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Mine was from Stoke. Me mothers lot were from east end of London. Whats that make me?
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Mine was from Stoke. Me mothers lot were from east end of London. Whats that make me?
It seems to me that there has been a continuous debate about immigration for as long as I can remember.
Agreed, but the debate is usually just hijacked by nutters (from both sides). Just because there is continuous debate doesn't mean that there is any rational information or clarity.
Are UKIP offering clarity and rational information or nutters from one side?
Although a UKIP MEP has stated that Bongo Bongo Land doesn't actually exist, it is still above Scotland and Wales in the FIFA world rankings.
Going off on a tangent, I'm wondering how long many of us would last as a politician (not though we want to be one though). It must be depressing to be on message all the time and tow the party line and not say anything that people might get offended by."A UK Independence Party (UKIP) MEP who branded a room full of women "sluts" has had the party whip withdrawn.
The party's chairman took the step after Godfrey Bloom's comments overshadowed the UKIP conference.
Bloom has insisted the remark was a joke but party leader Nigel Farage said the MEP, who is no stranger to controversy, had "gone beyond the pale" this time.
UKIP chairman Steve Crowther said: "I have withdrawn the whip from Godfrey Bloom, pending a formal disciplinary hearing."
Farage said Bloom's behaviour had been "selfish" and was overshadowing "all the good things" happening at the conference.
He added: "The trouble with Godfrey is that - he is not a racist, he's not an extremist or any of those things and he's not even anti-women - but he has a sort-of rather old fashioned territorial army sense of humour which does not translate very well in modern Britain.
"What he ought to have learnt is that time and time again he says things that overshadow the whole agenda that UKIP is fighting for."
He added: "My opinion is Godfrey has gone beyond the pale."
Attention at the party's conference in Westminster was diverted from Farage's keynote speech by Bloom's actions, which also included an altercation with a TV journalist.
Pressed about the sluts comment, Bloom told Sky News: "I made a joke and said 'oh well you're all sluts' and everybody laughed including all the women.... "
Gotta admit I'd be very hard pressed to survive 5 minutes before calling an MP a donkey raping shit eater.
A parliamentary seat in Australia awaits such an eloquent orator.
Can't recall these from my youth, just looked on youtube, ok but not as good as X Ray Specs. Who would have thought Polly Styrene (fantastic name) would be so prophetic about the abundance of hi-viz vests when she sung The World is Turning Day-Glo.I would have claimed that I had been misheard and was merely suggesting that they must have once been in a punk band..
In my most exalted moments i see myself as being the suppository of all wisdom...
Peel played them quite a bit. Never saw them myself.Can't recall these from my youth, just looked on youtube, ok but not as good as X Ray Specs. Who would have thought Polly Styrene (fantastic name) would be so prophetic about the abundance of hi-viz vests when she sung The World is Turning Day-Glo.
I think we can all agree on that...In my most exalted moments i see myself as being the suppository of all wisdom...