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From: ChelseaTractorMan on 21 May 2010 04:51 On 21 May 2010 08:41:03 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Central London is a great place to shop > >No, it isn't. It's hell on earth. wonderful place. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 21 May 2010 04:52 On Fri, 21 May 2010 08:26:37 +0100, "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Is going shopping for groceries manly in any way? Isn't it one of the >reasons that so many men keep a little woman? I don't give a toss about shopping but I prefer a shag to tossing. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: Derek C on 21 May 2010 05:00 On 21 May, 09:23, ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.trac...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > Also they still live > > in a time warp dating back to the early part of the twentieth > > century, when only rich toffs drove cars. The proleteriat rode > > bikes, used buses or travelled 3rd class on railways. > > does anybody in the 21st century actually believe that anybody in the > labour party or anywhere sees cars as a class issue? The whole reason > politicians try to discourage car use is precisely because everybody > has one. The idea Blair and Brown did not know that is ridiculous. > -- So the (Nu) Labour Party ignored the will of the people and lost an election. Serves them right! Derek C
From: Derek C on 21 May 2010 05:12 On 21 May, 09:23, Dave Plowman <d...(a)davesound.co.uk> wrote: > In article > <cc8d7114-54e3-4943-9205-ddb0f7850...(a)c7g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>, > Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > The answer to Labour's hatred of motorists is quite simple. Railways, > > > > buses and other form of public transport are highly unionised and the > > > > trade unions are their major source of income. > > > > That'll be why they spent so much public money trying to keep BL > > > running... > > > If you mean British Leyland, they were also highly unionised. > > So nothing to do with motorists? > > > Also the > > money they put into BL was peanuts compared with the recent bank > > bailouts, millions not billions. > > It was indeed. Are the banks known as being a major source of income to > the Labour party too? The bailout of the banks (especially Scottish ones) with taxpayers' money was probably because many Labour voters would have lost most of their life savings if they had gone under. Maybe Gordon was also feeling guilty about not regulating them properly. I note that a lot of bankers are still claiming obscenely large bonuses, despite the fact they should really only be getting £65 a week Job Seekers Allowance at their local Job Centres. Derek C
From: Derek C on 21 May 2010 05:38
On 21 May, 10:27, ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.trac...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 21 May 2010 02:12:57 -0700 (PDT), Derek C > > <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > >The bailout of the banks (especially Scottish ones) with taxpayers' > >money was probably because many Labour voters would have lost most of > >their life savings if they had gone under. > > you think the banks were rescued to save labour voters savings, > incredible. > --.. . I could be even more cynical and suggest that the prudent 'Saviour of the World' lined himself up for a cushy and highly paid job in the banking sector after his inevitable political demise, whilst at the same time leaving his political opponents with a nightmare financial situation to sort out! Derek C |