What a great policy with many more to come 15:19 - Jan 8 with 1706 views | hampstead_blue | https://vote.conservatives.com/our-commitments/hm-veterans-railcard?fbclid=IwAR3 Goold old Johnny Mercer. Am looking forward to loads more love to come from this Government. Having said that, Labour would have given it for free I know so once more the Tories are ripping us off! (that last sentence was humor for those challenged in that area) | |
| Assumption is to make an ass out of you and me.
Those who assume they know you, when they don't are just guessing.
Those who assume and insist they know are daft and in denial.
Those who assume, insist, and deny the truth are plain stupid.
Those who assume, insist, deny the truth and tell YOU they know you (when they don't) have an IQ in the range of 35-49.
| Poll: | Best Blackpool goal |
| | |
What a great policy with many more to come on 15:31 - Jan 8 with 1269 views | noggin | As a veteran myself, I'd rather that money was spent helping ex servicemen suffering with mental illness and homelessness. | |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 16:16 - Jan 8 with 1215 views | jeera |
What a great policy with many more to come on 15:31 - Jan 8 by noggin | As a veteran myself, I'd rather that money was spent helping ex servicemen suffering with mental illness and homelessness. |
Far more sensible than a blanket approach giving free stuff to some people who may not need the help. | |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 17:27 - Jan 8 with 1146 views | hampstead_blue |
What a great policy with many more to come on 16:16 - Jan 8 by jeera | Far more sensible than a blanket approach giving free stuff to some people who may not need the help. |
what like free broadband? | |
| Assumption is to make an ass out of you and me.
Those who assume they know you, when they don't are just guessing.
Those who assume and insist they know are daft and in denial.
Those who assume, insist, and deny the truth are plain stupid.
Those who assume, insist, deny the truth and tell YOU they know you (when they don't) have an IQ in the range of 35-49.
| Poll: | Best Blackpool goal |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 17:32 - Jan 8 with 1131 views | jeera |
What a great policy with many more to come on 17:27 - Jan 8 by hampstead_blue | what like free broadband? |
You are incapable of a normal conversation. | |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 17:41 - Jan 8 with 1111 views | J2BLUE | Agree, good policy. It's a shame you have to be so goading though. You might love the Tories but a lot of people have suffered due to their policies so do try and be less of a cock. | |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 17:45 - Jan 8 with 1106 views | jeera |
What a great policy with many more to come on 17:41 - Jan 8 by J2BLUE | Agree, good policy. It's a shame you have to be so goading though. You might love the Tories but a lot of people have suffered due to their policies so do try and be less of a cock. |
I thought Noggers made a decent point as it goes. People are always complaining that many ex-service people are struggling with all sorts of issues and are over-looked, yet there's money for this scheme that sounds good to the patriot in us, but makes no sense if someone is benefiting from it who doesn't need the help, whilst another is on their knees and there's no funding to help. | |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 17:46 - Jan 8 with 1099 views | J2BLUE |
What a great policy with many more to come on 17:45 - Jan 8 by jeera | I thought Noggers made a decent point as it goes. People are always complaining that many ex-service people are struggling with all sorts of issues and are over-looked, yet there's money for this scheme that sounds good to the patriot in us, but makes no sense if someone is benefiting from it who doesn't need the help, whilst another is on their knees and there's no funding to help. |
Agree but I would imagine this is just a cheap way to get some support rather than a proper financial commitment to helping veterans. It's a nice little policy but agree, how much good it will do I don't know. | |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 18:36 - Jan 8 with 1040 views | mrshallisfit |
What a great policy with many more to come on 17:41 - Jan 8 by J2BLUE | Agree, good policy. It's a shame you have to be so goading though. You might love the Tories but a lot of people have suffered due to their policies so do try and be less of a cock. |
It's in his DNA. | | | | Login to get fewer ads
What a great policy with many more to come on 18:50 - Jan 8 with 1008 views | hampstead_blue |
What a great policy with many more to come on 17:41 - Jan 8 by J2BLUE | Agree, good policy. It's a shame you have to be so goading though. You might love the Tories but a lot of people have suffered due to their policies so do try and be less of a cock. |
Move along. It's a great policy. It's not goading at all. The hard left will always jump on anything good the Tories do, especially for the Forces. Anyone pleb can come back and say 'that money can be spent on........'. That's a silly repost and one I'm used to reading. I work for a veterans charity and can tell you there is plenty of money invested to support those in most need. I'm simply shining a light on something which is really cool. | |
| Assumption is to make an ass out of you and me.
Those who assume they know you, when they don't are just guessing.
Those who assume and insist they know are daft and in denial.
Those who assume, insist, and deny the truth are plain stupid.
Those who assume, insist, deny the truth and tell YOU they know you (when they don't) have an IQ in the range of 35-49.
| Poll: | Best Blackpool goal |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 18:52 - Jan 8 with 998 views | hampstead_blue |
What a great policy with many more to come on 17:32 - Jan 8 by jeera | You are incapable of a normal conversation. |
I thought it were a reasonable comparison. Do the super rich need free broadband? Nope, but JC was going to give it to them. This is a targeted policy for those who more than likely earn lower wages. | |
| Assumption is to make an ass out of you and me.
Those who assume they know you, when they don't are just guessing.
Those who assume and insist they know are daft and in denial.
Those who assume, insist, and deny the truth are plain stupid.
Those who assume, insist, deny the truth and tell YOU they know you (when they don't) have an IQ in the range of 35-49.
| Poll: | Best Blackpool goal |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 18:55 - Jan 8 with 987 views | sparks | Meanwhile all manner of core public services- social care, childerens services, mental health services, housing, family law etc are cracking under the weight of under-resourcing for the last however many years. Priorities. | |
| The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.
(Sir Terry Pratchett) | Poll: | Is Fred drunk this morning? |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 18:57 - Jan 8 with 978 views | hampstead_blue |
What a great policy with many more to come on 18:55 - Jan 8 by sparks | Meanwhile all manner of core public services- social care, childerens services, mental health services, housing, family law etc are cracking under the weight of under-resourcing for the last however many years. Priorities. |
Yawn......throw stones at veterans go on. The hard left on this board are really vile human beings sometimes. | |
| Assumption is to make an ass out of you and me.
Those who assume they know you, when they don't are just guessing.
Those who assume and insist they know are daft and in denial.
Those who assume, insist, and deny the truth are plain stupid.
Those who assume, insist, deny the truth and tell YOU they know you (when they don't) have an IQ in the range of 35-49.
| Poll: | Best Blackpool goal |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 18:57 - Jan 8 with 979 views | noggin |
What a great policy with many more to come on 18:52 - Jan 8 by hampstead_blue | I thought it were a reasonable comparison. Do the super rich need free broadband? Nope, but JC was going to give it to them. This is a targeted policy for those who more than likely earn lower wages. |
You mean like nurses and firemen, who incidentally, have had money taken from them in the last decade. Will they get a railcard too? | |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 18:58 - Jan 8 with 974 views | noggin |
What a great policy with many more to come on 18:57 - Jan 8 by hampstead_blue | Yawn......throw stones at veterans go on. The hard left on this board are really vile human beings sometimes. |
Why do you always mention the hard left when people point out your selfishness? In fact, I've decided you must be a troll. You sent me a pm recently saying how you don't want to fall out with anyone, then you post nonsense like you have on this thread. Only my second div listed poster. [Post edited 8 Jan 2020 19:00]
| |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 18:59 - Jan 8 with 971 views | sparks |
What a great policy with many more to come on 18:57 - Jan 8 by hampstead_blue | Yawn......throw stones at veterans go on. The hard left on this board are really vile human beings sometimes. |
That's utterly fallacious and doesnt reflect what I said in any way. Previously, of course, I have been described as a "died in the wool tory" on here... The idea that I am hard left is bizarre. | |
| The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.
(Sir Terry Pratchett) | Poll: | Is Fred drunk this morning? |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 19:00 - Jan 8 with 959 views | jeera |
What a great policy with many more to come on 18:52 - Jan 8 by hampstead_blue | I thought it were a reasonable comparison. Do the super rich need free broadband? Nope, but JC was going to give it to them. This is a targeted policy for those who more than likely earn lower wages. |
What are you talking about now you idiot? It's your own thread. It's about ex-service personnel. You don't think ex-service people with issues are more of a priority than those who could afford their own travel? You are brainwashed and impressed by cheap tricks. And don't try to associate me with this 'free stuff' nonsense. I couldn't have been clearer that I disagreed with the free concept if I tried. You're too invested in this 'leftie' crap that you can't think for yourself. [Post edited 8 Jan 2020 19:03]
| |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 19:00 - Jan 8 with 956 views | Swansea_Blue |
What a great policy with many more to come on 15:31 - Jan 8 by noggin | As a veteran myself, I'd rather that money was spent helping ex servicemen suffering with mental illness and homelessness. |
Or adequately supplying serving toops with essential equipment they need to help keep them safer... Seems to me like this is a populist nod in the American style. Faux patriotism, yet at the same time they have a huge problem with homeless vets that goes ignored. It's welcome I suppose (hard to begrudge something like this to people who literally laid their lives on the line in service of their country), but the item being offered isn''t the issue for me. The problem is the shallow politicking around it. The Tories still seem to be in campaigning mode with announcements like this and similar recently. | |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 19:03 - Jan 8 with 937 views | hampstead_blue |
What a great policy with many more to come on 18:59 - Jan 8 by sparks | That's utterly fallacious and doesnt reflect what I said in any way. Previously, of course, I have been described as a "died in the wool tory" on here... The idea that I am hard left is bizarre. |
I don't know how you've been portrayed and if your not hard left then I apologise. Your post was supporting the socialists. It's a great idea as most veterans go into jobs which aren't on big wages and industry doesn't recognise the transferrable skills we have. I've first hand experience of that! giving us a hand is the least a Gov can do. Of course there are always other things but, that's for the other ministers to lobby for. Johnny Mercer is a great bloke and is doing great things Let's celebrate it rather than those single cell lefties who vote anything down which isn't from JC and the commies. Again, no offence meant. | |
| Assumption is to make an ass out of you and me.
Those who assume they know you, when they don't are just guessing.
Those who assume and insist they know are daft and in denial.
Those who assume, insist, and deny the truth are plain stupid.
Those who assume, insist, deny the truth and tell YOU they know you (when they don't) have an IQ in the range of 35-49.
| Poll: | Best Blackpool goal |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 19:03 - Jan 8 with 934 views | jeera |
What a great policy with many more to come on 19:00 - Jan 8 by Swansea_Blue | Or adequately supplying serving toops with essential equipment they need to help keep them safer... Seems to me like this is a populist nod in the American style. Faux patriotism, yet at the same time they have a huge problem with homeless vets that goes ignored. It's welcome I suppose (hard to begrudge something like this to people who literally laid their lives on the line in service of their country), but the item being offered isn''t the issue for me. The problem is the shallow politicking around it. The Tories still seem to be in campaigning mode with announcements like this and similar recently. |
"...populist nod in the American style. Faux patriotism, yet at the same time they have a huge problem with homeless vets that goes ignored." It's not difficult is it. | |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 19:04 - Jan 8 with 929 views | J2BLUE |
What a great policy with many more to come on 18:57 - Jan 8 by hampstead_blue | Yawn......throw stones at veterans go on. The hard left on this board are really vile human beings sometimes. |
Not everything revolves around the military. It is possible to be somewhere between military hating and military worshipping. | |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 19:05 - Jan 8 with 928 views | jeera |
What a great policy with many more to come on 19:03 - Jan 8 by hampstead_blue | I don't know how you've been portrayed and if your not hard left then I apologise. Your post was supporting the socialists. It's a great idea as most veterans go into jobs which aren't on big wages and industry doesn't recognise the transferrable skills we have. I've first hand experience of that! giving us a hand is the least a Gov can do. Of course there are always other things but, that's for the other ministers to lobby for. Johnny Mercer is a great bloke and is doing great things Let's celebrate it rather than those single cell lefties who vote anything down which isn't from JC and the commies. Again, no offence meant. |
"supporting the socialists". You're doing it again. Obsessive rubbish. What the hell is wrong with you? | |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 19:05 - Jan 8 with 924 views | SomethingBlue |
What a great policy with many more to come on 19:03 - Jan 8 by hampstead_blue | I don't know how you've been portrayed and if your not hard left then I apologise. Your post was supporting the socialists. It's a great idea as most veterans go into jobs which aren't on big wages and industry doesn't recognise the transferrable skills we have. I've first hand experience of that! giving us a hand is the least a Gov can do. Of course there are always other things but, that's for the other ministers to lobby for. Johnny Mercer is a great bloke and is doing great things Let's celebrate it rather than those single cell lefties who vote anything down which isn't from JC and the commies. Again, no offence meant. |
"Socialists" / "Single-cell lefties" / "JC and the commies" Pretty reductive, at best, and also deeply toxic to discussion ... [Post edited 8 Jan 2020 19:05]
| |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 19:05 - Jan 8 with 923 views | sparks |
What a great policy with many more to come on 19:03 - Jan 8 by hampstead_blue | I don't know how you've been portrayed and if your not hard left then I apologise. Your post was supporting the socialists. It's a great idea as most veterans go into jobs which aren't on big wages and industry doesn't recognise the transferrable skills we have. I've first hand experience of that! giving us a hand is the least a Gov can do. Of course there are always other things but, that's for the other ministers to lobby for. Johnny Mercer is a great bloke and is doing great things Let's celebrate it rather than those single cell lefties who vote anything down which isn't from JC and the commies. Again, no offence meant. |
My post was not "supporting socialists". It was recognising hte appalling state of many of our key services, and the brutal human consequences which are resulting. Many of which I get to witness at close quarters. | |
| The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.
(Sir Terry Pratchett) | Poll: | Is Fred drunk this morning? |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 19:11 - Jan 8 with 885 views | hampstead_blue |
What a great policy with many more to come on 19:05 - Jan 8 by sparks | My post was not "supporting socialists". It was recognising hte appalling state of many of our key services, and the brutal human consequences which are resulting. Many of which I get to witness at close quarters. |
It was in line with all the lefties who'd thrown crap before. Again, no offence. We all see hardship. It's inevitable. Rather than throw bricks, why not think that 'hey that's a good idea'...... So much bile thrown at good stuff here. It's fun sometimes just to post something great and watch the commies pile in. | |
| Assumption is to make an ass out of you and me.
Those who assume they know you, when they don't are just guessing.
Those who assume and insist they know are daft and in denial.
Those who assume, insist, and deny the truth are plain stupid.
Those who assume, insist, deny the truth and tell YOU they know you (when they don't) have an IQ in the range of 35-49.
| Poll: | Best Blackpool goal |
| |
What a great policy with many more to come on 19:11 - Jan 8 with 885 views | Funge |
What a great policy with many more to come on 18:57 - Jan 8 by hampstead_blue | Yawn......throw stones at veterans go on. The hard left on this board are really vile human beings sometimes. |
Erm, not that Bullers needs me to step in here - but I''m *fairly* certain he's not a Marxist. This is based on a couple of things he has mentioned over the past 15 years. | | | |
| |