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Howay then YMS, I’ve tried working it out, is that written in Anglo Saxon/Old English, perhaps from the “Venomous” Bede
Not sure, ALB think there were hints of Berniciphobia.
Everyone else in the world seems to offence at the slightest possibility of a slight, I think the population of the ancient kingdom of Bernicia should join in the fun.
ALB – “if being mayor of north of Tyne can be described as a “high” office”
North of the Tyne covers the whole of the city of Newcastle, the Borough of North Tyneside and all of the county of Northumberland a combined area of 2,022 square miles (nearly 4 times the size of that there London) and has a polulation of around 850,000 people. Of course all of the people there live in mud huts, own whippets, wear flat caps and smoke woodbines.
I’m not saying that ideology causes war. I’m saying that it is feasible that if the SWP’s desired outcome, of the destruction of Israel as a nation state, was about to take place, there’s a pretty high chance that, if the ultra religious elements within the government had the power to do it, they would set off their nuclear bombs.
Ideology and religion develop and adapt to meet the needs of the ruling class, that doesn’t preclude the possibility that some of those governing the capitalist state might believe some of the horseshit they’ve created.
No doubt some of those who create fetish objects to be venerated will also believe in the power of their fetish objects, despite the fact that they created them
Wonder if the great brains in the SWP have thought through the consequences of “smashing Israel” when Israel has a government heavily populated with religious fanatics that also has access to nuclear weapons?
“The development of the British A-bomb as one of the “towering achievements” of the post-war Labour government.”
He could have also cited these examples of the Atlee Government doing its best to support the British Capitalist Class and waving the butcher’s apron.
Greek Civil War (1946–1948)
1945 Sheikh Bashir Rebellion (1945)
Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1949)
Operation Masterdom (1945–1946)
Corfu Channel incident (1946–1948)
Malayan Emergency (1948–1960)
Korean War (1950–1953)That would clearly remind the ruling class that they have nothing to fear from the Labour Party
I must be some kind of genius then, it makes perfect sense to me:
The people who are voting will vote to elect an assembly, and that assembly will watch the Mayor who will then ask a government for money, they (the government) will ask for this money from the people who own the country for that money.
It’s not that hard, Lizzie, perhaps your not as cunning a linguist as you claim!
You might try this one as a homework exercise:
“Now the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches in the britches
Of the boys who put the powder on the noses of the faces of the ladies
Of the harem of the court of King Caractacus
Were just passing by”Altogether now!
TM – “In Carlisle my mother and i asked several people about Hadrian’s Wall. They had never heard of it, including a policeman.”
It’s probably because there is so much to do and enjoy in Carlise that the locals didn’t have time to stop and find out about Hadrian’s Wall.
Carlise is up their with Slough, Aldershot and Newport Pagnell, in terms of the highlights of this sceptered isle.
It is rumoured that some people have even turned down the chance of spending a wet Wednesday in Hartlepool, just to have the option of a day in Carlise
Going back to the 60’s my aunt organised a delivery from a well known department store in London for a member of the family back in the North East, when the woman behind the counter heard that the delivery address ended in “County Durham” she replied “Oh no Dearie, we don’t deliver to Ireland!”
Somethings never change.
The one that always winds me up is when Southern commentator refers to Scotland as being “On the other side of Hadrian’s Wall”
It is a mistake to think that the goggle box watchers of the world or the answers from (some) quiz contestants are reflective of the general nature of people’s level of understanding of the world. On an anecdotal level I am often taken aback by the level of knowledge and understanding that people I encounter in the real world (not TV/social media influences).
I sometimes attend a local pub quiz, for example, and the large numbers of people, the wealth of knowledge they possess (shown by the scores attained) is just one example. I travel around the country for work (although not as much as I used to) and often engage in conversation with taxi drivers, hotel workers, fellow guests in hotels, as well as the people I meet through work and although I do encounter the odd balm pot, the vast majority of people I meet are well informed about what is going on in the world, current affairs, etc. etc.
As to those quiz shows TM refers to, I have a little experience of quiz shows. I was talking to a production assistant on a quiz programme some years ago and he told me that quite naturally the way the quiz programmes are set up are based on the audience they intend to attract and the responses of the audience to the contestants. The people who they recruit for the quiz are either people they think the audience will associate with or feel some form of sympathy with, which they will then invest in wanting them to win, or people that the audience will dislike and therefore wish the contestant to lose.
They also select the contestants on their level of ability; they regularly select contestants that have a lower level of quiz ability than those who watch the show. This allows the audience member to develop a feeling of superiority over these contestants. (That bit seems to have worked for you, anyway). They also occasionally select contestants who have a much higher ability than the general audience, which also varies the show and keeps the audience on their toes (modesty forbids). I was also told that the questions chosen for each quiz reflects the audience that are attracted to that quiz. They try to make the questions at a level where the audience would probably be at about the midpoint of the level that the contestants would achieve.
It might be that you’re just watching the wrong quiz programmes (perhaps Only Connect, Mastermind and University Challenge might be more your bag, or even Round Britain Quiz and Brain of Britain on the radio). Similarly there are lots of challenging TV shows, some of BBC 4, Sky Arts, etc as examples.
P.S, TM, I haven’t forgotten about posting my take on Cde Fleischman’s article and the ongoing Freud debate, just I have been up to my neck in work, etc. I will try and get that done sometime this week.I might be misremembering but didn’t the SWP also support the military dictators in Argentina in their war against British mining and oil interests in the Falklands?
