dune Posted 16 December, 2010 Share Posted 16 December, 2010 He is the only politician out there that say's it how it is. [video=youtube;6NuPp-3fjd0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NuPp-3fjd0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrollman no2 Posted 16 December, 2010 Share Posted 16 December, 2010 Strange thing is,isnt the pilot who flew the plane in which Farage was a passenger and then crashed,now accused of trying to murder him? This would suggest if true,that hes not so popular as the right wing media would have us believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 16 December, 2010 Author Share Posted 16 December, 2010 Strange thing is,isnt the pilot who flew the plane in which Farage was a passenger and then crashed,now accused of trying to murder him? This would suggest if true,that hes not so popular as the right wing media would have us believe. I don't think there can be any truth in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrollman no2 Posted 16 December, 2010 Share Posted 16 December, 2010 But it was reported in the Express and The Mail. So it must be true? lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swannymere Posted 16 December, 2010 Share Posted 16 December, 2010 Can the Mods do something to stop Dune posting constant right wing drivel, everyone's entitled to their opinion but he just doesn't shutup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 16 December, 2010 Share Posted 16 December, 2010 Seconded. I ued to defend him but hes got the SRS disease of not knowing how much is enough and when to STFU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 16 December, 2010 Share Posted 16 December, 2010 Thirded. Also, Farage is a delusional, self-important pr!ck. Probably why you like him so much Stanley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 16 December, 2010 Share Posted 16 December, 2010 I like dune's constant right wing posts. They do more damage to his cause than they do in aiding it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 Can the Mods do something to stop Dune posting constant right wing drivel, everyone's entitled to their opinion but he just doesn't shutup? Don't stop him. Hopefully all his well known tendencies will rise to the top again, when the medication fails, and he'll get himself a proper lifetime ban. No matter what he might try & call himself next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingeletiss Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 Don't stop him. Hopefully all his well known tendencies will rise to the top again, when the medication fails, and he'll get himself a proper lifetime ban. No matter what he might try & call himself next time. Beats all the left wing kerrap, constantly paraded on here imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Saint Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 There does seem to be a lot of politically driven threads in the lounge at the moment. How about resurrecting the politics forum and dumping them all in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 What made those who don't want to read Dune's threads come into this one? Wasn't the author and title a bit of a giveaway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landford.saint Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 Can the Mods do something to stop Dune posting constant right wing drivel, everyone's entitled to their opinion but he just doesn't shutup? If so I believe we should have a ban on left wing drivel as well to be seen to be politically correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dronskisaint Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 I like dune's constant right wing posts. They do more damage to his cause than they do in aiding it. Absolutely -The work he does for the cause of anything to the left of Jean Marie Le Pen has been revelatory. Don't ban someone who constantly exposes his cause in a way that alienates it to the moderate & rational thinkers..keep up that good work;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothersaintinsouthsea Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 Dune makes himself look like an idiot most of the time. Let him continue posting, he provides a laugh and is great advert for not being a reactionary right-wing nut-job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 I don't care if you're left wing or right wing, and what opinion you have about this country, Europe, the economy, students and everything else that gets discussed on the Lounge. What I find most annoying is when political stereotypes abound and individuals from either side refuse to simply debate the points at hand, on their own merit. A thread rarely gets beyond 10 replies before the first insult is thrown and the original point is lost in a swarm of point-scoring and name-calling. It usually gets quite pathetic IMO. And that applies to lots of threads on here, not just political ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 Well, that killed that thread then! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 (edited) Well, that killed that thread then! lol Yeah, loser.. Its pity people often dont debate individual economic and political issues using their own knowedge and reasoning. Arguing 'my party is right and yours is crap' is sterile. Edited 17 December, 2010 by buctootim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solentstars Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 I like dune's constant right wing posts. They do more damage to his cause than they do in aiding it. i agree and his love of divisive losers like thatcher and ian smith,two men who he admires,he really needs to get a girlfriend for the lonely life he leads but then he would need to spend some money on her and we know he only loves cash and not real relationships--- who is this nigel farage guy anyway............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 Nigel Farage really hates Belgium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 losers like thatcher Not sure 'loser' is the most apt description of Britain's most successful post war Prime Minister.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 Not sure 'loser' is the most apt description of Britain's most successful post war Prime Minister.... I think that depends by which measure you define her 'success'. Come up to here and ask people from Barnsley and Rotherham if they agree with you and you'll probably end up with a black eye or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 Not sure 'loser' is the most apt description of Britain's most successful post war Prime Minister.... Divisive would be the most apt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 I think that depends by which measure you define her 'success'. Come up to here and ask people from Barnsley and Rotherham if they agree with you and you'll probably end up with a black eye or two. Wouldn't they enter into constructive conversation rather than resort to violence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 Wouldn't they enter into constructive conversation rather than resort to violence? Invective driven spittle has been known to black eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 Wouldn't they enter into constructive conversation rather than resort to violence? There is still a hell of a lot of ill feeling towards her in the former mining villages of South Yorkshire. There will actually be street parties around these parts when she dies, mark my words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 There is still a hell of a lot of ill feeling towards her in the former mining villages of South Yorkshire. There will actually be street parties around these parts when she dies, mark my words. Doesn't surprise me. She'll probably have a wry smile on her face looking down at the irony of people exhibiting nastiness towards a person they believed was nasty. What is it they say about two wrongs...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 17 December, 2010 Share Posted 17 December, 2010 I don't care if you're left wing or right wing, and what opinion you have about this country, Europe, the economy, students and everything else that gets discussed on the Lounge. What I find most annoying is when political stereotypes abound and individuals from either side refuse to simply debate the points at hand, on their own merit. A thread rarely gets beyond 10 replies before the first insult is thrown and the original point is lost in a swarm of point-scoring and name-calling. It usually gets quite pathetic IMO. And that applies to lots of threads on here, not just political ones. tbf btf is the embodiment of a political stereotype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 Can the Mods do something to stop Dune posting constant right wing drivel, everyone's entitled to their opinion but he just doesn't shutup? keep your friends close and your enemies even closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dronskisaint Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 Doesn't surprise me. She'll probably have a wry smile on her face looking down at the irony of people exhibiting nastiness towards a person they believed was nasty. What is it they say about two wrongs...? 'She'll probably have a wry smile on her face' That's senile regression...she's just pi**ed herself...'mad bat' (name courtesy of Paul Merton) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 There is still a hell of a lot of ill feeling towards her in the former mining villages of South Yorkshire. There will actually be street parties around these parts when she dies, mark my words. Serious question... Did more pits close under the labour government before maggie??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 Serious question... Did more pits close under the labour government before maggie??? I honestly don't know the answer to that. But if you ask anybody who used to be a miner who they blame for the collapse of the industry then a huge majority would say Thatcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 I honestly don't know the answer to that. But if you ask anybody who used to be a miner who they blame for the collapse of the industry then a huge majority would say Thatcher. Apparently more mines were closed under the previous labour party.. Food for thought eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 I would have thought the Anti Maggie lefties on here would have agreed with Farage, after all they fought the '83 election with the very same policy. Although unlike farage they changed their position and did an about turn when they lost (there's nothing like sticking by your principles) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrollman no2 Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 Labour did indeed close a lot of the older mines that were coming to the end of their life,which still caused the loss of jobs,but the difference with Thatcher is she wanted to shut down the whole British coal industry.After she totally decimated the coal industry(leaving us to import coal from Russia and South Africa),she went on to sell off our nationalised industries. No wonder so many people hate her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrollman no2 Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 I would have thought the Anti Maggie lefties on here would have agreed with Farage, after all they fought the '83 election with the very same policy. Although unlike farage they changed their position and did an about turn when they lost (there's nothing like sticking by your principles) Not many MPs,what ever party they belong to stick to their promises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 Not many MPs,what ever party they belong to stick to their promises. I would have thought wanting to withdraw from the EEC was a bit more than a promise. How can you go from anti EEC to pro Europe in under 4 short years.The Labour party seem to adopt the "you dont like my principles, here's another set" approach to winning elections. Say what you like about Thatcher, but she stuck to what she believed in and took the people with her.You cant say the same about the Labour movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Gotsmanov Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 Labour did indeed close a lot of the older mines that were coming to the end of their life,which still caused the loss of jobs,but the difference with Thatcher is she wanted to shut down the whole British coal industry.After she totally decimated the coal industry(leaving us to import coal from Russia and South Africa),she went on to sell off our nationalised industries. No wonder so many people hate her. I think that what Maggie did to the coal mining communities was bordering on being a social crime. That said the real enemy of the miners were the unions who made the industry uncompetitive and thus unviable. They also did not help their cause by being so confrontational. Why did Thatcher however not do more to help these communities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingeletiss Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 I think that what Maggie did to the coal mining communities was bordering on being a social crime. That said the real enemy of the miners were the unions who made the industry uncompetitive and thus unviable. They also did not help their cause by being so confrontational. Why did Thatcher however not do more to help these communities. This is the real reason that coal mining collapsed in this country, it was cheaper to import it, but hey! it makes it easier for the lefties to blame Maggie, and ignore the fact, that the unions got to big for their boots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrollman no2 Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 This is the real reason that coal mining collapsed in this country, it was cheaper to import it, but hey! it makes it easier for the lefties to blame Maggie, and ignore the fact, that the unions got to big for their boots! Maybe it was cheaper to import our coal then (though now we are held to ransom),but add to that bill all of those miners,back up staff,engineers,management who were put on the dole and all of those businesses who relied on the mining industry,then i will bet it has cost us far more. The fault of Thatcher was she only did things that made her friends richer and didnt think how her actions would effect the country years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 This is the real reason that coal mining collapsed in this country, it was cheaper to import it, but hey! it makes it easier for the lefties to blame Maggie, and ignore the fact, that the unions got to big for their boots! I thought Dune was the dumbest poster on here but actually, it's you. You combine not being very bright with a clear lack of understanding of the topic. Why don't you go away, research the dash for gas, gas privatisation and make an informed decision regarding why the government decided to close the profitable coal mines. Anyone who feels that being reliant on importing our coal, gas and oil is a good thing deserves to take over the dumb crown from Dune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 18 December, 2010 Author Share Posted 18 December, 2010 I thought Dune was the dumbest poster on here but actually, it's you. You combine not being very bright with a clear lack of understanding of the topic. Why don't you go away, research the dash for gas, gas privatisation and make an informed decision regarding why the government decided to close the profitable coal mines. Anyone who feels that being reliant on importing our coal, gas and oil is a good thing deserves to take over the dumb crown from Dune. No ThreeLions you are the dumbest person on here. You're probably the only hooligan in history to get banged up without throwing a punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docker-p Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 Maybe it was cheaper to import our coal then (though now we are held to ransom),but add to that bill all of those miners,back up staff,engineers,management who were put on the dole and all of those businesses who relied on the mining industry,then i will bet it has cost us far more. The fault of Thatcher was she only did things that made her friends richer and didnt think how her actions would effect the country years later. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 I wonder how many go on about the mines are/were actually miners..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 I wonder how many go on about the mines are/were actually miners..? Brilliant! Does that mean you won't post on here unless it's about submarines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 I don't agree with his party's policies but you have to admire the way Farage insults Europeans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxstone Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 Farage says what a not insignificant number of people actually think, but are all to often slapped down by the politically correct brigade that pervades our society nowadays. More power to his elbow I say ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 18 December, 2010 Author Share Posted 18 December, 2010 (edited) Farage says what a not insignificant number of people actually think, but are all to often slapped down by the politically correct brigade that pervades our society nowadays. More power to his elbow I say ! This is why UKIP always do well in European elections. A large swathe of Conservative voters lend them their vote. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8088343.stm Edited 18 December, 2010 by dune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Gotsmanov Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 This is why UKIP always do well in European elections. A large swathe of Conservative voters lend them their vote. Few admits he was actually correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 18 December, 2010 Share Posted 18 December, 2010 It is looking like Farage may be proved right about the single currency, possibly more through luck than judgement though. Either way you have to respect him for actually standing for something he believes in unlike the other spineless lot from Labour, Lib Dem, Conservatives etc who just change what they stand for like the wind just to get elected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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