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Much appreciated

Extremely controversial statement to make.

Cheers Spudgun. Any chance of outlining the main themes of what was said? I've stayed up pretty much to wait to see if anything was posted!

End of the day you could debate it all you like but getting rid of Trident is not going to happen. This is the best and most realistic way to address the deficit.

What is your alternative to the proposed plan?

Arrrgh. Did you even read the thread? Again, there is I think 2 posters on here who posted a 'negative swing on it all.' In the scheme of things that is an extremely EXTREMELY small minority. Almost nobody has seen this as anything other than a positive. What you are seeing has been created in your own head.

Thanks. My concerns have always been genuine but I have no agenda against Cortese. Some on here like to say I have an agenda because they can't debate properly and so use it so they can dismiss my posts easier. Anyway enough of that, I look forward to the fans forum in the new year where hopefully the few remaining questions I have will be answered and we can move forward together with Cortese getting 100 percent support!

In that case I apologise.

I hope they get rid of the pathetic scheme where if you have dyslexia you get a free top of the range laptop, books and money every other term. That really is taking the p*ss.

Precisely. Students are so retarded.

He isn't.

What is the alternative? Seriously what workable alternative has anyone who opposes this suggested?

I don't understand you here at all. I haven't heard if it was true or not but I'm not going to start dismissing what he said as ****** just because it was potentially libelous. Particularly as he has got things right in the past.

Because it was.

We don't know that.

It was Dave Jones. He got banned on here for being continually libelous.

Yep. On here I would say 2 posters have a quite obvious anti Cortese thing going on. Everyone else varies from thinking he is the greatest thing ever to having a few concerns. Thankfully some of those concerns have disappeared for me today following this interview.

What difference would it make?

I have done that twice, and the last time I did it I qualified it by saying I realised that people like you would be coming out of the woodwork to jump down my throat. Believe it or not I do sometimes hear things from people outside of this forum which I don't always post. If someone subsequently does post it then I am perfectly entitled to say that is what I have heard as well. Now please lets discuss the obvious positives of this interview and not go off topic talking about my hate for Cortese which doesn't exist.

he does it on purpose to get a reaction. He has admitted in the past that that is why he posts. I have him on ignore but every so often curiosity gets the better of me. More fool me.

One of the few things you have written I found genuinely amusing. Congrats.

Discussing whether NC is lying is a particularly silly topic of conversation IMO. I think that in general people are encouraged that he has finally spoken out to set the record straight on a few things. As I said previously, I am most encouraged that he believes failure to communicate has caused him some problems in the past and I think this interview was done to rectify that a bit.

Which is precisely why there is no discussing things with you DD because you cannot accept that posters are able to hold a perfectly valid view which differs from your own.

I think that is a valid concern and maybe worth enquiring about. Possibly the fans forum?

No I don't think we should have a go at posters with a more negative opinion. Everyone looks at things in a different way. It is the likes of saint mears who in this case I believe has been extremely harsh in his assessment of Cortese. That is not to say that we should label all people who have a more negative outlook with regards to Cortese as idiots or fools.