Who was the UKs worst PM and why.

[Waterways]

Surely WW is against that too?

I am and do not wave flags and I am not fat.

[Waterways]

He can't be. He supports the Labour Party. New Labour = Slave Labour!

He is entertaining isn't he? He waves flags.

[Waterways]

Yes, it's not nice, but completely typical of the ignorant to refer to an 'anarchist party'. How could there ever be an 'anarchist' party except in the uncomprehending mind of inbred simpletons?

According to The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, "there is no single defining position that all anarchists hold,

There appears to anarchy within the anarchists.

Q. What does an anarchist taxi service look like?
A. The driver-passenger relationship represents an essential hierarchical relationship which must be broken down through long co-operative discussion and decision-making. Once all the occupants of the taxi are on equal terms, and those external to the taxi are aware and comfortable with their freedom to associate or disassociate with those within the taxi, discussions of possible destinations can begin in earnest.

Q: Why do anarchists always drink herbal tea?
A: Because proper tea is theft

[Samsette]

Soooo, can we have a show of hands to determine who was the worst PM?

I can't vote, as I don't live there, but I am curious about the outcome.

[captain kong]

Well Maggie Thatcher helped me when I was made redundant and when I left Bolton to seek seafaring employment at the Shipping Federation in Liverpool, even tho` I was registered there on my signing on day, No Ships In Bolton.
My own working class people at the Dole office in Bolton stopped my unemployment benefit, even tho I was looking for a ship. I wrote to Maggie Thatcher, she got my benefit re- installed. The people at the Dole Office complained that they nearly got the sack. I said they should have done then they would know what it feels like on this side of the counter.
In October I was looking for treatment at my local hospital, the NHS had closed down my department. I wrote to the Nu Labour Minister for Health, Andy Burnham, about it and was told I should not complain to the Minister.
I am still awaiting treatment.

SO Mr WaterWays. On Balance, Maggie has done me, a working class Lad more favours than this Marxist/ Trotski Government who line their own pockets at the expence of the working class.

I still think you are a closet Conservative.

[kdraper42]

Yes I left Liverpool in 1981, because of Maggie, that was the reason I left for Australia. She was destroying the North West . And I was not going to have my kids going through what we had to . We have since being in Australia. good employment, although not the best, wage problems, condition problems, the union here is very militant, thank God, and we do get some results. Having said that I do wish to, come back ,and retire in the country that I love. Keith xx

[kevin]

Well Maggie Thatcher helped me when I was made redundant and when I left Bolton to seek seafaring employment at the Shipping Federation in Liverpool, even tho` I was registered there on my signing on day, No Ships In Bolton.

Brian,
It's nice to read of a positive personal experience, but Maggie played a large part in decimating the British Shipyards and Merchant Navy.
When shipowners wanted tax breaks to order ships from British yards, instead of foreign, they were told they had to operate in a free market economy and they wouldn't be getting any help. Consequently, most ship owners built abroad. This sounds fair, except there wasn't a free market economy - many foreign ship yards were beeing subsidised by their goverments.

When ship owners wanted incentives to keep their businesses British, again the free market argument surfaced - so many ships went foreign flag. In reality, UK shipping companies were still shifting the same amount of tonnage around the world, but with chartered foreign vessels and increasingly foreign officers and crews.

The Falklands War could only be mounted because so many British Merchant Marine vessels could be used for all the support needed. I read an article about 18 months after that war that claimed that the Merchant Navy had shrunk so much it would no longer have been possible to mount a Falklands-like offensive.

So - besides everything else she did, I blame her for the demise of the British Merchant Navy.

Did you hear about the 'British' Ship kidnapped by Somalian pirates a few weeks ago? I wasn't the slightest bit surprised to hear that there wasn't one British person on board.

[captain kong]

That is correct Kevin. I was just making one particular point, the reason I was redundant was because Esso sold off all their tankers and charted in foreign flag tankers and with foreign crews.

[kevin]

That is correct Kevin. I was just making one particular point, the reason I was redundant was because Esso sold off all their tankers and charted in foreign flag tankers and with foreign crews.

When the company I worked for shrank considerably, many fellow officers were able to get jobs with foreign companies - as having officers with British tickets reduced insurance costs considerably. But it was a different matter for crew members - many of whom never worked again, at least not at sea.

I'm very proud of the time I spent at sea, and our history as a sea-going nation - but ashamed of what our politicans did to seafarers. We're an island race and will always have need of ships for imports and exports. Why should others profit from providing those services?

[Waterways]

SO Mr WaterWays. On Balance, Maggie has done me, a working class Lad more favours

Don't be silly Kong!

Kong, Kong, he got it wrong

[GNASHER]

IWhen given the record of Blair, what he did, the results, he ducks it.

That's the pot calling the kettle.
I have asked you two questions and you refuse to answer.
You called me a "BNP fan".I have asked you twice to explain why you think that.You declined to answer.
I asked you about your experiance in the building industry,again no answer.
After wading through some of your posts,I think I could have found the answers.
1. Anyone that will not agree with you that New Labours immigration policy is right you call a BNP fan/supporter/member.That's just your ignorance.
2. As you were/are some sort of gas fitter your knowledge of buildig will be minimal.
So, until you actualy know about a subject,insted of just posting 'facts' that you have pulled off the internet,I suggest you do everyone a favour and shut the f**k up.

[Waterways]

You called me a "BNP fan".

You do agree with BNP fans.

1. Anyone that will not agree with you that New Labours immigration policy is right you call a BNP fan/supporter/member.That's just your ignorance.

We are in the EU which is open borders. That is the way it is. Get used to it we have been in the EU for near 50 years now. British workers flooded Germany in the 1980s, so much they made a TV sit-com out of it.

2. As you were/are some sort of gas fitter your knowledge of buildig will be minimal.

Is it? Do not assume. Graduate engineer. My knowledge of buildings is extensive. What I did or am is irrelevant, if you have a technical topic debate it. It is clear you lost when you started the, "I have been doing this for x years" bit, which cuts no ice with me - do not confuse attendance with knowledge or intelligence. The building industry is famed for cowboys who understand little of buildings.

I see kevin agreed with you - equally as pathetic then.

[kevin]

I see kevin agreed with you - equally as pathetic then.

The main part I was agreeing with was:

'I suggest you do everyone a favour and shut the f**k up.'

Mainly, because that is the thought that often pops into my head when I'm reading your diatribes!

[Waterways]

The main part I was agreeing with was:

'I suggest you do everyone a favour and shut the f**k up.'

Mainly, because that is the thought that often pops into my head when I'm reading your diatribes!

Read them and understand them - it is easier that way.

[Robert Boulter]

OMG,ww,you are so annoying.Two legs good,four legs bad comes to mind.You must be one of the sheep,whilst most of us are like the horse,doing all the hard graft.So called intellectuals like you are idiots,all book and no street.Live in the real world,most people go into politics to do some good but become corrupted by the power(Blair).As the price of gold is at an all time high,why don't the 'New Labour' government sell our reserves to reduce the burden of high taxes and reduce the national dept.Its a good job Brown did'nt sell it when the price was at its lowest ever.Whoops,he did,maybe that why thing were so good.I show noalliegance to any political party but look at whats happening 'now' and who gives the best deal.Their all rubbish but some are worse than others.Its like listening to a scratched record,free your mind and take your blinkers off.