What do you think of this then..?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2234726/Britain-tops-global-soft-power-list.html
Of course, they might want to come and live here before they really make that choice.
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By: charliehunt - 21st November 2012 at 08:26
wazzock
origin – Northern England
An idiot or daft person
Hardly applicable to a newspaper, I would have thought.:rolleyes:
By: A225HVY - 21st November 2012 at 04:17
QUOTE=bazv;1952750]Nah its an online comic !!:)QUOTE
Unlike the Times or Torygraph!!
They are all the same bunch of wazzocks!
By: Snapper - 20th November 2012 at 16:14
It was quite pleasant last wednesday.
By: charliehunt - 20th November 2012 at 15:35
Indeed it is…..:(
By: Andy in Beds - 20th November 2012 at 15:29
Charlie.
As I said, it’s a different world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20338042
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By: charliehunt - 20th November 2012 at 14:38
Andy – not meant to be a dismissive comment on the topic at all…..they are all “diversions” as you rightly say, and often enjoyable ones.
Your other comment is very telling. We lived for many years in a tiny hamlet a bit further North from you and although I spent days away travelling in the cut and thrust of commerce I might have been entering another world on my return. Weekends were a joy of peace and tranquility with the pressures of that world left far behind. Bliss!!:D
And I certanly agree with you about London now. Loved it in the sixties and seventies, but not any more.
By: Andy in Beds - 20th November 2012 at 14:15
Of the thousands of surveys published every day, every month on every topic imagineable you pick the ones that most resonate, either to make you angry or make you happy. Are they worth anything? Not much more than a tin of beans, probably.
As ever Charlie.
I plant these little nuggets purely for your (and others) diversion.
Like my old chum Snapper, I remain largely detached from the events spinning around me.
In my little corner of sunny Bedfordshire life goes on it’s own pace–somewhat more slowly than elsewhere I shouldn’t wonder.
One point I might query is this.
If one listens to the chattering reptiles of the media, one gets a certain idea of the country.
However, out here in the provinces, life bears little relation to that–and we’re only thirty miles from the metropolis.
I worked in London for many years but on a recent visit my overiding thought was it’s a young mans place.
Which is closer to the ‘real’ Britain..??
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By: charliehunt - 20th November 2012 at 12:57
Of the thousands of surveys published every day, every month on every topic imagineable you pick the ones that most resonate, either to make you angry or make you happy. Are they worth anything? Not much more than a tin of beans, probably.
By: hampden98 - 20th November 2012 at 12:35
We are definitely at the top of the pile, like flies.
By: bazv - 19th November 2012 at 07:00
is the Mail Online a “real” media outlet?
Nah its an online comic !!:)
By: Tribes - 19th November 2012 at 06:55
I don’t live in the UK, so………is the Mail Online a “real” media outlet? And who is “Monocle” magazine?
Seems like nothing more than list of stereotypical images of countries from a UK perspective.
Just my $0.20 worth.:D
By: Snapper - 18th November 2012 at 16:07
I’ve been abroad; I’d far rather live here. The sky’s the same everywhere anyway.
It’s so good millions come to join us every day ;D
By: Derekf - 18th November 2012 at 15:54
Good for us I say. It makes a change from the usual whining and moaning we normally see. It was quite satisfying to see all of those who were writing off the Olympics before they even started (some on this very forum) crawl back under the woodwork. What a shame there wasn’t a way to make them eat their words.
We can still do great things in this country despite the nay-sayers and negative merchants that seem to abound these days.
Let’s face it, there are a lot worse places to live than the UK. No, it isn’t perfect but it it isn’t that bad really.
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November 18, 2012 at 3:09 pm