Election Year or Fear!

[MadAmster]

Are you suggesting a correlation there? That’s a bit Swaleist of you. Of the folk I know who are right leaning there’s a massive educational spread - my brickie left school the earliest day possible with no quals (and I think he’s illiterate) and my next door neighbour is a magistrate and has more law quals than I can recount. Being right-leaning is a valid POV held by a wide range of thoughtful people, despite the picture painted by the media

Yes. Suggesting a correlation between a whole host of right wing voters and the total lack of understanding of their own language from Could OFs to their/there/they're and your/you're, the use of are when they mean our and a growing number posting "A think so" rather than "I .....". There will be well educated people among them, Farridge for one, but the plethora of ill written rants on social media does beg the question I asked...

[Andy_Faber]

Yes. Suggesting a correlation between a whole host of right wing voters and the total lack of understanding of their own language from Could OFs to their/there/they're and your/you're, the use of are when they mean our and a growing number posting "A think so" rather than "I .....". There will be well educated people among them, Farridge for one, but the plethora of ill written rants on social media does beg the question I asked...

I think your bias betrays you a bit, I see appalling syntax and grammar from all sides of the political debate, and for that matter in other spheres, notably football, less so motorsport or cricket. I think you’ll find that the language pedants (I’m one to some extent as my editing job demands it) are always onto a loser because language evolves - who’s to say ‘could of’ won’t be THE way to say it in ten years time? My own pet hate is the Americanism ‘Can I get’ rather than ‘May I have’ but I don’t judge those using the phrase, whether their intellect or otherwise

[MadAmster]

I think your bias betrays you a bit, I see appalling syntax and grammar from all sides of the political debate, and for that matter in other spheres, notably football, less so motorsport or cricket. I think you’ll find that the language pedants (I’m one to some extent as my editing job demands it) are always onto a loser because language evolves - who’s to say ‘could of’ won’t be THE way to say it in ten years time? My own pet hate is the Americanism ‘Can I get’ rather than ‘May I have’ but I don’t judge those using the phrase, whether their intellect or otherwise

Often there is little difference between the (far) right and "football lads", IMO. Yes, there are also centrists and left leaners (Swale for one) who butcher our language but not, in my experience, in the numbers of those from the right.

Americanisms. With you there. "From the get go" and "bla, bla, bla... if you will" and many more are annoying to say the least.

Ones that have crept into English are things like "A thought you might like..." "A don't agree" instead of I and as I said earlier "Are house, are country". Language pedant? Guilty as charged, m'lud.

On your editing lark, I'll PM you with a slightly personal question, the answer to which may, or may not, help and editor friend of mine over here. If you find it too intrusive then, "sorry, I don't wish to answer" would be an acceptable reply.

[Geoff Parkstone]

...or using have instead have of

[MadAmster]

Farridge and Wilders. IMO, 2 peas from the same pod. Great at sh1tstirring and pointing out there's a problem but absolutely no idea what practical solutions could be implemented...

[Geoff Parkstone]

Farridge and Wilders. IMO, 2 peas from the same pod. Great at sh1tstirring and pointing out there's a problem but absolutely no idea what practical solutions could be implemented...

That, IMHO, sums up 95% of politicians worldwide, if not more

[MadAmster]

rA it's also quite good living in a Farridge free EU

[ramAnag]

rA it's also quite good living in a Farridge free EU

I bet! Feel free to take him back. I believe he got his kids German passports immediately after B**x**!

[MadAmster]

I bet! Feel free to take him back. I believe he got his kids German passports immediately after B**x**!

Their mother is German so they were always entitled to a German passport. Both parents of one of Farage's great-grandfathers were Germans who emigrated to London from the Frankfurt area shortly after 1861.

Basically he's a descendent of immigrants who now wants to stop immigration. Similar thoughts to Braverman and Patel...

[Geoff Parkstone]

Good advice, fair points and Poland is a further good example. I’m certainly enjoying hearing ‘Prime Minister Starmer’ and living in a Sarah Dines free Derbyshire Dales. A great deal to sort out of course, but long may it last.

Will be interesting to see, in lets say 12 months, whether either of those factors have made an iota of a difference to your life I guess you might feel a sense of contentedness that "your team" is back in the premiership, but I doubt you'll see anything beneficial has happened. Same ****, different shovel.