Proud To Be British. 300 Million Watching. Its Ours And Its The Best

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Proud To Be British. 300 Million Watching. Its Ours And Its The Best

Not at all and clearly they were all fine after two weeks :hehe:

:shrug:

[Dorcus]

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Yep, makes you feel proud doesn’t it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65515769

It makes any decent person weep to see just how badly people who do not share establishment views are treated in this country.

[life on mars]

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Watched it for a good few hours intrigued by the regalia and what steps are taken to apply the sucession .

Loved it the crowning moment is quite something, Charles looked terrified .

All through it I thought what if he wanted the toilet as he is of that age where down below has a mind of its own and is effected ny stress , lol .

[Fatty Foggon]

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All through it I thought what if he wanted the toilet as he is of that age where down below has a mind of its own and is effected ny stress , lol .

Yeah but he was sitting on the throne, so to speak. :hehe:

[Dorcus]

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Yeah but he was sitting on the throne, so to speak. :hehe:

No doubt he had Sir Peregrine Crapper the Turd, the Royal Arselicker, underneath in case of emergency.

[79blue]

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That's up to voters to decide, but off the top of my head in the last few years;

2 - record increase in NHS spending

3 - highest rise in the minimum wage by some distance

You and the Tories keep using the misdirection of reporting record increases on spending on areas as the NHS, minimum wage or any other government department as evidence that the they are improving services for the public. This is a total fallacy.

Here is an example of how it works. If a government department has a budget of £4 billion and it is increased by £50 million. its budget is then £4.05 billion, which is correctly reported as record spending. This would be a 1.25% increase in spending, but with inflation running at 9% it represents a 7.75% reduction in spending power. In other words a cut in services.

If spending is only increased by £1 it would still be technically record funding.

[Rjk]

Re: Proud To Be British. 300 Million Watching. Its Ours And Its The Best

You and the Tories keep using the misdirection of reporting record increases on spending on areas as the NHS, minimum wage or any other government department as evidence that the they are improving services for the public. This is a total fallacy.

Here is an example of how it works. If a government department has a budget of £4 billion and it is increased by £50 million. its budget is then £4.05 billion, which is correctly reported as record spending. This would be a 1.25% increase in spending, but with inflation running at 9% it represents a 7.75% reduction in spending power. In other words a cut in services.

If spending is only increased by £1 it would still be technically record funding.

that also doesn't account for increasing population and ageing population , if you consider those then the investment in the NHS has completely flatlined under the Tories.

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[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Being proud to come from any country is rather meaningless. I am not personally responsible for the good and bad that I perceive to present in the country in which I live and neither should I.
The more you travel the more you realise that flags, patriotism, perceived cultural identity and political leaders do not define all the souls that live in a particular place in the world or all those who live under particular political regimes.
End of sermon,
TBG,
Tashkent,
Uzbekistan.

P. S. Met a Russian refugee from Putin's draft today.

[Elwood Blues]

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You grew up with **** all, said as much plenty of times. Couldn't afford to heat your house, although luckily for you (and Me) there was social housing (A Socialist concept) Never perfect but saved the likes of you and me from slum landlords, a thing that we're going back to today. If it wasn't for socialism, you'd have probably been thieving turnips from farmers fields to survive, and Charlies ancestors would have had no problem shooting you or setting the dogs on you. Know your History.

Since you know your history then Tuerto

When did social housing first start in the UK?

And which socialist started it?

[blue matt]

Re: Proud To Be British. 300 Million Watching. Its Ours And Its The Best

Being proud to come from any country is rather meaningless. I am not personally responsible for the good and bad that I perceive to present in the country in which I live and neither should I.
The more you travel the more you realise that flags, patriotism, perceived cultural identity and political leaders do not define all the souls that live in a particular place in the world or all those who live under particular political regimes.
End of sermon,
TBG,
Tashkent,
Uzbekistan.

P. S. Met a Russian refugee from Putin's draft today.

Have you thought of Youtube Vlogging your trips ( Like Bald and Bankrupt or backpacker ben does ) they both make tidy sums out of it now

[Wash DC Blue]

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Have you thought of Youtube Vlogging your trips ( Like Bald and Bankrupt or backpacker ben does ) they both make tidy sums out of it now

Bald and Bankrupt/Ben Rich is a piece of dirt.
I really enjoyed his videos and watched most of them.

However….

https://youtu.be/4XDf2lrMIoU

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Have you thought of Youtube Vlogging your trips ( Like Bald and Bankrupt or backpacker ben does ) they both make tidy sums out of it now

I think once you do things to entertain others and monetise your experiences it becomes a more artificial experience. My friends on Facebook who are interested in travel have an idea of what I get up to, but thanks.
Yesterday was the first time since I landed early in the week that I knowingly came across another tourist from outside this area. Very little English is spoken in these parts and it's a linguistic challenge all round.
The border post between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan was absolutely heaving with hundreds of vehicles (and not moving) and throngs of people heaving to go through the laborious process of passport control and which often involves walking hundreds of yards through what seem like decrepit cages through no man's land and being checked numerous times by the officials of whichever two countries are involved.
However, the border between Kyrgystan and Tajikistan is closed due to ongoing tensions after artillery battles saw over 55 people die and thousands displaced last year. And there are a number of enclaves and exclaves in these parts, which complicates things.

[the other bob wilson]

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It makes any decent person weep to see just how badly people who do not share establishment views are treated in this country.

The fact that the policing of Saturday’s event has attracted so little comment on here (I’ve seen isolated mentions of it in other rhreads) suggests that there is general support for it on here. How anyone can feel like that is beyond me. We should be a strong and confident enough country to accept peaceful protest, but, instead, the banana republic like Government we have rushes through legislation that outlaws it, what are they scared of or is it just the latest stage in their pathetic culture wars? The fact that 30p Lee is saying that people with Republican views should emigrate suggests it’s the latter.

[Baloo]

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Smiling, laughing and trashing the place.

Utterly disgusting mess, left by plastic patriots.

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[JamesWales]

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The fact that the policing of Saturday’s event has attracted so little comment on here (I’ve seen isolated mentions of it in other rhreads) suggests that there is general support for it on here. How anyone can feel like that is beyond me. We should be a strong and confident enough country to accept peaceful protest, but, instead, the banana republic like Government we have rushes through legislation that outlaws it, what are they scared of or is it just the latest stage in their pathetic culture wars? The fact that 30p Lee is saying that people with Republican views should emigrate suggests it’s the latter.

The police arrested them because they didn't think their protest would be peaceful and it would be disruptive.

Manufactured outrage (as usual). Someone who the police felt was out to cause harm or disruption would always have been arrested.

If someone is outside Wembley on cup final day with a drone and a t-shirt saying Just Stop Oil, do you think the police would stand and watch? Of course they wouldn't. If they judge a clear intent, they will intervene and rightly so.

Hundreds peacefully protested and good on them. Some, the police deem, were intent on not doing so and intervened.

Everyone has a right to protest, but you can't just do what you like where you like. That's the vibe I get with a lot of the Just Stop Oil lot. Mummy never said No to them.