Last edited by formby (2010-12-11 03:40:27)

Someone mentioned 'asylum seekers' but it's not just them: the open-door policy on workers from eastern Europe retards any British renewal: these people still have trades that are still in demand bu being lost to the British: carpenters; plumbers; electricians; masons and so on: for example, the Lithuanians (very industrious and ambitious buggers) go to Britain and they make their cash and they send it home. Most of them make little effort to learn more of the language than they need for their work. Once they have made a packet they go back. They owe no allegiance to Britain; they don't know what cricket is - let alone the question "which cricket team would you support?" It is small wonder that there are political parties of the 'Save Britain' variety springing up, with baseball bats for reason and bitterness for argument. But I don't need to get too worked up about this because I saw the writing on the wall - scrawled every where in grafitti. Life skills are off the national curriculum and the old polies and techs are masquerading as unis. There needs to be a drive to reintroducing skilled labour and the old trades. Thatcher Thatcher Milk Snatcher was reposible for the start of the rot and her head should, eventually, be put on a spike at the Tower, along with that tosser Heath's. I'd certainly go and throw rotten fruit at them. And while we're at it let's dig up Harold Wilson too. Blair, Brown and Cameron and his anonymous side-kick (whose name I really have fogotten) can go on spikes while they are still alive, after a spell in the stocks on London Bridge.

Last edited by NJS (2010-12-11 05:22:12)

I draw a distinction between industrious Eastern Europeans and asylum seekers insofar as they are mostly hardworking and well-behaved. They set a good example. Scant consolation if they undercut you perhaps.

Asylum seekers may never work, get into bother and also have an adverse effect on social cohesion.

I don't support a cricket team myself though the Ashes is quite interesting at the moment. Not the end of the world if we lose though.

See the picture again:
http://thenakedapegetsdressed.blogspot.com/
Are they under attack or has someone mistaken what they are really up to in the back of that car?

Last edited by NJS (2010-12-11 06:35:50)

What I find amazing is that the GBP to AUD is under 2:1 these days. As long as I can remember to convert AUD to Sterling you multiplied by 2.5 to 3.

I also remember a recent programme saying as long as most could remember Aussies were the uncouth ex-convicts, while Brits were the refined and cultured ones. Apparently the stats these days show that Aussies read more books, and attend more cultural events per head of capita than Brits. There has been a role reversal, and now Aussies are increasingly the more educated and cultured ones while Brits are all turning into Chavs. It's a bit sad, really.

Not surprisingly, when I grew up we used to sing God Save the Queen first before the local national anthem, but these days this is becoming less and less common. Actually, many remember a time when God Save the Queen/King WAS the one and only national anthem here by law.

The other thing I notice is that if you ever come across an elegant and articulate Englishman with an Oxbridge accent speaking on behalf of an academic organisation you'll find that they now work for an American or Australian group. They froth at the mouth when you mention Thatcher. The so called upper class left in the UK speak increasingly like Cockneys these days, and the only colour they introduce to their language is in the form of four letter words.

Last edited by NJS (2010-12-13 08:49:26)

Americans who watch too much "masterpiece theater" are impressed with the british. ive always figured this to be a more or less accurate depiction of the average family:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z62ikGqIuUY&feature=related