State of the parties as 2015 General Election looms.

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  • P. G. Tipps
    Full Member
    • Jun 2014
    • 2978

    I've never quite understood the purpose of this 'Ignore Button' and therefore not even bothered to discover exactly where it resides.

    Surely one can pass over stuff one feels is wholly wrong/silly or instead respond with an alternative view, if he/she is so inclined.

    I'd always assumed an internet forum is supposed to be about an exchange of ideas and viewpoints which might prevent all of us (and hopefully one or two in particular!) from remaining in blissful "ignorance" in the first place?

    However, back on topic and as this is St Andrews Day, I think it may be appropriate to highlight the last two verses of Burns' Ode To A Mouse which probably best reflect some members' inner thoughts on the State of the Parties as 2015 General Election looms and their respective and quite unattainable promises to the people ...

    But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane,
    In proving foresight may be vain;
    The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men
    Gang aft agley,
    An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,
    For promis’d joy!

    Still thou art blest, compar’d wi’ me
    The present only toucheth thee:
    But, Och! I backward cast my e’e.
    On prospects drear!
    An’ forward, tho’ I canna see,
    I guess an’ fear!

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    • amateur51

      Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
      Well it's the current policy, and I think that you are being a little bit silly to say that the policy actively discourages students so they end up unfulfilled and miserable. It is a good policy and it seems that Gove does know best.
      Well something's making young people feel depressed, unfulfilled and miserable it appears ...

      "As many as three quarters of a million young people in the UK may feel that they have nothing to live for, a study for the Prince's Trust charity claims.

      The trust says almost a third of long-term unemployed young people have contemplated taking their own lives"

      As many as three quarters of a million young people in the UK may feel that they have nothing to live for, a study for the Prince's Trust charity claims.

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      • MrGongGong
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 18357

        Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
        Well it's the current policy, and I think that you are being a little bit silly to say that the policy actively discourages students so they end up unfulfilled and miserable. It is a good policy and it seems that Gove does know best.
        I didn't say that (If you will stay up till 02:29 drinking Talisker I guess you might have difficulty understanding what people say)
        The "policy" you allude to is just a wish
        nothing more

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        • Beef Oven!
          Ex-member
          • Sep 2013
          • 18147

          Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
          I didn't say that (If you will stay up till 02:29 drinking Talisker I guess you might have difficulty understanding what people say)
          Lol! You sound like one of my old school teachers!! What a saddo!

          (in the pub until 2 watching the boxing - Doom Bar all night, no whisky)



          The "policy" you allude to is just a wish
          nothing more
          Anyway, it is the current policy, and it appears that Gove's successors will not change that!

          Saving schools from mediocrity, IMV.

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          • Eine Alpensinfonie
            Host
            • Nov 2010
            • 20576

            Sometimes I comment on threads about which I know very little. After making a complete fool of myself, I withdraw gracefully.

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            • Richard Barrett

              Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
              Sometimes I comment on threads about which I know very little. After making a complete fool of myself, I withdraw gracefully.
              A bit like Michael G•ve then! (apart from the graceful bit)

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              • Beef Oven!
                Ex-member
                • Sep 2013
                • 18147

                Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                Sometimes I comment on threads about which I know very little. After making a complete fool of myself, I withdraw gracefully.
                Off you pop.

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                • visualnickmos
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 3615

                  Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                  Off you pop.
                  That is a very cheap and unkind, offensive remark.

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                  • P. G. Tipps
                    Full Member
                    • Jun 2014
                    • 2978

                    Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                    Sometimes I comment on threads about which I know very little. After making a complete fool of myself, I withdraw gracefully.
                    That's very admirable and commendable but what about all the other complete fools who say Mr Gove is a complete fool ... shouldn't they withdraw gracefully as well?

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                    • Beef Oven!
                      Ex-member
                      • Sep 2013
                      • 18147

                      Originally posted by visualnickmos View Post
                      That is a very cheap and unkind, offensive remark.
                      I think the same about some of your remarks. It happens in forums like this sometimes. I'm not complaining, though.

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                      • MrGongGong
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 18357

                        Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post

                        Saving schools from mediocrity, IMV.
                        Would be a good idea
                        but that's not what this government is doing
                        or even what they are capable of doing

                        Isn't beer good

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                        • ahinton
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 16123

                          Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
                          Isn't beer good
                          Not for me it isn't! Can't stand the sight, pong or even thought of the stuff. I do of course accept that it might be "good" for some, of course...

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                          • Beef Oven!
                            Ex-member
                            • Sep 2013
                            • 18147

                            MrGongGong
                            Would be a good idea
                            but that's not what this government is doing
                            or even what they are capable of doing[

                            Well, happily the policy is in place, and it looks like there will be continuity of policy, unlike all that experimental nonsense that the educators came up with in our generation. Drink with me to that?

                            Isn't beer good
                            Yes, but I prefer whisky these days.

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                            • P. G. Tipps
                              Full Member
                              • Jun 2014
                              • 2978

                              Originally posted by ahinton View Post
                              Not for me it isn't! Can't stand the sight, pong or even thought of the stuff. I do of course accept that it might be "good" for some, of course...
                              Have you no worthwhile vices of your own, then, ahinton ... ?

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                              • ahinton
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 16123

                                Originally posted by P. G. Tipps View Post
                                Have you no worthwhile vices of your own, then, ahinton ... ?
                                I'm as sure that I do have them as I am certain that I never suggested otherwise. There's composition, for starters. Well, OK, you did say "worthwhile" vices and it's not really for me to judge that, but you presumably get my drift - and there must be plenty of others. Anyway, beer isn't a "vice"; it's just a horrible substance (to me, anyway)...
                                Last edited by ahinton; 30-11-14, 18:58.

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