Vince Green

James O'Brian the biggest left wing agitator in radio used to shut down anybody who had a different view to him on climate change by saying "99% of all scientists believe climate change is man made" How could he possibly know? has he asked them all? I am a scientist, I have a science degree, nobody has ever asked me. I deeply resent him using me (even by default) to build his fake statistics. the thing is, I am more than happy to debate the issues, I don't think I am unreasonable but I don't want to be prevented from taking my mother to her hospital appointment in London by a load if kids who have skipped school to sit on a pink bloody boat holding up traffic for six hours and thinking its great fun.

Burning carbon doesn't cause climate change in itself because its a natural cycle and it self heals. Back in the 70s when climate change was first aired it always came with an agenda and that agenda was usually a bit bordering on the loony fringes and promoted by people it was hard to take seriously. Then came climate gate when scientists were proved to be conspiring to falsify data because they were making money out of it. Lecture tours, flash hotels, first class flights etc. I'm not as convinced as you are

The question really is, do you believe the issue has been hijacked by some highly skilled social media manipulators who are blowing this young lady in front of our kid and grandkids daily 24/7 on social media.? Is it a good and noble cause or is it the hard left testing out their software? If there is another election the social media war targeting the young will be massive. We old **** haven't got a clue whats really going on. All those kids on the bus in the mornings staring into their phones are like lambs to the slaughter and the loony left have realised it

The French are very prone to cover up official embarrassments

It would appear that "baby salmon" is a popular delicacy in Spain. In Barcelona a few years back they seemed to be on the menu at most of the restaurants and when we went round the fish market there were literally mounds of them on various counters. They were about 6" long, if that. The person we were with, who knew more about fish than I do, commented at the time that they would not be legal in the UK. He also said, as far as he knew the same rules should apply to Spain but clearly they didn't. If what he said was correct I don't suppose the paperwork was done properly either, the thought of what all those little tiddlers would have become is quite heartbreaking. Really speaking, they weren't theirs for the Spanish to take

SL55 AMG and before that I had a DB9. Its hard (ie expensive) to get tyres rated for over 140 so i don't suppose I will do it again. At one time all German Autobahns were unlimited but the German govt started putting speed limits on them because of the horrendous accidents. The German car manufacturers complained to the Government, how could they sell high performance cars if the customers had nowhere to drive them. So the government agreed, a few selected Autobahns would remain unrestricted if in return the cars were limited to 155mph by their engine management . My step sister lives near Dusseldorf so I used to go out and frighten myself occasionally

Veganism is the current food fad and kids are being bombarded with stuff about it on social media all the time. Once they start to respond they get lots more political things sent to them as well. Things like climate change demonstrations and animal rights activities, plus of course our old friends Momentum. Somebody somewhere is harvesting all their data and they are good at what they are doing

The agricultural subsidy was originally introduced because the French farmers feared unfair competion from German farmers. Since then it has become a huge source of fraud across many countries. Claiming subsidies on barren hillsides that couldn't even grow weeds. Planting crops they never harvest etc.

Its not just Germany that runs a destabilising economic surplus as far as we are concerned. Spain manages to flood us with agricultural produce like lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber in huge amounts . OK its not earth shattering but they are dumping it on us because they can't sell it on their home market and they grow it purely for the EU subsidy. Its completely killed off the little producers in Cornwall who used to provide our salad stuff. However, you can call me a Little Englander but I still don't entirely trust Germany's motives. To me they still have the arrogance of self belief in their own infallablity.

I can see that point of view but let me put another slant on the Holland eating grass story. Its that during the war the Dutch were starved nearly to death ( and in many cases literally to death because Germany deliberately and in full understanding of what it was doing cut off all food supplies and they did it intentionally to bring them to submission. And it worked Not quite the same picture is it? In many ways Germany has been employing similar tactics against Greece, Italy and Spain more recently. Do leopards ever change their spots? Germany has never reacted with anything but aggression towards failing member states when they get into difficulties . That to me is a big red flag The difference between you and me is that I don't see the EU as a benign club

Do you really believe that is even a remote possibility? is there any will to change while the money (our money!) keeps flowing? Maybe Brexit will force them to reform, who knows? but I can only repeat my belief that the EU has failed to deliver the strong positive leadership and has degenerated into self interest

That was then, this is now. The EU definitely started out with very noble aspirations and I was a very enthusiastic believer. However, it never came good, too many people and too many countries were only interested in self interest and lining their own pockets. Others wanted to build a European Superstate without a real understanding of how to do it. Instead they have created a bureaucratic madhouse that cannot now restructure itself even if there was a will to do so. I for one simply don't believe there is the will to do so.

That contains a lot of propaganda which is easy to show to be misleading. Lets just look at one example, they say the EU has 500 million consumers, true as far as it goes but most of those consumers are in countries that are skint and wont be buying anything from us because they have no money. How is that good for us? Its not, but those same skint countries still have their feet in the trough. I think its well worth fore going the miniscule trading opportunities with countries like Estonia, Hungary and Latvia if it means not having to pour money into the trough. simple cost/benefit analysis

Do you really think that we could ever take a grip of the EU?. One of my principle objections to the EU is that we have absolutely no leverage and never will have. The fatal flaw in the construct of the EU is that it is a round table, a throw back to the early days of the EEC when it was a simple trade agreement between a half dozen or so equal sized nations. That does not work when they started to build financial and political union on that flawed foundation

Yes its old school labour tactics going back to the days of militant. Rigging committees and then voting in all their cronies

Corbyn is (allegedly) not willing to face another election campaign. Either because it would be too much like hard work and he can't be bothered, or because he knows he wouldn't win. Probably a bit of both, anyway he can't stand down with Watson in place as deputy leader because Watson would become leader by default under current rules. Think back to Blair and Brown, Blair stood down and Brown took over automatically without having any sort of election. That's why a lot of us anti Europeans believe Brown had no legal mandate to sign the Lisbon Treaty. Anyway Watson's days in the Labour Party are numbered, as are a lot of other moderate MPs like Harriet Harman and Liz Kendall. Momentum have said all labour MPs will have to reapply to be selected as candidates for their own seats at the next election. You don't need a crystal ball to predict how that will turn out. The moderates will all be ousted and replaced by militants .

If you shoot regularly at Bisley, as I have done for over 50 years! you will know that getting markers can be a problem and the quality was very variable. A lot of the regular shooters booked private markers to overcome that problem but the man who controlled all that has died recently. The new man is Gary Ledger but he has gone upmarket with a proper website https://privatemarker.wixsite.com/garyledger He is no dearer but he is a professional and a much higher standard, plus he turns up which is not guaranteed with the casuals

Everybody is responsible for their actions in every thing they do, not just this situation, that's how the law works.

In general I would agree with you

Not on some autobahns. I fairly regularly hit 150 but don't stay there for long. At 300 its more to do with aerodynamics than engine power

There is no such thing as the far right in Britain in the way you describe it. Certainly not as a terrorist threat. Just ordinary people who disagree with the left wing views get described routinely as far right.

YES!

I am (at the moment) an EU citizen but if I go to Germany to my sister's, all I can get is a migrant worker's ID card which means that I cannot open a bank account, cannot buy a property, cannot claim any benefits or access any healthcare

WHAT ? are you serious? the Calais Migrants are predominantly Eritrain, Afghan and increasingly Vietnamese. How have we bled any of them dry of anything? You really are a loose cannon Henry, you say things without engaging drive. Frankly, its getting a bit tedious Even if my great grandfather had colonised their great grandfather's country 150 years ago, that's not my problem or my responsibility, as it happens he didn't, but either way I don't give a flying f-f-fig

What ever evidence we gave you, you would not accept it. Your mind is closed, that has been obvious for some time.