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Anecdote - Why is the Tory party so full of shits and wankers?

One of my students works in a Bath hotel. Played host to the local Tory party Christmas do. Poor behaviour all round - called a member of staff 'a retard'.

That's one student never voting Tory.

Not excusing the behaviour of the member who used 'retard' as an insult but that student was clearly anti Tory beforehand i suspect and would never have voted Tory anyway. Bath is also a seat the Tories failed to even win in 2019 when they won a landslide UK wide

You have zero evidence for the bit in bold. Zero. The student brought the story up un prompted when he saw me today.

Of course I do, he was asked to serve at a Tory do so I suspect was looking for any bad behaviour in a way he probably wouldn't at a standard corporate do. So latched onto one Tory member's rude comment (which was standard banter in most schools sadly when I was growing up) and a comment made by probably less than 1% of attendees and then has endlessly whinged about it to you.

Has he voted Tory at all in the last 10 years? if not, I rest my case!

If he's a student he's probably only be able to vote for a couple of years.

Since he has been able to vote 90% likely he voted Labour or Green

Or LD if he's a Bath resident.

Incidentally, Mr HYUFD, how is your wife doing these days? Coming to terms with the situation I hope.

Or LD but only as a tactical vote, she is managing, on leave until January, thanks for asking

Anecdote - Why is the Tory party so full of shits and wankers?

One of my students works in a Bath hotel. Played host to the local Tory party Christmas do. Poor behaviour all round - called a member of staff 'a retard'.

That's one student never voting Tory.

Not excusing the behaviour of the member who used 'retard' as an insult but that student was clearly anti Tory beforehand i suspect and would never have voted Tory anyway. Bath is also a seat the Tories failed to even win in 2019 when they won a landslide UK wide

You have zero evidence for the bit in bold. Zero. The student brought the story up un prompted when he saw me today.

Of course I do, he was asked to serve at a Tory do so I suspect was looking for any bad behaviour in a way he probably wouldn't at a standard corporate do. So latched onto one Tory member's rude comment (which was standard banter in most schools sadly when I was growing up) and a comment made by probably less than 1% of attendees and then has endlessly whinged about it to you.

Has he voted Tory at all in the last 10 years? if not, I rest my case!

If he's a student he's probably only be able to vote for a couple of years.

Since he has been able to vote 90% likely he voted Labour or Green

Or LD if he's a Bath resident.

Incidentally, Mr HYUFD, how is your wife doing these days? Coming to terms with the situation I hope.

Or LD but only as a tactical vote, she is managing, on leave until January, thanks for asking

Best wishes to you both, HY. Conscious that Christmas may be a challenging time for you.

Anecdote - Why is the Tory party so full of shits and wankers?

One of my students works in a Bath hotel. Played host to the local Tory party Christmas do. Poor behaviour all round - called a member of staff 'a retard'.

That's one student never voting Tory.

Not excusing the behaviour of the member who used 'retard' as an insult but that student was clearly anti Tory beforehand i suspect and would never have voted Tory anyway. Bath is also a seat the Tories failed to even win in 2019 when they won a landslide UK wide

You have zero evidence for the bit in bold. Zero. The student brought the story up un prompted when he saw me today.

Of course I do, he was asked to serve at a Tory do so I suspect was looking for any bad behaviour in a way he probably wouldn't at a standard corporate do. So latched onto one Tory member's rude comment (which was standard banter in most schools sadly when I was growing up) and a comment made by probably less than 1% of attendees and then has endlessly whinged about it to you.

Has he voted Tory at all in the last 10 years? if not, I rest my case!

If he's a student he's probably only be able to vote for a couple of years.

Since he has been able to vote 90% likely he voted Labour or Green

Or LD if he's a Bath resident.

Incidentally, Mr HYUFD, how is your wife doing these days? Coming to terms with the situation I hope.

Or LD but only as a tactical vote, she is managing, on leave until January, thanks for asking

Best wishes to you both, HY. Conscious that Christmas may be a challenging time for you.

Thanks. Yes, we are just having a quiet one this year in Dartmoor

One never gets over the loss of a child. Even when, as in our case the 'child' was an adult, with children of her own!

Indeed, you never do but you learn to manage and cope I suppose and sorry to hear about your child's bereavement too, even though they clearly lived a full life it was nonetheless sadly cut short.

For our part we have buried Theo's ashes in the Parish church near my parents with a nice view of the valley so at least convenient to visit

Anecdote - Why is the Tory party so full of shits and wankers?

One of my students works in a Bath hotel. Played host to the local Tory party Christmas do. Poor behaviour all round - called a member of staff 'a retard'.

That's one student never voting Tory.

Not excusing the behaviour of the member who used 'retard' as an insult but that student was clearly anti Tory beforehand i suspect and would never have voted Tory anyway. Bath is also a seat the Tories failed to even win in 2019 when they won a landslide UK wide

You have zero evidence for the bit in bold. Zero. The student brought the story up un prompted when he saw me today.

Of course I do, he was asked to serve at a Tory do so I suspect was looking for any bad behaviour in a way he probably wouldn't at a standard corporate do. So latched onto one Tory member's rude comment (which was standard banter in most schools sadly when I was growing up) and a comment made by probably less than 1% of attendees and then has endlessly whinged about it to you.

Has he voted Tory at all in the last 10 years? if not, I rest my case!

If he's a student he's probably only be able to vote for a couple of years.

Since he has been able to vote 90% likely he voted Labour or Green

Or LD if he's a Bath resident.

Incidentally, Mr HYUFD, how is your wife doing these days? Coming to terms with the situation I hope.

Or LD but only as a tactical vote, she is managing, on leave until January, thanks for asking

Best wishes to you both, HY. Conscious that Christmas may be a challenging time for you.

Thanks. Yes, we are just having a quiet one this year in Dartmoor

One never gets over the loss of a child. Even when, as in our case the 'child' was an adult, with children of her own!

Anecdote - Why is the Tory party so full of shits and wankers?

One of my students works in a Bath hotel. Played host to the local Tory party Christmas do. Poor behaviour all round - called a member of staff 'a retard'.

That's one student never voting Tory.

Not excusing the behaviour of the member who used 'retard' as an insult but that student was clearly anti Tory beforehand i suspect and would never have voted Tory anyway. Bath is also a seat the Tories failed to even win in 2019 when they won a landslide UK wide

You have zero evidence for the bit in bold. Zero. The student brought the story up un prompted when he saw me today.

Of course I do, he was asked to serve at a Tory do so I suspect was looking for any bad behaviour in a way he probably wouldn't at a standard corporate do. So latched onto one Tory member's rude comment (which was standard banter in most schools sadly when I was growing up) and a comment made by probably less than 1% of attendees and then has endlessly whinged about it to you.

Has he voted Tory at all in the last 10 years? if not, I rest my case!

If he's a student he's probably only be able to vote for a couple of years.

Since he has been able to vote 90% likely he voted Labour or Green

Or LD if he's a Bath resident.

Incidentally, Mr HYUFD, how is your wife doing these days? Coming to terms with the situation I hope.

Or LD but only as a tactical vote, she is managing, on leave until January, thanks for asking

Best wishes to you both, HY. Conscious that Christmas may be a challenging time for you.

Thanks. Yes, we are just having a quiet one this year in Dartmoor

I have been having lots of tests as my mobility and health disappoints but the good news is my tests were OK but as I long suspected it is all age related and pain management going forward

However, as I said to my doctor this am if I hadn't had my DVT 2 year's ago and with tests that followed they may not have found out my heart was knackered and my life saved by a pacemaker

My wife and I, and my family, are all so grateful to have been given more time and at least, as my wife starts our Christmas card list, I am still causing chaos on PB at times when several.on our list have passed on

Sometimes we get too bound up with politics when we should make the best of every day and accept our blessings when so many are suffering terribly through ill health, wars, famine, and yes Donald Trump

Telegraph (Jeremy Warner):

Time to admit the truth: Brexit has been an unmitigated economic failure

Leaving the EU has reduced Britain’s GDP by up to 8pc, according to a devastating US study

Full article link, just to help the PB blood pressure:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/721ba488bba63fd4

Interesting, from this article one can deduce some important economic and political anaylsis:

Someone at the Telegraph has crunched the numbers and realised they are missing out on subscriptions from remainers......

Nah, Warner's been at this for a decade.

Hilarious the excitement of remainers over a Jeremy Warner hit piece.

"I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with a far-fetched Brexit proposition. It is then pickled into a rigid dogma, a code, and you go through the years sticking to that, outdated, misplaced, irrelevant to the real needs, and you end in the grotesque chaos of the Daily Telegraph – the Daily Telegraph ! – publishing op-eds to post around the web, pointing out to its own readers that it was all a huge mistake."