JohnL

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Without the war, IMO Blair would have been a > perfectly reasonable PM... who has been better in > the past 40 or so years? We actually forget how popular he was at the beginning of the war - remember those shirt sleeves pulled up meetings with troops. But then we found out how dodgy his dossier was ...

BLAIR CLEGG MAJOR BRANSON GELDOF soon to be joined no doubt by MANDELSON CAMPBELL http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/24/british-politics-will-soon-fight-tony-blair-nigel-farage-theresa/

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Apologies, my use of English is not good due to > the EU. It will be better when we leave. We will > also start brewing proper English beer again like > Double Diamond and Red Barrel which sadly Brussels > outlawed due to the lack of diamondsbarrels in the > beer. A good topic of conversation when I bump > into Nige again at a Westminster pub Unless he's migrated to the States by then.

singalto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rendelharris, I agree with you. I reported > children from Charter once as they were throwing > chips at passing cars. The school was great about > my reporting the incident. They did this to some car at Peckham Rye. He slammed it into reverse and stormed out at them - should have seen them run (I don't condone his actions)

But IDS still blames Labour and mixes up Defecit and Debt yet again Idiot,

They give them money I suppose :) http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/1118144/associated-newspapers-3m-year-payments-tfl-revealed and more http://moremetro.co.uk/metro-raise-circulation-10/

but it's a good reply http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/cristiano-ronaldo-faggot-homophobic-abuse-koke-real-madrid-news-atletico-a7431451.html

binkylilyput Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I really sympathise with you. I live on a busy > road and cannot hear my TV when the window is open > in the summer. When I'm in bed (at the back of the > house, away from the road) my bed actually shakes > when a big vehicle/ bus hits a bump- sometimes > shakes enough to make me jump up with a > start......and that's at the back of the house! > > I see the point of view of TFL and bus users as I > use buses a lot myself. The noise can still be > tiring in the summer though. > > I've learnt that the next time I move I will > certainly take road traffic into consideration. > > I hope there is a solution for you Mines really loud too - but not so bothered as I'm single - but not for families.

As long as it wasn't your hair they were talking about.

DovertheRoad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Only a few years ago there was much "come on Tim!" > cynicism on here from some about Murray ever > amounting to anything. > > To all of you guilty, I believe Muzza has just > flicked you all a polite "vicky". Apparently once he said he supported Scotland and anyone that played England :) It was a joke and he never brought a Paraguay shirt

pop9770 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Liberals & socialists want to shutdown Trump > they're acting like he is going to kill gays,make > slavery legal again and take away women's > rights... Nah, That's Pence - don't any of you touch Trump :)

"travelling the world like gypsies - but with car insurance" As long as it's not a different group every week - as the show was good.

People who slam their pint down on the table so hard you expect it to smash.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Paris is one of the most amusing places for this - > having been brought up for a few years on the > continent my French is reasonably good, it's > always fun to listen for a bit to waiters being > rude about the English tourists then start > speaking to them in French...though nothing on > earth will puncture the arrogance of a Parisian > waiter! But if this Wiki is true they have to speak french by law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_policy_in_France Being rude is just the Paris thing :)

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anyway to return to my conciliatory thoughts, I've > done many thing I am not proud of in my life and > put down to childish naughtiness, teenage > hormones, alcohol, bloody mindedness etc. Maybe > some of this is a product of my age. I've never > thrown bottles of urine at anyone, but some of the > immature stuff we did as students (you can see > where this is going) now makes me shudder. A sort > of "he who casts the first stone" sort of > comment. > Reminds me of how my friend twisted the windscreen sprayer on his car around so it faced the pavement and drove through our village spraying everybody. He wasn't popular but was only water though.

I would have expected a Daily Mail article on Peckham to be more like this http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3946254/The-incredible-moment-Amazon-tribe-untouched-civilization-stare-wonder-photographer-s-plane-flying-them.html

A curse on him and his (it works). (only as much as he gets urine all over him mind)

Brexit Britain Every man for himself seems to be the rule.

tutorse22 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Kudos to Jim for saying something. It's not always > easy to speak up in these situations, even when > you v much want to. > > I've been reading recently on another thread > elsewhere about similar types of "micro > aggressions", and one commentator I very much > respect has suggested that these moments, > uncomfortable as they may be, should be seen as > opportunities to engage . We're entering > difficult times here, and courage to engage with > the "other" side is increasingly important? Hope we aren't going to regress as a country into hate. I remember calling out some guys in a local bar in Egypt and them saying I could get away with anything as a tourist but if they talked to me outside the private hotels the police would beat them up. Of course in the Hotel bars you got treated like royalty.

awwww

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Blll Clinton's aides came up with....It's the > economy, stupid Surprised that wasn't said well before Bill :) I still think that will be the judgement on Brexit too not 'did they stop coming'

Angelina Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > so when you vote - so you vote against who you > don't want? or only vote for who is fully aligned > to your beliefs? > > I think it's more the former. The last Prime Ministers to lose an election Gordon Brown John Major was it Callaghan before that - that might have been the economy ? Edit: Wow just realised they were all 'follow ons' (Blair, Thatcher, Wilson)

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > People are very good at discounting what they > don't want to acknowledge or accept, so it is > possible, even likely, that voters were willing to > suspend their disbelief at his more egregious > beliefs and policies, thereby allowing themselves > to vote for him. > Just heard an articulate, sane, 30-something mum > in Virginia who works as an estage agent, saying > she is perfectly capable of making up her mind and > saying she voted for him because the US needs to > be better run, like a business, by a non-career > politician. > Then again, I also just that the KKK is holding > some kind of vitory rally...... Not defending Trump - who maybe mad as a hatter :) Bill Clinton had some really bad sides to him - but I have him down as a good president in terms of what he got done. He got impeached and couldn't give a toss (which impressed me for some childish reason) Hillary: what happened today Bill Bill: I got impeached, it happens :)

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Let's cut to the chase here. People who vote in a > dangerous Proto-fascist deserve to be called out > for their choices. The things Trump has said and > done aren't OK. If someone is a racist and a > sexist and a bully and a liar and you support > them, then personally I don't think that's some > kind of legitimate form of protest. Hopefully he will govern as a chief executive - get good people in and let them make choices. He seems to have calmed down already. There won't be a wall as there's a fence already, the anti Islamic stuff was removed from his website as soon as he won (says it all) I fear for the supreme court - but just have to accept it - it'll swing back maybe when a certain Michelle enters the race next time :).

teddyboy23 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JohnL her words not mine.no worries I will let her > know. I didn't mean to imply you said it. Anyone saying anything to Hillary this week might get slapped :)