Comments by "Roger Smith" (@rogersmith8339) on "TalkTV" channel.

  1. Very much like the Titanic herself where corners were cut to save money.
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  2. What you describe in many ways is exactly what is happening in the Middle East!
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  3. They are the Italian flag colours.
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  4. Handguns were strictly controlled in the UK yet after one incident caused by police corruption they were banned. Since then, armed crime has increased dramatically.
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  5. ​ @Anonnymous_Comment How many Indians have got fantastic well paid jobs in the USA purely as a result of what the British empire did for their country? And how many have settled in Britain and done very well for themselves? The other thing many people choose to forget is how many times England has been conquered and pillaged over the centuries.
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  6. Sadly one of the reasons they got in was people voted reform (like I did). Hopefully it may have reminded some politicians that we are not happy.
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  7. You have to remember that Labour will never agree with the Tories even if what they are saying is right out of principle and sadly exactly the same applies to the Tories. Until this changes we will get nowhere.
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  8.  @blodwen6946  Boosting some very rich guys egos?
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  9. I guess if you were one of the many civilians who died you might not think to highly of it. In addition, if you really hate Jews (like many decent people) you may think that it was a mistake. I personally think it was bloody brilliant from a technical view point and in termsof braveryof those who took part in it.
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  10. I gave up work because of all the BS and because I had saved a good private pension pot. I did a very ordinary engineering job for 45 years!
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  11. How much are Sunak and his Tory buddies making from this problem?
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  12. ​ @gaynor7947 This ban is much like the handgun ban, it has a bigger effect on decent law abiding people.
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  13. Dung is very useful and even environmentally friendly! MPs and our PM are not.
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  14. What was the RAF plane doing in a place where the Russian plane was?
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  15. ​ @StudentDad-mc3pu This guy was a squaddie so he had access to far more serious weapons. Even the fact that they were tied up means the choice of weapons was irrelevant. You must be some feeble minded Liberal.
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  16. He was one of the victims of someone's ego trip. When you look deep into the whole incident you find out that the outcome for many people would have been so much better.
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  17. Perhaps these dodgy shops should be sequestered in lieu of rates owed. They could then be used to house genuine homeless people.
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  18.  @huwwiliams8426  How about no criminal record but a years hard labour for each offence committed?
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  19. ​ @voxmomvoxmom3067 You actually believe the minimum wage applies to the hidden economy?
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  20. I have seen a great video from the US of a shop keeper beating seven bells out of some scum bag who was helping himself to all sorts of stuff.
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  21. Surely it will affect the rich far more in their BMWs and Mercs that seem incapable of sticking to any speed limit or driving at a safe speed in bad conditions. And what about those with Lamborghinis or Ferraris that can do 200 mph? It must really hurt their egos to only be allowed to use 1st gear. The poor can't afford cars so they are unaffected.
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  22.  @stevejones2310  You have used too many clever words for the person who made the comment!
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  23.  @trevorferguson6222  Traveling by car is not a right and never has been, it is a privilege. When I was young, far fewer people owned cars and walking or using the bus was normal. In France, the buses (and trains) are cheap and reliable and therefore many more people use them which in turn means the roads are much quieter. Perhaps this is what we need in the UK?
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  24.  @ejoneswales  Your son's football team hardly counts as important (don't get me started on football! ). I could claim that it was essential for me to have a big 4x4 (like I do!) to carry things to my yacht and go beating and deer stalking etc but those are things I CHOOSE to do and in the grand scheme of things are just a privilege. Too many people get "right to" confused with "like to" these days and that is why the country is in such a mess.
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  25.  @GromDarkwater  The trains in France seem to be very well used along with the buses and that means the roads are much quieter. I recently did a couple of 30 or 40 mile bus trips that cost 2,50 euros each way.
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  26.  @GromDarkwater  That is called entitlement at it's most blatant. The only way to stop that is by laws.
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  27.  @outlaw6421  Again, no concept of average speeds!
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  28.  @GromDarkwater  Do you consider it a right to use your mobile then? People have become far too accustomed to thinking they have a "right" to do many things and that is causing problems. You have a right to jump off a tall building but you would not want to exercise that right but you don't have a right to do anything where there is an alternative course of action.
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  29.  @GromDarkwater  He did not mention anything to do with driving for pleasure for a start. When you hear about the number of people who "have to" drive their kids to school because they live over half a mile away you start to understand the difference between "want to " and "have to". I had no problems walking about 1 mile to school from the age of 5 and later nearer 3 miles to senior school. Anyone who says it is necessary to drive to the gym or some sports activity is exhibiting entitlement as they are things they choose to do.
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  30.  @GromDarkwater  You obviously don't mix with a broad spectrum of people. Many people in my city cycle everywhere in town because it is often quicker, and there is no hassle finding a parking space and the price of parking is silly. Others use the very frequent buses, particularly those with bus passes. We sometimes even go the two stops on the train (local station is a 5 minute walk) to the movies or for a meal as it is less hassle and no expensive parking.
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  31. ​ @stevemcelmy9354 Don't you mean cars are nice to have even though they kill and injured hundreds of people each year?
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  32. ​ @WilmaRose-mr2up  Clearly "they" are correct in Bobi's case - lol.
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  33. There is a very simple answer to that, don't let them take your money by keeping to the limit. If absolutely no one got fined then if it was just a money making exercise it would fail miserably.
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  34. @jonahwhale9047 We cannot change the past.
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  35.  @will-zj5gq  The fact that there are reports it suffered a lightning strike on a previous occasion are worrying if you know anything about composite materials. You cannot inspect them like you can metal. For modern gliders, a lightning strike even without obvious damage means a write-off due to the risk of unseen damage.
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  36.  @MrPaultopp  The space shuttle explosion was due to penny pinching accounts not listening to the engineers. Sadly this was one of the causes of the Titanic disaster and the Concord crash. We never seem to learn do we.
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  37.  @MS-sb9ov  Have you looked deeply into the Falklands war? It seems people in many countries knew something was about to kick off with Argentina quite some time before they invaded. We in the UK were told it happened very suddenly which makes no sense given the time it would have taken the Argentinians to get ready, having not fought a war for a very long time (maybe 200 years if I recall correctly). It is much like the "weapons of mass destruction" story used by a later PM to show how tough he was.
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  38.  @Kenneth-ts7bp  There was supposed to have been a book written before Titanic describing the loss of a supposedly unsinkable liner called Titan or some such name.
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  39. At one time the swastita was the flag of the far right, everyone remembers the way they ranted against "ZOG" and the Zionists running the world. The other thing we must remember is that Israel and Jewishness are two different things. Yes, the Israelis are largely Jews (althogh mostly not actually from Israel originally) but few Jews are Israeli. The swastika is not specifically anti semitic as such and to attack its use would be like the stupid hate crime law in Scotland.
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  40. ​ @zootehnik6662 Where do babies come from?
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  41. If they had all been wearing dark hoodies and baseball caps over their big hair, would they be banned.
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  42. ​ @Naren25 Ever heard of Switzerland where gun ownership is very high but all crime is low? You cannot compare the US to Europe due to massive cultural differences.
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  43. ​ @nlytnlyt6644 Technically even hand guns are not banned in the UK, just very tightly controlled.
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  44.  @huwwiliams8426  It would add significantly to it, learning not to go feral again.
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  45.  @limpethead  Even if labour came up with a good solution, the Tories would not agree on principle (not that any politician actually has any principles).
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  46.  eljay5009  If that is the case, it goes to prove my oft repeated point that it is the civil service who run the country, regardless of which party is in power!
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  47. ​ @markscript5746 Never had either!
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  48. ​ @twistedsister2568 I very rarely wash either of my cars, one is a 4x4 and was made to be muddy and the other a Citroën so who cares if it is dirty.
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  49. Just lucky that they were using high tech missiles and not good old point and shoot because there is no defence against them as the Yanks found out when someone used an RPG7 to down a chopper.
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  50.  @imbonkers3629  I hope you were being sarcastic there!
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  51. @@MarkAntonyMcDonald You really have no grasp of basic mathematics if you think a 20 limit instead of a 30 in urban areas will have that big an affect on average speeds and thus journey times. Next time you make a journey of between around 10 and 15 miles on mixed roads (including motorways as long as you are on one for less than 4 miles) work out your average speed and you will be very surprised.
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  52.  @imbonkers3629  You forgot the latest trainers, I-Phone and huge tv not to mention a three bed semi as a starter home! Oh, and meals delivered to their door several times a week.
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  53.  @williamrae9954  Not sure I get that?
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  54. With potentially less traffic on the roads and a negligible affect on average speeds purely due to the limit change, goods should get through quicker and using your argument be cheaper.
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  55. @@MarkAntonyMcDonald I guess my suggestion regarding working out your average speed was rather beyond your comprehension?
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  56. Much as I loathe Costa and all the other rip-off trendy coffee shops and have contempt for the snobs and posers who frequent them, I have 3 thoughts about this rubbish cartoon character (that looks like it was drawn by a 7 year old): 1. The people complaining about it are no better than the wokes who seem to enjoy being offended. 2. The people reading something into the cartoon are like the pretentious idiots who see the "meaning" in modern art that looks like it was drawn by a 7 year old (before you say anything, I have 2 very expensive original modern art paintings but they are way above the rubbish I am talking about). 3. The whole "scandal" is actually the work of a rival company out to discredit Costa.
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  57. What about a giant squid? They are formidable creatures and the sub is only made of carbon fibre so it is not really that tough.
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  58. Do you really have no concept of average speeds and the effects on journey times?
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  59.  @trevorferguson6222  The elderly and infirm should not be driving and way too many people have become suckered into thinking they need to drive everywhere and that is just what the car makers and oil companies wanted. Even I confess to driving round to the supermarket around a mile away from home rather than walking to one 1/2 a mile away (which I often do as well) because I like many of the things that Lidl sell and the prices are good. My tiny city car costs very little to run so I still save money.
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  60.  @snakeman9902  Greed (of the oil companies and motor manufacturers) got us hooked on cars. The control and slavery bit is total hogwash because we have become controlled by and slaves to the motor car without even realising it.
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  61.  @IhaveMy0pinion  Apparently at one time the then French president set out to make it so that everyone was no more than a 15 minute bike ride from a station and I believe he nearly succeeded. That would be much easier in the UK and if you substituted a good bus service where trains would be impractical, just think how quiet the roads would be for delivery drivers etc.
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  62.  @ejoneswales  You very clearly illustrate my whole point. I can claim that I need my large yacht to go on extended sailing holidays to France like I have just returned from, and of course I need a large vehicle to carry stuff to and from it. I also "need" a proper, big 4x4 for when I go pheasant shooting and deer stalking. Except those are all things I choose to do and am prepared to pay whatever it might cost (within reason money wise and accepting restrictions wise). I have to remind myself that a very large majority of people don't have the option of doing what I choose to do for one reason or another.
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  63.  @GromDarkwater  Ah, the let's get personal defence. Followed of course by the "China" reference. China might be much more restricted than many countries but much of what we hear from there is what MSM and our government want us to hear. I know from recent experience in France that the buses and trains are very widely used by all sorts of people. Yes, sometimes the pure convenience of using a car makes it an obvious choice, but with a 20 limit on urban roads unlikely to add more than a couple of minutes to a typical journey, if that in reality, what is the problem?
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  64.  @GromDarkwater  You sound so young and modern I guess you drive an EV?
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  65.  @GromDarkwater  With rights go responsibilities and I am not against anyone driving as such, as long as they do it in accordance with the law and with respect to others. The whole issue kicked off by this video is about a change to the law that in all honesty will have very little impact on most people on most of there daily journeys. Tell me how far your trip to work is each day and how long it takes. Then if you know how to, work out your average speed. Now look at the current speed limits you encounter. You will be shocked by what you discover. When I was working, my journey was about 10 miles and it was very rare that I could do it in under 25 minutes despite doing 70 all the way that was possible down 5 miles of motorway. Often it could take 40 minutes if I left home a tiny bit later than I liked to.
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  66.  @GromDarkwater  What, afraid of modern technology by the sound of things.
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  67. I bet all the very dodgy media tycoons are lining up and rubbing their hands together waiting to snatch all the BBC assets for a song from their mate Ritchie. I wonder how much hand they have had in discrediting it?
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  68. It could also be a drunken feral chav being seriously obnoxious and only one step away from the yobs in Oxford street. Why were the pigs there in the first place?
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  69.  @hughjardon5101  True, but when a Russian warship wants to come down the English channel it is very closely escorted by our navy.
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  70.  @hughjardon5101  They aren't allowed to use their guns as they are too loud for modern sailors and cost too much to fire!
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  71. With that in mind, how do you view the post Hungerford and Dunblane changes to gun laws to which everyone who was affected by objected with very sound reasons.
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  72.  @firstlast5350  The changes were sold as making the country safer. I took part in what was up to that time, the largest demonstration in London against the changes. It didn't even get a mention on the news that night, probably because it was totally peaceful but also likely due to the topic being seen as "bad".
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  73.  @Dpo2203  I would say "with respect " but I loathe that expression. Both changes were done to supposedly make our country safer but while the gun laws have been proven to be completely ineffective in that respect, at least the 20 limit in urban/ built up areas may save the lives (or serious injury) of a few brats without costing the taxpayer many millions and putting numerous people out of business.
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  74. Maybe we need 70 mph limits in urban areas to cull the useless spawn the chavs who live in those places?
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  75. @@TOM-TOM-TOM The entitled generations! They have ruined the world as us grown ups knew it.
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  76. You are totally wrong there, it is about the useless, entitled generations who completely lack any trace of common sense. If people still had common sense they would ignore warnings that did not affect them. I pay attention to gale warnings and strong wind warnings because I sail and they are very important. Other weather warnings generally don't affect me as I look at a number of forecasts depending what activities I am up to.
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  77.  @richardmurphy4520  Is that Joe King or Fur King or their cousin Nosmo?
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  78.  @polaris7122  I would almost guarantee Labour will win the next general election as the Tories have lost votes to so called right wing parties and these may even appeal to a number of people who would typically vote labour.
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  79. Much as I loathe Costa and all the other rip-off trendy coffee shops and have contempt for the snobs and posers who frequent them, I have 3 thoughts about this rubbish cartoon character (that looks like it was drawn by a 7 year old): 1. The people complaining about it are no better than the wokes who seem to enjoy being offended. 2. The people reading something into the cartoon are like the pretentious idiots who see the "meaning" in modern art that looks like it was drawn by a 7 year old (before you say anything, I have 2 very expensive original modern art paintings but they are way above the rubbish I am talking about). 3. The whole "scandal" is actually the work of a rival company out to discredit Costa.
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  80.  @chipbuttytime3396  Then it goes to show that they are out to appeal to trendy posers and have had loads of free publicity out of it amongst their clientele.
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  81. Strangely enough, just about every English taxi driver in Portsmouth was in the SAS and single handedly won the Falklands war.
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  82. Is it really the poorest? How can a truly poor person afford a car?
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  83.  @johndoggett808  I just bought a big 4x4 because that is what I actually NEED sometimes. I didn't need a loan to buy it, just used my credit card which I will pay off straight away. It cost a lot less than my monthly take home pay before I retired. What I was talking about is truly poor people and not those who think they are poor because they only have a three bed
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  84. Continued: 3 bed semi and a 4 year old car and believe the TV adverts that make you think everyone deserves more.
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  85.  @Brookspirit  Not that vital if you are truly poor though, as in long term unemployed etc.
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  86. Too many people are happy to hide behind claims of so called mental health issues these days.
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  87. He was a sqaddie so previously had access to serious weapons.
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  88. Not many years ago, Israel was considered to be a terrorist organisation with sanctions against them. America became a republic through terrorism. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter and this has always been the case. What happens when all the new comers to the UK start to push us out into less desirable areas and carry out atrocities against us? This is exactly what is happening in the middle east. The majority of Israelis are not from that region nor second generation.
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  89. Bring back police violence!
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  90.  @fairytalepurityanalyser6056  You would not want to be a lower cast in India even today. They are left to die on the streets in some areas and have absolutely no chance of bettering themselves.
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  91.  @josefk332  The gift to the world from a tiny village in Hampshire.
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  92.  @glen9303  But I regularly go to Indian restaurants.
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  93.  @Karlsefni-fh9fb  I wonder just how many of the people who moan about us stealing stuff have ever been to a museum?
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  94.  @PaulMason-c9m  Was he a Muslim as well?
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  95.  @huwwiliams8426  The stealing of history is nothing to do with what these feral looters were doing, much as it is nothing to do with shop lifting in the usual sense of the word.
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  96.  @davidprosser457  If you are talking about Indians (Asian) then huge numbers went to work for IBM and the like and are still highly respected in the computer industry.
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  97.  @davidprosser457  Romans, Saxons, Vikings, Normans. It is supposed to be one of the reasons we became such good fighters in later times.
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  98. @jonahwhale9047 That will do nothing to deter the behaviour in the first place. When these people feel they can get away with their crimes they are likely to go further and further down that route if there are no consequences. This is largely the fault of people with your attitude.
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  99. In France it seems almost compulsory to display the tricolour and the regional flag in some places. Many of them still seem to be proud of their country.
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  100. I am sorry, but anyone who claims they cannot drive at 20 cannot drive at 30 either, it really is not that hard. As for making journey times longer, do the real maths with real journey times and you might be surprised by the results.
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  101. Lawyers should have fixed fees to stop them dragging out the process, just look how long the Letby case went on.
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  102. I was somewhat "off-grid" when all this happened so don't know much about what actually happened. I would like to know how the guy was caught - was it "red handed" to use the old fashioned term, i.e. in the act of or immediately after the crime?
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  103. Are you buying all your Christmas stuff from the local corner store or one of the big chains owned by members of the elite?
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  104. I doubt very much they would have used blue and white hats, given that M&S were founded by a Jewish economic migrant from eastern Europe. My father had little time or love for the Jews due to the way they treated British forces (primarily RAF) in the middle east during WW2. Dad always reckoned the got shot at by them more times than by the Germans.
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  105.  @barbarahalkyard1901  We certainly should have, but it seems greed has got worse and many lessons have not been learnt when it comes to safety.
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  106. Not sure whether I want the country run by idiots or crooks really?
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  107. An old workmate did his engineering apprenticeship in a company that employed a huge percentage of women. Some of the things they got up to were bordering on outrageous, particularly as I always suspected he might have been gay.
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  108.  @MS-sb9ov  At the time I had access to a fairly limited circulation publication aimed at military suppliers. It was not a British magazine and I suspect it was probably produced in Europe in various languages from many of the articles. From what it was saying, the invasion came as no surprise to many people in the know due to what was happening in Argentina. Suitable preemptive action or better still proper diplomatic action could well have saved many lives on both sides and the British tax payer many millions of pounds. There is even an anecdote from a Falklander at the airport who was asked some time previously by an Argentinian "businessman" if a loaded Hurcules could there land safely. The effort our forces put in was titanic even though some of the leadership could have done a little better had they listened to people a little lower down the ladder.
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  109.  @andymicklewright3749  Wales isn't a real country and their flag is made up.
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  110.  @JustDucky-d9k  And the Jews / Israelis don't? Did you know that within my life time Israelis were considered terrorists? Then there is the age old problem of trying to wipe out a nation that is bound to end up giving you more enemies than you started with. Just look what happened to Germany in WW2.
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  111. In France, the tricolour is everywhere and particularly in Brittany, the regional flag is even painted on the end of supermarkets 10 feet high and 20 wide.
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  112. Have the full and true circumstances of the incident actually come out? To be honest, I doubt they have or ever will.
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  113.  @stuartb4525  Women often clash badly when compared with men in similar situations. Cat fights kick off over silly things.
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  114. I find it hilarious that people claim that it is so hard to drive at twenty in a modern car, it just goes to show how many bad drivers there are as it isn't any harder than driving at 30 or 40. You are only talking about urban areas only for a start. As for adding to journey times across urban areas, just work out your average speed for a couple of journeys.
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  115. All politicians lie and always have so what is new?
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  116. How can you define a crossbow in a water tight manner? And then of course they are pretty easy to make with simple tools.
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  117. I still blame a giant squid!
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  118.  @benfrese3573  Nope, it was poor design and greed, just like the Titanic itself!
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  119.  @benfrese3573  Sure would! Of course, it is all perfect conspiracy theory stuff- were those guys actually in the sub? Their bodies will never be found so it is a perfect vanishing trick.
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  120. China have already been sold all our manufacturing and now they are destroying our country. Tik Tok needs to be shut down immediately in the UK.
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  121. If the British people were allowed to protect themselves and their property using whatever force they felt appropriate things might get better!
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  122. Wow, I never realised there were so many incompetent drivers about?
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  123. I just wish Adolf had got rid of more of the 4x2s.
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  124. ​@jonahwhale9047Did they really? Never seen pictures of black pots.
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  125. Funny, it seems he was just being a bit too "Blokey" for todays entitled people - what is often referred to as being "Right Wing" (although what is "right" and what is "left" seems to have reversed from when I was younger).
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  126. I wonder if the lad was an INCEL that we hear so much about these days.
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  127. I wonder whose side some of these anti woke people will be on in a few years time when Britain has been taken over by foreigners just like Palestine has been over the last 75 or so years? Bertrand Russell had a lot of wise words to say just before he died regarding the situation.
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  128. The BBC coverage I have seen seems pretty balanced to me and is very clearly not financed by the Global elite who are on one side! The BBC sympathises with the poor ordinary people of both sides who are suffering terribly yet the people running both sides are immune to the horrors.
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  129. It is not the powers that be but the entitled generations who are causing the problem. If someone suffers due to it being hot they are likely to want to sue the met office for not warning them, same as any other more extreme weather. This is exactly the same thing that has ruined discipline in our schools because parents didn't like it.
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  130. Much as I loathe Costa and all the other rip-off trendy coffee shops and have contempt for the snobs and posers who frequent them, I have 3 thoughts about this rubbish cartoon character (that looks like it was drawn by a 7 year old): 1. The people complaining about it are no better than the wokes who seem to enjoy being offended. 2. The people reading something into the cartoon are like the pretentious idiots who see the "meaning" in modern art that looks like it was drawn by a 7 year old (before you say anything, I have 2 very expensive original modern art paintings but they are way above the rubbish I am talking about). 3. The whole "scandal" is actually the work of a rival company out to discredit Costa.
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  131. At our cost? Tattoo on forehead saying "Thief, not welcome in UK" and sent home ASAP.
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  132. ​ @shanepatrick641 Brexit never really happened but we are all being punished by the remoaners who still run the country for trying to make it happen.
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  133.  @guleiro  The aging population thing is only going to be temporary as most of the slightly younger generations will not be living as long (for many reasons) and therefore is a bit of a red herring. The other thing the supporters of the ever growing population forget is that it now only takes a couple of men to make a new car or washing machine etc when you used to employ dozens. The same applies to farming. In these times an ever growing population means more unemployment and the tax burden that comes with it. This is what big business likes (not the tax bit as they avoid that) but high unemployment means lower wages and more profit.
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  134.  @shanepatrick641  Not seen many bare shelves, other than due to false claims in order to put up prices. As for higher prices, pop over to France if you want to see high prices. I can buy good strong cheese at around £6 to £8 a kilo in the UK but in France you rarely see decent cheese at less than 20 euro a kilo and not uncommonly 35 plus! Clothes too are generally way more expensive.
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  135.  @NLJeffEU  See my reply to Shanepatrick!
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  136.  @oneoflokis  For many years the government actively encouraged the poor to breed to the point where taxpayers were subsidising chavs with 6 or 7 brats so the parents could buy more ciggies and booze and have a bigger house and car. They then wondered why the unemployment rate went up.
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  137.  @NLJeffEU  I have been in France for 2 months and just returned to the UK and yes, you might be able to buy very ordinary cheese for that price, the bland stuff from supermarkets in the UK that you pay £3 or £4 for here, but to get anything with a decent strong taste to compare with mature Cheddar you need to pay a good bit more where we have been.
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  138.  @guleiro  I do love the English sense of humour!
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  139.  @oneoflokis  I think many people voted leave, not because of patriotism or whatever you might call it but because of the way the EU was starting to dictate how we had to live our lives (but not applicable to many other countries), how many people were making huge sums of money from our membership for doing very little for our country, how it was getting way too big (for it's boots), the huge waste of money the EU parliament was (our own one already costs way more than it should! ) - the list goes on. There is very little need for all the downsides we seem to be suffering but people seem to be taking advantage of made up situations.
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  140.  @guleiro It is such a pity that you started your reply to me with one of my least favourite lines, it is so condescending and instantly makes me think you have no respect for anyone who has a different view to yourself. It is much like the classic "in all honesty" so loved by people about to tell you a whopper. The problem with the veto was due to the people given the power to use it, they were the ones who let us down.
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  141. In the city where I live a lot of roads have a 20 limit because it really is not sensible to do any more because many of the roads were not made with mass car ownership in mind. Mind you, a lot of drivers still manage to drive recklessly and have unbelievable accidents!
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  142.  @PazLeBon  In which way do you mean that? Certainly through my city even 20 is pushing it a lot of the time.
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  143.  @PazLeBon  I have seen several crashes where cars have flipped over on roads with a 20 or 30 limit and even one where a woman drove straight on at a "T" junction and into the front of a house on the opposite side of the road! How on earth can you do that, driving at a sensible speed?
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  144.  @huwwiliams8426  The problem with what you are suggesting is that it takes generations to work- yes, it is the best way in the long term but you need to start with very young kids and teach them right from wrong very early but sadly that doesn't seem to have been happening for a good few years. The problem at the moment is the lack of consequences for bad behaviour, whether it is from a 5 year old at school or a teenager like these ferals. If they new something bad might happen to them, most people would think twice about how they behaved. Too many kids these days don't get the education they should have because things have been made too easy for them. There seems to be no competition to do better or true reward for good performance or behaviour. I know full well we don't have hard labour in the UK but it would certainly reduce the prison population and allow offenders to give something back to society which in its own right world give them some worth. As for my upbringing, it was a typical working class (probably would be considered abject poverty these days) and I learnt right from wrong at an early age. I didn't have a fancy education, but did an engineering apprenticeship which stood me in a great position when it came to getting a really good job. Never been unemployed and never had a problem changing companies for better pay. Now retired early and currently holidaying in France on my yacht!
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  145.  @huwwiliams8426  A lot of what you say about Thatcher is totally true and personally I believe she is responsible for many of the problems in this country. However, I cannot agree with your argument regarding why kids do this type of crime. When I was young kids learnt about consequences at an early age - if you did something stupid on one of the things down the local recreation ground you ended up with grazed knees and elbows or if you were lucky enough to have a bike the same applied. Nowadays these playgrounds are far too safe for fear that someone will sue the council if their kid cuts his knee. In parts of Germany they are experimenting with old school playgrounds where kids could get hurt if they are silly and early indications are that it is making those kids much more responsible.
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  146.  @huwwiliams8426  Simple question, why have some neighbourhoods become so bad - it does not happen overnight or by magic.
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  147.  @huwwiliams8426  Regarding your comment about adrenaline sports, that really is not relevant to the situation these kids are in. Many kids are too sheltered from minor dangers and risk from an early age and therefore don't appreciate the possible consequences of say joy riding. When they get hurt trying to flee the police their parents are up in arms when they should feel ashamed.
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  148. This is made more amusing because of the euphemism "wick" refers to a man's reproductive organ.
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  149.  @yolandascholten2012  Exactly what Maggie did by selling off the council houses (as well as the rest of the family silver).
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  150.  @Dalesmanable  That would be "New Labour" ie thinly disguised Tories trying anything to get in power.
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  151. Was the RAF plane crewed by some of the newer recruits?
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  152. What if there was a country that did not really exist 80 years ago and was then given to a group of people from all over the world who were largely refugees. Later, they became regarded as terrorists and had arms embargos placed against them. Gradually more and more people from other countries moved in and they started to force the locals out of the nicer areas and into overcrowded slums, even building a wall to keep them out. Just image in 30 or 40 years time this starts to happen in the UK?
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  153. Time to vote for Rural Reaction party.
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