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HKOwen Hong Kong 30 May 21 4.29am
Not until you get your composition substantially better. Originally posted by silvertop Ha true. Want to join my party? Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.
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HKOwen

Hong Kong 30 May 21 4.29am

Not until you get your composition substantially better.

Originally posted by silvertop

Ha true. Want to join my party?

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

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cryrst The garden of England 30 May 21 6.47am
Originally posted by Mapletree I fear people will misinterpret this post. I agree with it but take a different stance. Apparently Labour is the party of the ‘working class’. I make that around 14%. So who speaks for the mass that supports progressive policies and cares about equality of opportunity? Certainly not the current government. Labour focuses on noble causes, whether or not in truth they are deserving but doesn’t really currently speak for modern Britain. Edited by Mapletree (29 May 2021 11.15pm) Equality of opportunity is trumped by the current trend of positive discrimination. Meritocracy is gone. Is that noble enough?
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The garden of England 30 May 21 6.47am

Originally posted by Mapletree

I fear people will misinterpret this post. I agree with it but take a different stance.

Apparently Labour is the party of the ‘working class’. I make that around 14%.

So who speaks for the mass that supports progressive policies and cares about equality of opportunity? Certainly not the current government.

Labour focuses on noble causes, whether or not in truth they are deserving but doesn’t really currently speak for modern Britain.

Edited by Mapletree (29 May 2021 11.15pm)

Equality of opportunity is trumped by the current trend of positive discrimination. Meritocracy is gone. Is that noble enough?

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Matov 30 May 21 6.57am
Originally posted by Mapletree Labour focuses on noble causes, whether or not in truth they are deserving but doesn’t really currently speak for modern Britain. Edited by Mapletree (29 May 2021 11.15pm) And herein lays Labours problem. Is it a protest movement or does it actually want to govern? Along with the issue of how it is structured in terms of the power of its membership. Effectively, it simply cannot compete with the Tories in terms of 'populist' policies. And popularism is how you win elections. The most popular political party garners the most votes. That is how democracy works. "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.
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Matov

30 May 21 6.57am

Originally posted by Mapletree

Labour focuses on noble causes, whether or not in truth they are deserving but doesn’t really currently speak for modern Britain.

Edited by Mapletree (29 May 2021 11.15pm)

And herein lays Labours problem. Is it a protest movement or does it actually want to govern?

Along with the issue of how it is structured in terms of the power of its membership. Effectively, it simply cannot compete with the Tories in terms of 'populist' policies.

And popularism is how you win elections. The most popular political party garners the most votes. That is how democracy works.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

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PalazioVecchio south pole 30 May 21 9.35am
what percentage of working class voters in the North care about .... - Palestine - LGBTQ - The thuggish BLM bullyboys - the rights of women in some third World country we cannot find on a map - quotas for womens jobs in higher education - extra taxes on motoring Labour are Islington , not Burnley. Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford
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south pole 30 May 21 9.35am

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what percentage of working class voters in the North care about ....

- Palestine
- LGBTQ

- The thuggish BLM bullyboys
- the rights of women in some third World country we cannot find on a map

- quotas for womens jobs in higher education
- extra taxes on motoring

Labour are Islington , not Burnley.

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

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Stirlingsays 30 May 21 10.09am
Originally posted by Mapletree I fear people will misinterpret this post. I agree with it but take a different stance. Apparently Labour is the party of the ‘working class’. I make that around 14%. So who speaks for the mass that supports progressive policies and cares about equality of opportunity? Certainly not the current government. Labour focuses on noble causes, whether or not in truth they are deserving but doesn’t really currently speak for modern Britain. Edited by Mapletree (29 May 2021 11.15pm) You mean enabling rapes to continue for decades with their obsessive 'racism' support and firing the representative who tried to address it. You mean standing for children permanently affecting their bodies with drugs and surgery? Yeah, Labour are real noble. 'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)
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Stirlingsays

30 May 21 10.09am

Originally posted by Mapletree

I fear people will misinterpret this post. I agree with it but take a different stance.

Apparently Labour is the party of the ‘working class’. I make that around 14%.

So who speaks for the mass that supports progressive policies and cares about equality of opportunity? Certainly not the current government.

Labour focuses on noble causes, whether or not in truth they are deserving but doesn’t really currently speak for modern Britain.

Edited by Mapletree (29 May 2021 11.15pm)

You mean enabling rapes to continue for decades with their obsessive 'racism' support and firing the representative who tried to address it.

You mean standing for children permanently affecting their bodies with drugs and surgery?

Yeah, Labour are real noble.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

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ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 30 May 21 11.24am
Originally posted by Mapletree I fear people will misinterpret this post. I agree with it but take a different stance. Apparently Labour is the party of the ‘working class’. I make that around 14%. So who speaks for the mass that supports progressive policies and cares about equality of opportunity? Certainly not the current government. Labour focuses on noble causes, whether or not in truth they are deserving but doesn’t really currently speak for modern Britain. Edited by Mapletree (29 May 2021 11.15pm) The difficulty with this is that people have been fooled that somehow 'working class' is dirty, poor, down pit etc. People consider themselves middle class - which is seen as clean, office based, professional etc. The reality is the majority of people are the working poor, pretty much working to make ends meet. The working class from the 40s/50s onwards were better off than the people who think they are middle class today. As you know, the working class could afford a house, a wife, three kids on one wage. That is as rare as hen's teeth these days. One wage families would likely be on the breadline unless they got on the property ladder before the 90s. Most people are working class, but think they are middle class. It's that centre ground again. There's a lot more to this but don't want to bore people. Red and Blue Army!
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Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 30 May 21 11.24am

Originally posted by Mapletree

I fear people will misinterpret this post. I agree with it but take a different stance.

Apparently Labour is the party of the ‘working class’. I make that around 14%.

So who speaks for the mass that supports progressive policies and cares about equality of opportunity? Certainly not the current government.

Labour focuses on noble causes, whether or not in truth they are deserving but doesn’t really currently speak for modern Britain.

Edited by Mapletree (29 May 2021 11.15pm)

The difficulty with this is that people have been fooled that somehow 'working class' is dirty, poor, down pit etc. People consider themselves middle class - which is seen as clean, office based, professional etc. The reality is the majority of people are the working poor, pretty much working to make ends meet. The working class from the 40s/50s onwards were better off than the people who think they are middle class today.
As you know, the working class could afford a house, a wife, three kids on one wage. That is as rare as hen's teeth these days. One wage families would likely be on the breadline unless they got on the property ladder before the 90s. Most people are working class, but think they are middle class. It's that centre ground again.
There's a lot more to this but don't want to bore people.

Red and Blue Army!

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Badger11 Beckenham 30 May 21 12.20pm
Originally posted by ASCPFC The difficulty with this is that people have been fooled that somehow 'working class' is dirty, poor, down pit etc. People consider themselves middle class - which is seen as clean, office based, professional etc. The reality is the majority of people are the working poor, pretty much working to make ends meet. The working class from the 40s/50s onwards were better off than the people who think they are middle class today. As you know, the working class could afford a house, a wife, three kids on one wage. That is as rare as hen's teeth these days. One wage families would likely be on the breadline unless they got on the property ladder before the 90s. Most people are working class, but think they are middle class. It's that centre ground again. There's a lot more to this but don't want to bore people. My definition of working class is anyone who has to work for a living, as you hint the working and middle classes seem to blur into one these days. One more point
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Beckenham 30 May 21 12.20pm

Originally posted by ASCPFC

The difficulty with this is that people have been fooled that somehow 'working class' is dirty, poor, down pit etc. People consider themselves middle class - which is seen as clean, office based, professional etc. The reality is the majority of people are the working poor, pretty much working to make ends meet. The working class from the 40s/50s onwards were better off than the people who think they are middle class today.
As you know, the working class could afford a house, a wife, three kids on one wage. That is as rare as hen's teeth these days. One wage families would likely be on the breadline unless they got on the property ladder before the 90s. Most people are working class, but think they are middle class. It's that centre ground again.
There's a lot more to this but don't want to bore people.

My definition of working class is anyone who has to work for a living, as you hint the working and middle classes seem to blur into one these days.

One more point

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Teddy Eagle 30 May 21 1.16pm
Originally posted by ASCPFC The difficulty with this is that people have been fooled that somehow 'working class' is dirty, poor, down pit etc. People consider themselves middle class - which is seen as clean, office based, professional etc. The reality is the majority of people are the working poor, pretty much working to make ends meet. The working class from the 40s/50s onwards were better off than the people who think they are middle class today. As you know, the working class could afford a house, a wife, three kids on one wage. That is as rare as hen's teeth these days. One wage families would likely be on the breadline unless they got on the property ladder before the 90s. Most people are working class, but think they are middle class. It's that centre ground again. There's a lot more to this but don't want to bore people. Don’t know if it’s still used but one of the classifiers for middle class/ working class people was about deferred gratification. The idea was that middle class people would be more likely to save for what they needed rather than just buy what they wanted.
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Teddy Eagle

30 May 21 1.16pm

Originally posted by ASCPFC

Don’t know if it’s still used but one of the classifiers for middle class/ working class people was about deferred gratification. The idea was that middle class people would be more likely to save for what they needed rather than just buy what they wanted.

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ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 30 May 21 1.31pm
Originally posted by Teddy Eagle Don’t know if it’s still used but one of the classifiers for middle class/ working class people was about deferred gratification. The idea was that middle class people would be more likely to save for what they needed rather than just buy what they wanted. I think third level education is quite a large factor. An issue today is degrees are basically dispensed like Andrex. Red and Blue Army!
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Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 30 May 21 1.31pm

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

I think third level education is quite a large factor. An issue today is degrees are basically dispensed like Andrex.

Red and Blue Army!

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ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 30 May 21 1.34pm
Originally posted by PalazioVecchio what percentage of working class voters in the North care about .... - Palestine - LGBTQ - The thuggish BLM bullyboys - the rights of women in some third World country we cannot find on a map - quotas for womens jobs in higher education - extra taxes on motoring Labour are Islington , not Burnley. Decent point, well within what I was discussing. These are not issues for the majority of people. People are people and, quite naturally, want to do well themselves and their immediate family to be okay in a concrete way, before they start critically thinking about existentialist matters that have been created by others. Red and Blue Army!
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Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 30 May 21 1.34pm

Originally posted by PalazioVecchio

what percentage of working class voters in the North care about ....

- Palestine
- LGBTQ

- The thuggish BLM bullyboys
- the rights of women in some third World country we cannot find on a map

- quotas for womens jobs in higher education
- extra taxes on motoring

Labour are Islington , not Burnley.

Decent point, well within what I was discussing. These are not issues for the majority of people. People are people and, quite naturally, want to do well themselves and their immediate family to be okay in a concrete way, before they start critically thinking about existentialist matters that have been created by others.

Red and Blue Army!

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Teddy Eagle 30 May 21 1.37pm
Originally posted by ASCPFC I think third level education is quite a large factor. An issue today is degrees are basically dispensed like Andrex. Hence the old joke above the toilet paper dispenser - Sociology degrees. Please take one.
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Teddy Eagle

30 May 21 1.37pm

Originally posted by ASCPFC

I think third level education is quite a large factor. An issue today is degrees are basically dispensed like Andrex.

Hence the old joke above the toilet paper dispenser - Sociology degrees. Please take one.

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ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 30 May 21 1.44pm
Originally posted by Teddy Eagle Hence the old joke above the toilet paper dispenser - Sociology degrees. Please take one. Yes, it was on every toilet paper dispenser in my university. I still laughed. Then again, I still laugh when someone adds an 'i' in the middle of 'to let' signs. Red and Blue Army!
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Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 30 May 21 1.44pm

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

Hence the old joke above the toilet paper dispenser - Sociology degrees. Please take one.

Yes, it was on every toilet paper dispenser in my university. I still laughed. Then again, I still laugh when someone adds an 'i' in the middle of 'to let' signs.

Red and Blue Army!

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