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Perhaps the right time to do a poll on how we would vote? Personally I dont think canvassing or csmpsigns will make any difference. We are all pretty sure of our intentions!
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"and don't anyone claim otherwise."
you love to try and dish out orders dont you...youre the only deluded one here matey boy....you claim to be older than most on here..that would explain your childishness, as they say after a certain age people do become become childlike....you and your silly little puppy that follows you around on here are doing a great job of ruining what has the potential to be a decent board...both of you are truly pathetic
you love to try and dish out orders dont you...youre the only deluded one here matey boy....you claim to be older than most on here..that would explain your childishness, as they say after a certain age people do become become childlike....you and your silly little puppy that follows you around on here are doing a great job of ruining what has the potential to be a decent board...both of you are truly pathetic
Khandro, you and your chums (what was that about being judged by the company you keep?) are getting your knickers in a knot. Diddly and her sidekick think it was all a Tory conspiracy and you blame the left-wing press & Labour councils. As unpalatable as the truth may be, it happened. The pictures are real.
//you're talking rubbish as usual. I was living in a large city at the time and there were no stinking piles of rubbish or unburied bodies. Please tell it as it was.//
So was I. I lived and worked in London and I had to walk through this twice a day:
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If you believe the photos had been doctored, think again. I saw it and smelt it (even in January). As well as that there were around 150 bodies awaiting burial or cremations in Liverpool after gravediggers and crematorium staff went on strike. The refrigerated storage spoken of almost ran out and consideration was given to burying the bodies at sea. “Quite fun” for the grieving friends and relatives who could not even bury or cremate their loved ones.
The “Winter of Discontent” was not “quite fun”. It was an absolute bloody nightmare for anyone wanting to go about their business, especially in large towns and cities. It wasn’t just a case of “chatting and eating dinner over candlelight”. You got up in the morning not knowing whether you’d have hot water to wash or whether you’d be able to see to do so anyway (ever tried showering by candlelight?). The “schedules” of power cuts were totally unreliable and in any case you shouldn’t have to book an appointment to take a shower. You didn’t know if there would be transport available to get to work. You didn’t know if you’d have power at work when you got there. You didn’t know whether you’d be able to get home. You didn’t know whether you would be able to complete your weekly shop. That’s what it was like for weeks and that’s without the rotting rubbish and unburied dead. It’s a situation that no civilised society should have to endure, let alone suggest that it was “quite fun”.
//Vote Tory - and you'll get the privatisation of the NHS.//
I can’t wait. Anything that improves the unwieldy, bureaucratic and inefficient behemoth that is the so-called “envy of the world” cannot come soon enough for me. The world doesn’t envy the NHS, people in the UK say it does. When you visit many other places in the world you realise how ludicrous that contention is.
So was I. I lived and worked in London and I had to walk through this twice a day:
http://
If you believe the photos had been doctored, think again. I saw it and smelt it (even in January). As well as that there were around 150 bodies awaiting burial or cremations in Liverpool after gravediggers and crematorium staff went on strike. The refrigerated storage spoken of almost ran out and consideration was given to burying the bodies at sea. “Quite fun” for the grieving friends and relatives who could not even bury or cremate their loved ones.
The “Winter of Discontent” was not “quite fun”. It was an absolute bloody nightmare for anyone wanting to go about their business, especially in large towns and cities. It wasn’t just a case of “chatting and eating dinner over candlelight”. You got up in the morning not knowing whether you’d have hot water to wash or whether you’d be able to see to do so anyway (ever tried showering by candlelight?). The “schedules” of power cuts were totally unreliable and in any case you shouldn’t have to book an appointment to take a shower. You didn’t know if there would be transport available to get to work. You didn’t know if you’d have power at work when you got there. You didn’t know whether you’d be able to get home. You didn’t know whether you would be able to complete your weekly shop. That’s what it was like for weeks and that’s without the rotting rubbish and unburied dead. It’s a situation that no civilised society should have to endure, let alone suggest that it was “quite fun”.
//Vote Tory - and you'll get the privatisation of the NHS.//
I can’t wait. Anything that improves the unwieldy, bureaucratic and inefficient behemoth that is the so-called “envy of the world” cannot come soon enough for me. The world doesn’t envy the NHS, people in the UK say it does. When you visit many other places in the world you realise how ludicrous that contention is.
I decided to hunt for when plastic bags were first used for refuse collection - fascinating subject in general- one astonishing fact I have just learnt is that the French word for dustbin poubelle is the name of its (lawyer, n.j.) inventor.
Eugène-René Poubelle (15 April 1831 – 15 July 1907) was a French lawyer and diplomat who introduced dustbins to Paris and made their use compulsory. This introduction was so innovative at the time that Poubelle's surname became synonymous with dustbins (la poubelle) and remains the most common French word for them.
Also NJ what you say, which I'm sure is true, only demonstrates what we always knew, that unlike Manchester, Wolverhampton & the Cotswolds, London is a really filthy place.
Eugène-René Poubelle (15 April 1831 – 15 July 1907) was a French lawyer and diplomat who introduced dustbins to Paris and made their use compulsory. This introduction was so innovative at the time that Poubelle's surname became synonymous with dustbins (la poubelle) and remains the most common French word for them.
Also NJ what you say, which I'm sure is true, only demonstrates what we always knew, that unlike Manchester, Wolverhampton & the Cotswolds, London is a really filthy place.
Khandro you couldn't have ventured far, this is the Wolverhampton newspaper, Express & Star.
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TBH I worked in Salford at the time & didn't see much evidence of uncollected refuse etc. We were on a 3 day week at work & we did have power cuts at home. I rigged up a light to a car battery & cooked on a camping stove (we didn't have gas). Not pleasant but I was used to the outdoors - camping/climbing - so it didn't bother me too much.
I seem to recall,as usual,the poor old British Tommy was forced to clear up refuse in the streets of Britain. There was even an episode in 'Soldier Soldier' of them having to do it. Just like they had to risk their lives in ancient 2nd world war equipment during Operation Burberry. Small memories and total ignorance of recent history. :-(
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