really? how would that work? Could you cite any examples?

You know what, Junky, me and you could be mates if you’d only acknowledge the supremacy of LFC! 😀

After all, I seriously doubt anyone who has posted on this thread so far is making do with a bargain basement Mountain Bike that literally just about meets the basic requirements, rather than buying something a lot more lavish when they could afford to

Yeah, but that level of expenditure is probably within a reasonable level of wealth attainable to everyone if we lived in an economically fairer world. Daft, ostentatious £1m cars will never be.

Of course the counter point to that is that politicians are far, far more likely to do something ‘controversial’, athan the Queen, and she is what prevents them from having the opportunity to do so

yeah, but, daft as we might be, at least we chose for them to be tits on our behalf

You mean progressive taxation championed by Dave & George and TJ too,which is some euphemism if ever I heard one.

nah…PROPER progressive taxation…

Wow! Some exceptionally pious bellendery in here today. Well done

Thanks for your erudite contribution. It’s good to know someone is above all this.

other factors more likely to influence a governments policies than anything the Queen is likely to say or do

Yeah, you’re right, but I feel that it’s a matter of principle that our democracy should be just that. I know the Queen is likely to do nothing controversial but she should not even have the opportunity to do so. Principles are so important in drafting a constitution.

And yes, I beat my lizard without frilly knickers, but, honestly, I’ve never been to Shepton Mallet…

Educator

A multi-corp processor fed from a fibre optic connection that will upload this post at 37 Mbps in a house that produces nearly twice the electricity it consumes. Anything else wouldn’t be sustainable development.

Very interested to know how you are generating that much, please explain.
Cheers

…have I been eating too much cheese?

story of a wallflower’s life…hang about and they cop off with someone else…

yeah…but I’m shy… 😳

does the monitor lizard dance?

Time for me to sign off if we are agreeing

We will never agree…this is class warfare..!

Sleep tight!

To say that the Queen should have no part in the government sounds daft

probably not as daft as you ignoring the “or on paper” bit what I wrote..

He did say he wouldn’t buy one even with the staff discount.

That’s what the checkout girl at Lidl said to me about the 65p shower gel, but, you know, I thought “f*** it…I’m having one…”

I am sure they manage to bring in more money than they cost us

…this is probably true but they should have no part in the government of this land, in actuality or on paper.

after they’ve worked hard and giving it to someone who doesn’t have the same vision and ambition

Those dastardly plebs have absolutely no vision or ambition. Let them empty our bins, and eat cake.

I presume none of you buy any luxury products?

Actually, last week I went for Lidl’s 65p shower gel instead of the usual 32p one. What the hell, you only live once.

Go on then poverty enders, how will you do it.

Taxation’s a good place to start. Close the gap between rich and poor and we’d live in a much nicer place.

Isn’t it great how so many of these threads end up in a left v right debate. It’s all politics kids! Ya basta!

I’m with Edukator on this one.

Me too. I’d rather live in a society without sink estates full of people living on the breadline, and without the vulgar rich who can afford to spend that sort of money on a poxy car.

The Apprentice, place your bets

I bet brakes isn’t watching…

I live happy in the knowledge that I can’t afford these cars

I live depressed in the knowledge that anyone has that much money to be able to spend 1.4 million quid on a car. What’s wrong with a nice low-mileage Polo?

let me be that tyrannical dictator

See, where you’re going wrong is you want them to “let” you. If you were any sort of tyrannical dictator you’d just go and get it. Two snooker balls in a sock, few cans of Special Brew, and get fighting.

A “misery” of Republicans

Don’t forget he only saw the one, so that’s a “misery of republican”.

You’d have to be miserable and a little stupid to want an elected head of state rather than a hereditary one!

Yeah! And a right old daft grump to prefer a hereditary queen to an unelected tyrannical dictator, which is my head-of-state of choice.

I thought that was comedy gold ernie. Don’t tell me it was merely a typo??

a right bunch of miserable git

genius!

republicans aren’t particularily anti-boat

We only like boats full of republicans.

Just seen one

Jesus, that’s a big “bunch”…

If it was a woman would it make you want to?

not with a beard like that…

but slightly more tempted to try homosexuality

brilliant! 😀

No, and it makes me glad I no longer eat sausages.

I’m not proud to be British

I sort of agree. You should be proud of what you do and how you behave, not what you happen to be and have no control over…

There’s loads I love about the old place though.

it is not unmatched even if it is one better

One or the other of us fails to understand the basic laws of existence. Me, I’ve always thought that if you win by just 1, you definitely still win…

Shall we just agree that everyone else is worse?

Shall we just agree to stop this nonsense, because frankly both of us are boring me?

The Duke of Edinburgh (AKA Philip Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg) does me proud

Still don’t get the texting dog, Ernie, but that made me laugh like a drain!

oops you beat me with your ninja edit! I can’t argue with you about what you think words mean!

Shall we argue about whose red is more redder – Liverpool’s or Man U’s?

You’re too complicated for me, kid! Unmatched means peerless – what’s confusing about that? Genuine question. (Although I was ashamed of my pedantry gooling of “most successful english team”. A semantic debate over what “unmatched” means hits a new low! Congratulations!)

God knows I love an arthouse film, and a slow film, but I just couldn’t get through Tree of Life. It was like an itchy bollock when you’re in a public place and can’t get in to scratch it.

Dear Mr. Junkyard,
While idly waiting for an egg to boil, I thought I’d have a google. The water’s still cold enough to dip my finger in, and I needed only one mouse click…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_England_by_major_honours_won

Unmatched!

Or do you want to invent a complex series of coefficients for the varying merits of each competition to disprove this?

Well I’ve lowered myself to abject, if brief, googling pedantry, and I’m sorry. And while I’ve proved a point, I can only concur that historic superiority is immaterial. All that matters now is 2012-13 and beyond. Come on Brendan! Come on you Reds!

Hugs all round,
zimbo

Don’t go for a Burnley Wallet…

Olkaa hyvä! Pretty chuffed someone else on here knows some Finnish!

let me get that for you

Flounce off, would’ya? And take your spoon with you.