harry wrote
David Lang wrote

Is anyone else fed up with the sycophantic drivel
about a bunch of krauts that's all over the media?

The alternative being the likes of G W Bush, Saddam Hussien or Tony Bliar.

Bull****. The alternative is someone like Mary Robinson in Ireland who
has no power at all. Or nothing to replace that fat little german woman.

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 09/09/15 23:24, gareth wrote:
"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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Better her than President Blair (you *know* he would)

Why assume that the highly-desirable abolishment of monarchy will
result in a president?



Because it usually does?

Usually is completely irrelevant to what can happen.

On Wed, 9 Sep 2015 23:27:19 +0100, "gareth"
wrote:



And why was Raworth in an outside broadcast from Buckingham Palace when the
Great Parasite of Windsor herself was up in Scotland?

Just why do the BBC go in for these live outside broadcasts, especially from
No 10 at night
when there's nobody else around?

Do staff use it as a way to get some more remuneration such as travel
allowance, grub paid for? If so I could see that it might be
opportunity taken whenever possible.
But it does seem a waste of time on many occasions. On the South Coast
we had the Hoegh Osaka vehicle carrier ship incident back in
January, cue Sally Taylor to leave the studio and stand on a windswept
waterside pointing into background so dark that it was impossible to
tell if was Southampton Water or the Yorkshire Moors and basically
tell the viewer that "the ship is listing out there ". She could have
done that from the studio . Surely someone had the nouse to realise
that it is dark outside at 18.30 in January and utterly pointless to
aim the camera at a few lights a mile or two distant in the murk.

Also regional weather presenters doing the report from some location
such as a seaside , private garden, music festival ,sports event etc.
No value can be added to the forecast, it isn't going to stop raining
because the presenter wants to spend a nice evening out.
Presumably there is an extra cost to this, mileage allowance to be
paid for the presenter and an assistant to hold the camera, would they
get a meal allowance?


G.Harman

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On Thursday, 10 September 2015 02:38:04 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
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And why was Raworth in an outside broadcast from Buckingham Palace when
the Great Parasite of Windsor herself was up in Scotland?

The Beeb wouldn't pay for him to go there.

Sophie Raworth is clearly female,

You don't know that.

even if we don't always like her dress or grooming.

Bet he's just another drag queen.

On Thursday, 10 September 2015 09:09:42 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
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Sophie Raworth is clearly female,

You don't know that.

She was clearly female when she and I (contd p94)

Well, I would not go that far. It is just another one of those factoids
pupils of the future need to know for no apparent reason.


I suspect its a ploy to give us all a holiday from immigration, Climate
change, Labour party elections, and crime.
Brian

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"David Lang" wrote in message
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Is anyone else fed up with the sycophantic drivel about a bunch of krauts
that's all over the media?

On Wednesday, 9 September 2015 19:04:43 UTC+1, News wrote:
In message , News
writes
In message , David Lang
writes

Good save The Queen

Thank you David. Yes, I will raise a glass in her direction :-)

Well, I would if I could spell God. Bollox.

Maybe you shouldn't have raised quite so many glasses ;-)

On Wednesday, 9 September 2015 19:04:47 UTC+1, Bob Eager wrote:
On Wed, 09 Sep 2015 18:58:13 +0100, David Lang wrote:

Is anyone else fed up with the sycophantic drivel about a bunch of
krauts that's all over the media?

I keep telling my DM-reading MIL that she's a migrant.

Harry agrees as she too is sponging off us brits.
That bloody dole scrounging benifit cheat....

On 10/09/15 09:55, Brian-Gaff wrote:
Well, I would not go that far. It is just another one of those factoids
pupils of the future need to know for no apparent reason.


I suspect its a ploy to give us all a holiday from immigration, Climate
change, Labour party elections, and crime.
Brian

Frankly I am more fed up with the sycophantic drivel about the Labour
party leadership.

As if anyone cared what a spent force reeking of the 19th century does
to itself...


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the right place whilst your head is in the clouds and your hand is in
someone else's pocket.

On 10/09/15 09:07, Jim Thomas wrote:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 09/09/15 23:24, gareth wrote:
"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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Better her than President Blair (you *know* he would)

Why assume that the highly-desirable abolishment of monarchy will
result in a president?



Because it usually does?

Usually is completely irrelevant to what can happen.

As a statement of utter fatuousness, you get today's prize for the least
educated statement on usenet today.

Frankly, throw yourself in front of a train. Because what can happen is
the train misses.


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the right place whilst your head is in the clouds and your hand is in
someone else's pocket.

En el artículo , The Natural Philosopher
escribió:

As if anyone cared what a spent force reeking of the 19th century does
to itself...

Oh, it's all been quite amusing to watch, including the Torygraph of all
papers coming out as pro-Corbyn, only because they wanted Tories to sign
up as Labour party members so they could vote Corbyn in because he's
bound to be a disaster.

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On Thursday, 10 September 2015 09:09:42 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
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On Thursday, 10 September 2015 02:38:04 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
"gareth" wrote in message
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And why was Raworth in an outside broadcast from Buckingham Palace when
the Great Parasite of Windsor herself was up in Scotland?

The Beeb wouldn't pay for him to go there.

Sophie Raworth is clearly female,

You don't know that.

Most would be willing to gamble that she is.
Of course those with little experience of women......


even if we don't always like her dress or grooming.

Bet he's just another drag queen.

IU;d suggest you trying gambling anonymous or some such organisation.

You know what happened the last time you dated a women in a woollen outfit don't you, she left you, luckily she was found.

http://www.omgfacts.com/animals/6984...f-wool-ab630-0

On 10/09/15 09:07, Jim Thomas wrote:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 09/09/15 23:24, gareth wrote:
"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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Better her than President Blair (you *know* he would)

Why assume that the highly-desirable abolishment of monarchy will
result in a president?



Because it usually does?

Usually is completely irrelevant to what can happen.

I guess the Head of State *could* be a duck.

Your point being?

On 10/09/15 10:05, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 10/09/15 09:55, Brian-Gaff wrote:
Well, I would not go that far. It is just another one of those factoids
pupils of the future need to know for no apparent reason.


I suspect its a ploy to give us all a holiday from immigration, Climate
change, Labour party elections, and crime.
Brian

Frankly I am more fed up with the sycophantic drivel about the Labour
party leadership.

As if anyone cared what a spent force reeking of the 19th century does
to itself...



I do. Because without a decent opposition, the Tories will start going
completely off their rocker (again).

En el artículo , The Natural Philosopher
escribió:

As a statement of utter fatuousness, you get today's prize for the least
educated statement on usenet today.

It's Wodney under yet another nym. What else do you expect?

Beats me why people keep falling for his nym changes.

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"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 10/09/15 09:07, Jim Thomas wrote:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 09/09/15 23:24, gareth wrote:
"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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Better her than President Blair (you *know* he would)

Why assume that the highly-desirable abolishment of monarchy will
result in a president?



Because it usually does?

Usually is completely irrelevant to what can happen.

I guess the Head of State *could* be a duck.

Your point being?

That there doesn’t have to be a president.

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 10/09/15 10:05, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 10/09/15 09:55, Brian-Gaff wrote:
Well, I would not go that far. It is just another one of those factoids
pupils of the future need to know for no apparent reason.


I suspect its a ploy to give us all a holiday from immigration, Climate
change, Labour party elections, and crime.
Brian

Frankly I am more fed up with the sycophantic drivel about the Labour
party leadership.

As if anyone cared what a spent force reeking of the 19th century does
to itself...



I do. Because without a decent opposition, the Tories will start going
completely off their rocker (again).

Bet they dont.

On 09/09/2015 20:36, charles wrote:

He may have been born in Corfu, but that doesn't make him Greek.
Indeed the site you mention says his father was on Danish descent.

He is called 'Phil the Greek' here and I have always thought of him as
being (at least a bit) Greek.

Born as a Greek prince but deported soon after, sounds Greek to me.

On 10/09/15 10:40, Jim Thomas wrote:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 10/09/15 09:07, Jim Thomas wrote:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 09/09/15 23:24, gareth wrote:
"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...

Better her than President Blair (you *know* he would)

Why assume that the highly-desirable abolishment of monarchy will
result in a president?



Because it usually does?

Usually is completely irrelevant to what can happen.

I guess the Head of State *could* be a duck.

Your point being?

That there doesn’t have to be a president.

But there usually is. So given the odds, I would put my money on that.

And variant titles like "Chancellor" (Germany) are still a president by
another name.

The only non presidential option I can see would be if we became a
theocracy but if that happens I will be on the first boat to Oz or NZ.

On 10/09/15 10:41, Jim Thomas wrote:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 10/09/15 10:05, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 10/09/15 09:55, Brian-Gaff wrote:
Well, I would not go that far. It is just another one of those factoids
pupils of the future need to know for no apparent reason.


I suspect its a ploy to give us all a holiday from immigration,
Climate
change, Labour party elections, and crime.
Brian

Frankly I am more fed up with the sycophantic drivel about the Labour
party leadership.

As if anyone cared what a spent force reeking of the 19th century does
to itself...



I do. Because without a decent opposition, the Tories will start going
completely off their rocker (again).

Bet they dont.

History says otherwise or have you forgotten the 80's already?

On 10/09/15 10:36, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artículo , The Natural Philosopher
escribió:

As a statement of utter fatuousness, you get today's prize for the least
educated statement on usenet today.

It's Wodney under yet another nym. What else do you expect?

Beats me why people keep falling for his nym changes.


I already guessed by the 2nd to last message - but Wodders does
represent a certain amount of harmless fun in small doses.

It would be funny if Wodders turned out to be Drivel playing the long
game - in which case I would take my hat off to him.

On 10/09/15 10:50, soup wrote:
On 09/09/2015 20:36, charles wrote:

He may have been born in Corfu, but that doesn't make him Greek.
Indeed the site you mention says his father was on Danish descent.

He is called 'Phil the Greek' here and I have always thought of him as
being (at least a bit) Greek.

Born as a Greek prince but deported soon after, sounds Greek to me.

He is a Greek prince, but the Greek royal family are not very ethnically
greek. Take that as you will...

In article ,
soup wrote:
On 09/09/2015 20:36, charles wrote:

He may have been born in Corfu, but that doesn't make him Greek.
Indeed the site you mention says his father was on Danish descent.

He is called 'Phil the Greek' here and I have always thought of him as
being (at least a bit) Greek.

Born as a Greek prince but deported soon after, sounds Greek to me.

There'a Prince of Wales - but I don't think he's in the least bit Welsh.

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Frankly I am more fed up with the sycophantic drivel about the Labour
party leadership.

Wait until Saturday. Jeremy will be confirmed as the new leader and
Labour will disappear from view, at least for the rest of my lifetime.

Seriously, that would not be good. All parties need a serious
opposition just to keep them on the straight and narrow.
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In message ,
whisky-dave writes
On Wednesday, 9 September 2015 19:04:43 UTC+1, News wrote:

Well, I would if I could spell God. Bollox.

Maybe you shouldn't have raised quite so many glasses ;-)

grin That is my excuse, and I'm sticking to it :-)
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Tim Watts wrote:

Jim Thomas wrote:

there doesn’t have to be a president.

But there usually is. So given the odds, I would put my money on that.

And variant titles like "Chancellor" (Germany) are still a president by
another name.

I thought their Chancellor was akin to Prime Minister? I wasn't sure if
Germany did have a President, apparently they do, but I hadn't heard of
him, have you?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Gauck

On 10/09/15 11:01, Andy Burns wrote:
Tim Watts wrote:

Jim Thomas wrote:

there doesn’t have to be a president.

But there usually is. So given the odds, I would put my money on that.

And variant titles like "Chancellor" (Germany) are still a president by
another name.

I thought their Chancellor was akin to Prime Minister? I wasn't sure if
Germany did have a President, apparently they do, but I hadn't heard of
him, have you?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Gauck


You are completely right:

And there is a president:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Germany

It seems he does not do a lot - hence my assumption it was Merkel.

"News" wrote in message
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In message , The Natural Philosopher
writes

Frankly I am more fed up with the sycophantic drivel about the Labour
party leadership.

Wait until Saturday. Jeremy will be confirmed as the new leader and
Labour will disappear from view, at least for the rest of my lifetime.

Or else, Jeremy, speaking as he does for the indiviual and not for the
organised gravy trains, will have a resounding success at the polls.

soup wrote
charles wrote

He may have been born in Corfu, but that doesn't make him Greek.
Indeed the site you mention says his father was on Danish descent.

He is called 'Phil the Greek' here

Just because someone claims something...

and I have always thought of him as being (at least a bit) Greek.

More fool you, he aint.

Born as a Greek prince

Of nothing like Greek parents...

but deported soon after, sounds Greek to me.

Then you need a new hearing aid, BAD.

He's even less Greek than Liz is English.

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 10/09/15 10:40, Jim Thomas wrote:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 10/09/15 09:07, Jim Thomas wrote:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 09/09/15 23:24, gareth wrote:
"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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Better her than President Blair (you *know* he would)

Why assume that the highly-desirable abolishment of monarchy will
result in a president?



Because it usually does?

Usually is completely irrelevant to what can happen.

I guess the Head of State *could* be a duck.

Your point being?

That there doesn’t have to be a president.

But there usually is.

Usually is completely irrelevant.
Britain can do what it like in that regard.

So given the odds, I would put my money on that.

It isn't about odds. Britain is one of the last in Europe
to have royal parasites anymore. Britain is free to pull
the plug on them and have anything they like instead.

And variant titles like "Chancellor" (Germany) are still a president by
another name.

Irrelevant to what Britain can do.

The only non presidential option I can see would be if we became a
theocracy

The other obvious alternative is to just pull the
plug on the royals and carry on regardless with
nothing instead of those useless parasites.

but if that happens I will be on the first boat to Oz or NZ.

And they would likely tell you to **** off.

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 10/09/15 10:41, Jim Thomas wrote:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 10/09/15 10:05, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 10/09/15 09:55, Brian-Gaff wrote:
Well, I would not go that far. It is just another one of those
factoids
pupils of the future need to know for no apparent reason.


I suspect its a ploy to give us all a holiday from immigration,
Climate
change, Labour party elections, and crime.
Brian

Frankly I am more fed up with the sycophantic drivel about the Labour
party leadership.

As if anyone cared what a spent force reeking of the 19th century does
to itself...



I do. Because without a decent opposition, the Tories will start going
completely off their rocker (again).

Bet they dont.

History says otherwise

Like hell it does.

or have you forgotten the 80's already?

Nothing even remotely like going completely off their rocker.

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 10/09/15 10:50, soup wrote:
On 09/09/2015 20:36, charles wrote:

He may have been born in Corfu, but that doesn't make him Greek.
Indeed the site you mention says his father was on Danish descent.

He is called 'Phil the Greek' here and I have always thought of him as
being (at least a bit) Greek.

Born as a Greek prince but deported soon after, sounds Greek to me.

He is a Greek prince, but the Greek royal family are not very ethnically
greek.

Not ethnically Greek at all in fact.

"charles" wrote in message
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In article ,
soup wrote:
On 09/09/2015 20:36, charles wrote:

He may have been born in Corfu, but that doesn't make him Greek.
Indeed the site you mention says his father was on Danish descent.

He is called 'Phil the Greek' here and I have always thought of him as
being (at least a bit) Greek.

Born as a Greek prince but deported soon after, sounds Greek to me.

There'a Prince of Wales - but I don't think he's in the least bit Welsh.

He did have a bit of a grovel to his mum in some place there.

"News" wrote in message
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In message , The Natural Philosopher
writes

Frankly I am more fed up with the sycophantic drivel about the Labour
party leadership.

Wait until Saturday. Jeremy will be confirmed as the new leader and
Labour will disappear from view, at least for the rest of my lifetime.

You planning to top yourself soon ?

Seriously, that would not be good.

Bull****. Best thing that could happen, Labour
completely irrelevant for a generation again.

All parties need a serious opposition just to keep them on the straight
and narrow.

Bull****. The Torys did fine the last time Labour
was completely irrelevant for a generation.

In message , gareth
writes
"News" wrote in message
...

Wait until Saturday. Jeremy will be confirmed as the new leader and
Labour will disappear from view, at least for the rest of my lifetime.

Or else, Jeremy, speaking as he does for the indiviual and not for the
organised gravy trains, will have a resounding success at the polls.

Yes, that is entirely possible. Scary, but possible. Not a chap ever
likely to get my vote but, like Tony Benn, I cannot help but admire him
in the way that I admired Maggie. People who have their views and stick
to them whatever, unlike, say Blair, who changed his (public) views to
suit public opinion.
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On 10/09/15 12:07, Jim Thomas wrote:

It isn't about odds. Britain is one of the last in Europe
to have royal parasites anymore. Britain is free to pull
the plug on them and have anything they like instead.

You just don't like having her face on your coins you okker.

"gareth" wrote in message
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"News" wrote in message
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In message , The Natural Philosopher
writes

Frankly I am more fed up with the sycophantic drivel about the Labour
party leadership.

Wait until Saturday. Jeremy will be confirmed as the new leader and
Labour will disappear from view, at least for the rest of my lifetime.

Or else, Jeremy, speaking as he does for the indiviual and not for the
organised gravy trains, will have a resounding success at the polls.

Pigs might fly, too.

"Tim Streater" wrote in message
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In article , Jim Thomas
wrote:

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 10/09/15 09:07, Jim Thomas wrote:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 09/09/15 23:24, gareth wrote:
"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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Better her than President Blair (you *know* he would)

Why assume that the highly-desirable abolishment of monarchy will
result in a president?

Because it usually does?

Usually is completely irrelevant to what can happen.

I guess the Head of State *could* be a duck.

Your point being?

That there doesn€št have to be a president.

So who is Head of State, then?

Dont need one.

Who then is, in theory, our ultimate protection against a dictatorial
government?

The legal system.

Remember, the armed forces serve thee Crown, not the Govt.

Makes a lot more sense for the govt of the
day to decide what the armed forces do.

When Maggie sent Our Boys south, she needed (IIRC) Orders in Council (i.e.
permission) from Brenda before proceeding.

Completely stupid system to have some inbred unelected
fool have any say at all on something like that.

And the reality is that Liz has no say at all on that.

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 10/09/15 12:07, Jim Thomas wrote:

It isn't about odds. Britain is one of the last in Europe
to have royal parasites anymore. Britain is free to pull
the plug on them and have anything they like instead.

You just don't like having her face on your coins you okker.

I couldn’t care less. I hardly ever use the coins and she isn't on
the notes.

On 10/09/15 13:00, Jim Thomas wrote:

The legal system.

You're drinking too much Fosters again Rodney...