Thunderbird Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Vince Green said: A lot of people when they first go to college were a bit lonely and feeling isolated so these cockroaches acted like a support group, your new best mates, meetings, drinks in the bar etc Like a cult does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 34 minutes ago, Thunderbird said: Like a cult does. Well, a similar spelling! 5 hours ago, Mungler said: 1990, Day 1 at Manchester, our course lecturer gives a speech which starts with ‘ah you’re all here, you’re all right on and ready to change the world eh; I bet you’ve all even signed up with the Socialist Worker lot?’ He then starts laughing to himself and says ‘ah the naivety of youth, give it 10 years and you start to pay tax and you’ll soon be voting Tory’. That’s always stuck with me because it’s true. People will be groovy and woke for so long as it suits them and their personal identity at any particular time. My Humanities studying housemate at the time (who long term wanted to be a stockbroker) joined the Student Socialist Worker Party only because he thought it would make him more appealing to the opposite sex 😝 Daft naive young people don’t tend to stay that way forever; they have to grow up, get employed / run a business, pay tax, become a parent and so on. If labour are counting on retaining the young vote when it matures, well they really shouldn’t. Apparently our Saudi corespondent thinks so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Thunderbird said: Like a cult does. Yes exactly like the Moonies etc do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 Lisa Nandy on BBC2 with Andrew Neil coming across as a relatively sensible and reliable potential opposition leader. No doubt that will stop her getting enough votes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 12 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Lisa Nandy on BBC2 with Andrew Neil coming across as a relatively sensible and reliable potential opposition leader. No doubt that will stop her getting enough votes. who ever comes to the forefront..........it will still result in a split party....maybe even 3 ways.....brexit....remain....momentum.........it is going to be utter unmanageble turmoil.....they will never be able to agree on anything.....vote as one....or even think straight.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 Just now, ditchman said: who ever comes to the forefront..........it will still result in a split party....maybe even 3 ways.....brexit....remain....momentum.........it is going to be utter unmanageble turmoil.....they will never be able to agree on anything.....vote as one....or even think straight.... Yes, wonderful to watch isn't it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Lisa Nandy on BBC2 with Andrew Neil coming across as a relatively sensible and reliable potential opposition leader. No doubt that will stop her getting enough votes. The problem is, can you believe how politicians come across in the media, especially the visual media?.....is it the way they wish you to believe they are? Or is it the way they really are?.....most politicians have many faces, and show us the one that gives them advantage/popularity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) On 14/01/2020 at 14:12, TIGHTCHOKE said: Well, a similar spelling! Glad I wasn't drinking when I read that. 4 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Lisa Nandy on BBC2 with Andrew Neil coming across as a relatively sensible and reliable potential opposition leader. No doubt that will stop her getting enough votes. She seems about the most likeable of the bunch. I didn't see the interview, I'll have to try and find it. Probably yes, but that may help her in the long run. The next leader is atm at least, unlikely to do well in the next election. If Boris takes us out of the EU and is seen to be ploughing money into the north then he is almost assured a second term. She/ they all missed a trick though. If just one of them had ignored the whip and voted for Boris's deal, they would have scored at least a few northern points. Edited January 15, 2020 by Danger-Mouse Afterthought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewulf Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 Wrong-Daily to win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 2 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Wrong-Daily to win! you could bet on the replay and double yer money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 I see Starmer on this morning giving it large about removing power from Westminster and redistributing wealth- anything to get power. Perhaps he could make a start by redistributing his wealth and that of the other so called socialist elite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 13 minutes ago, Yellow Bear said: I see Starmer on this morning giving it large about removing power from Westminster and redistributing wealth- anything to get power. Perhaps he could make a start by redistributing his wealth and that of the other so called socialist elite That's not how it works comrade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 28 minutes ago, Newbie to this said: That's not how it works comrade My brother used to describe socialist policy as "What is yours is mine but what is mine is my own" - so very true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 Just now, Yellow Bear said: My brother used to describe socialist policy as "What is yours is mine but what is mine is my own" - so very true Or "always spending other peoples money" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 29 minutes ago, Newbie to this said: That's not how it works comrade he will send all the Brexiteers off to a gulag...in scottish tundra....only to be bittern to death by fleas......whilst they quaff champagne and after eights in their country houses... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewulf Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 51 minutes ago, Yellow Bear said: Perhaps he could make a start by redistributing his wealth and that of the other so called socialist elite Starmers more tory than most tories 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 On 15/01/2020 at 19:07, TIGHTCHOKE said: Lisa Nandy on BBC2 with Andrew Neil coming across as a relatively sensible and reliable potential opposition leader. No doubt that will stop her getting enough votes. Yep, that's about the size of it. They will get a 'continuity-Corbyn' and be in the electoral weeds for most of this parliament. I very much doubt whether the leader they choose this year will end up fighting the next GE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 hello, Wealthy socialists in the Labour party has been going on for years, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewulf Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, Thunderbird said: Yep, that's about the size of it. They will get a 'continuity-Corbyn' and be in the electoral weeds for most of this parliament. I very much doubt whether the leader they choose this year will end up fighting the next GE. We live in hope/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 I hope Emily Thornbury wins then we'll never have a labour for the foreseeable future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRINITY Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 2 hours ago, The Heron said: I hope Emily Thornbury wins then we'll never have a labour for the foreseeable future Quite honestly you can safely say that for the other three also. Out of the bunch my choice of the best of a bad lot would be Lisa from Wigan. However I think she has jumped too early,if she had kept her powder dry. She would have been in a far stronger position in 5 years when she gets a bit more experience and maturity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted January 28, 2020 Report Share Posted January 28, 2020 On 27/01/2020 at 08:40, Yellow Bear said: I see Starmer on this morning giving it large about removing power from Westminster and redistributing wealth- anything to get power. Perhaps he could make a start by redistributing his wealth and that of the other so called socialist elite The old Labour con about redistribution of wealth has worked very well for them from after the 1st World War up to the present day. The mugs that vote for it believed that they would be on the receiving end. Somehow it never happened, no surprises there On 27/01/2020 at 13:37, The Heron said: I hope Emily Thornbury wins then we'll never have a labour for the foreseeable future Wrong Daily will kill Labour faster than an ounce and one eighth of sixes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 10 hours ago, Vince Green said: The old Labour con about redistribution of wealth has worked very well for them from after the 1st World War up to the present day. The mugs that vote for it believed that they would be on the receiving end. Somehow it never happened, no surprises there The only redistribution of wealth and advantage I have seen via Labour whilst in government........is to themselves, as MP’s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 A proper reality check maybe need here? All politicians of whatever flavour will always put them selves in the front of the queue, period? I t's just what they do, spout lies and platitudes then keep on feasting? recent situations in the house have proved that none can be trusted with the keys to the door? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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