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  1. [quote user="Herman "]Ecuador it is then.[/quote] Oh yes a country with a superb human rights record ,who would have thought that the security services might spy on their own people ,shock horror !! and how dare they spy on foreign countries !! because no one spies on us ,especially the Russians and the Chinese ,they are purer than the driven snow .
  2. [quote user="Herman "]Ecuador it is then.[/quote] Oh yes a country with a superb human rights record ,who would have thought that the security services might spy on their own people ,shock horror !! and how dare they spy on foreign countries !! because no one spies on us ,especially the Russians and the Chinese ,they are purer than the driven snow .
  3. I am just waiting for the hysteria from mothers against guns ,guns are bad mckay as far as I am aware he didn''t break any firearms laws ,but don''t let that spoil a "good story" Pleeeeeassse somebody think of the children ,gawd give me strength .
  4. [quote user="Reykjavik Canary"]Anyone can tell me how I can buy this in Iceland. Am 11 stones (70 kilograms) and 5''11 (180cm). Does the club sell for fans my size??[/quote] You should be able to purchase it via the canary store website  ,by the  looks of it you are a similar build to me ,although I am a bit heavier , a size medium I am guessing ,you will need to measure your chest ,I have a 42 inch chest but the medium (38) fits perfectly :) so I guess this should fit you too :)
  5. [quote user="Rock The Boat"]My dad was a milkman and I was one of eight kids. Born into a poor rural Norfolk family, I had the very good fortune to be at school during the ''60s when a bright working class kid had the opportunity to get into a grammar school and receive an academic education. I was lucky enough to go onto university and given my working class upbringing it was no surprise that I was a left wing radical at the time.Returning to Norwich for my first job I joined the local trade union branch and became an activist. Soon I was involved in regional, and then national trade union activity by around 1978. I had of course joined the Norwich Labour party and was active in the northern wards of the city, pounding the pavements at election time, leafleting, delivering monthly newsletters, listening to grievances of my neighbours and generally being an all round busybody. The 1979 election was a big moment for us and I spent a lot of time with David Ennals as a gopher on the campaign trail.When we lost, the consensus in the pub was that Margaret Thatcher wouldn''t last long seeing as she was a woman. Such was the attitudes in the 70''s.  However I was already becoming increasingly uncomfortable by what I was finding in the left, particularly in the Trade Unions. The unions behaved totally irresponsible without any thought whatsoever of the damage they caused within society. It was always about getting a bigger pay-packet and cushier working conditions. It didn''t bother them that the country was without electricity for days on end. That factories and offices were closed down through the three-day working week. That the poorest in society were the ones who suffered the most. Believe me, there is no altruism or community in the trade union movement. It''s all about ''I''m alright jack and sod the rest''. Another thing that soon became very clear to me was that the Left was made up of three broad groups of people. There were those who joined the Labour movement because they wanted to change the world for the better, the do-gooders. Nice people, and very principled. Unfortunately, they are not the dominant group of the Left. That belonged to people whom I saw as ''square-pegs in round holes''. Mostly social misfits who were unable to progress their careers in the normal way and turned to unionism as an alternative way to power or status. They saw employers as the enemy, jobs as a necessary evil. They loved the nationalised industries because they feed at the trough of government subsidies. In steel foundries, the mines, car manufacturing, shipbuilding they produced shoddy goods, uncompetetively priced and were able to do so because of national trade barriers and weak government who kowtowed to the bullying unions. But as bad as this was, there was a third and much more sinister group of people in the Left. These were, and still are, the communists and anarchists. Their motivation is class war. They wish to destroy the democratic state and replace it with an anarchist society. If you think this is far-fetched then you need to ask yourselves, who is behind the outbreaks of rioting that stain this country in the past few decades. The 2011 London riots, G7 riots, Poll Tax riots, Miner''s strike, Broadwater Farm, Toxteth and all the other examples of major civil disturbances are infiltrated by and radicalised by the communist and anarchist entryists to the Labour party and Trade Union movement. Today they are at it again, ''celebrating'' the death of Margaret Thatcher and threatening more civil disturbances on our streets. In the early 80''s I lived in Liverpool and was knocking off some local bird. Part of the price was that I had to attend many private meetings of anarchists and communists, they thought I was one of them, and listened to many conversations about their plans to exploit local grievances and encourage rioting and looting. Scarily many of these people had links to the IRA movement. Where ever it was possible to destroy the State, they would become involved. Margaret Thatcher was the only Prime Minister we ever had who was prepared to take on these anarchist and communists that had infiltrated the labour movement. Before her, every other PM had sought to appease the Left and as a result our nation just sunk lower and lower in terms of economic performance and as a world power. Even in her own Cabinet, when she came to power, were against upsetting the unions. But she was smart enough to know that the people who wanted to destroy the country were not representative of the majority. In fact, the ordinary working man and woman of Britain had far more in common with Mrs. Thatcher than the likes of Michael Foot, and they voted for her in droves. Thatcher won many battles but she didn''t win the war. Her victory was imperfect and there were many things that still needed doing when she was ousted by her own party in 1990. She made mistakes. Signing the Maastricht treaty taking us into closer political union with Europe was perhaps the biggest. But her achievements hugely outweighed her faults. She turned round the economic fortunes of the country and brought prosperity to the people. She changed the mindset of millions of people from bloody-mindedness into a ''can-do'' attitude.  Alongside Ronald Reagan she fought against international communism and brought freedom to millions of people in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. She faced down dictatorships such as those in Argentina and defended the right of people to choose their own destinies. She did this as a woman at a time when many people were dismissive about the abilities of a woman to govern. She was against the principles of left-wing feminism but probably did for the cause of woman''s rights within society than any political or social movement achieved. She did this when faced with total opposition of the left - who ironically maintained many of her policies when they first came to power. She did this when faced with the out-of-touch patriarchs within her own party, again it is ironic that it was these people and not the electorate that removed her from power.   Without a shadow of doubt, Margaret Thatcher was the greatest peacetime Prime Minster this country has ever had. She is renown and adored by millions throughout the world. Her legacy of individual liberty coupled with personal responsibility still reverberates around the globe. Personally I was inspired by her and realised that left-wing policies would never improve the lot of ordinary working people. We must always be vigilant against those who wish to bring down this country once again. [/quote]That was an interesting read ,thanks for posting
  6. Perhaps drones could be put on the general license ,along with wood pigeon and rabbits ,it would certainly  make clay shooting more interesting ,as the security services start to use them more often (even some councils are considering there use ) I can see a few of these drones "disappearing " "PULL"
  7. You are all harbouring anti-soviet thoughts ,this has been noted
  8. [quote user="Phillip J Fry"]Technically, ''Welsh'' isn''t a race. So no racism, technically.[/quote]Technically Wales isn''t a country ,it is a principality .
  9. [quote user="nevermind"][quote user="walkern canary"][quote user="nevermind"]What do you reckon would happen, walkern, if China comes to an agreement with Mexico on a military base in lets say Acapulco, Mazatlan or Tihuana, flying surveillance drones along the border with the US, occaisionally breaching US airspace and sovereign territory? [/quote]I wouldn''t be surprised if China are doing it already ,but on a small scale ,they are certianally well known for their cyber attacks ,the Chinese already have a large presence in south America ,they are currently explioting the Brazilian rain forest ,and have bulit a huge habour ,and an extensive road network for the purposes of exporting charcoal and other timber products ,and who knows waht they may do with this infrastructure in the future ,they are in the process of buying large parts of Africa and western Australia for the mineral rights ,if it had been western powers doing this there would be condemnation all round ,but everyone turns a blind eye,because we want those cheap consumables .The Chinese were always insular ,like the Japanese were ,but it looks like things are changing [/quote] Would you not say that the Chinese approach to colonialism is just that more refined, than ours. We want to exploit without putting anything back, whilst China gets involved, they are showing some social responsibility, by building housing, railways and massive infrastructure products, not just taking the raw materials that they need. So, what would happen in the scenario I painted? within hours there would be repercussions directed at Mexico and China. China''s and Mexico''s interests would be attacked, a UN war of words would fly and military actions threatened for daring to breach US sovereign territory, all in a sudden sovereignty would become important. [/quote] Is chines colonialism more refined than ours ? it is probably about the same as Great Britain was at the height of empire ,if you look at the infrastructure the British put in place (the railways in India for example ) also the ecological damage is probably about the same too .Anyway the scenario you painted I imagine the US military which is natoriously paranoid wouldn''t take too kindly to another super power flying spying missions on its door step ,and would shoot any drones down that wandered into US airspace ,I dare say they would even pay mercenaries to take out any drone sites in Mexico
  10. [quote user="nevermind"][quote user="Herman "]The reason MacShane can''t be done for fraud. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20189599 [/quote]he should loose all his pension rights and be replaced without a by election, by randomly choosing someone from the constituencies national insurance number pool. Why should the taxpayer fork out for these crooks.There is nothing honourable about his exit, he should be tarred and feathered and made to run through Rotherham.[/quote] Where is Guido Fawkes when you need him ?
  11. [quote user="nevermind"]What do you reckon would happen, walkern, if China comes to an agreement with Mexico on a military base in lets say Acapulco, Mazatlan or Tihuana, flying surveillance drones along the border with the US, occaisionally breaching US airspace and sovereign territory? [/quote]I wouldn''t be surprised if China are doing it already ,but on a small scale ,they are certianally well known for their cyber attacks ,the Chinese already have a large presence in south America ,they are currently explioting the Brazilian rain forest ,and have bulit a huge habour ,and an extensive road network for the purposes of exporting charcoal and other timber products ,and who knows waht they may do with this infrastructure in the future ,they are in the process of buying large parts of Africa and western Australia for the mineral rights ,if it had been western powers doing this there would be condemnation all round ,but everyone turns a blind eye,because we want those cheap consumables .The Chinese were always insular ,like the Japanese were ,but it looks like things are changing
  12. Drones ,politicians like these because they are cheap ,you don''t have to train a pilot at a huge cost to fly them unlike fast jets ,also the operators are thousands of miles away and therefore desensitised to what is happening on the ground,unlike a a pilot who will know what is going on because he will be taliking to the forward air controller who will be observing the target ,aircraft have been flying surveillance missions for years ,remember Gary powers ? he of U2 fame who got shot down by the soviets ? there is nothing new under the sun during the cold war warsaw pact and NATO forces used to regulary overfly each others countries ,still do , the drone is just another tool and like any tool can be misused ,they are not imune though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U49n1JuWAmc
  13. [quote user="nutty nigel"][quote user="yoda"]I''ve got those clips on videos tapes,back then i was a bit obsessed and taped every little thing on anglia and bbc got tons of stuff .[/quote]   Brilliant! I had that semi-final on video but Mrs nutty had other ideas and it became an episode of Sons & Daughters!   A lot of those reports on Anglia and BBC have found their way onto Youtube. One of my favourites from that time is the late GREAT Sir Arthur telling Norwich Union to pay up after the fire!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0huGBMRq1YA     [/quote] I loved the bit right at the end with the bloke in the donkey jacket smashing the hell out of the asbestos roof with a crow bar !! and why was he wearing a hard hat ? what was going to fall on his head ? :)
  14. The man is a true legend ,not just as an astronaut ,but as a test pilot too ,and a very modest man
  15. [quote user=" Badger"] I liked the comment by one villa fan: "f*** why did we appoint Lambert when we''ve got a msge board full of astute managers?"[/quote] I  agree ,funny how there seem to be so many "managers " on here I guess they must be all waiting for the "call"
  16. The fact that a lot of people drive everywhere these days ,instead of walking ,children no longer walk to their local school they are driven 20 miles in something similar to an APC ,diet too as Nevermind pointed out ,I can''t remember the last time a had a Mcdonalds ,or any fast food for that matter ,and it depends where you live ,I have noticed in the village where I live very few people are obese ,but you go to the nearest town it is salad dodger city
  17. Mine is a Peppa pig in a city scarf smoking a fag ,for no reason I was just bored one day and created it !
  18. The man should be in a mental hospital (or in prison) he has no place on the football pitch ,he has had more than enough chances to sort himself out ,but he can''t ,I don''t care if he has read poetry or appeared on news night ,the man is mentally unstable ,I am surprised he hasn''t killed someone yet ,although this does run in the family ,so it may only be a matter of time .
  19. Don''t mention Rabbits on Portland ,apparently it brings bad luck
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