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Wisbech Eagle Flag Truro Cornwall 19 Dec 19 11.17am Send a Private Message to Wisbech Eagle Add Wisbech Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

I have noticed before that you have a very crafty way of twisting your replies so that they aren't actually replying to the question at all so you obviously have something in common with Boris Johnson as well.

When I said that your views were out of kilter with the majority I'm sure that everyone else realised that I was referring to the majority of the population of England and not this forum

There was nothing "crafty" involved as that is exactly the point I replied to!

Not for the first time here perfectly straightforward responses are misinterpreted. Whether deliberately or through a genuine lack of comprehension is an open question.

That you think I am "out of kilter" doesn't mean I am because the views here are just a sub section of the majority. They are therefore not representative of the majority. Corbyn's views are "out of kilter" with everyone other than his core support.

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Midlands Eagle Flag 19 Dec 19 11.34am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle

Not for the first time here perfectly straightforward responses are misinterpreted. Whether deliberately or through a genuine lack of comprehension is an open question.

When whingeing on both publically and via Private Message about your perceived lack of moderation on this forum and how people are allowed to get away with all sorts of insults I would like to remind you that suggesting that people lack comprehension is just a polite way of saying that someone is stupid.

Please note that in common with the general guidelines for moderating this forum you haven't been issued with a yellow card

 

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Stirlingsays Flag 19 Dec 19 11.46am Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

This poster continually claims that the views on this website are on the margins and not the majority.

Yet the general pro Brexit stance of this site has been vindicated in this election and it's his position that was rejected.

He grasps onto any narrative that avoids the blame that many would quite reasonably see as being partly on people like him. Those who seeked, the blocking of Brexit at every turn.

Yes, the anti Corbyn vote was there....This vote would have been there in 2017 as well, yet Corbyn received many more votes. The reality is that people wanted to get Brexit done.....Of the 59 seats Labour lost 50 had voted leave.

Yet he continues to suggest that it's the posters on this site who are somehow disconnected from the mainstream.

Everything he advocated for has been rejected by the public: It's as simple as that.

 


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Wisbech Eagle Flag Truro Cornwall 19 Dec 19 12.04pm Send a Private Message to Wisbech Eagle Add Wisbech Eagle as a friend

I am not for a moment suggesting that the views of the people posting here are totally disconnected from those who achieved a majority last Thursday.

Of course they aren't but that majority is very far from being a homogeneous group. It contains previous Labour voters who felt obliged to abandon their roots and those who would have voted for Farage if he hadn't stood down their candidates.

Now which of those two groups do you think the majority of posters on this site most closely resemble?

The point being answered had nothing to do with my opinions about that group. It was responding to a rather snide comparison and nothing else.

Diverting a discussion as a method of avoiding the issue is a favourite tactic here and it is again being used. Nothing was said about Brexit or anything else.

 


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Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 19 Dec 19 12.06pm Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle

I said I wouldn't respond to such comments again but because of your position I will make an exception.

Out of kilter with the "majority"? Are you seriously suggesting that the views expressed here represent the majority? The views here are certainly part of the majority that achieved the election result but they are very far from being in the Tory mainstream. Many are more in tune with Farage, or even further to the right. Certainly not the "one nation" Conservatism that Johnson now claims as his own!

My views and Corbyn's are poles apart but that's not the only difference.

Corbyn is detested by all except a fairly small and increasingly insignificant minority.

I am just detested on here. I know of nowhere else where I receive such treatment.

There are a number of web forums where I receive fulsome praise and where people with your kind of views are routinely unmercilessly ridiculed. I don't though hang around such places as, unlike many here, I am not looking for constant confirmation of my own biases.

So the differences are many.

You are detested on here? Seriously? But have you ever tried going into a social situation and telling people 30 times a day how something works when it clearly doesn’t? Have a go.

What sort of response were you expecting? ‘Fulsome praise’ like you get on your other web forums?

These kind of basics are learnt in childhood when you get your first cold shoulder.

 


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Stirlingsays Flag 19 Dec 19 12.09pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

My post is a general point and not related to ongoing discussions.

The hardcore element of 'Remainer politics' has been soundly rejected and those who advocated for the blocking of Brexit in parliament shown just how far they were from the general national mood.

Most people aren't that political yet the message that a democratic vote was being resisted was very clear. The idea that this had to be moved along was evident even among many who had originally voted remain.

 


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cryrst Flag The garden of England 19 Dec 19 12.12pm Send a Private Message to cryrst Add cryrst as a friend

Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle

I am not for a moment suggesting that the views of the people posting here are totally disconnected from those who achieved a majority last Thursday.

Of course they aren't but that majority is very far from being a homogeneous group. It contains previous Labour voters who felt obliged to abandon their roots and those who would have voted for Farage if he hadn't stood down their candidates.

Now which of those two groups do you think the majority of posters on this site most closely resemble?

The point being answered had nothing to do with my opinions about that group. It was responding to a rather snide comparison and nothing else.

Diverting a discussion as a method of avoiding the issue is a favourite tactic here and it is again being used. Nothing was said about Brexit or anything else.

Your second paragraph is akin to boris's 50k nurses.
Keep who might leave and add some to get to your figure.

 

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Wisbech Eagle Flag Truro Cornwall 19 Dec 19 12.58pm Send a Private Message to Wisbech Eagle Add Wisbech Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

You are detested on here? Seriously? But have you ever tried going into a social situation and telling people 30 times a day how something works when it clearly doesn’t? Have a go.

That's simple to answer. If people keep making claims I disagree with then no-one ought be surprised when I keep on stating the alternative views. Other groups "get it" first time. What also happens here in some cases is a blank wall response. A failing of comprehension rather than any alternative opinions to debate with.

What sort of response were you expecting? ‘Fulsome praise’ like you get on your other web forums?

Of course not. I am not part of the buddy buddy cosy bias confirmation group who cuddle together for mutual support. You should try going onto a few liberal leaning groups and see what response you get, although I expect it would be a lot more respectful and polite than here.

These kind of basics are learnt in childhood when you get your first cold shoulder.

No they aren't. I learned resilience and to have confidence in my opinions rather than to just follow the herd. It takes balls to do that, whilst the cowards act like sheep. In my nursery any kid who showed an outsider the cold shoulder was taught a hard lesson. As a society we have outlawed bullying and progressed from the dark days when such things were normal.

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Stirlingsays Flag 19 Dec 19 2.08pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Would anyone here send a child to this guy's nursery?

 


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Mapletree Flag Croydon 19 Dec 19 2.13pm Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Would anyone here send a child to this guy's nursery?

Don't know

Depends who bought it off him years ago. He made plain it was past tense

I see you are playing the man and not the ball again Stirling

 

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Mapletree Flag Croydon 19 Dec 19 2.16pm Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

How did you suffer from it? Can we add political interviewer to your already lengthy CV

I had a senior Government official try to prevent me from achieving privatisation of the Romanian automotive parts industry, working through the EUs PHARE programme.

I found a way around that so the Government was then forced to make structural changes to block me.

Meanwhile Dacia got bought and the market did what I could not.

 

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Stirlingsays Flag 19 Dec 19 2.23pm Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by Mapletree

Don't know

Depends who bought it off him years ago. He made plain it was past tense

I see you are playing the man and not the ball again Stirling

I don't like him.

Anyway you've done the same on here....You just have a very convenient memory.

 


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