Of course I 'abandoned' Foot, as did many other old school Labour supporters that I knew. After that it became increasingly obvious that the Labour party no longer represented the interests of the people it came into being to support - ordinary British working people. There is a lot about the Tories that I don't like, but the alternatives are simply worse.

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We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]

Good to see Labour have seized the opportunity for some good ol' point scoring.

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Ah yes, Stroud Labour's vice chairman. An influential voice for much of the left no doubt.

Doubtless there's a similar story about a Tory councillor in West Pembrokeshire connecting the terrorist to God's wrath towards the gays, and a Lib Dem member in Twickenham who tweeted how it was all Brexit's fault. This bomb has hopefully acted in making us all, across the spectrum, take a step back from the divisiveness of the election for a few days. A tragedy.

If punk ever happened I'd be preaching the law, instead of listenin to Lydon lecture BBC4

She should resign immediately.

No it isn't you fool.

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]

I think those vegetables have mashed your brain....what a f***ing moronic thing to say.

always a Norwood boy, where ever I live.