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What are the great unwashed so het up about?
What are the great unwashed so het up about?
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A lot of these G20 protesters, of a certain kind, are fulfilling a rite of passage which they can talk about when they are older and admit how silly they all were...when they are working in Merchant Banks or more likely as freeloading politicians or charity managers.
It's a safe bet that their expenses are being met by someone else who actually creates wealth, probably their parents.
It's also a safe bet that not one of them will ever lay a brick or put a hand on a plough - they will require someone else to do all this for them....
It's a safe bet that their expenses are being met by someone else who actually creates wealth, probably their parents.
It's also a safe bet that not one of them will ever lay a brick or put a hand on a plough - they will require someone else to do all this for them....
I notice, NJ (and Khandro) that - whilst commenting on the £20,000 figure in the minutest of detail - you have nothing whatsoever to say about the £billion!
Here’s what the First Ministers of the other two devolved governments said about it…
Wales, “A straight bung to keep a weak Prime Minister and faltering government in office.”
Scotland, “A grubby, shameless deal.”
In addition, I understand that a High Court action is likely to be started this week to query its very legality. Should the Tories be fined as a result, there will clearly be a sufficiency of (our) funds dangling off the tree to pay it!
Here’s what the First Ministers of the other two devolved governments said about it…
Wales, “A straight bung to keep a weak Prime Minister and faltering government in office.”
Scotland, “A grubby, shameless deal.”
In addition, I understand that a High Court action is likely to be started this week to query its very legality. Should the Tories be fined as a result, there will clearly be a sufficiency of (our) funds dangling off the tree to pay it!
"I notice, NJ (and Khandro) that - whilst commenting on the £20,000 figure in the minutest of detail - you have nothing whatsoever to say about the £billion!"
Simply because I've nothing to say about it. Governments change their priorities and make funds available (which previously were not) all the time. This was clearly done to keep the DUP onside in the Commons and if it prevents Parliamentary chaos with the Communist/Marxist elements of the so-called Labour Party holding sway then it is money well spent. It represents just a tiny fraction of what would have to be borrowed to fund the alternative lunatic schemes that party proposes.
Simply because I've nothing to say about it. Governments change their priorities and make funds available (which previously were not) all the time. This was clearly done to keep the DUP onside in the Commons and if it prevents Parliamentary chaos with the Communist/Marxist elements of the so-called Labour Party holding sway then it is money well spent. It represents just a tiny fraction of what would have to be borrowed to fund the alternative lunatic schemes that party proposes.
“Most of politics is basically bribery.”
I would largely support that claim, TTT, but this particular instance is just too barefaced. Usually, there is some effort to conceal the bribe by offering jobs or infrastructure projects etc…How’s the Northern Powerhouse coming along, by the way?..but this was a straightforward cash-deal. Nevertheless, I notice “the faithful” above have no qualms about it and feel obliged to support Mrs Weak’n’Wobbly regardless.
I think of her nowadays as an 18th century milk-maid in a dairy where the farmer has provided her with only a two-legged stool. Whether bribed(DUP) or just misguided (above), someone always appears to provide the necessary propping-up, even when several top Tories seem to be intent on her survival lasting only until Autumn!
We’ll see.
I would largely support that claim, TTT, but this particular instance is just too barefaced. Usually, there is some effort to conceal the bribe by offering jobs or infrastructure projects etc…How’s the Northern Powerhouse coming along, by the way?..but this was a straightforward cash-deal. Nevertheless, I notice “the faithful” above have no qualms about it and feel obliged to support Mrs Weak’n’Wobbly regardless.
I think of her nowadays as an 18th century milk-maid in a dairy where the farmer has provided her with only a two-legged stool. Whether bribed(DUP) or just misguided (above), someone always appears to provide the necessary propping-up, even when several top Tories seem to be intent on her survival lasting only until Autumn!
We’ll see.
NJ, I never think it's "a good idea for (any Tory) to obtain a working majority"!
That said, I would probably have found virtually any attempt to cling on to power by one's bloodied finger-tips and eyebrows preferable to the one actually chosen; namely, a straightforward cash bung to the disadvantage of equally-deserving others. That reeks too much of the appointment - or sacking - of an England football manager!
It occurs to me, for example, that - having just won a majority in a General Election, Mrs Weak'n'Wobbly could have gone straight back to the country for a larger one.
She'd clearly already abandoned the Fixed-term Parliament idea, when she saw a potential Tory and personal advantage in doing so. She had also abandoned the notion of impartiality as regards the Northern Ireland Peace Accord, by placing herself over a barrel to one side of that agreement.
I very much doubt that she will see out her term of office, so the Men in Suits at Tory HQ had better get their thinking-caps on!
That said, I would probably have found virtually any attempt to cling on to power by one's bloodied finger-tips and eyebrows preferable to the one actually chosen; namely, a straightforward cash bung to the disadvantage of equally-deserving others. That reeks too much of the appointment - or sacking - of an England football manager!
It occurs to me, for example, that - having just won a majority in a General Election, Mrs Weak'n'Wobbly could have gone straight back to the country for a larger one.
She'd clearly already abandoned the Fixed-term Parliament idea, when she saw a potential Tory and personal advantage in doing so. She had also abandoned the notion of impartiality as regards the Northern Ireland Peace Accord, by placing herself over a barrel to one side of that agreement.
I very much doubt that she will see out her term of office, so the Men in Suits at Tory HQ had better get their thinking-caps on!
//She had also abandoned the notion of impartiality as regards the Northern Ireland Peace Accord, by placing herself over a barrel to one side of that agreement. //
Wrong again. That accusation is conjured up in the left wing wilderness to cause division. The increase in funding will benefit both sides of the divide in NI. Once they reach accord. I am sure the dosh has concentrated minds to do just that, on both sides of the argument.
Wrong again. That accusation is conjured up in the left wing wilderness to cause division. The increase in funding will benefit both sides of the divide in NI. Once they reach accord. I am sure the dosh has concentrated minds to do just that, on both sides of the argument.
Do you seriously imagine that the DUP will never try to use the fact that it was their - not Sinn Fein's - willing subservience to May that brought the money to Northern Ireland?
Even if they don't, can you not see that that is precisely what many of the population of NI will consider to be the case?
No advantage? You've gotta be joking!
Even if they don't, can you not see that that is precisely what many of the population of NI will consider to be the case?
No advantage? You've gotta be joking!
I have to say that I'm not really concerned what happens in Northern Ireland. It seems a bit of a strange place to me and not really part of the UK. I have similarly little time for (and similar views on) Scotland and can just about tolerate Wales. I'm really only concerned for the welfare of England. Since England appears to be the only constituent part of the UK with no specific assembly to look after its interests I depend on Westminster for that.
Having said that, I would support the Tories creating a pact with Lucifer himself if the alternative was a Labour dominated government led by Mr Corbyn.
Having said that, I would support the Tories creating a pact with Lucifer himself if the alternative was a Labour dominated government led by Mr Corbyn.
Now now Judge, you know full well that Wales, Scotland and NI are "special" entities that are deserving of extra funding and consideration. England is there to provide these things and is not to be countenanced as anything but. When the day arrives that independence is finally achieved for the Welsh, Scottish and Irish they forget that England gets the same if only by default.
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