Interesting article in the Independent online (yes really) about the rising intolerance of alternative political views expressed in our wonderful right wing tabloids.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/daily-mail-brexit-daily-express-the-sun-tabloids-language-political-intolerance-traitors-a7357591.html

These newspapers and their commentators are implying that those who disagree with them should be silenced, locked up even. That we are traitors.

The Mail and the Express seem to have decided they simply do not recognise the legitimacy of people who have a different political position.

These newspapers preen themselves as champions of free speech and traditional British liberties. Yet they are seeking to delegitimise contrary political views, to silence them through intimidation and the implied threat of violence.

To suggest that people should be locked up because they hold an alternative view to their own is surely not something anyone should accept in our ‘free’ society

Excellent. Thanks for posting, I had the time to watch it all this morning and it is well worth 45 mins of anyones time if you have an interest in this area. Particularly interesting is the section on air support and it’s effectiveness- morale boosting rather than actual damage caused.

To my understanding and maybe that of others, you do, on occasion, make it up as you go along. I do not think that you are necessarily conscious of this, at least all the time.

I think that there is a possibility that you are so consumed by your own propaganda, that you blind yourself to the possibility that others are just as capable of meaningful but different thought.

I really do think you should look in the mirror and reflect that the same comments apply equally to your “musings” on many occasions John. It is all a matter of perspective.

It’s just a guess but, I rather thought that there were about 2 million of us daily who credited the D. Tel. with credibility
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Just shows 2m people can be blinkered doesn’t it? I actually meant in the context of this forum as you seem to be the only one who quotes it as a credible source

I hope I haven’t misjudged you.

It’s your default position Pinko, misjudging people. It also shows you have memory issues

Project Fear it ain’t. Another expert in semantics; the electorate voted for Brexit; at that point we effectively left the EU. Do not split hairs – it doesn’t become you !

No, we are still a member of the EU. It is not semantics, it is law. Until Article 50 is invoked.

Interesting that MG are going production of their cars at Longbridge citing the drop in the value of the pound ( due to the vote) and the prospect of Britain leaving the EU.

Bye Nige

don’t forget to close the door on the way out

read this then again trekbuster. Probably the Immigrants have a poor command of spelling(apart from Scania,Volvo,Iveco and other trucks!)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3770523/Oliver-Amelia-popular-baby-names.html

But its the Daily Heil therefore not exactly reliable reporting
And as afar is it being the Immigrants having poor spelling two points
First: many of the Mohammed’s are likely to have been born to people who themselves were born here so are not immigrants.
Second: The Point I tried to make is that the reason there are different spellings of Mohamed are mainly because the children come from different ethnic backgrounds within muslim communities -for example Muxamed is Somali in origin, Mohammed Egyptian. in the same way Owen and and Eoin are both spellings from the same (essentially Celtic Christian) root but one is Irish the other Welsh

Re #805 As for me being away, Pinko, I never really left, just been chuckling away privately at the utter pish rather than constantly commenting.