Quote from: muddy on April 23, 2024, 02:58:39 PMIt was the age of empire Scrumpy .
All conquering countries did these things .
You cannot judge a country by the mores of yesteryear .
And we did do some good things
We gave them the gift of language for a start
The language of the world .
The countries we colonised are the better countries of the world today.
Look at the countries that were ruled by the Spanish who also had a huge empire.
The Portuguese , the Dutch .
None of these countries have amounted to much .
They are poor and backward in many ways .
While India once ruled by us is a powerhouse in the east .
We did many bad things but we did good too .
We left them our language , our education and legal systems and our railways .

Well said, Muddy.
I'm sick and tired of those people who criticise our country for what it has done, they themselves now doing all they can to destroy it.
I hope they're proud of themselves in a decade or two from now.

Quote from: Scrumpy on April 23, 2024, 11:52:50 AMHow arrogant that sounds.. 
We treated most of them as second class citizens.. We believed our way was the only way..
The Aborigines of Australia were treated badly and became a second class race.. and still are..
The Red Indian of the US was treated equally as bad.. and still are..
 These being just a couple of examples..
They were doing alright until we claimed their countries..

It was the age of empire Scrumpy .
All conquering countries did these things .
You cannot judge a country by the mores of yesteryear .
And we did do some good things 
We gave them the gift of language for a start 
The language of the world .
The countries we colonised are the better countries of the world today.
Look at the countries that were ruled by the Spanish who also had a huge empire.
The Portuguese , the Dutch .
None of these countries have amounted to much .
They are poor and backward in many ways .
While India once ruled by us is a powerhouse in the east .
We did many bad things but we did good too .
We left them our language , our education and legal systems and our railways .

Quote from: Diasi on April 23, 2024, 12:49:12 PMIt's my Dad's birthday, he was born in 1905.

I wonder what he'd have made of the UK today.

At least his generation didn't live long enough to see that D Day was just a waste of time & lives.

I completely agree.
Millions lost their lives to protect this country in two world wars, yet now look at what we are doing.
Our leaders are happily inviting into our country as many people, who are quite likely to eventually oppose and even fight us.
Your dad, my dad, and so many others who fought for this country eighty years ago, must now be turning in their graves.
The country is moving to probably the lowest form it has ever been, and nobody's fault but our own people.

Quote from: JBR on April 23, 2024, 11:11:57 AMHappy St George's Day, whilst we still have it.

I read that black taxi drivers in Londonistan have been instructed not to fly the English flag, which is something they apparently have done for years.
Perhaps Palestinian flags will be OK?

ooh heck how did that happen 

Quote from: Vlad on April 23, 2024, 01:30:11 PMNever got caught again more than likely 😀😀

Aye, Dave was no angel back then. 

Quote from: Raven on April 23, 2024, 01:07:02 PMI got a phone call around 2am from the police around 30 years ago, they had picked up my son on his way home from the dancing.....or whatever his generation called it. Himself and another lad were rowing and near to the blows bit, when the police spotted them and arrested them. I had to go down and bail the young scunner out, I was boiling, give him his due he never did it again.....or never got caught.

Never got caught again more than likely 😀😀

Just checked and it was raised from 70 to 75 in England and Wales in 2016. I'm 75 in December so I could still get called but haven't so far so i'm reckoning the odds are that I won't be,

Quote from: Scrumpy on April 23, 2024, 09:11:25 AMI bet few people know that it is St Georges Day.. very sad..

I never remember St Andrew's day.  Can't miss St Patrick's though, there's usually a Guinness beer tent in the centre of town! 

April 23, 2024, 01:22:38 PM

Quote from: Diasi on April 23, 2024, 12:49:12 PMIt's my Dad's birthday, he was born in 1905.

I wonder what he'd have made of the UK today.

At least his generation didn't live long enough to see that D Day was just a waste of time & lives.

A year after mine.  They lived through two world wars, my father saw active service in the second.    He was a chivalrous, old school type, who sadly never even made it to 60.  I bet they'd all be shaking their heads. 

When my daughter first left school she worked for an Insurance Broker in Perth. Swinton, she told me not to use a broker as they add on a fee for finding you a policy and another fee for getting you to sign up. Cheap it's not, try one of the comparison sites online Mike, you could be much cheaper, AND, change it every year.

What goes around comes around time?