Re: The General Election Thread : Wed May 20, 2015 1:49 pm  

King Street Cat wrote:

Boris is the political equivalent of Joey Essex. Successfully forging a career on the back of pretending to be the village idiot but the joke really is on us. There are plenty who are still suckered in by the 'bumbling buffoon' Boris as portrayed by the right wing press, but underneath that scruffy hair and cheeky chappy demeanour is a scheming, ruthless mercenary.

Funny that he twice got a majority for the Mayors job from all those metro savy lefty Labour Londoners. Who are the real buffoons then.

Re: The General Election Thread : Wed May 20, 2015 1:59 pm  

Lord Elpers wrote:

Funny that he twice got a majority for the Mayors job from all those metro savy lefty Labour Londoners. Who are the real buffoons then.

Is this a rhetorical rhetorical question.

Re: The General Election Thread : Wed May 20, 2015 5:09 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Your attacks are always on those who you deem to be in a priveledged position. Regardless of how clever they are, how hard they may have worked or how much they may have sacrificed to achieve you resent that they earn what they do. Even rugby you think the likes of Keighley should get an equal share of the Sky money despite contributing nothing to generate it. Yours is the rhetoric of envy.

Now just once answer my point about Hockney and McIlroy and your ill concieved meritoracy of earnings

As a certain Jeremy Paxman once repeated several times ANSWERTHE QUESTION !

Define how I have , in your words "attacked" anyone?

Where, in any comment, statement or query has it been stated there is resentment?

And to clarify, of what or whom am I still supposed to be envious of?

You seem to have, IMO , the idea that money, things and the concept of status are the most important part of life. I could be wrong but somehow, based on your postings and the risible chuntering of Lord Elpers and AJW I doubt it.

Re: The General Election Thread : Wed May 20, 2015 7:13 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

If David Hockney were earning 3m a year how would he fit into your categorisation? Same goes for Rory McIlroy

Last I looked, neither Hockney or McIlroy were looking to foist their (or more precisely, their masters') ideological beliefs on the population of the UK

Re: The General Election Thread : Wed May 20, 2015 9:36 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

Last I looked, neither Hockney or McIlroy were looking to foist their (or more precisely, their masters') ideological beliefs on the population of the UK

never said they were so i am unsure what your point is?

Re: The General Election Thread : Wed May 20, 2015 9:40 pm  

Leaguefan wrote:

As a certain Jeremy Paxman once repeated several times ANSWERTHE QUESTION !

Define how I have , in your words "attacked" anyone?

Where, in any comment, statement or query has it been stated there is resentment?

And to clarify, of what or whom am I still supposed to be envious of?

You seem to have, IMO , the idea that money, things and the concept of status are the most important part of life. I could be wrong but somehow, based on your postings and the risible chuntering of Lord Elpers and AJW I doubt it.

are you suggesting the comments are untrue about the SL monies?

Just for once answer my point about Hockney or McIlroy

Re: The General Election Thread : Wed May 20, 2015 9:54 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

are you suggesting the comments are untrue about the SL monies?

Just for once answer my point about Hockney or McIlroy

I don't see the relevance of any of this to what I originally posted and to be honest couldn't care less.

It's obvious that what I posted and what you read got lost somewhere.

You assumed one thing, thought something else was said and then went off about something else.

Revisit the original post and apply it to anyone, and that seems to cause you a problem.

Well it's your problem, if you want to make it, such, how you deal with it isn't of much interest to me, nor should I imagine anyone else, but then again don't you learn something new every day

I'm still waiting to find out what or whom I am envious of. You made the statement so please answer, if you can, although I doubt very much you will be able to.

Re: The General Election Thread : Thu May 21, 2015 7:27 am  

Sal Paradise wrote:

never said they were so i am unsure what your point is?

I simply wondered why you introduced the straw men

Re: The General Election Thread : Thu May 21, 2015 7:30 am  

Leaguefan wrote:

I don't see the relevance of any of this to what I originally posted and to be honest couldn't care less.

It's obvious that what I posted and what you read got lost somewhere.

You assumed one thing, thought something else was said and then went off about something else.

Revisit the original post and apply it to anyone, and that seems to cause you a problem.

Well it's your problem, if you want to make it, such, how you deal with it isn't of much interest to me, nor should I imagine anyone else, but then again don't you learn something new every day

I'm still waiting to find out what or whom I am envious of. You made the statement so please answer, if you can, although I doubt very much you will be able to.

just answer the question its pretty simple really. Something - despite 3 subsequent posts - have failed to address. Your views that nobody can earn huge money unless they are ripping somebody off is petty jealously. I agree there needs to be a more even spread of wealth but there still needs to opportunity for the talented to max out.

Re: The General Election Thread : Wed May 27, 2015 12:33 pm  

This article pretty much sums up how I see things as regards our wonderful Cameron / Osborne economic miracle: http://www.standard.co.uk/business/mark ... 76913.html

This article pretty much sums up how I see things as regards our wonderful Cameron / Osborne economic miracle: http://www.standard.co.uk/business/mark ... 76913.html