OT. The futures Bright, the Futures Brexit!!!

[ramAnag]

Seems I've been relegated. Maybe the era of assessing everything on its merits and forming an opinion based on the resulting knowledge (of the issue AND those pushing it) will die before any of the above. Maybe it's dead already

Unintentionally. Wasn’t going to go through everyone...I just think you’re more ‘right leaning’ compared with mac and MA. I did describe ‘most’ - and that certainly included you - as ‘intelligently open minded’.
Nothing personal...just my opinion and I’m simply agreeing with MA that personal attacks, and God knows I’ve experienced a few of those from all sides, are hastening the death of the forum.

[swaledale]

Have to disagree, Swale. Can only think of two ‘narrow minded right wing old farts talking crap’...one seems to have stopped posting altogether and the other comes from Nottingham. I’m quite likely to agree with you, politically, more than most, but most others, especially mac and MA, are intelligently open minded at least.
People do get pissed off when personal insults start to fly and it does turn people off...you’ve only got to look at the comments from others when sparks start to fly.
Sure you’re right that forums like this will soon disappear altogether...maybe we should run a book on which comes first...1. Derby in the top flight...2. Derby in League 2...3. A Labour Government elected...4. The Ram Inn ceases to exist.
My order would be 4, 3, 1...and 2 won’t happen.

P.S. I forgot 5. The electorate belatedly cotton on to the fact that Brexit was based on a pack of lies, has nothing going for it whatsoever and that it’s impact is currently disguised by all the implications of the Covid pandemic. Suspect that’s probably the next ‘biggy’.

Then you clearly choose to ignore those that aren't as strident or obvious as Thicky. or maybe you just don't notice?

[ramAnag]

Then you clearly choose to ignore those that aren't as strident or obvious as Thicky. or maybe you just don't notice?

Lol...oh I notice alright. I even seem to have simultaneously managed to draw the ire of my supposed left wing ‘ally’ and the forum mod for, on the one hand being politically unobservant, and on the other too politically critical.

Reckon I could list all the regulars on here from you and I (generally left of centre) to our two extreme right wing visitors in terms of political positioning, but it wouldn’t achieve very much and ultimately...with the exception of those who are overtly racist, prejudiced and bigoted...the future has to involve compromise not confrontation.

[Andy_Faber]

rA, I have a feeling you need to get hold of a copy of Alan Duncan's new book, I've been listening to him pushing it on BBC this evening, I'm in tears of laughter here. No politician appears to escape, a certain target of yours being described as a '****' by Big Al

[MadAmster]

rA, I have a feeling you need to get hold of a copy of Alan Duncan's new book, I've been listening to him pushing it on BBC this evening, I'm in tears of laughter here. No politician appears to escape, a certain target of yours being described as a '****' by Big Al

If that's the T word, I'd agree. If it's the C word then I disagree as they are useful

[ramAnag]

rA, I have a feeling you need to get hold of a copy of Alan Duncan's new book, I've been listening to him pushing it on BBC this evening, I'm in tears of laughter here. No politician appears to escape, a certain target of yours being described as a '****' by Big Al

I hear he was described as a ‘venomous, self serving, sly schemer’. Suspect it to be wholly accurate. I’d also add ineffectual, dishonest and dangerously ignorant...imo.
I just wonder what he has on successive Tory leaders to have been made Chief Whip, Defence Secretary and now Education Secretary. He personifies everything I hate about modern politicians.

[Rattea]

You haven't the intellectual capacity to do so in any case, plus I doubt you understand the concept of irony - given your source material for most of you xenophobic bigoted inaccurate views.

Seriously have you ever looked in a mirror 😳

Comedy Gold 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[swaledale]

Seriously have you ever looked in a mirror 😳

Comedy Gold 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

And that from a person pretending to be somebody else, mm would ahve thought the Mod would be on this..oh hang on!

[Andy_Faber]

And that from a person pretending to be somebody else, mm would ahve thought the Mod would be on this..oh hang on!

your level of paranoia has gone stratospheric, don't you think enough genuine posters consider you a dipstick without me using a second account?

[Trickytreesreds]

your level of paranoia has gone stratospheric, don't you think enough genuine posters consider you a dipstick without me using a second account?

That's it then, it must be me,