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Discussion in 'Tottenham Hotspur' started by Wandering Yid, Feb 9, 2016.

  1. humanbeingincroydon

    humanbeingincroydon Well-Known Member

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    Meanwhile his wife got utterly schooled by Gary friggin' Neville

    Not a good day in the Bottomly household

    ...if such a thing exists
     
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  2. PowerSpurs

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    Virginia Bottomley is an anagram of I'm an evil tory bigot
     
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  4. humanbeingincroydon

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    So glad the ****ers are having fun at the public's expense....
    May they all RIH. The sooner the better!
     
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  6. humanbeingincroydon

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    please log in to view this image
     
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  7. SpursDisciple

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    All direct quotes (probably)
     
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    Nigel Lawson - We all sign on.
    Tony Blair PM - I'm Tory Plan B.
     
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  10. PowerSpurs

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    Plan B was massively better than the current outcome though. Labour only wins when led by a pragmatic centrist. There are all sorts if reasons for that, most of them not good, but it isn't going to change.
     
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    I largely agree, but it's a funny anagram.
    Blair did a lot of good, some pretty **** bits and made a couple of enormous mistakes.
    Following Bush's religious lunacy into Iraq to fix his dad's mistake was one.
    Believing that banks would be sensible and didn't need regulation was another.
     
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  12. PowerSpurs

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    People always remember the mistakes and discount the good bits though. Same with Levy.
     
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    Those are quite substantial mistakes, to be fair!
     
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    Blair first term was as good as any this country has seen since 1945, the second was abysmal foreign policy and the third absolutely abysmal domestic policy.
     
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    Which every other party would have made in bigger size
     
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    Not sure about every other party, but the Tories certainly would have.
     
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  17. PowerSpurs

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    Greens would have got both decisions right I think but it's an academic point.
    Both with Blair and Levy the choice isn't between them and a slightly enhanced version who will make fewer mistakes. Cameron, May and Johnson made many more mistakes and Johnson is en route to destroying the country. We will be lucky if Levy's ultimate replacement is better.
     
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  18. humanbeingincroydon

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    That's not how I or the Student Loans Company remember it...
     
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    <laugh>
     
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    <laugh>
     
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