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Huw Lewis will address a fringe meeting at the TUC conference in Llandudno tomorrow. I don't think I'm giving too much away when I say the words "a break with the past" might crop up.
I wonder whether he's sent a bottle of something to Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams? I gather he wouldn't be in Llandudno at all if she hadn't agreed that one of their group would pair with him durning any votes he might miss.
How come? Hadn't Labour whip Carl Sargeant been prepared to let him go make his pitch for the leadership? "Let's put it like this" comes the response, the whip was "being rigorous" in applying Labour group rules.
I can just imagine.
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"Huw Lewis will address a fringe meeting at the TUC conference in Llandudno tomorrow. I don't think I'm giving too much away when I say the words "a break with the past" might crop up."
WOW, he's buying a house with his OWN money???
Its all change for Welsh Labour.
Carrie Garcie (BBC chez News) = £92,000 plus expenses (YOUR public money)... the revolution has only JUST started. Lotta Continua.
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Absolutely Bluesnik and hopefully the "revolution" will lead to full publication of all salaries/benefits in public sector (including the overmighty BBC).On the subject of Huw Lewis where can one get a copy of this posssibly "rivetting" speech and what part of the past can we be breaking with??.
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Personally I don't really care about the money 'earned' by others, but I took note of a report some time ago that it seems some firms make it a matter of policy, with the caveat of dismissal for those who do not comply, that there must be no discussion, comparing wages and salaries.
I hope that, should we be subjected to revelations of salaries by dictat or law, then such an embargo on in house discussion be outlawed.
It is nothing less than an attempt by employers to forestall requests or demands for equal treatment in salary structures in the work place.
Yet another ploy to undermine any potential for Union building I suggest.
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mapexx
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'Personally I don't really care about the money 'earned' by others'
Surely you should care, it is our money that is paying them.
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No offence, but please do not be so pedantic, I was referring to the principle involved, not the details of the current situation.
Did you note take note that my message was a response to message 2?
But of course I care, when the money is unjustifiably obtained by those in the position to screw/milk the system.
However message 2 referred to 'public sector' salaries, and I am of the mind to say, few in that sector can actually 'rip off' the public in the way that has been the case with the MP's, no doubt MEP's, and probably the AM's also.
My wife is a manager in the finncial department of the NHS, and she tells me the chances for the slightest bending of the rules on expenses is non existent. I would naturally assume that applies across the whole of the territory of 'public service', and that is why I made the statement you messaged over in #4..
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Mapexx - how about starting your own blog? I'm sure many people would follow it - and perhaps this place might become interesting again...
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Huw Lewis is making a good bash at the leadership, better than many thought he would and better than any of his current rivals. However, his main drawback is his hate for all things Plaid. Many in Welsh Labour are far more comfortable with Plaid in coalition than just with Labour, as it gives the more progressive in their ranks the opportunity to move away from the New Labour and UK nationalist line.
If Huw won the leadership, then the One Wales coalition would be dead within a week. He would go in with the Lib Dems and any hope of a red/green radical agenda would be dead.
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Dewi_H at #6 .... Ad Hominem
No debate, so attack mappex, nothing new from the green corner .....
The coalition has been failing for 18 months, we witness its death throws as more people come to realise there is no compatibility with a political party that aims to destroy the work of generations. If ianapharri wishes to help the economic and social development in our corner of the country he might like to consider the Labour party.
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mapexx
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No offence taken names haven't bothered me since I left the school yard behind.
But I do seem to have touched a raw nerve somehow for you to get so stroppy. The BBC was mentioned, we know full well where our money is wasted there. what about all the jobs that are given in top positions in the public sector to ex and failed politicians. I can think of at least one in one Health Authority.
It is not just the ordinary staff who work in the Public Sector who do excelent jobs in dificult positions. Like the Politicians the people at the top are the ones who are benefiting quite a great deal on our backs, I think these are the ones 'snoughtsintrough' wrote in no 2
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Thanks you alf and could'nt have put it better myself.7. Many in Labour are happy with Plaid in GOVERNMENT rather than being on their lonesome. Pray tell us who the labour people are because if your right we could be looking a Nationalist/Socialist administrations for years ahead. I'll have a guess that King Rhodri 11 would be "delighted" with current arrangement as he allway seems to be a fellow traveller to little me.On the other hand there are many and probably vast majority of Eastern welsh labour people who detest the NATS and their open and avowed position (as they are entitled to have in a democracy) to break wales away from UK,and in particular our next door neighbours. If Huw Lewis does hold this position then good on him and I hope he gets power and can "dish" the NATS back to where they belong on the periphery of politics in wales.Finally 9 I was referring to the fact that inall this maelstrom about MP's saliries/expenses the current level of senior people in public sector now outrank those of ordinary MP's. Just saw job on internet Deputy/Directo Social Service £64K, which is exactly what an ordinary MP gets at present. One of those salaries must be wrong surely!!. I wonder if the failed MP is the one who I'm thinking about gave up his seat (out of blue) and lo and behold straight into part time highly paid position on Board of NHS. Somebody has to do these roles but it all needs looking at,including paying councillors who are now full time in council offices.
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I see the MPs have decided to let the BBC increase our licence money again. When one news presenter has £90.000 shouldn't we know what salaries there are within the structure and any other structer under public control.
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12. Absolutely. Not only the range of salaries but also "budgets",including staff numbers etc etc. Recently Scrum V sent a reporter to SA to interview former "springboks" regarding coming tour which for a "publically" funded organization did seem somewhat excessive,especially as there are things called video links. We are on our own virtually with the "heretical" thoughts and will never be included in the "great and good" with being so "off message".Never mind we'll keep soldiering on until "thought" police will give us call.
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I cannot see where I called you any name, the term pedantic is a reference to the tenor of your comment; as you should know, but obviously either chose to ignore, or was not aware of.
The origination of my earlier response was because, and I was being pedantic in saying so, there was no mention of what sector of the public the messenger was referring to.
I felt therefore, that as it was a general term, those in the wider public sector needed defending with facts.
It is also rather telling to me, as well as others, that whenever I make a comment, it is seemingly unable to be differentiated from 'strop' but only by those who apparently support the Plaid/nationalist sort of menu.
I suppose they are so familiar with finding their comments rubbished for the crap they normally spout, they attack without thought, more or less as a kneejerk reaction to anything, and everything, written by me.
So be it.
I also couldn't care less about your opinions of me, just keep on posting similar messages, and it will just reinforce the impression you all give, of being unable to argue constructively, or take constructive criticism.
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Whilst agreeing that paying out sums that it does, for what I consider to be mediocre presenters, or in the case of Ross, absolute wasters, I do not consider my licence fee to be excessive.
I am quite prepared to pay £200 per annum if needs be, a measly £3.85 week for all that the BBC produces.
I have just given Sky the elbow, for the simple reason I finally came to the conclusion, it may well provide a plethora of programming, but full of adverts for stuff I will never need, and which invariably contain no REAL information about what is being advertised.
Which effectively means I am paying three times to see it's output,...
1: licence fee.
2: monthly subscription, (far too high as I see it)
3: the production costs of the adverts via the goods purchased .
Not to forget... I object to paying the Gob from Oz for his general rubbish, and his interference into British politics.
Yes, we should know where, and how, public is spent, however, the secretiveness of salary payouts has been a feature of ALL aspects of the British system, and for many decades, so why pick on the BBC. At least they have let slip what they pay some of their staffers.
Don't forget, ALL wages and salaries are paid for, at the bottom line, by us the consumers one way or another, so do we now, under your terms, expect ALL salaries, private as well as public, should be revealed?
If you are working, do you know, or could you demand to know what your MD is taking home, by the same token?
As I stated before, you people argue on a simplistic one point at a time basis, I on the other hand look at the wider picture.
I am completely satisfied with MY BBC, and with what I pay, for 24/7 output on TV and radio.
Tell me, where for the matter of less than four quid a week can anyone get better value for their money.
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Just to clarify weher I am coming from on this (BBC salaries/acoountablity).
I am most definitely NOT attacking Betasn ~ she is one of the very few people/political commentators worth watching BBC Wales for. Otherwise its truly a deeply depressing dead zone. BUT, if we are now (hopefully) entering a new era of "sunlight", then the salaries etc. of those (publicly funded broadcasters, collectively and as individuals ) who claim to be in touch with the public and its alienation should be transparent. The arguments about "talent" and market factors NO longer wash. The BBC is very often THE MARKET. I had more than enough of broadcasters in the '70s/'80s accusing Trade Unions of "holding the country to ransome" (sic) whilst submiitting their FAT Xs. It is no longer acceptable. The world IS turning.Avoid it at your peril.
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mapexx at #15 wrote .....
"Tell me, where for the matter of less than four quid a week can anyone get better value for their money."
Well said ..... we dumped Sky for similar reason, shame the Times is still in his hands.
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I am however rather angry at the total waste of money that Sky has become involved in, with every day, almost, a mail shot coloured leaflet dropping on my mat, and every other day, and weekends, forests of trees being used up in two page centre spreads in my national 'reflective red top' advertising the Sky provision.
I cannot blame the Mirror, or any other 'rag' taking their adverts, as after all they make money from taking them. But that is for those others, who are supposed to be in opposition in the trade, to search their own consciouses.
Not that I suppose they do, they are all 'prostitutes' in the business of selling whatever it is they are in business about.
Has this Sky company no shame?.
They advertise on TV, and everywhere else they can, pushing their 'greenness', yet go to such lengths to demonstrate just how 'un-green' they are, by the methods employed.
Yet they have the gall to lecture us about our carbon footprint.
Is this what the subscribers are paying for?
Silly me,.....and I thought they are paying to receive satellite TV.
We Brits must take a stand, and various providers, Freesat, Freeview, and (for the moment, for a short time to come), most terrestrial broadcasters, should be supported, to the detriment of Sky.
The cheapest package Sky offers is likely to set a subscriber back, at least, near enough 200 quid a year, with little more than can be obtained on any of those mentioned latterly, plus the licence fee, which means at least 350 quid PA, and yet those who take up Sky, at such a basic standard are those least likely to be able to afford it in realistic terms.
I am also with you on the matter of the Times, it used to be a decent paper.
But how it can be called a 'quality' newspaper, when it lives in the same journalistic stable as that godawful rag, the Sun, is a matter of some deep contemplation.
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I know mapexx, it galls me every time I buy it, but what other option is there?
Betsan, I know it was deliberate but "Sargeant" Major spelt like this is an abomination.
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You're right Stonemason and I'm not sure the pun is worth the pain if you see what I mean.
If I wield great power and change it, I hope you'll regard it as public money well spent (!)
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Betsan I saw your name and waited in trepidation .....
I was over the top,
It was a long time ago when I last wore green,
Is my skin so thin ...
what can I say in response to your generous nature .....
..... I am suitably humbled, your blog is indeed money well spent.
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It is also rather telling to me, as well as others, that whenever I make a comment, it is seemingly unable to be differentiated from 'strop' but only by those who apparently support the Plaid/nationalist sort of menu..
What have my comments on salaries in public service got to do with your belief in my apparent support of the Plaid/Nationalist sort of menu. When ever I come on to Betsans blog you seem to be there having a permanent strop whether you may think so or not. The comments I made today seem to be supported by some who dont have the apparent support for the political persuasion you say I have. So what are your thoughts to them.
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I am quite prepared to pay 200 per annum if needs be, a measly 3.85 week for all that the BBC produces.
Yes all these great intellectual programs that they broadcast to the lowest common denominator, that concentrates on making fools of people and making celebrities out of a bunch of nobodies.
Also try telling Pensioners and unemployed people that the licence fee is a price worth paying.
I have just given Sky the elbow
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Well said ..... we dumped Sky for similar reason, shame the Times is still in his hands.
We have the choice with a Sky subscription we can discontinue it we can not discontinue with the licence fee. We are forced to pay it or give up our television viewing which for some is their lifeline. When the new digital service comes in you will be receiving more or less the same channels as Sky and the licence fee will increase to pay for that, you can be assured.
They advertise on TV, and everywhere else they can, pushing their 'greenness', yet go to such lengths to demonstrate just how 'un-green' they are, by the methods employed.
Yet they have the gall to lecture us about our carbon footprint.
I remember John Snow saying that when C4 goes anywhere in the world they take 4 or 5 people. The BBC when they go they take an army and hire helicopters and other transport. Your licence money is paying for that carbon footprint.
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17 Thestonemason and everyone else
May I refer you to this blog on the Cambria Magazine website blog.
This is what our neighbours really think of us this means us. Enjoy and please don't tell me where is my humour or pick and choose what suites you from it you are all included because you live in Wales
Cambria Politico - The Political Blog
Dotty as a Daisy
Here are some snippets from an article in THE SUNDAY TIMES of May 17, 2009 entitled John Lewiss wonderland. One Daisy Waugh describes The Welsh home of the never knowingly undersold shopkeeper (John Lewis) now up for sale in the heart of Sir Gaerfyrddin for the same price as a boring terraced house in southwest London.
Poor old Wales. Whats actually wrong with it? Does anyone know? Apart from the unpronounceable road signs, which dont really matter, and the rainfall, which cant be much worse than, say, in Bristol, and the slightly irritating devotion to a language only kept alive by government edict and European subsidies - apart from all that, its just the same as anywhere else in Britain, isnt it? Mostly green and pleasant. And a lot dozier than London.
Theres not much were allowed to snigger at in polite company any more. And yet somehow fat people and the whole of Wales slipped through the sensitivity net.
It must be one of the reasons why the remarkably lovely and extremely luxurious Upton Hall, seven miles from the county town of Carmarthen, is being offered for sale at such a laughably low price.
Anyway, all this could be yours, dear reader, including 22 acres of landscaped garden, for a mere £1.3m: the same price as a boring terraced house in southwest London.
John Lewis is long dead and buried, but clearly his legacy lives on. Nice house. Amazing price. (Never knowingly undersold.) Just a shame its in bloody Waaayells.
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I am afraid alfsplace1986 at #23 things are a tad faster at Betsan's Blog, a little more refined, I refer you too .....
The Really Angry Chamber, comments #20, #23, #25, #26.
..... the Cambria Magazine is a bit tatty in terms of content, for the Unionists that is.
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Not so tatty as the BBC has become I am sure. Read the Radio Timmes page 47, Television by Alison Graham
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Oops I hope I haven't spoiled The Really Angry Chambers' spot
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I refer you to the Radio Times page 47, Television by Alison Graham
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And here I was thinking Woolworth's had gone down.
It seems a certain Plaid nasty has taken over the pick'n mix counter.
Nice to know you can select the bits you think will make some sort of a point.
You are not Fifi are you, writing under a new pseudonym?
Your style is almost identical. He also picks the bits that suits his pale arguments.
But of course you admit to being a Plaid clone, which means you are one of those instructed in 'how to pick on mapexx' techniques.
But to return to the gist of it... Yes, one can give up the TV and not pay the license fee.
Your choice for sure, however your assumption seems to be that the BBC consists of nothing but reporters and presenters, all snuffling about in the trough.
How wrong you really are.
In fact, it would seem you are a mouthpiece for Murdoch at his worst.
That is his design, get shot of the BBC, and pick n' mix the leavings between Sky and some of his less aggressive rivals, so he can present an apparent 'competitive' atmosphere in the industry.
Not only is the BBC one of the best features of broadcasting in the WORLD, it is also one of the most admired.
It's overseas listening base is vast, it's probity is admired from one corner of the globe to another, something that only the Nationalists could disparage.
As for pensioners on limited incomes, I am one of those, and as stated, found after some few years, that a return to none Sky viewing has been a relief from it's output, which only seems to consist of advertisements, interrupted by bits of films and programmes.
Decent films, and programmes destroyed by their intrusion, channels being changed without notice; one just gets used to a set of numbers, only to find they are moved, or taken down completely.
Without any real notice of course, keep the 'druggies' confused, no doubt being the idea.
That is why I got shot of it, as well as deciding I would not fund that Gob from Oz any further.
He has interfered with our democratic system, through the use of his various acquisitions, over the last couple of decades, swinging the voter from one extreme to the other, with his foibles in party allegiance. I had had enough, and am not prepared to have his tripe in my face on the TV screens any longer.
As for the BBC playing to the lowest common denominator, I suppose the rhetoric of Plaid and others in their camp, plays to the erudite and cultured does it?
The BBC at living room level, which in fact is but a part of it's remit, has an obligation, set by government dictat, to meet and match the other TV broadcasters. Or did you not realise that.
I for one, would far prefer they took off much of the stuff you complain about, I want educational, cultural, informative programmes, documentaries, history, geography, biology, and whatever else that does not involve celebrities, foul language, rubbish like Eastenders, and such, less sport breaking into schedules, and anything else you can think of, so do not lecture me on where the BBC is wrong footed.
Having said that, of course the BBC does output much more than you seem to think it does, the number of channels it now transmits, contain everything from good music, (subjective I know) to good drama, opera, and all those mentioned in my previous paragraph.
And without commercial adverts. And within the annual budget I am more than happy with.
I would suggest you go ask a few pensioners yourself.
But be tolerant in the way you phrase your questions, as I am sure a blunt sort of interrogation will evoke just the same sort of answers as do the telephone polls over the support for devolution.
Go question, and I'll do the same, with MY leading questions based on facts and truth, not on whimsy and emotive rhetoric.
I am sure the BBC would like to dispense with much of what you complain about, it is usually very costly to output, and the cash could be better used elsewhere in programme making.
But you do not see the big picture, only the bits that impact on you personally, there are more than just a few dyed in the wool Plaid members out there in the wider world, and unfortunately you and I have to tolerate what is being pumped out to all.
But more to the point, and as stated before, I am prepared to pay for the privilege, should the BBC opt to go upmarket.
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mapexx
Seems like the moderator agrees with me
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message 29...
As I am tempted to ask...I wonder why, it seems every time I post a message that denies or contradicts messages from nationalists and Plaid supporters, they take it down.
Smacks of bias towards that side of the argument.
As I have consistently warned the moderators, I will take it over their heads.
Which I think I now shall do.
Let's see if they allow this message on the page.
But maybe they will restore the message they have taken off.
We shall see soon enough no doubt.
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alfsplace1986
Where is your sense of humour, Daisy named her daughter Panda, how can you not laugh.
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Seems you were wrong....
Perhaps the moderators needed a slight nudge to remind them that 'free speech' is not the exclusive domain of the side you thought it was, after all.
Thanks moderators for being balanced in your judgement.
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m ap exx
No that is not me. That you should be surprised that more than one person disagrees with you just about sums you up.
You have just told someone off somewhere for their long entries and now you give us War and Peace 2!!
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message 33....
Once again jumping in where you are not wanted.
Message 22 was written by Alfplace, not you. So butt out.
But typical for you, nothing of importance to say, so opt for the usual nonsense, scurrilous and out of sequence.
Besides which, I am entitled to make as much or as little commentary about a subject that is ongoing, unlike your pal Brynt who simply waffles on with his perpetual references and links to Internet sources, something I very rarely do.
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mapexx
Oh dear you do go of on one. I wouldn't dream of lecturing you, obviously you are much more inteligent than I am and I bow to your superiority.
I must admit you seem to blame everything and every one who doesn't agree with you of being a Plaid /Nationalist or in your mind even worse. The world must be full of them, Plaid /Nationalists I mean.
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You are not Fifi are you, writing under a new pseudonym?
I think FiDafydd butted in with every right, because you asked if I was that person so why you get so angry with the person for I don't know.
No I am not fiDafydd but who ever it is sounds like a wonderful person and to be honest I am glad and fortunate you don't know who I am or where I am from. I think I would be afraid to go out after dark but being a disabled pensioner there is not much chance of that.
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Having said that, of course the BBC does output much more than you seem to think it does, the number of channels it now transmits, contain everything from good music, (subjective I know) to good drama, opera, and all those mentioned in my previous paragraph.
Yes and most of them are repeats just like what you verbaly regurgitate
I still refer you to the Radio Times page 47 and I don't beleive Alison Graham is a Plaid /Nationalist, though you will probably find something to blame Plaid Cymru for, because everything else in life seems to be their fault in your eyes
Thestonemason
I now a few farmers who call their cows Daisy now that is a laugh
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alfsplace1986
You're very kind - and far too generous!
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message 35....
I argue with anyone who comes on here supporting that menage in Cardiff Bay.
As for Fi Fi, he has a nasty streak, very sarcastic, without form or format, and with a panache for throwing in his twopenn'orth when he is not part of the particular debate on the subject in hand.
You may well be an OAP who is 'physically' disabled, but that does not come over, unless you mention it, there seems nothing wrong with your mental capacity.
But that also doesn't invite any sympathy from me to what you write.
If it bothers you, there is a simple solution to that problem. Don't bother to contribute.
I am not being nasty in saying that, just rational.
As for me being of higher intellect to you, don't put yourself down.
Plenty of people think that way, but all that does is reinforce the idea.
If you have something to say, say it, as forcefully as you can. Your innate intellect will support your submission, worry not about spelling and grammar, I can reason out your meanings, no matter how good, bad or indifferent you messages are. Not that I find anything to 'reason out' so far.
The only caveat I would have is, that you actually respond to the subject matter, and leave the scurrilous to one side.
That is why Fi Fi gets slated almost every time he becomes embroiled with me, he cannot keep to the point, but always wants to add his little snide remark.
Unless of course, he thinks he is talking to a fellow Plaid or nationalist. Then his sycophancy is so obvious it embarrassing.
Not to mention obnoxious.
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"As for me being of higher intellect to (sic) you, don't put yourself down.
Plenty of people think that way, but all that does is reinforce the idea."
Is this man for real??!!
Stonemason - help!!
The rest of the message is just nastiness ...
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#38.....
Missed that paragraph (below)did you?
..."That is why Fi Fi gets slated almost every time he becomes embroiled with me, he cannot keep to the point, but always wants to add his little snide remark....."
And here it is....
"....The rest of the message is just nastiness..."
Fi Fi never fails to oblige.
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The body is that of an old man with cattaracts hence the spelling the print is so small perhapes that is the same with you , but the mind is still fairly young and I thank you for thinking I am a younger person.
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m ap exx
I love it, you dig a deeper, deeper hole for yourself every time you write! And knowing that you don't know how silly you appear, is half the fun ...
Believe me, being slated (as you comically call it) by you is a badge of honour. You were nasty in message 38 - and I, for one, will point that out, even if it means you running to the moderators again.
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message 41....
....can't even get your own messages in correct order either.
But at least you had the meat right, even if the skeleton was the wrong one.
However, as you are just about breaking through, into the antipodean regions with your own hole excavation, I suggest you stop digging for fear of going Australian skywards.
For a lesson in correct behaviour, and politeness, I refer you to message 40...
Read it and learn.
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'being slated by mapexx is a badge of honour, eh'....pretty much the same as an ASBO is to a young tearaway, seen as a mark of respect amongst his peers.
And, just as valid a 'badge of merit' on here. Without doubt.
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Huw & his wife Lynne (both AM's)feature on Ceefax this morning.
Seems like they have both been claiming second home allowance.
£44,000 over two years.
Eye watering!!! about the average Welsh National income, to pay for somewhere to stay while at the Assembly.
Seems like politics is not about serving the people, but something else entirely.
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Re 42,
In English or Welsh please, so that I can tell what the hell you're on about. Especially:
"....can't even get your own messages in correct order either."
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message 45....
I did NOT write message #38....
....YOU DID!!!.
... was that loud and clear enough to demonstrate what I meant in message #39?
Also, what I stated quite correctly in message #42?
AS stated, "...can't even get your own messages in correct order either"
That's the trouble with being a smart ass, your doubtfull cleverness trips you up.
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Re 46
Is that it?
"That's the trouble with being a smart ass, your doubtfull cleverness trips you up."
- by the way, there's only one 'l' in doubtful. Tripping, eh?
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A vast difference between a slight typo, accidentally hitting the same key twice, than telling outright lies, and referring to your own silly messages, as being from me.
Consistency never was your strong point.
Except of course when making childish attempts to trip me up. Then, by golly, your constistency is astounding in it's brevity.
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Re 48
The proper spelling is:
... its brevity
Not that it makes any more sense, even then.
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message 49...
You are telling me what?
that the use of the apostrophe is wrong?
"....is astounding in it's brevity..."
I think you need a refresher course in your grammatical capabilities.
Or did I spell 'brevity' incorrectly?
But if the former, then it is correct either way.
So once again you are just looking to argue,and are standing on a very slippy slope in your attempt to so do.
Back to the classroom, fool.
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Re 50
... yes, your use of the apostrophe is wrong. Making grandiose claims about your linguistic abilities is not always wise.
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message 51...
Nor is cluttering up this blog witbh your perpetual nit picking.
Want to go for broke?
Grammar and linguistics are two different beasts, smart ass.
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