RMweb Gold Regularity Posted August 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 27, 2020 Posting that picture was an act of wanton cruelty. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm 0-6-0 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Men and women of the UK you're welcome to the divisive little turd. Australia's loss is clearly Australia's gain ........... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted August 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 28, 2020 7 hours ago, nick_bastable said: alas I fear not but has been brought in to continue the madness I think you missed the vulgarity of my comment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Ah, but you misunderstand: The New Leadership is all about dividing a country against itself; that’s how it’s done now. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm 0-6-0 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 There's some other funny Abbott stories. Just after he entered parliament way back in the early 90s the PM of the day the delightfully acerbic Paul Keating famously called him a "young fogey". Also when he entered Parliament the Liberals (conservatives) were in opposition and there was a push from the ultra conservatives to get rid of their then leader (later PM) John Howard who was lagging in the opinion polls. For a time the front runner was the elaborately coiffed Bronwyn Bishop who made Maggie Thatcher look like devout socialist. At the time Abbott was just an ordinary opposition MP and somehow he got drawn into the ongoing debate - he famously remarked in an attempt to prove his conservative credentials that he "was the love-child of John Howard and Bronwyn Bishop" which didn't go down all that well with both of them but continued to haunt him. About ten years later after Howard had become PM, Abbott was Minister for Health. A brick layer from Sydney was widely reported as saying that his mother had told him that Abbott was his father - the result of a fling when both were at the University of Sydney. Naturally the press leapt on this and to quell the rumours and the damage to his career a DNA test was done which proved that he wasn't. Obviously young Tones had put it about then and the only real proof had to be real proof . But then I got peripherally involved (really peripherally ). At the time I was serving on a Federal Government Ministerial advisory committee in my day job, and we were all summoned to attend a meeting with the Minister (not Abbott) in the Ministerial wing of our federal parliament. One of our party was an inveterate networker. So there we are being led down the corridors of power by a Ministerial staffer when as we passed Abbott's office he happened to emerge. The inveterate networker couldn't resist the opportunity to talk to Abbott and as he turned back to talk to him I said in a less than soft voice "bloody hell it's his long-lost father" to which I copped the death stare from Abbott ..... The other famous story is that about a year after he became PM he was at a record low in the opinion polls. So a spill was called in the Liberal Caucus - no one stood against him as his arch enemy Malcolm Turnbull (who did replace him 6 months later) wasn't ready to run. But Abbott only got 65% of the vote which meant that 35% of the Liberal Party MPs just couldn't even be bothered voting to support him. I'm sure Tones and Bojo will get along famously. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 It just crossed my mind that in addition to sharing his forename and sticky out ears, Mr Abbot has a slight facial resemblance to our unlamented former PM, Tony Blair... 10 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: All in all, You're welcome to him back (he was born in the UK..). And that he was born in the UK... No. Doesn't bear thinking about. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 10 hours ago, Compound2632 said: are you suggesting that he will initiate a change in our negotiating position? What is our negotiating strategy? I may have misunderstood (not surprising since nobody explained it cogently), but it seems to me to amount to: give us what we want, or else we’ll do all sorts of things that harm us more than they’ll harm you. The bargaining-chip we had up our sleeve, to leave the EU, thereby threatening ‘The Project’ and weakening Europe’s position vis-a-vis Russia, The US etc, we already exercised, so it’s a bit late for that one. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted August 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 28, 2020 40 minutes ago, Nearholmer said: What is our negotiating strategy? @nick_bastable said: 11 hours ago, nick_bastable said: we are already .... which suggests our current negotiating position. Re. the rumoured new negotiator, he said: 11 hours ago, nick_bastable said: so what another ... which suggested a change of position. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted August 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2020 On 28/08/2020 at 06:43, Nearholmer said: Ah, but you misunderstand: The New Leadership is all about dividing a country against itself; that’s how it’s done now. Also how it was done in right-wing states during the 20s, 30s and 40s... 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 On 28/08/2020 at 08:39, Nearholmer said: What is our negotiating strategy? I may have misunderstood (not surprising since nobody explained it cogently), but it seems to me to amount to: give us what we want, or else we’ll do all sorts of things that harm us more than they’ll harm you. The bargaining-chip we had up our sleeve, to leave the EU, thereby threatening ‘The Project’ and weakening Europe’s position vis-a-vis Russia, The US etc, we already exercised, so it’s a bit late for that one. Our negotiating strategy? I guess that would to not be seen to be begging for mates rates, WTO rules ok. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted August 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2020 On 28/08/2020 at 08:39, Nearholmer said: What is our negotiating strategy? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Probably not the script that would be used in a film now but, yes. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted August 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2020 Moving along, elsewhere mention has been made of a rather sweet little S.W. Johnson locomotive. We await developments! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2020 4 hours ago, Nearholmer said: Probably not the script that would be used in a film now but, yes. Cf. The Dam Busters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) 50 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: Cf. The Dam Busters. There's to be an alleged remake of The Dam Busters. Gibsons batman will have to run around shouting "Digger, Digger!" It sounds like "Dottingham" in the Tunes advert.... In his second attempt to by his ticket, he flashes what appears to be a green banknote. A second class return to Nottingham for less than a pound? Good value for the mid-80s! Edited August 30, 2020 by Hroth 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2020 30 minutes ago, Hroth said: There's to be an alleged remake of The Dam Busters. Gibsons batman will have to run around shouting "Digger, Digger!" They'd better not release it over here then... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 8 hours ago, St Enodoc said: They'd better not release it over here then... It seems a rather pointless exercise to even make the damn thing... 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted August 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2020 17 hours ago, Hroth said: There's to be an alleged remake of The Dam Busters. Gibsons batman will have to run around shouting "Digger, Digger!" It sounds like "Dottingham" in the Tunes advert.... In his second attempt to by his ticket, he flashes what appears to be a green banknote. A second class return to Nottingham for less than a pound? Good value for the mid-80s! In the early 80s I could get a day return from Coventry to Rugby for 76p. Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 22 hours ago, Compound2632 said: Moving along, elsewhere mention has been made of a rather sweet little S.W. Johnson locomotive. We await developments! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 And I just hear that there may be the option of the Johnson condition, too .... if you fancy one in green! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2020 9 hours ago, wagonman said: It seems a rather pointless exercise to even make the damn thing... Did you mean the "Dam" thing? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted August 30, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 30, 2020 1 minute ago, St Enodoc said: Did you mean the "Dam" thing? I wonder if the blasted thing will bomb at the box office, or bounce back into life? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 18 hours ago, St Enodoc said: They'd better not release it over here then... They'll probably digitise the whole thing anyway; one flyable Lancaster does not a movie make! Besides, they wouldn't want anything happen to it, otherwise no flyovers! Brian. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 (edited) Actually, like everything else these days... Edited August 31, 2020 by monkeysarefun 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31, 2020 2 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: Actually, like everything else these days... Looks a bit hilly for Lincolnshire... 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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