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Broken Grayling

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apt
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Following his leader's negative, exaggerated and exploitative 'Broken Britain' theme Christopher Grayling is attempting to make political capital out of the Doncaster attack on two children. So if New Labour is to blame presumably that makes the Conservative government responsible for the murder of James Bulger. Pathetic. Grayling should go back to his taxpayer-funded second home and think of something better to say.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7991409.stm
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  • chewmylegoff
    chewmylegoff Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    apt wrote: »
    Following his leader's negative, exaggerated and exploitative 'Broken Britain' theme Christopher Grayling is attempting to make political capital out of the Doncaster attack on two children. So if New Labour is to blame presumably that makes the Conservative government responsible for the murder of James Bulger. Pathetic. Grayling should go back to his taxpayer-funded second home and think of something better to say.

    Report at

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7991409.stm

    where, exactly, does he point the finger of blame at new labour? am i missing something?
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    chewmylegoff wrote: »
    where, exactly, does he point the finger of blame at new labour? am i missing something?

    You don't think he is we will start with Broken Britain :rolleyes:
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • tomterm8
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    Um, I can understand what Broke Britain has to do with this board, but what does broken britain have to do with the Economy, Recession, and House prices?
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  • chewmylegoff
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    You don't think he is we will start with Broken Britain :rolleyes:

    on that method of joining the dots we can assume that boris johnson was blaming the snow earlier this year on new labour when he stormed out of the inquest.
  • StevieJ
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    chewmylegoff wrote: »
    on that method of joining the dots we can assume that boris johnson was blaming the snow earlier this year on new labour when he stormed out of the inquest.

    Don't see connection :D Tory mayor responsible for clearing up Tory London, what has that got to do with NL :beer:
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • StevieJ
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    tomterm8 wrote: »
    Um, I can understand what Broke Britain has to do with this board, but what does broken britain have to do with the Economy, Recession, and House prices?

    Trolling again :rolleyes:
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • tomterm8
    tomterm8 Posts: 5,892 Forumite
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    what me, or apt?

    I am currently trolling, I have to admit, but only on the DT board where it is allowed. People are getting very het up on the DT board over the fact I don't believe climate change is anywhere as near proven as the media says.
    “The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
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  • nickmason
    nickmason Posts: 848 Forumite
    Funny old world - for a while I have wondered whether the labour party is putting paid staffers on this board to 'astroturf' (apart from the obvious examples of tax-payer funded civil servants like Sir Humphrey who insists on trying to smear me).

    So I suspected that Apt might be one. Did a quick search on recent posts - discovered a very recent one talking about the value of labour getting thrown out so that we can put an end to the ID card fiasco, which the Conservatives have pledged to stop.

    So I clearly owe Apt an apology for my paranoia. For my part, I guess it illustrates that things aren't always as dark as they seem.
  • chewmylegoff
    chewmylegoff Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    Don't see connection :D Tory mayor responsible for clearing up Tory London, what has that got to do with NL :beer:

    good to see that you agree it is nonsense to connect on such a tenuous basis. thanks.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    chewmylegoff wrote: »
    good to see that you agree it is nonsense to connect on such a tenuous basis. thanks.

    When a Labour or Tory politician opens his/her mouth to the media they are electioneering nothing tenuous about that :cool:
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
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