Political Thread in memory of David Reid. (R.I.P.)

[outwoodclaret]

Where are we now? The country is dropping down the World Happiness League table like a stone and with good reason. Labour and Conservative have been taking turn and turnabout for decades of inexorable decline. They both stand together against any party that challenges their duopoly of power so it suits both of them to turn their fire onto the Reform party. I have come to have little faith in any political party setting new standards in public morality. Did anyone really think Free Gear Kier and his team were going to be any different when they rode into town? I don’t expect Farage and friends will be paragons of virtue but we need something to shake up Westminster. You have to vote for change. Two-tier got that right.


We are out of Europe now though some if not most days you would not know it and there are plenty still clamouring for us to clamber unceremoniously back into a European state that seemingly wants to ignore the harsh lessons of its failed expansionist policies. The world economic order has been thrown into chaos. Free trade is going out of the window as Trump imposes protectionism on the international stage. Selling off our assets has in the UK has left us with a legacy of critical industries and utilities in the hands of owners many foreign with a record of putting profits ,director bonuses and shareholder dividends ahead of performance and service. It is a mess. No doubt of that and it has put us at a crossroads where maybe we can still choose which direction we go in.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Where are we now? The country is dropping down the World Happiness League table like a stone and with good reason. Labour and Conservative have been taking turn and turnabout for decades of inexorable decline. They both stand together against any party that challenges their duopoly of power so it suits both of them to turn their fire onto the Reform party. I have come to have little faith in any political party setting new standards in public morality. Did anyone really think Free Gear Kier and his team were going to be any different when they rode into town? I don’t expect Farage and friends will be paragons of virtue but we need something to shake up Westminster. You have to vote for change. Two-tier got that right.


We are out of Europe now though some if not most days you would not know it and there are plenty still clamouring for us to clamber unceremoniously back into a European state that seemingly wants to ignore the harsh lessons of its failed expansionist policies. The world economic order has been thrown into chaos. Free trade is going out of the window as Trump imposes protectionism on the international stage. Selling off our assets has in the UK has left us with a legacy of critical industries and utilities in the hands of owners many foreign with a record of putting profits ,director bonuses and shareholder dividends ahead of performance and service. It is a mess. No doubt of that and it has put us at a crossroads where maybe we can still choose which direction we go in.

Extremely well reasoned Sir Outwood and for once I am not going to argue with you.

[sinkov]

Where are we now? The country is dropping down the World Happiness League table like a stone and with good reason. Labour and Conservative have been taking turn and turnabout for decades of inexorable decline. They both stand together against any party that challenges their duopoly of power so it suits both of them to turn their fire onto the Reform party. I have come to have little faith in any political party setting new standards in public morality. Did anyone really think Free Gear Kier and his team were going to be any different when they rode into town? I don’t expect Farage and friends will be paragons of virtue but we need something to shake up Westminster. You have to vote for change. Two-tier got that right.


We are out of Europe now though some if not most days you would not know it and there are plenty still clamouring for us to clamber unceremoniously back into a European state that seemingly wants to ignore the harsh lessons of its failed expansionist policies. The world economic order has been thrown into chaos. Free trade is going out of the window as Trump imposes protectionism on the international stage. Selling off our assets has in the UK has left us with a legacy of critical industries and utilities in the hands of owners many foreign with a record of putting profits ,director bonuses and shareholder dividends ahead of performance and service. It is a mess. No doubt of that and it has put us at a crossroads where maybe we can still choose which direction we go in.

Apart from the above Sir Outwood, what problems do you think this country faces ?

[outwoodclaret]

Apart from the above Sir Outwood, what problems do you think this country faces ?

I think I have deal with the tip of the iceberg there. What lies under the surface will probably sink HMS Great Britain when we hit it. Unless the berg melts first of course in which case we?ll probably all drown. Still mustn?t grumble.

[Supersub6]

I think I have deal with the tip of the iceberg there. What lies under the surface will probably sink HMS Great Britain when we hit it. Unless the berg melts first of course in which case we?ll probably all drown. Still mustn?t grumble.

Which confirms my philosophy about not worrying about things which may or may not happen ---just deal with things IF they do happen. There is definitely no need to stress over anything in life, just live it to the full and deal with whatever it throws at you whenever, or if, it happens.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Which confirms my philosophy about not worrying about things which may or may not happen ---just deal with things IF they do happen. There is definitely no need to stress over anything in life, just live it to the full and deal with whatever it throws at you whenever, or if, it happens.

I have recently embraced your philosophy mein freund. 4 x foreign holidays with flights already booked and one in the UK with the grandkids all before the New Year kicks off.