Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "Times Radio" channel.

  1.  @ruthbashford3176  Her original name, by the way, was Marlene Headley.
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  2.  @istvanglock7445  You don't perhaps consider that the whole incident was deliberately engineered? An elderly white lady in an unsalaried position must have been seen by Marlene Headley/Ngozi Fulani as a sitting duck. So, of course, she turned out to be.
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  3.  @istvanglock7445  I am simply expressing an opinion, although it does seem rather odd that she claims to remember. verbatim, every word said during the course of a five minute conversation.
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  4.  @istvanglock7445  I haven't seen any of these witnesses, although I must confess I have had more interesting things to do than look for them.
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  5. It seems to be working for Sir Keir. Isn't lying part of the DNA of every politician?
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  6. I believe that Grant Shapps intends to commit both of Britain's remaining Challenger tanks. This would be one being towed, and the second one, with the working engine, towing it.
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  7.  @chrimbus71  He could give his car a name in honour of Campbell. 'Doctor Kelly' perhaps?
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  8.  @chrimbus71  I always understood that the clutch on those was a bit dodgy. Or, at least, something was.
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  9. 'Boris Johnson is 'a con man, pathological liar and a complete liability’ ' Just like every other politician, in fact.
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  10. Why would Farage seek to destroy the Conservative Party, when the conservatives seem to be capable of doing it themselves, without assistance?
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  11.  @xaiano794 'This saves taxpayers money, lots of money.' Do feel free to enlighten we ignoramuses, with an explanation of how.
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  12. Not to worry, Admiral of the Fleet the Viscount Shapps (as he seems to regard himself) has just announced his latest plan to strengthen the Royal Navy. It apparently involves decommissioning two more frigates. I believe that the intention is that, by the mid 2030s, the Royal Navy will be equipped 'for, but not with' ships.
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  13.  @Big-Chungus21  Absolutely the most blinkered comment I have seen for some time. Of course the Dear Leader is a working class lad. Just as Sir Arthur Wellesley was an Irishman because he was born in Dublin, or Ted Dexter an Italian because he was born in Turin.
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  14.  @7346908  Where has that been suggested? The fact is that such behaviour does not suddenly appear from a vacuum. There has to be underlying discontent, or the vast majority of people will simply ignore the calls of agitators.
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  15.  @intergalactickoala665  If ever proof was needed that these strikes were politically motivated, then it has just been provided.
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  16.  @chrisleggatt3240  Quite the reverse. I suspect most people, not just tory voters, anticipated what has just happened. 'However much you want, Comrade, you can have.'
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  17. If Trump really is such a loser compared to the intellectual giant that is the wonderful Kamala, why do you people feel the need to have hissy fits every time his name crops up?
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  18. Indeed. God forbid that anyone should dare to express any opinion which questions anything promoted by the Dear Leader.
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  19. Which mat be true, but hardly helps in resolving the current crisis.
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  20.  @amayastrata4629  Easy to say when it doesn't affect you personally, isn't it?
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  21.  @Dooguk  I don't actually care who you did or did not vote for. I asked a simple question, and did not receive an answer.
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  22.  @Dooguk  As I said. I really don't care who you claim to have voted for. I have simply replied to your comments based on my perceptions of their merits. Sorry, you are annoyed, but so be it.
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  23.  @Dooguk  Good heavens! You didn't say previously that you were a Flat Earther. Yes, 'claim to have voted for.' Why do you object to the comment, which is simply an accurate one?
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  24.  @Dooguk  I apologise. I was simply following your lead.
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  25. How was that, potentially, Churchill's fault? He became Prime Minister on 10 May, 1940 and, moreover, the allied plan for the campaign was determined by the French High Command, whose army hugely outnumbered that of the British.
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  26. Sadly, Starkey was banished to the outer darkness some time ago.
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  27.  @rayofhope1114  'Why should pensioners (many of which have a good income and lower expenses that younger folk) get a full pay rise and additional benefits regardless of their income level?' Presumably, you regard the majority, by which I mean those hovering slightly above the Credits Threshold, as expendable?
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  28.  @xaiano794  'This saves the government money as they were paying more to the companies to maintain the strikes.' Aside from the fact that the strikes were blatantly politically motivated, you make an eloquent statement in support of blackmail.
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  29.  @xaiano794  No. Instigating a serious of strikes for an overtly political motive is what is blackmail. There was no 'halving of pay,' which would indeed have been a legitimate reason. If you discount the 40 years continuous work since leaving University, then no, I suppose I haven't.
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  30.  @xaiano794  'so cutting pay is acceptable so how can you criticise strikes over pay?' When has pay ever been cut? 'how is striking over pay a 'political issue'?' When the demands were self-evidently excessive and unreasonable. If you think that the frequent statements made by Union Rail Leaders were not political, then perhaps your knowledge is lacking. 'I will point out that profits at Angel trains more than doubled.' Very good, except that Angel Trains is not a railway company, but a rolling stock company. It is symptomatic of your level of knowledge that, apparently, you were not aware of this fact.
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  31.  @rayofhope1114  'Why should anyone get extra help just because they are a bit older and have lower living costs.' Perhaps because they are elderly, and do not have the ability to undertake paid work to supplement their income? 'I am a pensioner and have over 24 friends etc all over 70 and none of us actually need the fuel allowance - in fact most just use it for charities.' Oh, good. You are the epitome of the 'I'm All Right, Jack' mentality. 'many benefit from final salary schemes.' Equally, many do not.
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  32.  @xaiano794  'pay has been cut in real terms.' Is that sound I hear that of goalposts being moved? 'If fares increase 5.5% in 2022, how is it unreasonable to ask for a small share of that increase?' Average pay of a train driver from three different companies in 2022 was as follows. The second figure is the average for 2023:- Great Western £60,620 £63,000 South Eastern £57,030 £57,705 London Underground £59,732 £62,947 Thus, drivers did indeed receive a share of the 5.5% I'm glad you now know what Angel Trains is. Now perhaps you might explain the relevance to drivers?
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  33.  @xaiano794  'seriously?' Because firstly you claimed that wages had been cut. When I pointed out that this wasn't the case, you added 'in real terms.' That is what moving the goalposts means. Basically, when the original argument is proven false, altering the basis of the argument rather than trying to defend the initial falsehood. 'otherwise you'd be suggesting that we were all super rich as we earn nearly 30 times the average wage in 1970 which we both know is nonsense.' Nonsense. You simply argued that drivers should have received a proportion of the 5.5% fares rise of 2022. I pointed out that they did, and now here you go again with your goalpost shifting. 'So honestly, did you genuinely think I was talking about anything else and what gave you that impression?' My mistake, as I replied to what you had written. Clearly I should have realised that what you had written really wasn't what you had meant. I have never been particularly psychic, a lack for which I apologise. 'Clearly you haven't taken the time to even read it. This is just sad.' Again, as I stated, I simply replied to your claim about 2022/2023. Proving you wrong. 'As for Angel trains, you seem to be inferring that there is no relevance since they are a 3rd party.' Not so. I simply pointed out that they did, and do, not employ drivers. Now you are not so much moving the posts as transferring to a different ground. 'how can you be irked by the government putting money in?' You must remind me where you thought I wrote that. Rather, don't bother, as I won't reply further to your constantly shifting comments. You are becoming tedious, and I have more interesting things with which to occupy my time.
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  34. As if you could ever afford a Tesla!
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  35.  @andywells397  You think it would be a good idea to arm them?
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  36. Yet they accept Tom Watson, the brains and impetus behind the shameful Operation Midland, without a murmur. Sorry, my mistake, I should have referred to 'Baron Watson of Wyre Forest.'
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  37. Wrong. Most 'rational people' are intelligent enough to understand that the trends of 2024 cannot be foisted onto someone from 150 years ago. Gandhi, from the same time period, considered Africans to be inferior humans, and i dread to thik what you would say about Marcus Aurelius.
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  38.  @MissR-hn8be  I am sorry you prefer to ignore facts. Sadly, the infantilisation of society seem to be progressing rapidly. Actually, the Bengal Famine had a number of causes, among which were the number of refugees from Japanese held areas, the inability to import food from those same areas, stockpiling by hoarders and, perhaps worst of all, the Bengal administration, which tried to minimise the crisis. The worst that could be said of Churchill was that he should have known what was taking place, but didn't. After all, in 1943, he had little else to worry about. You could also add the refusal of FDR to allow the transfer of merchant shipping, by the way. What is without dispute, except by those who choose to blame Churchill for everything since the Black Death, is that once he did find out, he transferred food distribution to the British Indian Army, and had grain convoys diverted from Australia to India. You might try to ask yourself, by the way, why Churchill would have acted in such a manner when, without conscription, 2.5 million Indians had joined the allied armed forces? Did your indoctrinators not mention that? I appreciate, of course, that you won't accept any of this, as it doesn't suit the agenda with which you have been programmed.
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  39. I wonder how your, presumably 'progressive' opinions will be viewed in 150 years time?
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  40. 'Conscription.' The new scary alternative to another 'pandemic.' It will be a much less expensive means of controlling we peasants.
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  41.  @papapiers1588  Indeed. Just as there are many more who cannot, but will have to find a way of coping.
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  42. I wonder if you know what your 'indigenous' Zulus did to the previous inhabitants? I expect that you don't want to know, so whatever you do, do not look up the expansion of the Zulu military Empire, which was a major factor in the 'Mfecane' ("Crushing") that depopulated large areas of southern Africa.
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  43.  @gwyndavies212  House of Lords bar, in the case of Harrogate Billy, surely?
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  44. Many Indians had similar views about Africans. Even Gandhi claimed that they were inferior humans who ought not to be permitted voting rights. Of course, these days it is considered inappropriate to mention that!
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  45. Charge him with what? Expressing an opinion?
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  46. When did Churchill order the Commonwealth, of which Australia was a part, not to aid Australia? Do you know how quickly Australian divisions left the Middle East after December, 1941? Or how the Royal Navy, by fighting and winning campaigns in the Atlantic, Arctic, & Mediterranean, made possible the concentration of the US Navy in the Pacific, thus ensuring that Australia was never remotely in danger of invasion? Clearly not.
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  47. Coming from someone who presumably has residual affection for 'President' Blair, is that meant to be humour, or irony?
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  48.  @thecheesefactor  Glad you wrote 'if.' Have you considered those pensioners who are on the margin, or do they simply not matter?
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  49. Being a Muslim is not relevant to place of birth. It is a faith/political creed.
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  50.  @trevaudio  'But you don have PR, you can’t even pick the PR system you want.' How do you know what form of FPtP I would advocate, or even that I would advocate any form? I simply made a factual statement, however it may have caused you mental anguish.
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