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What do you Britains think of Simon Heffer?
He describes his politics as that if a “Gladstonian Liberal.”
Non of my veggie, vegan friends have ever cooked me a good roast dinner, but expect me to boil them a cabbage for Xmas. And they are green in colour. Still invite them as good company and most like beer . We chew the fat or soya protein well and agree to disagree , but always part as mates !!!!
well guess what? they've raised the retirement age. and i'll tell you another thing. i'm sick of seeing 40yr old Nepalese retired while our ex servicemen live on the streets! and I and many like me are paying for them. and that is a fact. not prejudice rhetoric!!!!If you have an aging population, you need to get workers from somewhere, otherwise the alternative is to increase the retirement age.
sorry trident. i'll have to disagree there. scargill brought down the miners. he was on a salary and took them all out on strike whilst he 1st drew that years wages. and I remember the 3 day week and power cuts that did for heath. no way should any union have the power to bring down a democratically voted government. as for buying cheaper coal from Poland? I put a tender in for work. if they don't like the price. they go else where. last 2 recessions cost over a million construction jobs! where was your outrage then?I've always enjoyed seeing these two on Question Time, neither of them plays to the crowd or says anything for effect.
Just watched both interviews and have to say I agree with a lot of what both said, except Simon Heffer regarding Thatcher as I despised her and what she did to the North of England and particularly the miners.
They both seem to have the same thoughts as I do about Brexit (although they express themselves much better than I can)
The last 3 or 4 minutes of Melanie Phillips is particularly impressive.
the whole dinner vegan,, vegetarian? wouldn't want to use your toilet boxing day!Non of my veggie, vegan friends have ever cooked me a good roast dinner, but expect me to boil them a cabbage for Xmas. And they are green in colour. Still invite them as good company and most like beer . We chew the fat or soya protein well and agree to disagree , but always part as mates !!!!
And, what about Melanie Phillips?i
sorry trident. i'll have to disagree there. scargill brought down the miners. he was on a salary and took them all out on strike whilst he 1st drew that years wages. and I remember the 3 day week and power cuts that did for heath. no way should any union have the power to bring down a democratically voted government. as for buying cheaper coal from Poland? I put a tender in for work. if they don't like the price. they go else where. last 2 recessions cost over a million construction jobs! where was your outrage then?
I love em! Bit windy afterwards according to the boss, but she loves them too. Keeps the house warm if you don't open the windows.Your veggie friends should come to where I go for Xmas dinner, there is a big and I mean BIG bowl of Brussels sprouts which I try to avoid, we have to open the windows!
I presume you mean ghurkas who did nothing to get us out of various scrapes cos they got paid for it and then should have just gone home ???well guess what? they've raised the retirement age. and i'll tell you another thing. i'm sick of seeing 40yr old Nepalese retired while our ex servicemen live on the streets! and I and many like me are paying for them. and that is a fact. not prejudice rhetoric!!!!
during the industrial revolution. you have no idea what it was like down here! southerners? now we are are getting closer to the crux! didn't miners drop concrete from bridges? always the victimOh, I didn't like Scargill either but Thatcher set out to deliberately break any union power and she started with the NUM as it was the strongest. She also sent coppers up to break miners heads, bang out of order , she was also quite prepared to see my city of Liverpool go to shit, Southerners have no concept of what it was like in the North under Thatcher.
Where do you get that I don't care about construction jobs being lost ? I care about every damned job being lost !
I've always enjoyed seeing these two on Question Time, neither of them plays to the crowd or says anything for effect.
Just watched both interviews and have to say I agree with a lot of what both said, except Simon Heffer regarding Thatcher as I despised her and what she did to the North of England and particularly the miners.
They both seem to have the same thoughts as I do about Brexit (although they express themselves much better than I can)
The last 3 or 4 minutes of Melanie Phillips is particularly impressive.
Wow!
Frightening how what both speakers are talking about is totally relevant to political discourse in the US right now too.
I thought it was just politics in the US going to hell in a hand basket in a hurry.
Sad state for the world I suppose.