tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post6738380218411805807..comments2023-09-28T13:28:52.243+01:00Comments on Raedwald: CUTTER!Raedwaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-79924070010004358392019-02-14T21:35:34.749+00:002019-02-14T21:35:34.749+00:00I remember "jejune" coming up on Call My...I remember "jejune" coming up on Call My Bluff, offered by the late, bow-tied, Frank Muir et al.<br /><br />It seems that their efforts were not in vain eh, Raed?<br /><br />But if the BBC bring back The Navy Lark for the wireless, then maybe you can repay in kind?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-52304928398306664762019-02-13T19:46:11.815+00:002019-02-13T19:46:11.815+00:00Anon - No. Enough off topic jejune posturing. If I...Anon - No. Enough off topic jejune posturing. If I write a post again on direct democracy you can contribute - but I wrote extensively on this just a few weeks ago and you had nothing to say. <br /><br />http://raedwald.blogspot.com/2019/01/reform-and-renewal-new-forms-of.html<br /><br />I recommend you read the cogent and intelligent responses to that post before further attempts at disruption. Raedwaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-52920693165379886182019-02-13T18:57:05.719+00:002019-02-13T18:57:05.719+00:00Well, I'm just applying logic to what has been...Well, I'm just applying logic to what has been claimed here before.<br /><br />If the will of the winners in a referendum must always prevail, and there are no limits whatsoever on the topics for those votes, then my conclusion is logically inescapable, it appears to me.<br /><br />I did qualify my remark with "apparently", so as not to fall into the trap of which you accuse me, Jack.<br /><br />Maybe Raed would clarify, as to whether he thinks that there should be any constraints on the popular "will"?<br /><br />Sorry to digress rather, but here we are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-77148266723433470782019-02-13T18:45:00.603+00:002019-02-13T18:45:00.603+00:00GOSPLANGOSPLANGeorge Mainwaringnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-45761580884185799782019-02-13T18:44:08.047+00:002019-02-13T18:44:08.047+00:00No longer a blue-water Navy, an SJW rainbow-Navy u...No longer a blue-water Navy, an SJW rainbow-Navy unable to cross the Bay of Biscay.<br />Cascadiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-63797077762991657522019-02-13T14:46:19.346+00:002019-02-13T14:46:19.346+00:00Rather more importantly it appears our Prime Minis...Rather more importantly it appears our Prime Minister has lied to everyone and misled the country, the Cabinet and Parliament for two and a half years.<br /><br />Thanks to her carefully chosen Civil Srvice ally posing as a loudmouth drunkard we learn the latest con trick.<br /><br />For her to stay in place a moment longer is to condone treason.John Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-76615543736903438092019-02-13T14:22:01.820+00:002019-02-13T14:22:01.820+00:00Raed and his thralls' idea of true democracy i...<i><br />Raed and his thralls' idea of true democracy is apparently where 51% can vote to kill the other 49%</i>- Anon<br /><br />That is absolute bollocks, defamatory and below you.jack ketchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921268825653615322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-11646013316589049152019-02-13T14:18:36.096+00:002019-02-13T14:18:36.096+00:00Fascist nations.
Just for the record.
These were a...Fascist nations.<br />Just for the record.<br />These were all voluntary. Possible exception of Spain, which had a war about it.<br /><br />Hungary.<br />Spain<br />Portugal<br />Bulgaria<br />Romania<br />Italy<br />Germany<br />Austria<br />Brazil <br />Chile<br />Argentina<br />Yugoslavia<br />Japan<br />Thailand<br /><br />Might be some others.<br />Early Poland was quite fascist. <br /><br /><br />Anon the troll, fascism was NEVER even as popular as communism, which was never popular,in the UK or USA. While both were all the rage for seventy or so years in European union countries.<br /><br />Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-35468875354470446612019-02-13T14:15:00.462+00:002019-02-13T14:15:00.462+00:00[please delete, Raed, if you feel we're strayi...<br />[please delete, Raed, if you feel we're straying too far O/T]<br /><br /><i>Hitler took power because the Germans failed to defend their democracy</i><br /><br />It would be perhaps better to say the Germans equated 'The Will Of The People'(Volkswille) with 'democracy' (Appositely it was the centenary of the Weimar Verfassung just the other day-which was a brave stab at a parliamentary democracy, although fatally flawed). One of the first things Hitler did when Reichskanzler was to bring in rule by referendum.<br /><br /><i>Universal suffrage, the secret ballot and the right to form political associations are the granite bedrock of democracy that keep us all safe - and I for one will never consent to see those hard-won rights undermined. <br /><br />The lesson to be learned is to fight for democracy - whatever the cost</i><br /><br />Absolute 100% agreement there. <br /> <br />jack ketchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921268825653615322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-60761544180982191082019-02-13T14:08:30.927+00:002019-02-13T14:08:30.927+00:00Raed and his thralls' idea of true democracy i...Raed and his thralls' idea of true democracy is apparently where 51% can vote to kill the other 49% and this then happens.<br /><br />All civilised democracies require an ethical or moral constitution outside of which they cannot stray, which in turn means constraints on the power of the people. That is unavoidable, unless you consider places like Rwanda to be civilised. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-79251284361785345312019-02-13T13:50:02.957+00:002019-02-13T13:50:02.957+00:00Love it Radders.
The only RN Captain I know these...Love it Radders.<br /><br />The only RN Captain I know these days is actually, a woman.<br /><br />Finished her Gulf tour last year and is doing two years shore-bound training for something or other, probably HR workshops or Health and Safety courses. <br />Before going off again. <br /><br />I do know that this captain personally brought full supermarket boxes of crisps and cadbury's chocolate bars, and had them flown out to her ship in the Gulf. She then dished them out for performance, conduct and morale purposes. Much like rum was totted out in the old days.<br /><br />{From what i gather MOD only has healthy option snacks on board. Fat free this and sugar free that. So her stash of Asda's finest ruffled cheese and onion crisps and milky bars was a treat to work for.}Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-79923041379330136652019-02-13T13:19:18.569+00:002019-02-13T13:19:18.569+00:00Hitler took power because the Germans failed to de...Hitler took power because the Germans failed to defend their democracy<br /><br />Universal suffrage, the secret ballot and the right to form political associations are the granite bedrock of democracy that keep us all safe - and I for one will never consent to see those hard-won rights undermined. <br /><br />The lesson to be learned is to fight for democracy - whatever the costRaedwaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-89616905213203180842019-02-13T12:51:21.856+00:002019-02-13T12:51:21.856+00:00Mr Hitler was invited into a position of power by ...<i>Mr Hitler was invited into a position of power by those already in charge.</i> <br /><br />He was invited to be Reichskanzler after winning 35% of a democratic vote but he wasn't made C-in-C of Germany's armed forces until after the '34 <i>plebis-cide</i> and after a plebis-cide a year before to Grexit the League Of Nations. There is a lesson in there somewhere.jack ketchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921268825653615322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-32235676134529810542019-02-13T12:33:48.921+00:002019-02-13T12:33:48.921+00:00Don't flatter yourself -
1. Off topic
2. Poi...Don't flatter yourself - <br /><br />1. Off topic<br />2. Pointless trolling<br /><br />You're rubbish at this. Raedwaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-9932600387798429262019-02-13T12:09:10.902+00:002019-02-13T12:09:10.902+00:00Damn those inconvenient facts eh, Raed?
Well, it&...Damn those inconvenient facts eh, Raed?<br /><br />Well, it's your blog, so yes, delete them by all means.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-40891337957241538122019-02-13T10:18:43.952+00:002019-02-13T10:18:43.952+00:00Anonymous Anonymous said...
The RN didn't do t...Anonymous Anonymous said...<br />The RN didn't do too badly, fighting populism in WWII.<br />If I remember rightly it was fighting National SOCIALISM which happened after Mr Hitler was invited into a position of power by those already in charge.<br />Populism is people voting for what you don't like....Wessexboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-55763114920126384342019-02-13T10:13:52.410+00:002019-02-13T10:13:52.410+00:00Your illiteracy is showing;
Populism is just what...Your illiteracy is showing;<br /><br />Populism is just what anti-democrats call democracy<br />fascism isn't democracy - fascism is anti-democracy<br />populists fight fascism - democrats fight fascism<br />populists fight anti-democracy - democrats fight anti-democracy<br /><br />Seems like the only supporters of fascism and anti-democracy are those who decry 'populism'.<br /><br />Raedwaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-37268556747029996302019-02-13T10:02:08.086+00:002019-02-13T10:02:08.086+00:00The RN didn't do too badly, fighting populism ...The RN didn't do too badly, fighting populism in WWII.<br /><br />Pity about all the fine men and vessels lost in so doing though.<br /><br />Some folk never learn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-53158199598773202902019-02-13T09:27:17.911+00:002019-02-13T09:27:17.911+00:00Just for the sake of accuracy, you would NEVER hea...Just for the sake of accuracy, you would NEVER hear the words "Now hear this" on a British warship. It was always "D'ye hear there"<br /><br />"Now hear this" is used on US warships.rapscallionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-49951516284160967402019-02-13T09:24:36.222+00:002019-02-13T09:24:36.222+00:00Roy Jenkins was our last competent Home Secretary....Roy Jenkins was our last competent Home Secretary.<br /><br />Brilliant! Early morning satire. Very British.mikebravonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-4318418796272316622019-02-13T08:55:52.361+00:002019-02-13T08:55:52.361+00:00Roy Jenkins was our last competent Home Secretary....Roy Jenkins was our last competent Home Secretary.<br /><br />Don CoxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-13012352887623203132019-02-13T08:47:43.359+00:002019-02-13T08:47:43.359+00:00Navy are not what they used to be. Goes for most o...Navy are not what they used to be. Goes for most of the country for that matter. As for our Home Secretary, I cannot think when we last had one who was halfway competent, not this century anyway. The present one, ex bank speculator and incompetent I suppose keeps his job because Chris Grayling makes him look like a genius.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15217574100039265130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-18082755492549283642019-02-13T08:44:26.464+00:002019-02-13T08:44:26.464+00:00So what is to be done about the people traffickers...So what is to be done about the people traffickers and drug importers based in Gibraltar then?<br /><br />Spain does have a point on this. It's no use bleating about these problems being shipped into the EU from Africa, when the UK's stance on the rock is so unhelpful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-34733175780219240532019-02-13T08:09:03.125+00:002019-02-13T08:09:03.125+00:00House of Knob Commons
House of Knob Lords
Europe...House of Knob Commons<br /><br />House of Knob Lords<br /><br />European Knob Union<br /><br />Not so whimsical now... but rather catchy.DiscoveredJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300239909689336895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-40582253267940824412019-02-13T08:08:43.293+00:002019-02-13T08:08:43.293+00:00Never mind a few rafts carrying a handful of asylu...Never mind a few rafts carrying a handful of asylum-seekers in the Channel.<br /><br />What about the many thousands, who land normally on visas every year at UK airports, but who never return, and who just melt into the crowd?<br /><br />If you have an unregulated cash economy, and no ID cards (as Labour proposed) then that's what you get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com