Hugh Dowding + Keith Park.

Every time I read an item, by younger (than me) types, blithely telling us how they don’t care a fig about aging, and carelessly snap their fingers at fate, I’m reminded of Eliza Doolittle, and “Just you wait, ‘Enry ‘Iggins, just you wait.” Life is never so attractive, as when you near the time of losing it.

The problem is that MP’s do not represent the views of those in their constituencies. With exceedingly low turnouts the votes counted, whilst accurate, prove one thing. In many constituencies the winner is apathy.

It’s a pity to see the usual politicians’ “reasons” recycled, in this way. In my (admittedly narrow) experience, with working class employees, it has nothing to do with apathy, and everything to do with contempt, and total disgust at being treated with similar utter contempt by whichever party is in power at any one time.
I’ve seen the water industry sold off, with, for a short time, users being threatened with starvation of supplies, if they couldn’t pay their bills.
I’ve watched the “party of the working class” do away with the 10% income tax band, thereby ensuring that the low-paid and pensioners were hit proportionately hardest.
I’ve been told to make provisions for my own pension (which will be taxed, when it’s time to receive it) while M.P.s are the only class of “workers” who make no contribution to their own pension.
I now see the ruling classes, whose “work” entails nothing more strenuous than polishing chairs with their backsides, telling manual workers, who are on their feet during every 8-hour day, that they must now work for 55-60, rather than 50 years, and be grateful for the privilege of going to an early grave.
And now you expect me to waste my vote on these shiftless wastes of space? Dream on.

Like all walks of life if you want better people, you have to pay more.

But, we don’t, do we? There’s a body of opinion that, maybe, we should return to the days when M.P.s were unpaid, since we could be sure that they were in the job from a desire to put something in, rather than a desire to get as much as possible out of it.

No, but who incessantly vote them into office, allow them to pass these self-serving laws, and make not the slightest murmur about being continually ripped-off, in order to pay for them?

So CD
Still, capitalism has never worked successfully. Thanks to greed indemic in western society it always breaks down into war and depression, killing millions.
…..

Not so very different from socialism and communism, then, is it?

Should never happen, anyone else in the rank would be having a chat sans tea and biccies, and possibly be looking for another Job.

Except, of course, if it had been anyone else, the Sun wouldn’t have seen a money-making opportunity, and put him on its front page.

As for “torn off a strip by his Father”. Which one?

Crude, and unworthy.

After this, if you had a son in the forces would you be comfortable placing his life in Harry’s hands given his seeming lack of threat recognition?.

Yes, I would, since British armed forces personnel are trained, when on duty, to behave in a totally professional, and dedicated fashion, and we are justifiably proud of them, an emotion that no amount of snide remarks, from the likes of you, will change.