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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