What Is Happening To Our Country?

[iansums]

Can we have a ‘day’ devoted to those people who aren’t allowed a vote?

[whelk]

30 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

I’m not talking about extremists. What makes you think that normal people marching in support of innocent Palestinians would be happy with what happened to the ambulances? You really need to stop listening to the people in Reform mate. Islamophobes are just as bigoted as anti-Semites.

The sort of people who have hand glider badges delighting in what happened on October 7th. You know the sort that go on marches in London pretending to be peace loving

[sadoldgit]

35 minutes ago, iansums said:

You stated ‘anybody’, that would include extremists.

When I talk generally I talk about normal people, not a small minority of nutters. There are plenty of Jewish people who march in support of Palestinians. Did you know that?

For the record, where do you stand on extremists who are Jewish who murder people and steal their land?

Edited Monday at 15:18 by sadoldgit

[sadoldgit]

21 minutes ago, iansums said:

Can we have a ‘day’ devoted to those people who aren’t allowed a vote?

I would suggest that we put it to a vote, but then that would exclude you.

[badgerx16]

27 minutes ago, iansums said:

Can we have a ‘day’ devoted to those people who aren’t allowed a vote?

National Children's Day, National House of Lords Day, or National Prisoners Detained in Prison Day ?

Edited Monday at 15:19 by badgerx16

[iansums]

21 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

When I talk generally I talk about normal people, not a small minority of nutters. There are plenty of Jewish people who march in support of Palestinians. Did you know that?

For the record, where do you stand on extremists who are Jewish who murder people and steal their land?

You should then have clarified that in your post. Yes, I am fully aware of some Jews marching in support of Palestinians. For the record I also condemn Jewish extremism and Israeli expansion of the West Bank.

[iansums]

18 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

National Children's Day, National House of Lords Day, or National Prisoners Detained in Prison Day ?

Let’s narrow it down to just poor old me please 🥺

[badgerx16]

4 minutes ago, iansums said:

Let’s narrow it down to just poor old me please 🥺

There is always your birthday.

[hypochondriac]

31 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

When I talk generally I talk about normal people, not a small minority of nutters. There are plenty of Jewish people who march in support of Palestinians. Did you know that?

For the record, where do you stand on extremists who are Jewish who murder people and steal their land?

For the record I love them. can't get enough of the little scamps. 

[sadoldgit]

35 minutes ago, iansums said:

You should then have clarified that in your post. Yes, I am fully aware of some Jews marching in support of Palestinians. For the record I also condemn Jewish extremism and Israeli expansion of the West Bank.

Good. Yes I should have clarified it in my post but this is a football forum, not the Oxford Debating Society.

Having gone back and read my original post I said that I am not sure why it would bring some people joy, not that it wouldn’t. Two completely separate things. I don’t understand why anybody would think that blowing up 4 ambulances would do anything to further their cause, assuming they have one. It is just (again making assumptions about the motive) another in a very long line of tit for tat actions that does nothing but makes life more miserable for everybody. 
It’s good to hear that the Government are going to replace them but as I said before, it is only a question of time before some deluded morons do something else to grab some headlines. The Israeli/US aggression in the Middle East is not making life safer for Jews or Muslims across the world.

[hypochondriac]

7 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

Good. Yes I should have clarified it in my post but this is a football forum, not the Oxford Debating Society.

Having gone back and read my original post I said that I am not sure why it would bring some people joy, not that it wouldn’t. Two completely separate things. I don’t understand why anybody would think that blowing up 4 ambulances would do anything to further their cause, assuming they have one. It is just (again making assumptions about the motive) another in a very long line of tit for tat actions that does nothing but makes life more miserable for everybody. 
It’s good to hear that the Government are going to replace them but as I said before, it is only a question of time before some deluded morons do something else to grab some headlines. The Israeli/US aggression in the Middle East is not making life safer for Jews or Muslims across the world.

Just as the psychotic murdering by the mullahs, financing of terrorists, subjigation of women, murdering of gays and brutal suppression of dissent in many Middle East and Islamic nations is not making life safer for Muslims across the world. The next time someone does something terrible like firebombs a mosque or murders a Muslim in the UK I'll be sure to put the blame firmly where it belongs- on those Arab nations doing terrible things.

Edited Monday at 16:26 by hypochondriac

[rallyboy]

HS2 - just when you think this particular over-budget, poorly-planned vanity shitshow couldn't get any more shambolic, it now appears that the HS bit probably won't happen and we have to fly trains to Japan to test them, meaning it will treble or quadruple in cost and be many years behind schedule.

A lot of contractors are getting incredibly rich from this, and taxpayers are getting robbed - and will continue to be robbed for some time yet.

 

[sadoldgit]

It makes you wonder what happened to this country since the Victorian times. They built a superb railway system 200 years ago. We can’t even fill potholes in the roads.

Edited yesterday at 11:20 by sadoldgit

[Turkish]

23 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

It makes you wonder what happened to this country since the Victorian times. They built a superb railway system 200 years ago. We can’t even fill potholes in the roads.

How many benefit spongers were there in Victoria times?

[badgerx16]

22 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

It makes you wonder what happened to this country since the Victorian times. They built a superb railway system 200 years ago. We can’t even fill potholes in the roads.

All you need is to host the TdeF.....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgme77myl0po

Roads through the Trough of Bowland will get renewed. Very kind of them to consider my comfort on my rides through the fells.

[badgerx16]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn43ve4pyjeo

"BBC show The Repair Shop scrapped a segment that was set to feature a joke book belonging to late comedian Bob Monkhouse after the contents were deemed inappropriate.

According to the Sun, the book was taken to the workshop in the programme's barn by Monkhouse's daughter and his comedy writing partner.

Joanna Ball, managing director of Ricochet, which produces the show, said: "We planned to fix the joke book, but when we got it to the barn and saw it in its entirety, we realised it contained many jokes that were not appropriate for a programme.

"We explained this to the family and returned the book to them. We did not complete filming of the item, so it was never included in the programme.""

 

Were they intending to read all the jokes out on the program ?

Edited yesterday at 12:13 by badgerx16

[Saint86]

On 23/03/2026 at 12:15, hypochondriac said:

Why is it the fault of Trump and Netanyahu when someone commits terror attacks against Jews but not the fault of Islamist lunatics and very much the fault of the thugs committing the acts of terror when someone shoots up a mosque or nails bacon to the door?

i think we all know why 🤷‍♂️

Hopefully this anti semitic attack has the opposite effect to what was planned, an actually shines a light on what is going on and brings people together.

Edited yesterday at 12:43 by Saint86

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

How many benefit spongers were there in Victoria times?

An achievement immortalised for later generations!

[Gloucester Saint]

1 hour ago, badgerx16 said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn43ve4pyjeo

"BBC show The Repair Shop scrapped a segment that was set to feature a joke book belonging to late comedian Bob Monkhouse after the contents were deemed inappropriate.

According to the Sun, the book was taken to the workshop in the programme's barn by Monkhouse's daughter and his comedy writing partner.

Joanna Ball, managing director of Ricochet, which produces the show, said: "We planned to fix the joke book, but when we got it to the barn and saw it in its entirety, we realised it contained many jokes that were not appropriate for a programme.

"We explained this to the family and returned the book to them. We did not complete filming of the item, so it was never included in the programme.""

 

Were they intending to read all the jokes out on the program ?

I’m the last to shout ‘woke nonsense’ (whatever that means) but in this instance even I’m saying ‘what a load of bollocks’.

Bob Monkhouse was hardly Bernard Manning or Jim Davidson was he? Quite liked him actually.

[hypochondriac]

49 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

i think we all know why 🤷‍♂️

Hopefully this anti semitic attack has the opposite effect to what was planned, an actually shines a light on what is going on and brings people together.

Sadly the refrain from some has been criticising the 'Jewish ambulances' which they aren't anyway.

[whelk]

20 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Sadly the refrain from some has been criticising the 'Jewish ambulances' which they aren't anyway.

What surprised me is that the ambulances weren’t protected by the Jewish space lasers.

[iansums]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

How many benefit spongers were there in Victoria times?

SOG would have requested a second horse and carriage for his wife.

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

An achievement immortalised for later generations!

Top cake making that, love a Victoria sponge.

[egg]

42 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Top cake making that, love a Victoria sponge.

Yep, ditto. I feel a best cake/naughty food thread coming on. 

[Turkish]

18 minutes ago, egg said:

Yep, ditto. I feel a best cake/naughty food thread coming on. 

good shout!

[hypochondriac]

2 hours ago, iansums said:

SOG would have requested a second horse and carriage for his wife.

He'd have requested a third one for his wife's boyfriend. 

[Turkish]

Did anybody watch “Hardly the Crime of the century- the Huw Edwards Story” last night?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

17 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Did anybody watch “Hardly the Crime of the century- the Huw Edwards Story” last night?

Someone said it was "relatively trivial", so I didn't bother.

[Saint86]

19 hours ago, egg said:

Yep, ditto. I feel a best cake/naughty food thread coming on. 

No need, Basque cheesecake is the only true winner there. Victoria Sponge would get an honourable mention though.

[egg]

23 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

No need, Basque cheesecake is the only true winner there. Victoria Sponge would get an honourable mention though.

I had some for the first time recently. Was impressive, but wouldn't make my top 5, and possibly not even top 10. 

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Did anybody watch “Hardly the Crime of the century- the Huw Edwards Story” last night?

I turned it on for a couple minutes, saw Marin Clunes having a wank and then decided it was time for bed.

[sadoldgit]

I’m wondering when the last time someone committing the “Crime of the Century” was given a suspended sentence in a Magistrate’s Court?

Edited 10 hours ago by sadoldgit
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[whelk]

Why aren’t these cunts being named?

https://news.sky.com/story/two-men-arrested-in-connection-with-golders-green-arson-attack-13523827

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

23 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

I’m the last to shout ‘woke nonsense’ (whatever that means) but in this instance even I’m saying ‘what a load of bollocks’.

Bob Monkhouse was hardly Bernard Manning or Jim Davidson was he? Quite liked him actually.

As an aside. I seem to recall many many years ago the Southampton Club secretary (was it Keith Honey) I think being on Bob's Full House or one of his game shows and when he mentioned Southampton FC Bob replied "do you know why they are called the Saints - because they get crucified most weeks"

[Holmes_and_Watson]

48 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

I’m wondering when the last time someone committing the “Crime of the Century” was given a suspended sentence in a Magistrate’s Court?

My Diary, by SOG...

Monday: Post on burning ambulances contained false eqivilancy, and pretended ignorance over who such an act would be celebrated by.

Tuesday: Shot down on the starting blocks, before getting into Victorian comparisons. 

Wednesday: Begin well worn defence of child abuse, despite it unsurprisingly never going well, and seen by everyone as vile.

Just another normal week, for the man who can never learn.

[Turkish]

4 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

I’m wondering when the last time someone committing the “Crime of the Century” was given a suspended sentence in a Magistrate’s Court?

I'm wondering if someone who has suggested posters on here would film acts of pedophilia from behind a mirror, has suggested other posters would be weeding out the ones too old and the Muslims for said acts and who has describes being caught child pornography as "hardly the crime of the century" has a rather disturbing view of this sort of behaviour.

Edited 6 hours ago by Turkish

[Farmer Saint]

On 23/03/2026 at 14:51, iansums said:

Can we have a ‘day’ devoted to those people who aren’t allowed a vote?

You gotta get over this man - it's one bloke on t'internet.

[Farmer Saint]

4 hours ago, whelk said:

Why aren’t these cunts being named?

https://news.sky.com/story/two-men-arrested-in-connection-with-golders-green-arson-attack-13523827

Utter twats. Senseless, whichever side you are on.

[badgerx16]

20 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

Utter twats. Senseless, whichever side you are on.

Particularly as the ambulances, whilst operated by a Jewish charity, are available to the entire local community, regardless of ethnicity or religion.

[aintforever]

5 hours ago, whelk said:

Why aren’t these cunts being named?

https://news.sky.com/story/two-men-arrested-in-connection-with-golders-green-arson-attack-13523827

Think the plod generally only name people when they are charged, apart from certain circumstances.

 

[egg]

9 minutes ago, aintforever said:

Think the plod generally only name people when they are charged, apart from certain circumstances.

 

Correct. Can't be naming people at the arrest stage, but when charged, name them. Horrible crime though, and utterly senseless. 

[Gloucester Saint]

20 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Particularly as the ambulances, whilst operated by a Jewish charity, are available to the entire local community, regardless of ethnicity or religion.

It’s one of the stupidest acts I’ve ever seen. Patients with serious conditions in need of transport haven’t been able to get to their appointments because of those planks and volunteers punished too. As soon as they’re charged, name them. 

If they’re not UK citizens, that’s an easy and rapid deportation if found guilty. 

Edited 5 hours ago by Gloucester Saint

[whelk]

28 minutes ago, aintforever said:

Think the plod generally only name people when they are charged, apart from certain circumstances.

 

Fair enough, didn’t realise although guess charges will follow soon as they’ve been boasting on the internet

[egg]

Just now, whelk said:

Fair enough, didn’t realise although guess charges will follow soon as they’ve been boasting on the internet

I hadn't appreciated that. Idiots. Hopefully it's a slam dunk and they get a sentence which serves as a deterrent. 

[iansums]

4 hours ago, Farmer Saint said:

You gotta get over this man - it's one bloke on t'internet.

It’s called a sense of humour, it bothers me not one jot.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

32 minutes ago, iansums said:

It’s called a sense of humour, it bothers me not one jot.

No harm in a reminder that our freedom of speech and liberalism champion is the first to say who shouldn't be allowed to vote, and insult all of their views.