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Stirlingsays 05 Feb 22 3.54pm
Originally posted by croydon proud As I told you before, I have a couple of years on you so anything you were around for, so was I.Thanks for replying to pointless threads-the irony! That's quite interesting. So what was you take on the whole seventies, IMF begging bowl, unions wouldn't bury the dead thing? Mine was that the unions killed their political golden goose and significantly hurt the country.....and the normal Joe and Jane paid for it while the union leaderships just disappeared off into the sunsets. Labour in the eighties spent their time hating on Thatcher (with considerable support from media) when it was them themselves who created the support for her leadership in the seventies....which is an echo I see throughout history. Labour had a golden chance in the seventies and royally fecked things up. Nowadays the left are the elites themselves and aren't even for the working classes.....it's a fecked up world. Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Feb 2022 3.57pm) 'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)
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05 Feb 22 3.54pm

Originally posted by croydon proud

As I told you before, I have a couple of years on you so anything you were around for, so was I.Thanks for replying to pointless threads-the irony!

That's quite interesting.

So what was you take on the whole seventies, IMF begging bowl, unions wouldn't bury the dead thing?

Mine was that the unions killed their political golden goose and significantly hurt the country.....and the normal Joe and Jane paid for it while the union leaderships just disappeared off into the sunsets.

Labour in the eighties spent their time hating on Thatcher (with considerable support from media) when it was them themselves who created the support for her leadership in the seventies....which is an echo I see throughout history. Labour had a golden chance in the seventies and royally fecked things up.

Nowadays the left are the elites themselves and aren't even for the working classes.....it's a fecked up world.

Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Feb 2022 3.57pm)

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croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 05 Feb 22 4.08pm
Originally posted by Stirlingsays That's quite interesting. So what was you take on the whole seventies, IMF begging bowl, unions wouldn't bury the dead thing? Mine was that the unions killed their political golden goose and significantly hurt the country.....and the normal Joe and Jane paid for it while the union leaderships just disappeared off into the sunsets. Labour in the eighties spent their time hating on Thatcher (with considerable support from media) when it was them themselves who created the support for her leadership in the seventies....which is an echo I see throughout history. Labour had a golden chance in the seventies and royally fecked things up. Nowadays the left are the elites themselves and aren't even for the working classes.....it's a fecked up world. Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Feb 2022 3.57pm) Yeah, I remember the right to work march in Croydon-thousands took part, came down the industrialised purley way! The seventies were bad days, although im suprised you remember them that well as i have a few years on you to and its only a distant memory- weren"t you watching swop shop then? Whoever is in power- the worker bees get stuffed- but thats not an excuse to let a man on �650k a year off the hook for urging pay restraint!
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Any european country i fancy! 05 Feb 22 4.08pm

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

That's quite interesting.

So what was you take on the whole seventies, IMF begging bowl, unions wouldn't bury the dead thing?

Nowadays the left are the elites themselves and aren't even for the working classes.....it's a fecked up world.

Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Feb 2022 3.57pm)

Yeah, I remember the right to work march in Croydon-thousands took part, came down the industrialised purley way! The seventies were bad days, although im suprised you remember them that well as i have a few years on you to and its only a distant memory- weren"t you watching swop shop then? Whoever is in power- the worker bees get stuffed- but thats not an excuse to let a man on �650k a year off the hook for urging pay restraint!

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Stirlingsays 05 Feb 22 5.04pm
Originally posted by croydon proud Yeah, I remember the right to work march in Croydon-thousands took part, came down the industrialised purley way! The seventies were bad days, although im suprised you remember them that well as i have a few years on you to and its only a distant memory- weren"t you watching swop shop then? Whoever is in power- the worker bees get stuffed- but thats not an excuse to let a man on �650k a year off the hook for urging pay restraint! Yep it's true, I was mainly watching Swap Shop and Tiswas...that might even be a little later. I remember the silver Jubilee and seeing James Callaghan outside 10 Downing street....what I was doing there I can't say, must have been some school trip. Most of my seventies knowledge comes from my love of history and how my family talked about it. 'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)
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05 Feb 22 5.04pm

Originally posted by croydon proud

Yep it's true, I was mainly watching Swap Shop and Tiswas...that might even be a little later.

I remember the silver Jubilee and seeing James Callaghan outside 10 Downing street....what I was doing there I can't say, must have been some school trip.

Most of my seventies knowledge comes from my love of history and how my family talked about it.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

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croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 05 Feb 22 5.58pm
Originally posted by Stirlingsays Yep it's true, I was mainly watching Swap Shop and Tiswas...that might even be a little later. I remember the silver Jubilee and seeing James Callaghan outside 10 Downing street....what I was doing there I can't say, must have been some school trip. Most of my seventies knowledge comes from my love of history and how my family talked about it. Yeah, i liked swopshop-tiswas passed me by, yes, silver jubilee where everyone got a massive 25p coin at the street party- wonder what happened to them? Nothing changes as the worker bee, he has to keep working-and longer now than ever to collect his pension-or pot of honey-oh well, back to the grindstone.
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Any european country i fancy! 05 Feb 22 5.58pm

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Yep it's true, I was mainly watching Swap Shop and Tiswas...that might even be a little later.

I remember the silver Jubilee and seeing James Callaghan outside 10 Downing street....what I was doing there I can't say, must have been some school trip.

Most of my seventies knowledge comes from my love of history and how my family talked about it.

Yeah, i liked swopshop-tiswas passed me by, yes, silver jubilee where everyone got a massive 25p coin at the street party- wonder what happened to them? Nothing changes as the worker bee, he has to keep working-and longer now than ever to collect his pension-or pot of honey-oh well, back to the grindstone.

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Stirlingsays 05 Feb 22 6.06pm
Originally posted by croydon proud Yeah, i liked swopshop-tiswas passed me by, yes, silver jubilee where everyone got a massive 25p coin at the street party- wonder what happened to them? Nothing changes as the worker bee, he has to keep working-and longer now than ever to collect his pension-or pot of honey-oh well, back to the grindstone. If the pensions are still around in this form for the next generation I'll be very surprised. Well, I highly doubt I'll be about....whether we approach it by the left or right one thing is pretty much for certain, independent of who we blame....the next generation have been royally screwed and betrayed all ways to Sunday. Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Feb 2022 6.06pm) 'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)
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05 Feb 22 6.06pm

Originally posted by croydon proud

If the pensions are still around in this form for the next generation I'll be very surprised.

Well, I highly doubt I'll be about....whether we approach it by the left or right one thing is pretty much for certain, independent of who we blame....the next generation have been royally screwed and betrayed all ways to Sunday.

Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Feb 2022 6.06pm)

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croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 05 Feb 22 6.23pm
Originally posted by Stirlingsays If the pensions are still around in this form for the next generation I'll be very surprised. Well, I highly doubt I'll be about....whether we approach it by the left or right one thing is pretty much for certain, independent of who we blame....the next generation have been royally screwed and betrayed all ways to Sunday. Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Feb 2022 6.06pm) Yeah-I wouldn"t like to be starting out again with whats in store, tough times ahead, funny thing is, although we always moaned, we probably had the best time of any generation.
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Any european country i fancy! 05 Feb 22 6.23pm

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

If the pensions are still around in this form for the next generation I'll be very surprised.

Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Feb 2022 6.06pm)

Yeah-I wouldn"t like to be starting out again with whats in store, tough times ahead, funny thing is, although we always moaned, we probably had the best time of any generation.

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Stirlingsays 05 Feb 22 6.29pm
Originally posted by croydon proud Yeah-I wouldn"t like to be starting out again with whats in store, tough times ahead, funny thing is, although we always moaned, we probably had the best time of any generation. Yep, the only thing the next generation have are better technology.....Probably great for living in their rented pods and eating their plant and bug burgers. Lets hope that automation saves their arses and it's a lot better than that. Because as I see it, the politicians and global power structures via neo liberalism have considerably worsened everything else for them. Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Feb 2022 6.30pm) 'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)
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05 Feb 22 6.29pm

Originally posted by croydon proud

Yeah-I wouldn"t like to be starting out again with whats in store, tough times ahead, funny thing is, although we always moaned, we probably had the best time of any generation.

Yep, the only thing the next generation have are better technology.....Probably great for living in their rented pods and eating their plant and bug burgers. Lets hope that automation saves their arses and it's a lot better than that.

Because as I see it, the politicians and global power structures via neo liberalism have considerably worsened everything else for them.

Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Feb 2022 6.30pm)

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Hrolf The Ganger 05 Feb 22 10.17pm
Originally posted by croydon proud As I told you before, I have a couple of years on you so anything you were around for, so was I.Thanks for replying to pointless threads-the irony! OK, you reeled me in. Fair play.
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Originally posted by croydon proud

As I told you before, I have a couple of years on you so anything you were around for, so was I.Thanks for replying to pointless threads-the irony!

OK, you reeled me in. Fair play.

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croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 06 Feb 22 2.45pm
Originally posted by Stirlingsays Yep, the only thing the next generation have are better technology.....Probably great for living in their rented pods and eating their plant and bug burgers. Lets hope that automation saves their arses and it's a lot better than that. Because as I see it, the politicians and global power structures via neo liberalism have considerably worsened everything else for them. Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Feb 2022 6.30pm) Indeed !
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Any european country i fancy! 06 Feb 22 2.45pm

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Because as I see it, the politicians and global power structures via neo liberalism have considerably worsened everything else for them.

Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Feb 2022 6.30pm)

Indeed !

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