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....Is this where the dinosaurs go....??


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On the 10th inst. the TV cameras were understandably fixated on one female MP (I won't mention her Party due to the House Rules) who was nicely relaxed with her legs crossed, thumbing her phone and chewing a bag of sweeties. Not a pretty sight for the more discerning viewer.

Talking about such things, whilst all male MPs wear suits (or at least a jacket and trousers) some female equivalents look like they have just tumbled out of bed. Judging by occasional newspaper reports, maybe one or two had done just that.

Believe me I'm all for having more ladies in the House of Commons but I do think there should be proper gender equality when it comes to an understood and established form of dress-code for all.

If most other employees and, notably, members of an orchestra, are expected to abide by certain dress standards why shouldn't all public-salaried MPs be instructed to do the same?

Failure to wear appropriate dress at the workplace displays a distinct lack of basic respect for those we are all supposed to 'serve', in my ever-humble opinion.

'Music addresses us from beyond the borders of the natural world'.
Roger Vernon Scruton, FBA, FRSL. (English Philosopher)

[Serial_Apologist]

Progress.

Apart from gay marriage, free travel passes for oldies, CDs and the Internet, can anyone honestly think of anything that passes for progress in Britain since 1970?

The Equal Pay Act?
Race Discrimination Act?
Health & Safety at Work Act?

Really???

(Perhaps I'm just feeling more cynical than usual today)

[MrGongGong]

Progress.

Apart from gay marriage, free travel passes for oldies, CDs and the Internet, can anyone honestly think of anything that passes for progress in Britain since 1970?

I can, but It would be immediately deleted and i'd get banned.

[Beef Oven!]

Progress.

Apart from gay marriage, free travel passes for oldies, CDs and the Internet, can anyone honestly think of anything that passes for progress in Britain since 1970?

The Equal Pay Act?
Race Discrimination Act?
Health & Safety at Work Act?

Really???

(Perhaps I'm just feeling more cynical than usual today)

Indeed. Your lists lead me to believe that we are living in unenlightened times.

[oddoneout]

Broken biscuits.

Sort of still available in discount stores - boxes of 500g of seconds. Useful for staff tearooms, not least to see the order of consumption of the contents...

[Beef Oven!]

Sort of still available in discount stores - boxes of 500g of seconds. Useful for staff tearooms, not least to see the order of consumption of the contents...

Blimey, I didn't know.

I'm not too proud - I'd buy them for the home, in a nostalgic way, you see

[teamsaint]

Progress.

Apart from gay marriage, free travel passes for oldies, CDs and the Internet, can anyone honestly think of anything that passes for progress in Britain since 1970?

The Equal Pay Act?
Race Discrimination Act?
Health & Safety at Work Act?

Really???

(Perhaps I'm just feeling more cynical than usual today)

affordable gas permeable ( and other) contact lenses.

air conditioning in cars.




CCTV for our own safety.

[oddoneout]

Blimey, I didn't know.

I'm not too proud - I'd buy them for the home, in a nostalgic way, you see

Perhaps you don't have occasion to venture into what used to be called 'variety stores' back in the day? The downside of such boxes is the tendency to increased consumption - if you pick up a broken biscuit then you're entitled to pick up another to make up to a whole equivalent - except of course that 2 x three-quarter whole biscuits comes to more than one. Academic for me as I can't eat them anyway, but interesting to watch.

[jean]

...if you pick up a broken biscuit then you're entitled to pick up another to make up to a whole equivalent...

It works the same with nuts, or crisps.

[vinteuil]

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Simon Dee

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Perhaps you don't have occasion to venture into what used to be called 'variety stores' back in the day? The downside of such boxes is the tendency to increased consumption - if you pick up a broken biscuit then you're entitled to pick up another to make up to a whole equivalent - except of course that 2 x three-quarter whole biscuits comes to more than one. Academic for me as I can't eat them anyway, but interesting to watch.

The "upside" is the well-known fact that, when you break a biscuit, all the calories pour out.

[David-G]

Progress.

Apart from gay marriage, free travel passes for oldies, CDs and the Internet, can anyone honestly think of anything that passes for progress in Britain since 1970?

The Equal Pay Act?
Race Discrimination Act?
Health & Safety at Work Act?

Really???

(Perhaps I'm just feeling more cynical than usual today)

The period-instrument movement. The OAE. Kings Place. The Courtauld Gallery. The Burrell Collection. The new St Pancras. The new Kings Cross. High-speed trains. Halogen lighting. The National Theatre. Coffee shops. The Festval Hall being open all day. Digital photography. ...

[Beef Oven!]

The "upside" is the well-known fact that, when you break a biscuit, all the calories pour out.

[Beef Oven!]

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Simon Dee

[Nick Armstrong]

Progress.

Apart from gay marriage, free travel passes for oldies, CDs and the Internet, can anyone honestly think of anything that passes for progress in Britain since 1970?

I struggle to think of many things that aren't better now than they were in 1970. Last year I had cause to spend more time than I had for 30 years in the town in which I grew up in the Midlands in the 60s and 70s. Back then, it was enough to make me want to leave the country (and I did, temporarily). Had it been as it is now, I might well still be there - it was transformed into a place one actually would like to live in.