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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: tunnie on 07 July 2016, 16:40:33
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Thatcher 2.0? :D
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I hope Lord Opti isn't getting over excited! :o ;D
I bet the 'Establishment' are kakking themselves at the thought of Andrea Ledsome getting the job, and now it goes out to the membership she probably has a good chance. :)
And Tunnie, we only have one PM. ;)
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I hope Lord Opti isn't getting over excited! :o ;D
I bet the 'Establishment' are kakking themselves at the thought of Andrea Ledsome getting the job, and now it goes out to the membership she probably has a good chance. :)
And Tunnie, we only have one PM. ;)
I like women.....but not in a position of power.
If we have to be ruled by a girlie common sense says it should be Theresa May.
Leadsom will be out of her depth.
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I hope Lord Opti isn't getting over excited! :o ;D
I bet the 'Establishment' are kakking themselves at the thought of Andrea Ledsome getting the job, and now it goes out to the membership she probably has a good chance. :)
And Tunnie, we only have one PM. ;)
Shades of Corbyn. :D ;D
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So...it's her off thunderbirds or someone I hadn't heard of till a week ago. We're in good hands.
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So...it's her off thunderbirds or someone I hadn't heard of till a week ago. We're in good hands.
She looks nothing like Virgil. :)
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So...it's her off thunderbirds or someone I hadn't heard of till a week ago. We're in good hands.
She looks nothing like Virgil. :)
More like Parker!!! ;D ;D ;D
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So...it's her off thunderbirds or someone I hadn't heard of till a week ago. We're in good hands.
She looks nothing like Virgil. :)
She's pinched lady P's jacket, though
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n156/stmo987/image_1.jpeg)
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Airhead Andrea or toxic Theresa. Similar sort of choice to that on the other side of the ocean in November. ::) ::) ::).
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Airhead Andrea or toxic Theresa. Similar sort of choice to that on the other side of the ocean in November. ::) ::) ::).
Heard a great quote with reference to Hilary and Donald today. They're both lucky, in the respect that they're both running against the only person they have a chance of beating.
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So...it's her off thunderbirds or someone I hadn't heard of till a week ago. We're in good hands.
She looks nothing like Virgil. :)
She's pinched lady P's jacket, though
(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n156/stmo987/image_1.jpeg)
She has an ungainly look about her. Awkward looking.
She has sharp features, much like Thatcher.
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She looks ungainly cause two of her strings have snapped. ;D
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They elected the joke candidate before, when they chose Thatcher - do they NEVER learn from their mistakes?
Ron.
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Thatcher did win two general elections, in my view she was our finest PM since Churchill.
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Whoever it is it won't last. Once the dust has settled over legal and political wrangling so over not leaving the eu, Osborne will get the job.
Thrilling isn't it. Corbyn will lose Labour a shed load of seats in the next election.
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Thatcher did win two three general elections, in my view she was our finest PM since Churchill.
::) ;)
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Thatcher did win two general elections, in my view she was our finest PM since Churchill.
Three. ;)
She divided the country. The top half couldn't stand the sight of her. ::) ::) :)
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God help us.
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It looks like the 'Establishment' have their knives out for Leadsom, and are making much of her 'sexed up' CV! ::)
Seems to me that this makes her eminently qualified for the job! :y
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Never fear, when it all goes tits-up - which is exactly what Boris is waiting for - he will modestly and reluctantly take over and be our new PM.....
Ron.
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Never fear, when it all goes tits-up - which is exactly what Boris is waiting for - he will modestly and reluctantly take over and be our new PM.....
Ron.
Nah, he's far too clever. He knows what a monumental mess lies ahead for the next generation or more...
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My point in a nutshell, TB - that is exactly why he isn't seeking Premiership now, he knows what a poisoned chalice it is for whomever gets the post!
He is waiting in the wings for it all to go pear-shaped and come riding in on the white horse.....
Ron.
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I don't think so. The £350 million a week bus will always come back to haunt him. ;)
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They elected the joke candidate before, when they chose Thatcher - do they NEVER learn from their mistakes?
Ron.
What about IDS and Hague, They didn,t exactly set the world on fire when they were opposition leaders.
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Never fear, when it all goes tits-up - which is exactly what Boris is waiting for - he will modestly and reluctantly take over and be our new PM.....
Ron.
Nah, he's far too clever. He knows what a monumental mess lies ahead for the next generation or more...
He stood down as Mayor to take a seat in the commons for the sole reason of becoming PM. Next time the opportunity comes along, he will grab it with both hands. ;)
He wants it almost as badly as Theresa May does. :)
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They elected the joke candidate before, when they chose Thatcher - do they NEVER learn from their mistakes?
Ron.
If you look back at the state of the country pre Thatcher, it was an utter basket case, a joke of a country on the world stage and way beyond bankrupt.
If she hadn't come along and took the hard decisions (some of which she got wrong, admittedly) I shudder to think what would have become of this country. Hence, hindsight allows me to be convinced she was the best PM of my lifetime, by some margin. ;)
All PM,s since have been political pygmies.
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Bit of a paradox going on...
A women is/are mutually exclusive... not sure two witches constitutes a coven either :-\
That said, at least they seem to be forming some sort of concensus, so hopefully the more pressing matter of Article 50 can be dealt with sooner rather than later...
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so hopefully the more pressing matter of Article 50 can be dealt with sooner rather than later...
Following the events of the last 2 weeks, even the OUTers seem to be taking the view that we shouldn't rush it. WTF?
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I see no good reason why it shouldn't be invoked this year. It would concentrate minds and force people to get on with the job instead of fannying around and obsessing about their own careers etc.
Politicians though............ ::)
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I see no good reason why it shouldn't be invoked this year. It would concentrate minds and force people to get on with the job instead of fannying around and obsessing about their own careers etc.
Politicians though............ ::)
Whether or not you agree with the outcome, the country has voted (again, rightly or wrongly), and thus the process should be kicked off straight away.
I suspect those that have a reputation to uphold who were the public faces of Brexit, those that no longer want a front seat, have realised the monumental cock-up they have helped cause, and thus decided to stand down as party leaders or not run for PM. But before they did, even they were calling for a period of reflection first.
As you say, politicians.... ;)
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I don't agree tbh. Boris was stabbed in the back mercilessly by Gove, and left with no option. Farage knew that from his point of view it was mission accomplished, and that his role was unlikely to be a major one from now on.
He is in poor health, exhausted and has daily death threats. The final straw for him and his family may have been the rapper up north who said he was coming down south to rape Farages daughter, because of Brexit. He didn't specify whether it would be the 9 year old or the 15 year old, but still....
That kind of thing takes a toll on anyone after almost 20 years. Love him or loathe him ( he is definitely a Marmite man) hes not stupid, and probably picked the right moment to go, as he had been increasingly marginalised once the referendum campaign got underway.
In the grand scheme of things though, whether or not you agree with him, he has been the most significant UK political figure since Thatcher.
What has happened recently has happened because of him and him alone. The Tories would have squabbled about the issue on the backbenches from now until kingdom come, left to their own devices.
That may be a good or bad thing, depending on the individual point of view, but the significance cant be denied.
As for Cameron. He has never been very bright and this resulted in him painting himself into a corner with no escape route. He had to promise the referendum to stem the flow of supporters and members who were deserting to UKIP.
He assumed he would be in coalition again (at best) and would be able to blame the Libdems when he couldn't follow through on his promise.
When he went to have his negotiations he got nothing and he knew it, and thats when he made the fatal error. He should have came back and admitted he couldn't make headway and announced he would be neutral in the referendum. Instead he threw everything at the remain option, and assumed that the spin machine would work its magic once again.
People weren't stupid enough to believe he had achieved anything meaningful and knew he was lying, so they then didn't believe anything he said.
Once the result of the voters mistrust was known, his position was untenable and he had no choice but to step down. He could have saved himself, but his political radar was nowhere near sharp enough.
I suspect he was far too heavily influenced by Peter Mandelson, who was pretty much running the remain campaign in the background. Hence "project fear".
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Come on Britain lets invoke article 50. :y