Comments on: High Tory Versus Trad-Modern Cameroon

By: harpic

harpic — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:21:33 +0000

954 – Quite true and if the Art School sofa could talk it would be corroborated. Oh! the indiscretions of youth certainly scar the individual for life.

By: snafu

snafu — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:47:35 +0000

good one Freddy lad- ignore that paedo tit, he has little of import to say here. Or anywhere. Best if he stays out of the gene pool.

By: Jethro

Jethro — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:26:57 +0000

1766 Contessa No, and a thousand times No! Nationalisation was the beginning of the end of the Railway-system: from Nationalisation, through Beeching, to ‘train-operating companies’ and ‘Railtrack’, it has been a story of steady decline. We were in Brighton when the de-regulation of buses first came in, and it was amazing: there were more frequent buses, and lower fares: it reminded me of my home, where two brothers had put their gratuities into running buses (‘the Blue buses’), which somehow survived despite ‘Western National’ and actually kept ‘Western National’ on its toes for the particular route they served. Nationalisation certainly spelled the ruin of our local Gas-company, which no longer had the need to satisfy its customers and, of course, when ‘North Sea Gas’ came along, the gas-works closed, whereas a private Gas Company might have continued to offer an alternative source of gas to North Sea, AND kept our coal-mines in production. Is ‘Transco’, or whatever it is going to extend its pipework to places like the gas-less village I now live in? No! No more than Network Rail, or whatever it’s called, is going to bring back the branch-lines killed off by Beeching, and re-instate the goods-system that made it economical, convenient, and environmentally-friendly to move milk, grain, fish, cattle, sheep, flowers from where they were produced to where they were needed. What does ‘State ownership’ mean? It means centralisation, bureaucracy, captive-markets, interference by politicians in matters where their ignorance is total. Has any ‘Nationalised’ industry ever produced a profit, or a dividend? No! The reverse: loss-making is somehow thought to be not just what happens, but seen as somehow virtuous, keeping non-jobs going in outmoded industries seen as ‘the right thing to do’.
The Great Western Railway was not ‘badly run’ – ‘British Rail’ was, and so was ‘British Gas’. Just imagine, Contessa, if you had only a ‘British Hairdresser’ to go to, could only get a phone from The G.P.O., etc., etc.!

By: Dettol and wire brush

Dettol and wire brush — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:59:26 +0000

Like Kaa.

By: barefootcontessa

barefootcontessa — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:52:39 +0000

Dettol, that’s right! As Quentin said quite recently, ‘ Mandelson’s a snake round Brown’s neck’ . He’s also a snake around the country’s neck.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:12:49 +0000

Trouble
With
Another
Tory
These kids will cook the Tory goose.

By: Hand of God

Hand of God — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:58:09 +0000

No. Its your balls. I like to squeeze them every so often, just to make sure you pay attention.

By: tat

tat — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:19:42 +0000

Do not pick on the tramp steve expat. that is my job.
and you are a rather gobby wanker for a woman innit?
you’ve been rumbled damiana.
now piss off.

By: The Sleeper

The Sleeper — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:16:27 +0000

Yes thick as thieves you are correct.
I am as you say a fucking cripple.
You are a genius and I thank you for even bothering to reply to my cretinous posts.
Thank you great thick as thievs, you are a true hero and you are undoubtedly the top boy on this blog.
Respect.

By: tat

tat — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:13:21 +0000

fuck off you fucking cripple.
thankyou.