MalcolmW Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 3 hours ago, Biggish Dave said: Why all this carry on in France? I’ve not been following it at all. i thought life inside the EU was all milk and honey The French system for President requires a direct choice between the last 2 candidates. Fillon was undermined by allegations which have not (yet) led to charges, but refused to withdraw in the absence of charges. He therefore lost a lot of votes and the race became between Macron and Le Pen, so Macron won without ever being popular, and by playing down how much of an Establishment figure he really is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Didn't Macron promise the world as well.... And has thus far delivered fuck all? (as he's realised it can't be paid for) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted December 8, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted December 8, 2018 90000 French police brought in to Paris from around the country. Maybe the rest of the country needs to join in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Paris is just the warm up event for the real political fight miami vs Cheese on the town hall steps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted December 8, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted December 8, 2018 Kicking off in other French cities too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royal white Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Belgium and Holland as well (apparently) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwfcfan5 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 4 hours ago, Sweep said: Didn't Macron promise the world as well.... And has thus far delivered fuck all? (as he's realised it can't be paid for) He’s cut welfare spending and is raising fuel tax and using the money to cut business rates. He came in and gave the French electorate he was the modern centre left candidate. Instead he’s essentially the French Thatcher. Pro Business and anti the working class. You can easily see why he’s unpopular. Whether his reforms will pay off in the long term remain to be seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 7 minutes ago, bwfcfan5 said: He’s cut welfare spending and is raising fuel tax and using the money to cut business rates. He came in and gave the French electorate he was the modern centre left candidate. Instead he’s essentially the French Thatcher. Pro Business and anti the working class. You can easily see why he’s unpopular. Whether his reforms will pay off in the long term remain to be seen. He’s no Thatcher! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 4 hours ago, boltondiver said: He’s no Thatcher! If a Thatcher type person ever got in to government in France, the guillotine would've been dusted off and used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwfcfan5 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 4 hours ago, boltondiver said: He’s no Thatcher! Oh he’s very close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted December 8, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted December 8, 2018 4 hours ago, boltondiver said: He’s no Thatcher! Just out of interest - What's your favourite thing that Thatcher did? Be specific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, Cheese said: Just out of interest - What's your favourite thing that Thatcher did? Be specific. While your waiting, she got stabbed off her own kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 7 minutes ago, Cheese said: Just out of interest - What's your favourite thing that Thatcher did? Be specific. Lifted up the whole country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 8 minutes ago, Cheese said: Just out of interest - What's your favourite thing that Thatcher did? Be specific. Took on the commies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 8 minutes ago, Cheese said: Just out of interest - What's your favourite thing that Thatcher did? Be specific. Nailed Scargill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted December 8, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted December 8, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, boltondiver said: Lifted up the whole country I asked you to be specific. You've replied 3 times and none of them are specific. I get it - you're a fan of slogans and spin. Good for you. Edited December 8, 2018 by Cheese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 6 minutes ago, boltondiver said: Lifted up the whole country If you lived in the South Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 (edited) 16 minutes ago, boltondiver said: Took on the commies I seem to remember that Kinnock was in power for Labour. Edited December 8, 2018 by leigh white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 10 minutes ago, boltondiver said: Nailed Scargill Good on you, folk fighting for jobs in 84, hope your job is nailed on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted December 9, 2018 Moderators Share Posted December 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Cheese said: I asked you to be specific. You've replied 3 times and none of them are specific. I get it - you're a fan of slogans and spin. Good for you. Talk us through living under thatcher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted December 9, 2018 Moderators Share Posted December 9, 2018 1 hour ago, leigh white said: Good on you, folk fighting for jobs in 84, hope your job is nailed on. Arthur took the piss and you fought his fight The country supported Sir Margaret The country was right Let it go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted December 9, 2018 Members Share Posted December 9, 2018 Don't often agree with Casino but that was spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Cheese said: I asked you to be specific. You've replied 3 times and none of them are specific. I get it - you're a fan of slogans and spin. Good for you. Funny boy. Here's something specific, just for you. That you ask for something, doesn't mean you get it. Surely Mummy advised you of that. In the 1970s, days lost to trade union strikes were at all-time highs. The number of stoppages across the UK peaked at 4,583 in 1979 leading to the loss of 29 million working days. Margaret Thatcher was committed to reducing the power of the trade unions. She introduced a number of legislation to accomplish this including making secondary industrial action illegal; forcing union leadership to first win a ballot of the union membership before calling a strike; and abolishing the closed shop, which is a workplace where all employees must belong to an agreed trade union. Thatcher’s legislation was met with resistance most prominent of which was the UK miners’ strike of 1984–85, which involved 142,000 mineworkers. The strike was ruled illegal in September 1984 and called off on 3rd March 1985. It is regarded as a defining moment in British industrial relations and a major victory for Thatcher. Stoppages due to strikes fell steadily throughout the rest of her premiership. In 1990, there were only 630 with fewer than 2 million working days being lost. Thatcher thus ended militant trade unionism in U.K. which had severely affected the economy till then. Edited December 9, 2018 by boltondiver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon boy Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 1 hour ago, boltondiver said: Funny boy. Here's something specific, just for you. That you ask for something, doesn't mean you get it. Surely Mummy advised you of that. In the 1970s, days lost to trade union strikes were at all-time highs. The number of stoppages across the UK peaked at 4,583 in 1979 leading to the loss of 29 million working days. Margaret Thatcher was committed to reducing the power of the trade unions. She introduced a number of legislation to accomplish this including making secondary industrial action illegal; forcing union leadership to first win a ballot of the union membership before calling a strike; and abolishing the closed shop, which is a workplace where all employees must belong to an agreed trade union. Thatcher’s legislation was met with resistance most prominent of which was the UK miners’ strike of 1984–85, which involved 142,000 mineworkers. The strike was ruled illegal in September 1984 and called off on 3rd March 1985. It is regarded as a defining moment in British industrial relations and a major victory for Thatcher. Stoppages due to strikes fell steadily throughout the rest of her premiership. In 1990, there were only 630 with fewer than 2 million working days being lost. Thatcher thus ended militant trade unionism in U.K. which had severely affected the economy till then. That’s spot on, and that’s where France are at the moment, they need a ‘Thatcher’ but Macron is nowhere near While we’re on the subject, Labour closed more pits than the evil Tories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 54 minutes ago, Moon boy said: That’s spot on, and that’s where France are at the moment, they need a ‘Thatcher’ but Macron is nowhere near While we’re on the subject, Labour closed more pits than the evil Tories Wrong, since 1947 Cons shut 582 and Lab 371. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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