clear evidence of BBC left wing liberal bias

On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:07:00 +0100, mcp wrote:

On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:41:00 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:41:31 +0200, Martin wrote:

The Salvation Army and The Boys Brigade often confuses some
foreigners.
The Provo Wings of both keep out of sight.

The Boys' Brigade used to drill with (dummy) rifles.

Oh yes; they were essentially a pre-cadet force for the militarisation
of young minds.

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

The Boys' Brigade used to drill with (dummy) rifles.

Oh yes; they were essentially a pre-cadet force for the militarisation
of young minds.
Yes, good thing too. In those days the defence of the country depended
more on men than on machines. It's so fortunate that our predecessors
understood the value of inculcating discipline and self-sacrifice into
the young.
I suppose nowadays if we faced an invading army we'd decide it wasn't
politically correct to shoot the buggers, and even if it was we'd spend
so much time writing a risk assessment they'd be in Buckingham Palace
before we did anything.
People these days are so soft and spineless.

Bill

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:51:52 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

The Boys' Brigade used to drill with (dummy) rifles.

Oh yes; they were essentially a pre-cadet force for the militarisation
of young minds.
Yes, good thing too. In those days the defence of the country depended
more on men than on machines. It's so fortunate that our predecessors
understood the value of inculcating discipline and self-sacrifice into
the young.
I suppose nowadays if we faced an invading army we'd decide it wasn't
politically correct to shoot the buggers, and even if it was we'd spend
so much time writing a risk assessment they'd be in Buckingham Palace
before we did anything.

Ah, yes, the decoy target, Buckingham Palace. which foreigners think the
country is ruled from.


People these days are so soft and spineless.

Bill

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In article ,
Martin wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:48:41 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:51:52 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

The Boys' Brigade used to drill with (dummy) rifles.

Oh yes; they were essentially a pre-cadet force for the militarisation
of young minds.
Yes, good thing too. In those days the defence of the country depended
more on men than on machines. It's so fortunate that our predecessors
understood the value of inculcating discipline and self-sacrifice into
the young.
I suppose nowadays if we faced an invading army we'd decide it wasn't
politically correct to shoot the buggers, and even if it was we'd spend
so much time writing a risk assessment they'd be in Buckingham Palace
before we did anything.

Ah, yes, the decoy target, Buckingham Palace. which foreigners think the
country is ruled from.

Some of the occupants believe that too :-)

It's only "staff" who live there these days. HMQ & the DoE live at
Windsor/Sandringham/Balmoral; the PoW at Clarence House /Highgrove.

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In article , Martin
wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:31:02 +0100, charles
wrote:

In article , Martin
wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:48:41 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:51:52 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

The Boys' Brigade used to drill with (dummy) rifles.

Oh yes; they were essentially a pre-cadet force for the
militarisation of young minds.
Yes, good thing too. In those days the defence of the country
depended more on men than on machines. It's so fortunate that our
predecessors understood the value of inculcating discipline and
self-sacrifice into the young. I suppose nowadays if we faced an
invading army we'd decide it wasn't politically correct to shoot
the buggers, and even if it was we'd spend so much time writing a
risk assessment they'd be in Buckingham Palace before we did
anything.

Ah, yes, the decoy target, Buckingham Palace. which foreigners think
the country is ruled from.

Some of the occupants believe that too :-)

It's only "staff" who live there these days. HMQ & the DoE live at
Windsor/Sandringham/Balmoral; the PoW at Clarence House /Highgrove.

HMQ lives in Buck Place as much as she does in Balmoral.

not these days - she comes to London for official business, but lives at
Windsor - has done so for 5 or 6 years.

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On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:08:01 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:45:45 +0100, charles
wrote:

In article , Martin
wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:31:02 +0100, charles
wrote:

In article , Martin
wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:48:41 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:51:52 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

The Boys' Brigade used to drill with (dummy) rifles.

Oh yes; they were essentially a pre-cadet force for the
militarisation of young minds.
Yes, good thing too. In those days the defence of the country
depended more on men than on machines. It's so fortunate that our
predecessors understood the value of inculcating discipline and
self-sacrifice into the young. I suppose nowadays if we faced an
invading army we'd decide it wasn't politically correct to shoot
the buggers, and even if it was we'd spend so much time writing a
risk assessment they'd be in Buckingham Palace before we did
anything.

Ah, yes, the decoy target, Buckingham Palace. which foreigners think
the country is ruled from.

Some of the occupants believe that too :-)

It's only "staff" who live there these days. HMQ & the DoE live at
Windsor/Sandringham/Balmoral; the PoW at Clarence House /Highgrove.

HMQ lives in Buck Place as much as she does in Balmoral.

not these days - she comes to London for official business, but lives at
Windsor - has done so for 5 or 6 years.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsan...hamPalace.aspx

She divides her time between BP and Windsor Castle:
http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalResi...sorCastle.aspx

Windsor Castle is an official residence of The Queen and the largest
occupied castle in the world. A Royal home and fortress for over 900
years, the Castle remains a working palace today.

The Queen uses the Castle both as a private home, where she usually
spends the weekend, and as a Royal residence at which she undertakes
certain formal duties.

The Queen apparently prefers Windsor Castle to BP.

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On 28/09/2012 15:45, charles wrote:
In article , Martin
wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:31:02 +0100, charles
wrote:

In article , Martin
wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:48:41 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:51:52 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

The Boys' Brigade used to drill with (dummy) rifles.

Oh yes; they were essentially a pre-cadet force for the
militarisation of young minds.
Yes, good thing too. In those days the defence of the country
depended more on men than on machines. It's so fortunate that our
predecessors understood the value of inculcating discipline and
self-sacrifice into the young. I suppose nowadays if we faced an
invading army we'd decide it wasn't politically correct to shoot
the buggers, and even if it was we'd spend so much time writing a
risk assessment they'd be in Buckingham Palace before we did
anything.

Ah, yes, the decoy target, Buckingham Palace. which foreigners think
the country is ruled from.

Some of the occupants believe that too :-)

It's only "staff" who live there these days. HMQ & the DoE live at
Windsor/Sandringham/Balmoral; the PoW at Clarence House /Highgrove.

HMQ lives in Buck Place as much as she does in Balmoral.

not these days - she comes to London for official business, but lives at
Windsor - has done so for 5 or 6 years.

And now they have the cheek to charge people for viewing their ill
gotten gains. How quickly a crime family becomes respectable

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:28:16 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

The Queen apparently prefers Windsor Castle to BP.

It was reported somewhere that BP is the office and WC is home.
I guess she sometimes works from home, and other times sleeps at the
office.
She's lucky in that she doesn't have any parking problems at either
place.
I wonder if she pays the Congestion Charge to get into Central Landun?
Probably not as she has no number plates on the motah, so the spies
don't know where to send the penalty charge notice. Or perhaps she
hops over the wall round the back in to the garden. Handy living on the
boundary...

In article ,
Martin wrote:

[Snip]

It's the smell of burnt kerosene and the noise of planes landing at
Heathrow that makes Windsor Castle so attractive. Decades ago I stayed
a night in the hotel (The Palace Hotel??) across the road from Windsor
Castle, even the double glazed windows didn't keep the noise out of
the rooms.

as some Americans have said "Why did they build it so near to Heathrow?"

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On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 09:20:12 +0100, charles
wrote:

In article ,
Martin wrote:

[Snip]

It's the smell of burnt kerosene and the noise of planes landing at
Heathrow that makes Windsor Castle so attractive. Decades ago I stayed
a night in the hotel (The Palace Hotel??) across the road from Windsor
Castle, even the double glazed windows didn't keep the noise out of
the rooms.

as some Americans have said "Why did they build it so near to Heathrow?"

Somewhere on the website of the New York Times there was a report about
the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla. It was written by an American
woman who seemed to have got her facts right. One of the readers'
comments was a question which asked, apparently seriously, whether the
castle seen on TV (Windsor) had been built for the occasion by the
Disney Corporation.

The reporter gave the reader a polite answer explaining that it was a
real castle which had been there for a very long time.

--
Peter Duncanson
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