tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post116884987478738111..comments2024-03-29T09:13:55.008+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: Is There A Scots Word Meaning "Chutzpah" ?Labanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1169045120878838392007-01-17T14:45:00.000+00:002007-01-17T14:45:00.000+00:00I see that our very busy Chancellor of the Exchequ...I see that our very busy Chancellor of the Exchequer is concerning himself in India with the treatment being meted out to an Indian film star who is appearing on Big Brother House. The slags on the show are making fun of the star's Indian accent and, of course, this is not interpreted as sheer bad manners motivated by jealousy of her beauty and fame, you guessed it! - RACISM!<BR/><BR/>Brown, you see, doesn't have enough on his hands wrecking the British economy. Now he's a TV critic as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1169007131692899532007-01-17T04:12:00.000+00:002007-01-17T04:12:00.000+00:00Could we get some details of the guest lists of G...Could we get some details of the guest lists of Gordon's and his wife's "diversified" dinner parties, please? Their merry "diversified" cocktail parties? I want to know a lot more about the "diversity" of the Browns' lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168984204276190822007-01-16T21:50:00.000+00:002007-01-16T21:50:00.000+00:00The tribes of England and Scotland have rubbed alo...<I>The tribes of England and Scotland have rubbed along for 200 years.</I><BR/><BR/>England is not tribal and Scotland ceased to be after that excellen Hanoverian general The Duke Of Cumberland (PBUH) tamed the Scots hill tribes and brought civilisation to the Northern RealmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168967047008817052007-01-16T17:04:00.000+00:002007-01-16T17:04:00.000+00:00Brown, with the arrogance of true stupidity, write...Brown, with the arrogance of true stupidity, writes: "Other countries can learn from us getting the balance right between diversity and the strong common bonds that, at root, unify and bring us together."<BR/><BR/>The right balance on "diversity", which has acquired the status of a religion in among the socialists" is - less of it, please. We liked Britain the way it was -- full of British people and some European immigrants.<BR/><BR/>Brown thinks "diveristy" unifies us and brings us together? Is he mad? Diversity is six primitive immigrants pointing a bomb at a young mother with her baby on a tube.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168955392691836192007-01-16T13:49:00.000+00:002007-01-16T13:49:00.000+00:00We don't have the problems here that you're facing...We don't have the problems here that you're facing but we very well could. Our illegal immigration problem is an annoyance to some but certainly doesn't have the potentially violent possibilities of your situation. You have my sympathies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168944722643981582007-01-16T10:52:00.000+00:002007-01-16T10:52:00.000+00:00jesus h christ - that Brownstuff has some nerve do...jesus h christ - that Brownstuff has some nerve doesnt he? <BR/>the hypocrisy is actually making me physically sick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168938947275771092007-01-16T09:15:00.000+00:002007-01-16T09:15:00.000+00:00We - Celts and Anglos - were united once. The mult...We - Celts and Anglos - were united once. The multiculti broke that up. No use pining for a United Kingdom which is now in the past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168925808545674732007-01-16T05:36:00.000+00:002007-01-16T05:36:00.000+00:00Laban,The Beckhamisation of Britain is just as inj...Laban,<BR/><BR/>The Beckhamisation of Britain is just as injurious to tothe national consciousness as its Balkanisation. <BR/><BR/>Without wishing to hit 'old fart' mode, like most posters here I did 16 years of formal education and interacted with the state on a daily basis throughout a seven year legal carer.<BR/><BR/>AT NO STAGE did I ever see a Union flag in any classroom in which I sat.<BR/><BR/>AT NO STAGE did I ever see a Union flag in any courtoom in which I was representing clients.<BR/><BR/>AT NO STAGE was I called upon to make a Pledge of Allegiance.<BR/><BR/>Say what you like about the Yanquis, they keep their national symbols in the citizenry's faces - however, common displays of civic unity would be deemed too disgusting for those of our elites whose principal civic priorities are a) rutting b) making as much money as they can from whatever dirty source - the all new, all true real British values<BR/><BR/>BTW, anyone who takes Alex Salmond seriously needs lobotomised. The wee tosser looks like Droopy, for goodness' sake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168923546333558062007-01-16T04:59:00.000+00:002007-01-16T04:59:00.000+00:00Dispatches clipsWell worth a look for anyone who h...<A HREF="http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24018_Dispatches-_Undercover_Mosque&only" REL="nofollow">Dispatches clips</A><BR/><BR/>Well worth a look for anyone who had doubts about the trouble the country is in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168904938556029382007-01-15T23:48:00.000+00:002007-01-15T23:48:00.000+00:00Can't comment on the top story but did anyone see ...Can't comment on the top story but did anyone see Dispatches tonight?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168903883432532632007-01-15T23:31:00.000+00:002007-01-15T23:31:00.000+00:00Spot-on, Monty. In the Lab worldview, multicultura...Spot-on, Monty. In the Lab worldview, multiculturalism is just a tragic accident for which we all share the blame. Just as Labour were all against Hitler in the 1930s (while voting against the introduction of the first Spitfire and Hurricane squadrons).<BR/><BR/>"Now, if we all pull together ..."Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168897721906999972007-01-15T21:48:00.000+00:002007-01-15T21:48:00.000+00:00Maybe I am being pedantic here, but the choice of ...Maybe I am being pedantic here, but the choice of words is very telling. This cove can't bear to admit that he and his party were wrong.<BR/>"Why multiculturalism failed was....". There you see it, the passive admission that something else was wrong. But a more honest syntax would be "Why I and my party were wrong about multiculturalism....". <BR/>Brown, however, is much too staggeringly conceited to dream of saying such a thing.<BR/>MontyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168891113878569542007-01-15T19:58:00.000+00:002007-01-15T19:58:00.000+00:00I don't agree with Alex either, but I'm sure we ca...I don't agree with Alex either, but I'm sure we can both live with it. The tribes of England and Scotland have rubbed along for 200 years.<BR/><BR/>Different regiments of the Army are mutually hostile when they're out for a beer, yet in time of trouble the difference is a source of strength, as regimental pride engenders a desire to out-do other regiments.<BR/><BR/>I'm happy for Scots to reminisce about Bannockburn when they're playing England at Murrayfield - just as long as we all pull together when the hard times come.<BR/><BR/>btw, Dave, I'm sure the French are enjoying the SNP Trojan EU horse. The Auld Alliance lives again !Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168882936294991842007-01-15T17:42:00.000+00:002007-01-15T17:42:00.000+00:00I don't agree Alex Zeka, England, Scotland and Wal...I don't agree Alex Zeka, England, Scotland and Wales (and also I Ireland) have been mixing together for a very long time. We are not the distinct entities we once were, especially not England-Wales.<BR/>I hate the Labour party for what they've done to Great Britain.<BR/><BR/>Bet the French are loving this, they've been trying to break up the Union from the start and now its finally been achieved through the EU (french-lead EU) fantasy of the SNP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168880014842740712007-01-15T16:53:00.000+00:002007-01-15T16:53:00.000+00:00Sam Tarrant - Yes he has a lust for power, but he ...Sam Tarrant - Yes he has a lust for power, but he is also a craven coward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168878601079330632007-01-15T16:30:00.000+00:002007-01-15T16:30:00.000+00:00Gordon Brown, of course, is allowed to be hypocrit...Gordon Brown, of course, is allowed to be hypocritical on this sort of thing. He's not speaking from his head or his heart; he's speaking from his lust for power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168870618195597892007-01-15T14:16:00.000+00:002007-01-15T14:16:00.000+00:00"Balkanisation" of the UK is a terrible thing... b..."Balkanisation" of the UK is a terrible thing... but splitting England up into EU regions is just fine.<BR/><BR/>Shared values? That will be England's wallet that's being shared then.<BR/><BR/>I predict a riot and it won't be the usual suspects rioting either.<BR/><BR/>Home rule for England.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168869379494719432007-01-15T13:56:00.000+00:002007-01-15T13:56:00.000+00:00I couldn't bear to read it when I saw it in the pa...I couldn't bear to read it when I saw it in the paper, and I can't bear to read it now. Anything with the name Gordon Brown attached smells like three-day old fish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1168853678949854042007-01-15T09:34:00.000+00:002007-01-15T09:34:00.000+00:00If, for whatever reason, the UK became amalgamated...If, for whatever reason, the UK became amalgamated with Papua New Guinea into a single state, would it be an act of anti-nationalism to try to break such a monstrosity up? Brown, a statist all the way who believes that people and their historic roots are just fodder for his social engineering machine, would certainly say so. I'd humbly disagree. <BR/><BR/>If the different and mutually hostile tribes of the Anglo-Saxons and the Scots were similarly combined, I would once again consider efforts to break this up utterly patriotic. The question has to be, would you agree, Laban?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com