And she said the Millenium bug would plunge us into new dark age...These modern day Nostradamus's aren't that good are they?!! Like you said, eventually they get 'lucky' by virtue of law of averages. Spike Milligan style!
Classy comment - not! The fat woman is a right arse. I still can't take any Labour (Stella Crecy) MP criticising a Tory MP about spending, seriously. 3 Blair governments bankrupted us and it's going to take a bit more than 7 years to put that right, especially when most of that time is coalition...
This is him apparently:
http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/14699805.Judge_quashes_General_Election_candidate_s_conviction_for_criminal_damage/
And it's telling that the Guardian isn't even reporting this TV highlight yet everyone else does. The guy, called Steve German, is a militant trade unionist. Unless you'd watched the entire show you won't have seen the build up including when he was given a right to reply (he sounded unhinged...
We are terrified of offending people, it's in our DNA. A peculiarly British trait lies at the very root of the problem rather ironically! Could be the death of us all perhaps?
Precisely. It might as well have been 'Can we all just pretend it didn't happen? "Yep, all sorted then...ok, that's great everyone thank you. Next week we're in Taunton..."
The elephant in the room just got a bit bigger. Civil war coming to the UK circa 2050 anyone?