O/T:- ⚠️Impressed with the leadership [The UK Party Politics Thread]

[Elite_Pie]

Now as you are the self proclaimed head of the childish comment politburo, you felt it was your duty to interject. That is your right on a public forum. Now kindly go back to picking horses out of a newspaper until you see some more childish comments to rule on.

Not sure about self proclaimed, but if "head of the childish comment politburo" is my job, I'll try and do it well. I'll start with this one from you in response to a post from frenchmagpie:

I'll be in Colombia for a month from Feb whilst you're freezing your tits off because you can't afford to have your heating on.

His username suggests he lives in France, so I doubt he's "freezing his tits off". But that's not the childish bit, that comes when you say "because you can't afford to have your heating on". How do you know that? I'll answer for you, you don't. It's just what you hope it is in your warped stereotypical world. You might not realise it, but on here you come across as a very strange person.

[Elite_Pie]

I'm not stuck in a grey, dreary, zero hours **** hole for the rest of my life and neither are my daughters, thank God. You're waking up every day in a society that is falling down around you.

Not how I see it. I've visited lots of different countries and enjoyed visiting them all, but I've never for a single second been tempted to leave the country of my birth, or even the city of my birth. I love what Nottingham offers, it ticks all the boxes for what I want from life. It's been bloody cold today, but what sort of wimp runs away from a bit of cold weather?

[Med Pie]

Not how I see it. I've visited lots of different countries and enjoyed visiting them all, but I've never for a single second been tempted to leave the country of my birth, or even the city of my birth. I love what Nottingham offers, it ticks all the boxes for what I want from life. It's been bloody cold today, but what sort of wimp runs away from a bit of cold weather?

And he's back, surprised you resisted so long.

[slack_pie]

Not how I see it. I've visited lots of different countries and enjoyed visiting them all, but I've never for a single second been tempted to leave the country of my birth, or even the city of my birth. I love what Nottingham offers, it ticks all the boxes for what I want from life. It's been bloody cold today, but what sort of wimp runs away from a bit of cold weather?

Fair enough. I'd leave the UK (again) in a heartbeat if it wasn't for my kids being settled here. The weather would be just about bearable if everything worked well, but that's clearly not the case. It's not about being a "wimp", it's about wanting a higher quality of life.

[Med Pie]

Fair enough. I'd leave the UK (again) in a heartbeat if it wasn't for my kids being settled here. The weather would be just about bearable if everything worked well, but that's clearly not the case. It's not about being a "wimp", it's about wanting a higher quality of life.

Well said, I'll hand out a virtual handshake for that as it seems theyr'e a thing.

[HeroPie1862]

"The award winning reporter, Andrew Norfolk, who broke the grooming scandal says that far from covering up the problem, Starmer made the prosecutions possible"

Political point-scoring is gross, and it only happened because Elon is various shades of lunatic and decided to tweet about something he briefly read and knew nothing about.

... Although that's the general concensus with outrage innit? Let's have a bare bones understanding but knuckledrag and be mad.

He needs to stay out of politics, never mind fund German and UK far right groups.

https://x.com/gideonrachman/status/1...9aht9Ln1JSLdNg

[BigFatPie]

"The award winning reporter, Andrew Norfolk, who broke the grooming scandal says that far from covering up the problem, Starmer made the prosecutions possible"

Political point-scoring is gross, and it only happened because Elon is various shades of lunatic and decided to tweet about something he briefly read and knew nothing about.

... Although that's the general concensus with outrage innit? Let's have a bare bones understanding but knuckledrag and be mad.

He needs to stay out of politics, never mind fund German and UK far right groups.

https://x.com/gideonrachman/status/1...9aht9Ln1JSLdNg

Really glad someone has pointed this out. The misinformation around this and the way certain people have tried to politicise it is scandalous. Though not surprising.

[OP67]

He needs to stay out of politics, never mind fund German and UK far right groups.

What 'far right" groups is he funding in the UK???

[Kent Magpie]

What 'far right" groups is he funding in the UK???

Well, he was going to fund Reform to the tune of ?100m as he thought they were friends of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. When he realised that they weren?t that far right he dropped them. Keep your eyes out for funding going towards the English Defence League though.

[Mud Pie]

Give over. I posted the option to google the current argument (which was the influence of the left on education) to allow a person to weigh up different opinions, how can that be seen as supporting either side of the argument? As for the drive-by that wasn't intentional by any means (and I can't remember thinking that you were asking a question, or I would have responded - my biggest fault - responding). I was looking for references for my reply but I ran out of the will to live with constant arguments. I apologise if I appear to have intended any insult, that wasn't my intention.

not sure I understand all that given what you wrote, but definitely over given! A couple of other posters read your (surprising) reply to my comment as I did, so thanks for clearing that up. Happy to hear it was misconstrued.

To the bigger point you raised: I'd bet we all have far more in common than not, and think it's a shame that we (myself included) focus on hammering out our differences so much. Often internal tensions manifest externally, health issues, financial stress etc, but all we see on here is the fighting spirit. I ALWAYS regret it when I get too het up on message boards, but genuinely missing Nottingham and Notts, I value this board and appreciate everyone's input - although not always the content! Kumbaya...