Bassingbourne55

I wonder if anyone’s ever tried to belong to more than one religion. I mean, you could a Muslim on Friday, a Jew on Saturday, a Christian on Sunday and and an atheist for the other four days!

They can’t cancel the Games b55, they can only refuse to host them. Authority lies with the International Olympic Commitee and they would simply hold them somewhere else, even at late notice.

The only organisation with any authority in China is its government. They can stop the games being held anywhere in China and it will soon be too late to…[Read more]

The last thing we expected a month or two ago was serious civil unrest in China.
I think we are already into a risk zone re the Olympics.

If the Chinese government is contemplating crushing Tibet protests in a Tienanmen fashion, they’re prefectly capable of cancelling the Olympics. I reckon that’s what will happen – as soon as any widespread…[Read more]

I don’t have a caravan although I’d quite like the idea. I never get very bothered by caravans on the road. As long as they’re towed by something substantial that’s up to the job in terms of power and weight they generally keep up a reasonable pace. Remember they are limited to 60mph on motorways and 50mph on single carriageways.

I’m always…[Read more]

A good designer would be able to make a flag incorporate all the right things and still look wonderful. You just don’t want the Welsh dragon!

In an earlier post I said I’m a quarter Welsh and quarter Irish by ancestry – I said it’s a pity Wales isn’t represented in the national flag and the red dragon (ddraig goch) flag is an excellent…[Read more]

British Nationalism, British National, British National Party. Our? If “our”, then were all BNP.

You’re just playing with words. Does that mean anyone who works (i.e labours) must be members of the Labour Party!

The Union Flag symbolises The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Most of us know that its elements come from the…[Read more]

Just because the actual term ‘British National Party’ sounds reasonable, that doesn’t mean that what the party stands for is reasonable. ‘Socialist Workers’ Party’ sounds reasonable, too. In itself, National Socialism sounds fairly inoffensive too, but that (or its German equivalent) is what the term Nazi is derived from. Muslim Brotherhood…[Read more]

What do English nationalists have to say about Cornwall? Cornish ‘nationalists’ accept that Cornwall is part of the UK not part of England. Apparently there has never been any act, decree or charter that has officially incorporated Cornwall into England.

What if Wessex or East Anglia want to become independent?

Think of the old USSR. First of…[Read more]

and while I would NEVER suggest the settlers for their ” wee but and ben” the oil rig workers ,the tax exiles of Tree planting to save a fortune in Norweigan Spruce’s in a full field.The Doctors in Scotland with a Home Counties accent,as we DO have the GREATEST medical school in the world in MY home town. The Islands and Highlands for the…

[Read more]

There are lots of British people living in Eire too. Since Southern Ireland was part of the United Kingdom until 1922, British and Irish people have a considerable shared ancestry. I’m half English, a quarter Welsh and a quarter Irish by ancestry and I consider myself to be British. I’ve no time for English, Scottish or Welsh nationalism – from…[Read more]

anabananna69…. I’m not an expert – but a look on the net or in the financial press will show that a lot of houses on sale are having prices reduced and the general belief seems to be that house prices will fall – possibly by quite a large amount.

What are the two worst-case scenarios?

1 – You don’t buy now and house prices continue to rise…[Read more]

I have always had a very strong opinion that Thursdays are always Thursdays, and people are not sufficiently aware of this fact. But I’m denied the right to go on TV to voice my belief. If I demand air time I’m made to feel like I’m mad. Surely this is discrimination.

Being a gypsy im going to continue living in me caravan with me silver transit until the good times come rolling back

Surely you won’t have much room in the caravan if you’ve got your silver Transit in there with you! :lol: :lol:

I’m happy where I am and my mortgage is paid off so in a sense it doesn’t bother me if prices go up or down. In general I think falling prices would be good, though.

To answer my own question in the original post – if I was a first time buyer now, unless I had a specific must-have property in mind, I’d hold off right now in the hope of getting…[Read more]

I agree taxes on gas guzzling cars should be increased sharply, but it’s unfair to single out 4x4s, when they are not all gas guzzlers.

And what about the Jaguar X-Type and Audi TT, for example? Most, but not all, of those are 4x4s, even if they don’t look like off-roaders.

I see that Darling hasn’t singled out 4x4s – just general gas guzzlers…[Read more]

Sad, but I suppose it’s one way to become a celebrity.

He’s just doing the Pete Doherty / Britney Spears / Amy Winehouse / George Best thing, but in a different way.

In my case, I’d expect the third party to be very bored by my cut & pasted message.

Wait till you get JW fundamentalists who claim it is their right to be listend to on your doorstep and someone is prosecuted for failing to answer the door!

Dutch cars have yellow number plates front and rear.

I’m not listening to any music at the moment.