What has the UK become under the far right influence?

[I'm With Stupid]

a nation of noble sports lovers - the turf, the excitement, having a bet and getting pissed and losing your front teeth

Seems to be a regular occurance at the races, and yet for some reason, there's never any suggestion to ban alcohol like there is at the football. Funny that.

 

[bluethrunthru]

This - which was a staple of my growing up on TV - was discontinued in 1999 on the grounds of costs and it took too many sailors off core activities. Since then Royal Navy spending has been slashed as has numbers of personnel

 

[mackenzie]

"Bleed kits" and the using of them introduced to schoolchildren because of knife crime.
What a sad reflection of modern life.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Seems to be a regular occurance at the races, and yet for some reason, there's never any suggestion to ban alcohol like there is at the football. Funny that.

Think gear plays a bigger part than alcohol. Was at Cheltenham last week for two days, on both sides of the track, and there were plenty of signs of gear use, from the relatively subtle to people keying in plain sight.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

violent noisy protesters - where's the Police cracking heads and making arrests under their new powers?

Angry mob of pensioners besiege meeting in protest over care home

The 60 mostly grey-haired residents surrounded both sides of the building while elected members debated the matter inside. The controversial proposal is earmarked for the Dorset village of West Moors.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Used to call them NIMBY : Not In My Back Yard.

Hereford was full of them.

 

[Vic]

Used to call them NIMBY : Not In My Back Yard.

Hereford was full of them.

Objections in my area to a new housing development that would improve public footpaths - from people who live next to the public footpath. One of them told the committee that they hadn't had notice about it but it turned out that he'd sent in an objection six months ago.

 

[Postman Pep]

 

[bluethrunthru]

 

[bluwes]

This - which was a staple of my growing up on TV - was discontinued in 1999 on the grounds of costs and it took too many sailors off core activities. Since then Royal Navy spending has been slashed as has numbers of personnel

used to love watching that.I'm told a few fingers were lost over the years

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

used to love watching that.I'm told a few fingers were lost over the years

Proper grizz. Not sure we’ve got enough players anymore, to get a run we have to stop a ship leaving.

 

[bluethrunthru]

British Gas owner doubles boss’s pay to £8m – despite qualms over previous rise

Details of Chris O’Shea’s ballooning package emerge in Centrica’s annual report after company reports bumper profits

www.theguardian.com

 

[East Level 2]

British Gas owner doubles boss’s pay to £8m – despite qualms over previous rise

Details of Chris O’Shea’s ballooning package emerge in Centrica’s annual report after company reports bumper profits

www.theguardian.com

He's hit his profit targets so he's entitled to the bonuses. That a company supplying an essential commodity is allowed to make such excessive profits is an absolute fucking disgrace, though I'm sure our tory members will be along to defend it.

 

[Stoned Rose]

a nation of noble sports lovers - the turf, the excitement, having a bet and getting pissed and losing your front teeth

This is what happens when men wear brown shoes.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Part 2 - classy ladies

Not sure Foden’s mam suits that sombrero.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Just let it go bust and nationalise it at a cost of £0.00

Thames Water directors hold crunch talks over utility's future

Britain's biggest water company is expected to announce on Thursday that its shareholders are not minded to proceed with a promised £3.25bn investment to keep it afloat, Sky News learns.

news.sky.com

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Just let it go bust and nationalise it at a cost of £0.00

Thames Water directors hold crunch talks over utility's future

Britain's biggest water company is expected to announce on Thursday that its shareholders are not minded to proceed with a promised £3.25bn investment to keep it afloat, Sky News learns.

news.sky.com

The shareholders will just let it fall further into disrepair until they‘ve got us over a barrel, forcing us to pay off their debts, invest our own money, while taking a huge chunk in dividends which they think they’re owed.

 

[Eebo]

The shareholders will just let it fall further into disrepair until they‘ve got us over a barrel, forcing us to pay off their debts, invest our own money, while taking a huge chunk in dividends which they think they’re owed.

Probably under the Tories.

Labour should let them go bust, or run out of cash and when they come begging for a handout offer them £1 for it as it is worthless.

 

[bluethrunthru]

The home of mirth

 

[Bodicoteblue]

The shareholders will just let it fall further into disrepair until they‘ve got us over a barrel, forcing us to pay off their debts, invest our own money, while taking a huge chunk in dividends which they think they’re owed.

Classic case of ‘privatise the profit, and nationalise the debt’
They‘re still subsidising the railways to the tune of billions with taxpayers’ money.
The absolute lie of a myth of a deceit of a farce of privatisation sold to us by the biggest organised crime gang in history.

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

Classic case of ‘privatise the profit, and nationalise the debt’
They‘re still subsidising the railways to the tune of billions with taxpayers’ money.
The absolute lie of a myth of a deceit of a farce of privatisation sold to us by the biggest organised crime gang in history.