Oh Darling,

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

To clarify - I was lumping in the whole summary of societies woes so including the "Feral Teenagers Stabbing each other" issue in with this as I was basing my responses to this thread from my initial stance of "its Maggie Thatchers" fault....

Okey dokey, so you were off topic then?

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

As a Scot. Maggie has a special place in my heart......

Having seen the BBC documentary that was shown on the 1st Jan I can see that some of my sentiment towards the old bag is perhaps a bit coloured.

But it was her governments plans that started the slide - BT now makes money, that could be going into the countries coffers, British Gas and the Electricity Board could be made to drop prices instead of the rampant profiteering that we have at the moment.

So yes, fair point LP, but I am looking at root cause, not the bumbling that came after....

Well you will get no argument from me over the sell off of council houses or the privatisation of essential utilities being wrong. But remember New Labour privatised the railways, which is just a crazy mess now. Both as bad as each other.

and yes, you probably do have a distorted view of Maggie, as do most from Scotland and South Yorkshire, Tyneside etc. Understandable but unfair.

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Maggie left office nearly 19 years ago! Get a Grip!

Sounds like a Torry to me...

[Mr Speirs]

*Luckypants pulls up in his Land Rover wearing a tweed jacket and a shotgun*

What?? Me??

Originally Posted by Luckypants

and yes, you probably do have a distorted view of Maggie, as do most from Scotland and South Yorkshire, Tyneside etc. Understandable but unfair.

I don't understand - I got the impression Scotland got loads of money from English taxpayers so they got free prescriptions and stuff whilst we have to pay for ours? How could they possibly resent that?

I'm sure someone'll correct me if I'm wrong!

[yorkie_chris]

You mock, and yet labour has done so much damage. Who do you lot support?

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Who do you lot support?

Wolves. And myself

[Mr Speirs]

Monster Raving Looney Party for me. Lemonade in taps??? Yes please.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Grinch

Sounds like a Torry to me...

I don't consider that term an insult and think those that do are trapped in the party politics that have been killing our country for the past 60 years. It's a bit like calling someone who believes in socialist policies a communist...

Originally Posted by Mr Speirs

*Luckypants pulls up in his Land Rover wearing a tweed jacket and a shotgun*

What?? Me??

Land-rovers are over priced rubbish. I cannot afford a Landy and do not like guns....

[Mr Speirs]

LOONY IDEAS HIJACKED & INTRODUCED BY SERIOUS POLITICIANS

Reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years old. (Introduced by Harold Wilson)
Abolition of the dog licence. (Another stolen Sutch idea)
Legalisation of commercial radio stations. (Introduced by Ted Heath)
Pedestrianising Carnaby Street to make it safer. (Loony campaign issue in the 1970 General Election)
All day opening of pubs. (Taken by Margaret Thatcher)
Abolition of the 11+ examinations. (Introduced by a Labour government)
Passports for Pets. (Introduced by a Labour government in recent years)
Ramps on buses to facilitate access for the elderly & disabled. (We now see kneeling buses frequently in service in the UK)
Putting parliament on wheels and traveling around the UK to give everyone a go rather than being centralised in London. (Sounds a little bit like devolution and regional assemblies doesn't it?)
Honouring 'The Beatles' with knighthoods. (Just another loony idea which wasn't quite so loony in the end)
Heated bus shelters (Some councils have started to introduce this loony idea)
.....AND THOSE STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION BUT PRESENTED AS IDEAS FROM PLAGIARISING SERIOUS PARTIES
Reducing the voting age from 18 to 16 years old (Hijacked as a campaign issue by the Liberal Democrats)