Creeping destruction of England.

[citizensm1th]

wow!

[172ff]

Assume as it's Christmas week the op has been on the sauce all day. I'd wager a Eastern European larger of some sort.

What a load of alarmist bullst.

[King Herald]

gvb said:

....3/.In addition to this we have followers of various religions all insisting that theirs is the only way. ....

We had nearly 2000 years of one type of religion FORCING us to believe that theirs was the only way. Makes a change for someone else to be let into the scene, without them being burned at the stake or drowned.....

[Marf]

gvb said:

Point 1/.I look around me and see nonsensical Health and Safety rules being implemented, also MPs/BBC Executives and numerous big businesses taking us taxpayers for every penny they can. Point 2/.Famous people are being outed as possibly being guilty of sexual offences years ago.Point 3/.In addition to this we have followers of various religions all insisting that theirs is the only way. Point 4/. Being heterosexual seems to be old fashioned and almost against "the rules". Point 5/. We bow down in subservience to Europe and consequently we get stuck (at great cost) with terrorists in our prisons and multitudes of unwanted/illegal immigrants all claiming benefits.

The sooner UKIP takes power the better!

If the creeping destruction of England includes destroying the "little englander" mentality that you display here, great.

[Chrisw666]

Marf said:

If the creeping destruction of England includes destroying the "little englander" mentality that you display here, great.

I'm drinking to mourn the loss of the paragraph.

[Marf]

Chrisw666 said:

Marf said:

If the creeping destruction of England includes destroying the "little englander" mentality that you display here, great.

I'm drinking to mourn the loss of the paragraph.

Maybe an immigrant stole his enter key?

[TheSnitch]

gvb said:

Point 1/. I don't need to ask a steelworker, I worked in local Government for 43 years.

You hide it so well......

[Chrisw666]

Marf said:

Maybe an immigrant stole his enter key?

It would explain his anger.

[Justin Cyder]

The way this thread has gone...makes me love PH.

[Halb]

Chrisw666 said:

Marf said:

Maybe an immigrant stole his enter key?

It would explain his anger.

Gay immigrant.

[Derek Smith]

REALIST123 said:

With all due etc, I'd have thought you were well used to smugness, Derek?

Ouch!

[trashbat]

Countdown said:

Dad........is that you?

Raised a proper chuckle that, thanks

Edited by trashbat on Thursday 27th December 23:02

[Chimune]

gvb said:

Point 1/. I don't need to ask a steelworker, I worked in local Government for 43 years.

Explains the use of two punctuation marks, when one would have done..

Edited by Chimune on Friday 28th December 22:00

[moparmick]

Difference 30 yrs has made to where i personally live.
Off the top of my head.

1) Traffic calming ( None 30 yrs ago )
2) Roads in very poor condition ( See above, for where the money as gone.
3) Speed cameras ( Only hand held 30 yrs ago. )
4) Too much micromanagement, through petty laws.
5) Too many cctv cameras.
6) Too many traffic wardens.
7) Too little, free on street parking.
8) Too many houses being built in the wrong places ( peoples gardens etc )
9) Too many people.
10) Too many obese children.
Please anyone in this thread, tell me what they personally feel is better now than 30yrs ago. I'm sure there are positives.
Mick

[aw51 121565]

To be fair to the OP, the "emphasis* on Health & Safety" and "emphasis* on Ethnicity & Diversity" which are so prevalent in local government (and the NHS) - hell, they are "very sexy" and have lots of money thrown at them and their 'enforcement' akin to "mini industries" with sizeable budgets as part of local authority expenditure - WILL become apparent at some stage. I had my "road to Damascus" experiences within a couple of minutes of the beginnings of meetings in both strands on many occasions . I am no longer in that particular gutter.

Seems a bit sad that the OP took several years to have this realisation (that, in general terms, it's all overblown and - actually - isn't anywhere near as big a series of issues as we are 'taught' it is [whether in 'training at work' or in the "media" *cough*] ), to be honest .

A more focussed & detailed analytical first post would have allayed many of the points people have picked up on .


*(emphasis as opposed to emphasis as not all formatting works .)

[whoami]

Chimune said:

gvb said:

Point 1/. I don't need to ask a steelworker, I worked in local Government for 43 years.

Eplains the use of two puctuation marks, when one would have done..

Oops.

[eldar]

moparmick said:

Difference 30 yrs has made to where i personally live.
Off the top of my head.

1) Traffic calming ( None 30 yrs ago )
2) Roads in very poor condition ( See above, for where the money as gone.
3) Speed cameras ( Only hand held 30 yrs ago. )
4) Too much micromanagement, through petty laws.
5) Too many cctv cameras.
6) Too many traffic wardens.
7) Too little, free on street parking.
8) Too many houses being built in the wrong places ( peoples gardens etc )
9) Too many people.
10) Too many obese children.
Please anyone in this thread, tell me what they personally feel is better now than 30yrs ago. I'm sure there are positives.
Mick

in 1980 (32 years ago, near enough), 5,953 people were killed on UK roads. 30 years later it was 1,857. 4,000 fewer death a year are probably positive.

[JDRoest]

eldar said:

in 1980 (32 years ago, near enough), 5,953 people were killed on UK roads. 30 years later it was 1,857. 4,000 fewer death a year are probably positive.

And how much of that was down to car design? Compare a Ford Cortina with anything made in the last 10 years and tell me which one is safer.

[EDLT]

eldar said:

moparmick said:

Difference 30 yrs has made to where i personally live.
Off the top of my head.

1) Traffic calming ( None 30 yrs ago )
2) Roads in very poor condition ( See above, for where the money as gone.
3) Speed cameras ( Only hand held 30 yrs ago. )
4) Too much micromanagement, through petty laws.
5) Too many cctv cameras.
6) Too many traffic wardens.
7) Too little, free on street parking.
8) Too many houses being built in the wrong places ( peoples gardens etc )
9) Too many people.
10) Too many obese children.
Please anyone in this thread, tell me what they personally feel is better now than 30yrs ago. I'm sure there are positives.
Mick

in 1980 (32 years ago, near enough), 5,953 people were killed on UK roads. 30 years later it was 1,857. 4,000 fewer death a year are probably positive.

Not when he considers the existence of other people to be a sign that "This country is going to the dogs"

[Mojocvh]

moparmick said:

Difference 30 yrs has made to where i personally live.
Off the top of my head.

1) Traffic calming ( None 30 yrs ago )
2) Roads in very poor condition ( See above, for where the money as gone.
3) Speed cameras ( Only hand held 30 yrs ago. )
4) Too much micromanagement, through petty laws.
5) Too many cctv cameras.
6) Too many traffic wardens.
7) Too little, free on street parking.
8) Too many houses being built in the wrong places ( peoples gardens etc )
9) Too many people.
10) Too many obese children.
Please anyone in this thread, tell me what they personally feel is better now than 30yrs ago. I'm sure there are positives.
Mick

Pretty comprehensive list that, No 4 springs right out at you..