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Post by rubl on Aug 17, 2024 18:45:47 GMT 7
Not really my business nor interest but somehow I was pleasantly surprised to see a constituency MP to really care for his constituency.  Nigel Farage revealed to be UK’s highest-earning MP Reform UK leader banked £1.2m from role as presenter on GB News and payments from social media ... Farage also revealed that his visit to the US on 17 July – in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump – cost £32,000 and was funded by Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based crypto investor who previously gave millions to the Brexit party. The purpose was recorded as “to support a friend who was almost killed and to represent Clacton on the world stage”. ... www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/16/nigel-farage-revealed-to-be-uks-highest-earning-mp |
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Post by rott on Aug 17, 2024 19:07:09 GMT 7
Anyone rumoured to be to the right of (think of a suitable name) and the fearless hero from Holland rises up and smites him down.
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Post by rubl on Aug 18, 2024 12:38:29 GMT 7
Well, thanks to Nigel Farage I now know where Clacton-on-Sea is. For those still unsure: "The town is situated around 77 miles north-east of London, 40 miles east-north-east of Chelmsford, 58 miles north-east of Southend-on-Sea, 16 miles south-east of Colchester and 16 miles south of Harwich." Furthermore it's easy for dear Nigel to commute to the Houses of Parliament: "Trains are operated by Greater Anglia and generally run hourly to London Liverpool Street via Colchester and Chelmsford; the full journey takes about 90 minutes." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clacton-on-Sea |
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Post by rott on Aug 18, 2024 13:15:53 GMT 7
I've been to Butlins at Clacton.
It wasn't my fault I was still in short kecks, my mum and dad insisted. We also had a few nights in London before getting the train home.
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Post by chiangmai on Aug 18, 2024 15:50:26 GMT 7
Gran used top live in Kirby Cross, a small hamlet outside Frinton, just down the road from Clacton. Frinton was genteel at the time, everyone was well heeled. Grandpa had a retirement job collecting entrance fees to Clacton Pier. He was a dignified 1800s man who fought in the Somme and was born with a white handlebar moustache. His job before the war was a taxi driver in London, driving a coach and four.....can you imagine.
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Post by rott on Aug 18, 2024 16:25:04 GMT 7
That's what you call old school, don't make em like that anymore. Except on here of course, well some anyway.
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Post by smokie36 on Aug 19, 2024 2:57:32 GMT 7
I've been to Butlins at Clacton. It wasn't my fault I was still in short kecks, my mum and dad insisted. We also had a few nights in London before getting the train home. Middle class git....all I got was 3 nights in a caravan in Fife |
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Post by rott on Aug 19, 2024 9:58:19 GMT 7
And he liked it so much he moved in permanently.
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Post by rubl on Aug 19, 2024 10:10:51 GMT 7
I've been to Butlins at Clacton. It wasn't my fault I was still in short kecks, my mum and dad insisted. We also had a few nights in London before getting the train home. Middle class git....all I got was 3 nights in a caravan in Fife A caravan with view of the waters. Boy, you were lucky! My mother would take me and my brothers & sisters to the Zoo and Open Air Museum on the North side of Arnhem. We would WALK and it's a hilly area. Mind you, not as bad as in Limburg province in the South where the Dutch mountains are.  |
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Post by rott on Aug 19, 2024 14:45:17 GMT 7
I've been to Butlins at Clacton. It wasn't my fault I was still in short kecks, my mum and dad insisted. We also had a few nights in London before getting the train home. Middle class git....all I got was 3 nights in a caravan in Fife We were very well travelled, we'd also been to Butlins at Ayr and Skegness. It goes without saying that we'd been to the one at Pwhelli, home from home for scousers, mancs and other lowlife. |
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Post by rubl on Aug 19, 2024 15:28:55 GMT 7
Middle class git....all I got was 3 nights in a caravan in Fife We were very well travelled, we'd also been to Butlins at Ayr and Skegness. It goes without saying that we'd been to the one at Pwhelli, home from home for scousers, mancs and other lowlife. Next you'll tell us you've even been to Crimpton-on-Sea, Essex.  |
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Post by siampolee on Aug 19, 2024 18:30:19 GMT 7
Seems as the taking of emoluments is not the sole prerogative of Nigel Farage, seems the new Labour government ministers are totally happy and willing to grab the cash and other inducements to influence matters that can and will affect the country and the electorate in negative fashion(s). One wonders if leads are being taken from our local politicians?
Cabinet ministers accepted hundreds of thousands in union donations
Unions
Sir Keir Starmer’s top team accepted a total of £480,030 in cash and donations in kind from the party’s union backers before awarding multiple pay deals to public sector workers in recent weeks. The MPs’ register of financial interests revealed union donations to Wes Streeting, Louise Haigh and Yvette Cooper. Read the analysis here.
The Telegraph understands Labour plans to repeal the Tory Trade Union Act within weeks with a law that will allow unions to strike even if most of their members do not vote for it.
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Post by smokie36 on Aug 20, 2024 1:39:09 GMT 7
Middle class git....all I got was 3 nights in a caravan in Fife We were very well travelled, we'd also been to Butlins at Ayr and Skegness. It goes without saying that we'd been to the one at Pwhelli, home from home for scousers, mancs and other lowlife. I only ever went on one holiday as a kid....that 3 days in a caravan outside of Glenrotten...and no sea views. Making up for it now though. |
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Post by smokie36 on Aug 20, 2024 1:41:36 GMT 7
Seems as the taking of emoluments is not the sole prerogative of Nigel Farage, seems the new Labour government ministers are totally happy and willing to grab the cash and other inducements to influence matters that can and will affect the country and the electorate in negative fashion(s). One wonders if leads are being taken from our local politicians? Cabinet ministers accepted hundreds of thousands in union donations Unions Sir Keir Starmer’s top team accepted a total of £480,030 in cash and donations in kind from the party’s union backers before awarding multiple pay deals to public sector workers in recent weeks. The MPs’ register of financial interests revealed union donations to Wes Streeting, Louise Haigh and Yvette Cooper. Read the analysis here. The Telegraph understands Labour plans to repeal the Tory Trade Union Act within weeks with a law that will allow unions to strike even if most of their members do not vote for it. I'm a believer in strong unionisation. Without it the UK has been reduced to chaos....and by strong I mean representative and fair...not political and militant. |
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Post by rott on Aug 20, 2024 8:54:11 GMT 7
I was a union gobshite as a youth, then forgot about it when getting a job that took up too much of my time.
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