bites you on the bum).   And now, what narrative?  I will be interested in Macron, as he seems to be Blair-like.   

In both countries, it seems that globalization has hollowed out industrial towns, leading to a kind of populist revolt.   Gordon Brown used to talk about taming globalization, not sure how. 

Damn, I had better read Varoufakis' new book, too long!

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It's all beyond parody really.   A PM who simpers on the One Show and hides away from ordinary people, and a leader of the Opposition who talks of a reckoning with the rich, which is way too militant for English people.   

I try to ignore it, but bits of it keep filtering through, as if in a mad nightmare.   Drink required!

Dear Wigs,

Have that drink old friend, you are as always talking sense in a world gone senseless.

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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #386 on: May 11, 2017, 08:12:44 AM »
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LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May will be blocked from negotiating Brexit with fellow European leaders once talks officially get underway, senior figures from the European Union warned on Wednesday.

May will not be invited to meetings of the heads of government of other member states and will only be allowed to discuss the terms of Brexit with Michel Barnier, European Commission’s chief negotiator, the Times newspaper reported.

This latest development is yet another blow to May's Brexit plan.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/eu-threatens-to-ban-theresa-may-from-taking-part-in-brexit-talks-2017-5
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #387 on: May 11, 2017, 10:40:20 AM »
Remind me.. what are the excuses for voting Tory?
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #388 on: May 11, 2017, 12:21:37 PM »
Quote from: Ricky Spanish on May 11, 2017, 10:40:20 AM
Remind me.. what are the excuses for voting Tory?

Tax the poor, help the rich. 
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #389 on: May 11, 2017, 03:49:18 PM »
Our middle daughter and her husband went to hear Jeremy Corbyn speak in Leamington Spa today. They think JC is wonderful! ::)
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #390 on: May 11, 2017, 03:52:33 PM »
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Re: UK General Election 2017
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #392 on: May 11, 2017, 04:05:38 PM »
Yeah, but floo wants to blame Corbyn, because, err, well, she blames Corbyn.
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #393 on: May 11, 2017, 04:08:36 PM »
Quote from: wigginhall on May 11, 2017, 04:05:38 PM
Yeah, but floo wants to blame Corbyn, because, err, well, she blames Corbyn.

Please stop accusing me of things which aren't true.

I AM NOT BLAMING CORBYN, that would be stupid.
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #394 on: May 11, 2017, 04:17:23 PM »
OK, sorry.
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #395 on: May 11, 2017, 04:18:10 PM »
Quote from: Ricky Spanish on May 11, 2017, 10:40:20 AM
Remind me.. what are the excuses for voting Tory?

It irks the sneering Labour fanboys.
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #396 on: May 11, 2017, 04:19:28 PM »
Quote from: wigginhall on May 11, 2017, 04:17:23 PM
OK, sorry.

I don't see it Corbyn's way, but having said that I think he is a decent bloke.
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Re: UK General Election 2017
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #398 on: May 12, 2017, 12:48:11 AM »
Quote from: Floo on May 11, 2017, 04:19:28 PM
I don't see it Corbyn's way, but having said that I think he is a decent bloke.
That he is.

Just saw this-
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/10/labour-partys-future-lies-with-momentum-says-noam-chomsky
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Re: UK General Election 2017
« Reply #399 on: May 12, 2017, 07:13:28 AM »
Inflation now exceeding wages because partly of the unnecessary election.
On a separate note, why are the BBC showing Eleanor Garnier before the 9pm watershed?
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