Alright, Joanna Lumley’s family has links with the Gurkhas, they have served our country for 200 years, I think it’s a nice change for the Mail to be involoved in a good cause such as this. Maybe we should be praising them when they actually do hit the mark, rather than just rubbishing them all the way…
I despair at the great Daily Wail reading British public. Why are they so fucking thick? What part of the explanation that has been given about these official letters can their puny, free shit stuffed pea-sized brains not grasp, and when some other brave soul, not me cos my postings never get past the mods these days, tries to enlighten them he gets red flagged to hell! Please tell me there are still some thoughtful, liberal-minded, radicals left in Britain, otherwise I’ll stay in China!
whilst i’d agree with the mail’s stance on the gurkhas, i can’t help thinking it just jumped on the bandwagon as it became big. there have been other people (e.g. private eye) who have been campaigning for gurkhas’ rights for ages, they did all the hard work, and then the mail turn up at the last moment and try to claim credit.
Its clear that once the story had the potential to become anti-government propaganda, the mail and the express both jumped behind it. All these two papers serve to do, with their CONSTANT attacks around every corner at the government, is make their core readership, but since they only have one vote each, the efforts are wasted, and they do not appeal to moderates.
I’m going to assume also that this is is a policy which has been in place sine Britain joined the EU – an opportunity the Conservative Government took at the time to abandon its previous promise of free travel to the present and former empire. notice how the French Empire became part of the EU (thus allowing free travel), whereas only Britain and Gibraltar joined, reneging on previous understandings with the colonies UK had taken so much from.
I read most of the Mail today in a Doctor’s waiting room and what an abysmally dull thirty minutes it was. Non-stories, punctuated by meaningless fluff and occasional rot such as criticism about investigations into Kevlar turbans for Sikh policemen. Little wonder that their circulation figures are in decline.
The only highlight was Littlejohn’s column as he was bleating about an article in The Guardian which took him to task for making stuff up.
madam sensible: thanks for insulting us without giving a reason why, presumably because you consider the reason to be as clear as day with no possibility of it being rebutted. Just like the Mail, in fact.
I leafed through a copy of this broadloid shitepaper on Thursday, and what a miserable experience it was. A good two thirds of the content was banal human interest stories complete with enormous pictures. There was even a two page spread of pictures of a woman wearing an assortment of large bras, because devious old M&S were charging a little extra for this sort of foundation garment. The bastards!
It being a Thursday, I didn’t even have the added fun of that maniac Littlejohn’s ramshackle column. Richard, a word of advice: lay off the LSD and offal puddings, you deluded barmpot.
Christ, that is an ugly front page.
That picture makes me want to puke! The mail obviously think shes some kind of vampire sex symbol UCK!
I wonder what safe Tory seat Lumley has been promised for the next election
She looks like Gary Busey (Commander Krill in Under Siege) in a wig
Christ that’s an ugly front page. No free shit today?
I really cannot stand self-righteous celebrity activism.
I’m sure the front page of the Daily Mail I have read* today is different to this.
*Research purposes only.
Classic “Yes Minister”!
Wasn’t quite how the Mail puts it, but they can see it how they like.
Amusingly I think the BBC created this, those damn Leftie government loving commie, pro gay arghhhhhh’s
Alright, Joanna Lumley’s family has links with the Gurkhas, they have served our country for 200 years, I think it’s a nice change for the Mail to be involoved in a good cause such as this. Maybe we should be praising them when they actually do hit the mark, rather than just rubbishing them all the way…
I despair at the great Daily Wail reading British public. Why are they so fucking thick? What part of the explanation that has been given about these official letters can their puny, free shit stuffed pea-sized brains not grasp, and when some other brave soul, not me cos my postings never get past the mods these days, tries to enlighten them he gets red flagged to hell! Please tell me there are still some thoughtful, liberal-minded, radicals left in Britain, otherwise I’ll stay in China!
Are you all on drugs? What a sad lot you are
Yes Madam Sensible, every person on this site is on drugs. It’s because we’re all loony lefties or some other alliterative nonsense.
pretty much sums up the govenment at the moment to be honest
whilst i’d agree with the mail’s stance on the gurkhas, i can’t help thinking it just jumped on the bandwagon as it became big. there have been other people (e.g. private eye) who have been campaigning for gurkhas’ rights for ages, they did all the hard work, and then the mail turn up at the last moment and try to claim credit.
madam sensible: no, just you.
Its clear that once the story had the potential to become anti-government propaganda, the mail and the express both jumped behind it. All these two papers serve to do, with their CONSTANT attacks around every corner at the government, is make their core readership, but since they only have one vote each, the efforts are wasted, and they do not appeal to moderates.
I’m going to assume also that this is is a policy which has been in place sine Britain joined the EU – an opportunity the Conservative Government took at the time to abandon its previous promise of free travel to the present and former empire. notice how the French Empire became part of the EU (thus allowing free travel), whereas only Britain and Gibraltar joined, reneging on previous understandings with the colonies UK had taken so much from.
I read most of the Mail today in a Doctor’s waiting room and what an abysmally dull thirty minutes it was. Non-stories, punctuated by meaningless fluff and occasional rot such as criticism about investigations into Kevlar turbans for Sikh policemen. Little wonder that their circulation figures are in decline.
The only highlight was Littlejohn’s column as he was bleating about an article in The Guardian which took him to task for making stuff up.
madam sensible: thanks for insulting us without giving a reason why, presumably because you consider the reason to be as clear as day with no possibility of it being rebutted. Just like the Mail, in fact.
Yes, this newspaper is absolutely farcical.
I leafed through a copy of this broadloid shitepaper on Thursday, and what a miserable experience it was. A good two thirds of the content was banal human interest stories complete with enormous pictures. There was even a two page spread of pictures of a woman wearing an assortment of large bras, because devious old M&S were charging a little extra for this sort of foundation garment. The bastards!
It being a Thursday, I didn’t even have the added fun of that maniac Littlejohn’s ramshackle column. Richard, a word of advice: lay off the LSD and offal puddings, you deluded barmpot.