Winding up the lefties....

[Stuart T]

Menthol - as stated - poor choice of heading.

Mea culpa.

Beginner's mistake.

Sentiments/reasoning remains.

Seems to be quite a few of you on the forum whose political standing is somewhat leftish.

Thought I'd give a crusty old Tory's bash at a few words in light of Corbyn's apparent popularity over here.

[Colwyn]

I used to do the Sudoku puzzle in my wife's Take a break magazine.   

Very bold of you to come out about this.

[Jacqui Harvey]

Yes, Phil loves the crossword in the Daily Record, which is a Socialist newspaper, but I enjoy the Scottish news in it and have bought it since we moved to Scotland when I was a Socialist. I get the feeling it will be an SNP paper one day.   I might say, Phil, reads the football news too, but gets most of his news from  reading the internet.
I am non-political now, fed up with politics and after years of voting I am disillusioned.  I used to be enthusiastic about one party and wanted to vote for them, but then they turned out the same as all other parties. Every party promises Utopia, but when they get it is the same old s%@t.

[kevin3]

  Tony Blair wouldn't embrace Capitalism, would he.?  Nah, surely not.

 

[Stuart T]

Ah well..........

That's put the lefty/righty skirmish (all too brief but an eye - opener) in perspective.

I'll just go and do the Wordsearch in the "People's Friend" and join the common throng.

That is the level to which this thread has seemingly (and perhaps deservedly) fallen.

I'm far too outnumbered by Welsh, Scottish and Northern tribes to ever hope for a thumbs up or support for my right of centre views.

I will retire this thread and retain what little respect I may have remaining (and that, perhaps, only as a result of reasonably good grammar and spelling).

[Hamlet]

I'm far too outnumbered by Welsh, Scottish and Northern tribes to ever hope for a thumbs up or support for my right of centre views.

Don't forget us Southerners!  

[suehugh]

What's wrong with the daily mail then .

[WordBird]

What's wrong with the daily mail then .

If anyone answered that, we'd all die of old age before they'd finished.
Far easier to answer "What's right with the Daily Mail?"

Incidentally, one of my friends works on the newsdesk there. When we were cub reporters together she was even further left than Menthol. 
Not quite sure what happened there.... 

[Colwyn]

I will retire this thread and retain what little respect I may have remaining

I think you extricated yourself pretty well after the false start. If you want to find general agreement on politics on here you could try Turkish politics and jolly old Erdogan.

[Menthol]

Not necessarily...