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On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:21:29 +0100, John Williamson
wrote: Mr Pounder wrote: "Tim Streater" wrote in message ... In article , "ARWadsworth" wrote: BBC2 tonight at 9.00pm http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01glsyl http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/2012/04/the-70s.shtml It might be of interest to some posters. I did say it was OT. I count myself fortunate to have been living overseas for the whole of the 70s. Looks like it was Britain's ****tiest decade ever. Am I the only one that knows that Britain has been bankrupt since the end of WW2? Technically, Britain isn't bankrupt at the moment, as we are owed about 100 Billion dollars more by other contries than we owe them. Unless you're talking about moral bankruptcy, in which case it started in the 1920s, according to some, and the 1960s according to others. Wasn't it the 1980s when Thatcher said it was OK to do do anything you could get away with to succeed. She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. |
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Hugh - Was Invisible wrote:
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:21:29 +0100, John Williamson wrote: Mr Pounder wrote: "Tim Streater" wrote in message ... In article , "ARWadsworth" wrote: BBC2 tonight at 9.00pm http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01glsyl http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/2012/04/the-70s.shtml It might be of interest to some posters. I did say it was OT. I count myself fortunate to have been living overseas for the whole of the 70s. Looks like it was Britain's ****tiest decade ever. Am I the only one that knows that Britain has been bankrupt since the end of WW2? Technically, Britain isn't bankrupt at the moment, as we are owed about 100 Billion dollars more by other contries than we owe them. Unless you're talking about moral bankruptcy, in which case it started in the 1920s, according to some, and the 1960s according to others. Wasn't it the 1980s when Thatcher said it was OK to do do anything you could get away with to succeed. She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. I liked the 80's:-) -- Adam |
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"Hugh - Was Invisible" wrote in message newsp.wcvoeiz8gtk8fg@hugh-lap... Wasn't it the 1980s when Thatcher said it was OK to do do anything you could get away with to succeed. She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. I bet you think she was an alien lizard that got the alien lizard running Argentina to invade. |
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Hugh - Was Invisible wrote
John Williamson wrote Mr Pounder wrote Tim Streater wrote ARWadsworth wrote BBC2 tonight at 9.00pm http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01glsyl http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/2012/04/the-70s.shtml It might be of interest to some posters. I did say it was OT. I count myself fortunate to have been living overseas for the whole of the 70s. Looks like it was Britain's ****tiest decade ever. Am I the only one that knows that Britain has been bankrupt since the end of WW2? Technically, Britain isn't bankrupt at the moment, as we are owed about 100 Billion dollars more by other contries than we owe them. Unless you're talking about moral bankruptcy, in which case it started in the 1920s, according to some, and the 1960s according to others. Wasn't it the 1980s when Thatcher said it was OK to do do anything you could get away with to succeed. She never said that. She was heading for a huge election defeat Yes. until she manufactured the Falklands War. That's a lie. |
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Hugh - Was Invisible wrote:
On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:21:29 +0100, John Williamson wrote: Mr Pounder wrote: "Tim Streater" wrote in message ... In article , "ARWadsworth" wrote: BBC2 tonight at 9.00pm http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01glsyl http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/2012/04/the-70s.shtml It might be of interest to some posters. I did say it was OT. I count myself fortunate to have been living overseas for the whole of the 70s. Looks like it was Britain's ****tiest decade ever. Am I the only one that knows that Britain has been bankrupt since the end of WW2? Technically, Britain isn't bankrupt at the moment, as we are owed about 100 Billion dollars more by other contries than we owe them. Unless you're talking about moral bankruptcy, in which case it started in the 1920s, according to some, and the 1960s according to others. Wasn't it the 1980s when Thatcher said it was OK to do do anything you could get away with to succeed. and then Tony Blair took her advice.. She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. -- To people who know nothing, anything is possible. To people who know too much, it is a sad fact that they know how little is really possible - and how hard it is to achieve it. |
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On 17/04/2012 01:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: .... She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. Colin Bignell |
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:02:01 +0100, Nightjar wrote:
On 17/04/2012 01:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: ... She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. Colin Bignell If you discount the military and mineral implications, I guess so. -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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Nightjar wrote:
On 17/04/2012 01:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: ... She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. That's called surrender in my dictionary. And Mrs T was not Italian. -- Adam |
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On Apr 17, 2:13 pm, Tim Streater wrote: It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, And if you feel that ethnic cleansing is OK. For a million quid I think I'd be willing to be ethnically cleansed to a Scottish island. For a million quid I wouldn't need to be ethnically cleansed. Id move somewhere warm. Especially now with broadband and Amazon. Owain -- To people who know nothing, anything is possible. To people who know too much, it is a sad fact that they know how little is really possible - and how hard it is to achieve it. |
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On 17/04/2012 14:59, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
For a million quid I wouldn't need to be ethnically cleansed. Id move somewhere warm. Like Argentina? |
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The Natural Philosopher wrote: For a million quid I wouldn't need to be ethnically cleansed. Id move somewhere warm. You implied you were already a millionaire? -- *Acupuncture is a jab well done* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Nightjar wrote: On 17/04/2012 01:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: ... She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. Scottish Islands don't have penguins, so they'd have had to come too. -- From KT24 Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18 |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , The Natural Philosopher wrote: For a million quid I wouldn't need to be ethnically cleansed. Id move somewhere warm. You implied you were already a millionaire? yes but I would now be worth 2million. -- To people who know nothing, anything is possible. To people who know too much, it is a sad fact that they know how little is really possible - and how hard it is to achieve it. |
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The Natural Philosopher wrote: You implied you were already a millionaire? yes but I would now be worth 2million. Depends what you mean by worth. -- *Who is this General Failure chap anyway - and why is he reading my HD? * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 17/04/2012 14:24, ARWadsworth wrote:
Nightjar wrote: On 17/04/2012 01:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: ... She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. That's called surrender in my dictionary. And Mrs T was not Italian. I have little doubt that she would have been quite willing to leave the islanders to their fate, if that had been the politically best policy and if the geology of the seabed around the Falklands were not very similar to that of the North Sea oil fields. Colin Bignell |
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:21:39 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
You implied you were already a millionaire? yes but I would now be worth 2million. Depends what you mean by worth. Quite. With a very similar house to your own just down the road on the market for 1.1 million Mr Plowman you are quite likely to be a "millionaire" as well. These days it's not all that hard to be one. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On 17/04/2012 19:04, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Nightjar wrote: On 17/04/2012 14:24, ARWadsworth wrote: Nightjar wrote: On 17/04/2012 01:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: ... She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. That's called surrender in my dictionary. And Mrs T was not Italian. I have little doubt that she would have been quite willing to leave the islanders to their fate, if that had been the politically best policy and if the geology of the seabed around the Falklands were not very similar to that of the North Sea oil fields. Don't be silly. She'd have lasted five minutes in office with a policy like that. I did say if it had been politically the best policy, which obviously it was not. You're also seriously misreading her character. Nobody gets to be PM without a serious lust for power. Colin Bignell |
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Bob Eager wrote
Nightjar wrote The Natural Philosopher wrote Hugh - Was Invisible wrote She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. If you discount the military and mineral implications, I guess so. There were no military implications. |
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Tim Streater wrote
Bob Eager wrote Nightjar wrote The Natural Philosopher wrote Hugh - Was Invisible wrote She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. If you discount the military and mineral implications, I guess so. And if you feel that ethnic cleansing is OK. It wouldnt have been ethnic cleansing, some would have chosen to stay just like some did when HongKong was handed back to China. |
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On 17/04/12 17:20, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:21:39 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote: You implied you were already a millionaire? yes but I would now be worth 2million. Depends what you mean by worth. Quite. With a very similar house to your own just down the road on the market for 1.1 million Mr Plowman you are quite likely to be a "millionaire" as well. These days it's not all that hard to be one. Not so long ago a million would buy you somewhere nice to live and still leave enough in the bank to live an affluent life. Now the interest on a million is a comfortable income but certainly would not fund a millionaires lifestyle. These days you need something like an *income* of a million per year (and assured for more than just a couple of peak earning years) to live like a millionaire. -- djc |
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"Nightjar" wrote in message ... On 17/04/2012 19:04, Tim Streater wrote: In article , Nightjar wrote: On 17/04/2012 14:24, ARWadsworth wrote: Nightjar wrote: On 17/04/2012 01:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: ... She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. That's called surrender in my dictionary. And Mrs T was not Italian. I have little doubt that she would have been quite willing to leave the islanders to their fate, if that had been the politically best policy and if the geology of the seabed around the Falklands were not very similar to that of the North Sea oil fields. Don't be silly. She'd have lasted five minutes in office with a policy like that. I did say if it had been politically the best policy, which obviously it was not. You're also seriously misreading her character. Nobody gets to be PM without a serious lust for power. Thats not right, some end up PM by default like Major did. |
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"Tim Streater" wrote in message ... In article , "Rod Speed" wrote: Tim Streater wrote Bob Eager wrote Nightjar wrote The Natural Philosopher wrote Hugh - Was Invisible wrote She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. If you discount the military and mineral implications, I guess so. And if you feel that ethnic cleansing is OK. It wouldnt have been ethnic cleansing, some would have chosen to stay just like some did when HongKong was handed back to China. Difference is that HK was full of Chinese. No Argentinians living on the Falklands, and never have been. Irrelevant to whether some would have chosen to stay. Plenty had their kids educated in Argy schools etc so they would likely have chosen to stay under new ownership, just like happened with HongKong. |
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On 17/04/2012 21:35, Rod Speed wrote:
"Nightjar" wrote in message ... On 17/04/2012 19:04, Tim Streater wrote: In article , Nightjar wrote: On 17/04/2012 14:24, ARWadsworth wrote: Nightjar wrote: On 17/04/2012 01:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: ... She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. That's called surrender in my dictionary. And Mrs T was not Italian. I have little doubt that she would have been quite willing to leave the islanders to their fate, if that had been the politically best policy and if the geology of the seabed around the Falklands were not very similar to that of the North Sea oil fields. Don't be silly. She'd have lasted five minutes in office with a policy like that. I did say if it had been politically the best policy, which obviously it was not. You're also seriously misreading her character. Nobody gets to be PM without a serious lust for power. Thats not right, some end up PM by default like Major did. Your argument being that he didn't want it? Colin Bignell |
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:34:30 +0100, Tim Streater
wrote: No Argentinians living on the Falklands, and never have been. Bingo. Got it in one. After all, the islands are what, 250 miles away from Argentina? It's just geography and they can go **** themselves. I wasn't in favour of the Falklands War, the way it had been brought about, but I wasn't in favour of some bunch of wogs taking the islands over by force. |
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Nightjar wrote
Rod Speed wrote Nightjar wrote Tim Streater wrote Nightjar wrote ARWadsworth wrote Nightjar wrote The Natural Philosopher wrote Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: ... She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. That's called surrender in my dictionary. And Mrs T was not Italian. I have little doubt that she would have been quite willing to leave the islanders to their fate, if that had been the politically best policy and if the geology of the seabed around the Falklands were not very similar to that of the North Sea oil fields. Don't be silly. She'd have lasted five minutes in office with a policy like that. I did say if it had been politically the best policy, which obviously it was not. You're also seriously misreading her character. Nobody gets to be PM without a serious lust for power. Thats not right, some end up PM by default like Major did. Your argument being that he didn't want it? No, that he didnt have a serious lust for power, just ended up PM once Maggie got assassinated. |
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"Nightjar" wrote in message ... On 17/04/2012 01:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: ... She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. Colin Bignell Ha! At the time a mate of mine said that the wops had invaded the channel islands. |
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On 17/04/2012 23:42, Rod Speed wrote:
Nightjar wrote Rod Speed wrote Nightjar wrote Tim Streater wrote Nightjar wrote ARWadsworth wrote Nightjar wrote The Natural Philosopher wrote Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: ... She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. That's called surrender in my dictionary. And Mrs T was not Italian. I have little doubt that she would have been quite willing to leave the islanders to their fate, if that had been the politically best policy and if the geology of the seabed around the Falklands were not very similar to that of the North Sea oil fields. Don't be silly. She'd have lasted five minutes in office with a policy like that. I did say if it had been politically the best policy, which obviously it was not. You're also seriously misreading her character. Nobody gets to be PM without a serious lust for power. Thats not right, some end up PM by default like Major did. Your argument being that he didn't want it? No, that he didnt have a serious lust for power, just ended up PM once Maggie got assassinated. You can't see that, without a lust for power, he would not have been in a position to become PM, whatever the circumstances of actually getting there? Maggie might have been more ruthless than most, but even failed pretenders don't get to that level of government without wanting power. Colin Bignell |
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Rod Speed wrote Nightjar wrote Rod Speed wrote Nightjar wrote Tim Streater wrote Nightjar wrote ARWadsworth wrote Nightjar wrote The Natural Philosopher wrote Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: ... She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. That's called surrender in my dictionary. And Mrs T was not Italian. I have little doubt that she would have been quite willing to leave the islanders to their fate, if that had been the politically best policy and if the geology of the seabed around the Falklands were not very similar to that of the North Sea oil fields. Don't be silly. She'd have lasted five minutes in office with a policy like that. I did say if it had been politically the best policy, which obviously it was not. You're also seriously misreading her character. Nobody gets to be PM without a serious lust for power. Thats not right, some end up PM by default like Major did. Your argument being that he didn't want it? No, that he didnt have a serious lust for power, just ended up PM once Maggie got assassinated. You can't see that, without a lust for power, he would not have been in a position to become PM, whatever the circumstances of actually getting there? Thats fantasy. He only got to be PM because of the **** fight between those who did lust for power and assassinated Maggie. . Maggie might have been more ruthless than most, but even failed pretenders don't get to that level of government without wanting power. Major wasnt a failed pretender. |
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Nightjar wrote:
On 17/04/2012 21:35, Rod Speed wrote: "Nightjar" wrote in message ... On 17/04/2012 19:04, Tim Streater wrote: In article , Nightjar wrote: On 17/04/2012 14:24, ARWadsworth wrote: Nightjar wrote: On 17/04/2012 01:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: ... She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. That's called surrender in my dictionary. And Mrs T was not Italian. I have little doubt that she would have been quite willing to leave the islanders to their fate, if that had been the politically best policy and if the geology of the seabed around the Falklands were not very similar to that of the North Sea oil fields. Don't be silly. She'd have lasted five minutes in office with a policy like that. I did say if it had been politically the best policy, which obviously it was not. You're also seriously misreading her character. Nobody gets to be PM without a serious lust for power. That's not right, some end up PM by default like Major did. Your argument being that he didn't want it? He gave it to Edwina:-) -- Adam |
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Mr Pounder wrote:
"Nightjar" wrote in message ... On 17/04/2012 01:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: ... She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. Colin Bignell Ha! At the time a mate of mine said that the wops had invaded the channel islands. And had the Falklands fallen then Gibraltar would have been next. -- Adam |
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Mr Pounder wrote Nightjar wrote The Natural Philosopher wrote Hugh - Was Invisible wrote She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. Colin Bignell Ha! At the time a mate of mine said that the wops had invaded the channel islands. And had the Falklands fallen That wouldn’t have happened. The yanks were keeping an eye on what was happening and would have ****ed over the Argys if there had been any possibility of that. Turned out the Argys were so completely ****ing hopeless that the yanks werent needed. then Gibraltar would have been next. Nope. |
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ARWadsworth wrote:
Mr Pounder wrote: "Nightjar" wrote in message ... On 17/04/2012 01:24, The Natural Philosopher wrote: Hugh - Was Invisible wrote: ... She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. Colin Bignell Ha! At the time a mate of mine said that the wops had invaded the channel islands. And had the Falklands fallen then Gibraltar would have been next. And the finniest thing is, that is Spain as well as us the Argies are ****ing over this time. http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today...00/9714254.stm -- To people who know nothing, anything is possible. To people who know too much, it is a sad fact that they know how little is really possible - and how hard it is to achieve it. |
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ARWadsworth wrote Mr Pounder wrote Nightjar wrote The Natural Philosopher wrote Hugh - Was Invisible wrote She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. Colin Bignell Ha! At the time a mate of mine said that the wops had invaded the channel islands. And had the Falklands fallen That wouldn’t have happened. The yanks were keeping an eye on what was happening and would have ****ed over the Argys if there had been any possibility of that. In your dreams. -- Adam |
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"ARWadsworth" wrote in message ... Rod Speed wrote: ARWadsworth wrote Mr Pounder wrote Nightjar wrote The Natural Philosopher wrote Hugh - Was Invisible wrote She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. Colin Bignell Ha! At the time a mate of mine said that the wops had invaded the channel islands. And had the Falklands fallen That wouldn’t have happened. The yanks were keeping an eye on what was happening and would have ****ed over the Argys if there had been any possibility of that. In your dreams. Nope, it’s a fact. That was Raygun and Maggie, don’t forget. |
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Rod Speed wrote:
"ARWadsworth" wrote in message ... Rod Speed wrote: ARWadsworth wrote Mr Pounder wrote Nightjar wrote The Natural Philosopher wrote Hugh - Was Invisible wrote She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. Colin Bignell Ha! At the time a mate of mine said that the wops had invaded the channel islands. And had the Falklands fallen That wouldn’t have happened. The yanks were keeping an eye on what was happening and would have ****ed over the Argys if there had been any possibility of that. In your dreams. Nope, it’s a fact. That was Raygun and Maggie, don’t forget. No. They would have left us in the ****. Raygun liked mad military dictatorships in South America. And TBH the decision to retake the Falklands was probably not Thatchers. -- Adam |
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Rod Speed wrote ARWadsworth wrote Rod Speed wrote ARWadsworth wrote Mr Pounder wrote Nightjar wrote The Natural Philosopher wrote Hugh - Was Invisible wrote She was heading for a huge election defeat until she manufactured the Falklands War. *shrug* takes two to tango. It would have been cheaper to give every inhabitant a million pounds and ask them to relocated to a Scottish island, which, at the time, is where most people in Britain probably thought the Falklands were. Colin Bignell Ha! At the time a mate of mine said that the wops had invaded the channel islands. And had the Falklands fallen That wouldn’t have happened. The yanks were keeping an eye on what was happening and would have ****ed over the Argys if there had been any possibility of that. In your dreams. Nope, it’s a fact. That was Raygun and Maggie, don’t forget. No. Fraid so. They would have left us in the ****. Fantasy. That was the time when they ****ed over Grenada just go give the yanks some practice at a real live fire exercise and with Nicaragua in spades. Raygun liked mad military dictatorships in South America. He wanted to **** Maggy even more. And TBH the decision to retake the Falklands was probably not Thatchers. Pigs arse it wasn’t. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklan...itish_response |
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Tim Streater wrote:
Nope, it,s a fact. That was Raygun and Maggie, don,t forget. No. They would have left us in the ****. Raygun liked mad military dictatorships in South America. And TBH the decision to retake the Falklands was probably not Thatchers. So whose was it then? The Army. OK, so she made the decision to retake, but they had the final say IYKWIM. -- Adam |
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On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:35:09 +0100, Tim Streater
wrote: In article , "ARWadsworth" wrote: Tim Streater wrote: Nope, it,s a fact. That was Raygun and Maggie, don,t forget. No. They would have left us in the ****. Raygun liked mad military dictatorships in South America. And TBH the decision to retake the Falklands was probably not Thatchers. So whose was it then? The Army. OK, so she made the decision to retake, but they had the final say IYKWIM. Well only in the sense that they had to agree whether it was feasible or not. Hastings & Jenkins (the Battle for the Falklands, 1983) suggest that the decision-making process might have been more muddled and that unauthorised decisions made by the navy might have paved the way for later actions. The Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary made the decision to send nuclear-powered submarines on March 29th. The First Sea Lord and Chief of the Navy Staff, Admiral Sir Henry Leach started assembling a task force from the 31st and in the early hours of Friday, April 2nd, as the Argentine fleet was moving into position off East Falkland, he issued the directive that the task force was to be made ready and sailed. As Hastings and Jenkins say: "It is perhaps no more than a constitutional curiosity that at this stage such an expedition had been approved by neither the British cabinet nor the British Parliament." Nick |
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Nick Odell wrote
Tim Streater wrote ARWadsworth wrote Tim Streater wrote ARWadsworth wrote Rod Speed wrote Nope, it,s a fact. That was Raygun and Maggie, don,t forget. No. They would have left us in the ****. Raygun liked mad military dictatorships in South America. And TBH the decision to retake the Falklands was probably not Thatchers. So whose was it then? The Army. OK, so she made the decision to retake, but they had the final say IYKWIM. Well only in the sense that they had to agree whether it was feasible or not. Hastings & Jenkins (the Battle for the Falklands, 1983) suggest that the decision-making process might have been more muddled and that unauthorised decisions made by the navy might have paved the way for later actions. ALL that really did was get hardware moving towards the Falklands quickly in case Thatcher decided to **** over the Argys. The Navy doesn't get to decide whether to go to war by itself. The Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary made the decision to send nuclear-powered submarines on March 29th. And that again was just moving hardware around so it could be used if it was decided to use it given the long time it takes to get that sort of hardware where it could be used to **** over the Argys. The First Sea Lord and Chief of the Navy Staff, Admiral Sir Henry Leach started assembling a task force from the 31st After Maggie had clearly decided to move hardware around so it could be used there if it was decided that to **** over the Argys. and in the early hours of Friday, April 2nd, as the Argentine fleet was moving into position off East Falkland, he issued the directive that the task force was to be made ready and sailed. That's just the detail, not the important decision to use it. As Hastings and Jenkins say: "It is perhaps no more than a constitutional curiosity that at this stage such an expedition had been approved by neither the British cabinet nor the British Parliament." It didn't have to be approved by either. USE of it to **** over the Argys did require that permission tho. So did the separate decision to sink the Belgrano too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARA_Gen...lgrano#Sinking |
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