Before we joined the EU we used to address letters home with the last line being "GB" for Great Britain.
Since being in the EU this has changed to "UK" for United Kingdom.
Why did we start being ashamed of being GREAT?
Family Motto: Spero meliora. (Loosely translated as, "I hope for better things") And if you don't like bad language, then bugger off. Beware. Cookies maybe lurking on this site. I usually post several times a day about differing subjects. Do scroll down
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Sunday, 22 May 2016
Saturday, 21 May 2016
That poll on Brexit.
Last Sunday I posted a poll "Is David Cameron a shining light in the darkness of the referendum?".
The results are below.
The results are below.
Now I expected option 2 would get the most votes and it got me thinking. How accurate are the mainstream polls this time around? After all they got it wildly wrong at the general election.
At the moment the mainstream polls are predicting a win for remain and the bookies have shortened their odds to suit.
Yet if you look at online polls they seem in the main to indicate leave is ahead by a margin. I think their are a lot of people who are not letting on that they are going to vote leave.
Friday, 20 May 2016
Who really rules us?
Paxo reckons we should tell the EU to get "stuffed".
He discusses all sides and explains how the various parts of the EU works.
Yes it's 58 minutes long but quite thought provoking.
He discusses all sides and explains how the various parts of the EU works.
Yes it's 58 minutes long but quite thought provoking.
Thursday, 19 May 2016
Grandad. Religion versus the puritans
Grandad discusses the rise of the new puritans.
For a start, both Puritanism and Religion have the concept of eternal life in common. While Religion applies this to spiritual eternity, the Puritans seem to believe in physical eternity. Religion promises that if we obey the tenets of the belief that we will live forever in Heaven, while the Puritans tell us constantly that by not obeying their tenets, we will die physically, often with painful and debilitating consequences which presumably is their concept of Hell.A good read and is found HERE.
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Sin Taxes
As you'll see and hear in the video below, sin taxes are only imposed to bring in revenue to the chancellor.
Certainly in my lifetime I've seen taxes on popular pastimes treble and take a sizeable chunk of dosh out of my wallet.
The problem is that no-one questions these taxes any more. They just shrug their shoulders with the words "The experts know best".
But do they? Take one example. We were exhorted for decades to eat margerine as butter was bad for us. Now we are being encouraged quietly to eat butter again.
Who the fuck are these so called experts and why are they not being publicly hanged?
Certainly in my lifetime I've seen taxes on popular pastimes treble and take a sizeable chunk of dosh out of my wallet.
The problem is that no-one questions these taxes any more. They just shrug their shoulders with the words "The experts know best".
But do they? Take one example. We were exhorted for decades to eat margerine as butter was bad for us. Now we are being encouraged quietly to eat butter again.
Who the fuck are these so called experts and why are they not being publicly hanged?
Monday, 16 May 2016
The polar bears are doomed if we leave the EU.
You will also be destitute. This is scary indeed.
Mind you. If you showed this to some people they'd believe it. (It'll probably be shown on the BBC news just before voting day)
Mind you. If you showed this to some people they'd believe it. (It'll probably be shown on the BBC news just before voting day)
Sunday, 15 May 2016
C'mon Dave. Which is it?
Leave or remain?
I trust used car salesmen more than that twat. Do you believe anything he says now?
Please put your answers in the poll below:
Sorry. Two "others". Ignore the first one
Saturday, 14 May 2016
Back from the dead.
Not really.
One or two of you may have noticed that posts on this blog were becoming sparser and sparser in the last few months.
I was not well and eventually I was carted off to hospital in one of those vehicles with the blue lights on the top. (No, it was not a police car). I eventually ended up in a bed in the advanced medical care unit over the Easter holiday and spent ten days being watched over.
The interesting thing is that after I was discharged, I visited my GP and her first question was: "what did they diagnose you with". All I could reply with: "They never actually told me anything" They just discharged me.
I'm due to go back to hospital on an undisclosed later date for tests. Until then........
I'll try and post a few items off interest, but I may bore you with articles on why we should leave the EU.
You have been warned.
One or two of you may have noticed that posts on this blog were becoming sparser and sparser in the last few months.
I was not well and eventually I was carted off to hospital in one of those vehicles with the blue lights on the top. (No, it was not a police car). I eventually ended up in a bed in the advanced medical care unit over the Easter holiday and spent ten days being watched over.
The interesting thing is that after I was discharged, I visited my GP and her first question was: "what did they diagnose you with". All I could reply with: "They never actually told me anything" They just discharged me.
I'm due to go back to hospital on an undisclosed later date for tests. Until then........
I'll try and post a few items off interest, but I may bore you with articles on why we should leave the EU.
You have been warned.
Brexit. The movie
Something to watch on this cool Saturday afternoon.
It's a bit long but worth the watch.
It's a bit long but worth the watch.
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