Captain Haddock
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"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
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Who edited that propaganda? Oh, hang on a minute...Gideon Osborne...
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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The Bishop wrote:Who edited that propaganda? Oh, hang on a minute...Gideon Osborne...
............who becomes editor on May 2nd? You'll be telling me one of his many jobs is as a Time Lord next!
Next.....
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Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Guest 1881- Registered: 16 Oct 2016
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Captain Haddock wrote:............who becomes editor on May 2nd? You'll be telling me one of his many jobs is as a Time Lord next!
Next.....
Ahhh yes. My mistake, in the interim, The Evening Standard is of course a soaking wet Liberal leaning source of factual accuracy.
Back to you Davros.
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Keith Sansum1
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Standard, Liberal? more leaning towards the right
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Keith Sansum1 wrote:Standard, Liberal? more leaning towards the right
I say again, we need an emoticon for sarcasm.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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The public overall want Mrs May to join in the debates 54% in favour 25% against. Unsurprisingly Tory voters are less keen with 44% in favour and 40% against.
Jan Higgins
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I suspect the vast majority of the public could not care less about these debates as like myself they do not watch them, only those really interested in politics watch the verbal battles.
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Jan Higgins wrote:I suspect the vast majority of the public could not care less about these debates as like myself they do not watch them, only those really interested in politics watch the verbal battles.
Spot on Jan, the tories will win by a landslide, the whole thing is one big yawn.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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I wouldn't watch any TV debates, most are along the lines of "Question Time" where audience seems to specially plucked from the nearest zoo. Modern politicians quite like this as they can throw in a sound bite and their supporters will shout and clap.
What I would like to see is a top class broadcaster grill the party leaders individually without a studio audience for them to pander to. With May who wants to keep saying "strong" "stable" and "Brexit" as her rallying call I would ask her about the current cuts to school budgets, whether there would be more to come and also about cuts to Policing and Prison services. Corbyn has made many promises about goodies we will get under his Government but other than free school meals he hasn't made clear where the money will come from. I can't actually think what I would ask the other leaders as none are likely to be closely involved with any Governments in the near future.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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The trouble for the left is that most of their support is due to sublimated sexual frustration, often due to impotence and 'performance difficulties', a well known side effect of a vegan/vegetarian diet, which they release by getting really really excited about injustice wherever they can imagine it.
One only has to look at the behaviour of Young Conservatives who are notoriously at it like rabbits compared to meetings of Young Socialists where everyone has to pretend they are feminists and daren't ask anyone if they are 'up for a quick one' in case they are mistaken for the testosterone driven beasts all we men are.
It's the same with MPs. Labour always get caught with their hand in other people's pockets, Conservatives with their hand in their parliamentary researcher's knickers.
Unfortunately for them most of us in the UK have more 'stuff' than we will ever need, so the left are now almost totally redundant, and the Labour Party has become a rainbow-coalition group whining about things they can do very little about such as the wickedness of globalisation, big business, global warning, Islamophobes, frackers, misogynists, migration watchers, car drivers, fur wearers, grammar schools and cis-gendered carnivores.
On the plus side it looks like most of them will at last get shafted in May!
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Dr. Hunter S Thompson
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Ah, but Capt Haddock, if it wasn't for the 'left', just imagine how 'right' you'd be. I mean, you're virtually on the horizon as it is!
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Bob, when may called the election everyone thought it was good timing butnow themoretime goes on shes losing the faithful, and maybe the landslide you predict wont happen
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Brian Dixon
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what has vegan/vegitarin tendcies along with bunny boilers and a salad diet got to do with politics.
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Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
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I think May will make a huge mistake by ducking the TV debates. First of all, why should she duck? If she is in such a strong position, why not shout about it? Of course, popular wisdom is that the favourite has everything to lose and nothing to gain - but that will surely happen anyway if there is an empty chair. My prediction - she will give in at the very last minute and take part. Like I said before, voters hate being taken for granted...
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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ms may reminds me of this person..
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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It all depends what you borrow money for.
I borrowed £27,000 to buy my property and did not pay it off completely for 25 years.
Someone else puts £15,000 on his Credit Card to buy a brand new car, have a 'much needed' holiday and to keep his fat spawn topped up with buckets of KFC, though pays it off over 10 years.
Who is the most sensible in dealing with debt?
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"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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one that dosent get into debt in the first place.
