tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post3494880620336700186..comments2023-12-29T00:08:21.051-08:00Comments on fear of a red planet: The Brexit ElectionGilman Grundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06607416440240634159noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post-42362369214877562652017-06-11T03:32:37.112-07:002017-06-11T03:32:37.112-07:00"Question. Are pundits overstating the abilit...<b>"Question. Are pundits overstating the ability of new social media to shape election results, and the death of Murdock tabloid type muck as an influencing factor."</b><br /><br />I have no idea. I can tell you, though, that in the run-up to the election I only ever saw pro-Labour material shared on Facebook.<br /><br /><b>"Even had a flic thru The Canary which I found to be on the lite side."</b><br /><br />It's basically the Corbyn version of <i>Pravda</i>. Propagandistic trash that I wouldn't touch with a barge-poll.Gilman Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607416440240634159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post-53997530956453852812017-06-10T17:52:41.484-07:002017-06-10T17:52:41.484-07:00@ Foarp. Pleased that you took my sarcasm in good ...@ Foarp. Pleased that you took my sarcasm in good temper. <br /><br />When you mentioned New Forest, my spirits soared. You know Robin Hood jokes: taking from......giving to...., but I was sorely disappointed after a wiki visit. Sounds like a fabulous place to hike. To go a bit biographical, presently in the middle of a massive native tree and shrub planting program. Two trees a day to infinity. Bird and butterfly habitats. <br /><br />Question. Are pundits overstating the ability of new social media to shape election results, and the death of Murdock tabloid type muck as an influencing factor.<br /><br />Even had a flic thru The Canary which I found to be on the lite side. (The Global Post is my present fave.)<br /><br />Since JR mentioned Anne of Cleves, better 'fess up to presently reading a slew of books on the history of London: Pepys period, The Restoration to the 1770s. Some great scholarship is available, and its easy to see what a contribution the Hegeunots made in developing the highly skilled trades. France's great loss. I need a good historical map alongside, being unfamiliar with the city.<br /><br />KTwww.kingtubby1.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post-6532623145770981612017-06-10T08:13:02.333-07:002017-06-10T08:13:02.333-07:00@KT - Well, all I can say is that May proved to be...@KT - Well, all I can say is that May proved to be only marginally better on the campaign trail than Corbyn, who ultimately didn't do as badly as I had thought he would. Still, plenty of people like me will never vote for a party led by an IRA sympathiser.<br /><br />@JR - Offered an alternative? Well, not on Brexit he didn't, since his policies were, stripped of their meaningless verbiage about wanting a "People's Brexit, not a Banker's Brexit", effectively the same as those of the government.<br /><br />I'm on holiday in the New Forest right now but I'll write more once I can sit down and do a proper job of it.FOARPhttp://foarp.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post-76859028912983762512017-06-09T15:06:25.644-07:002017-06-09T15:06:25.644-07:00Spot on JR.
You are un-naturally silent today, F...Spot on JR.<br /><br />You are un-naturally silent today, Foarp. Still trying to locate the the silver lining in your political cloud.<br /><br />And going to bed with the Unionists to form a government: crikey, a bit like have sex with a family of diseased skunks. Way to go if you want to appeal to young people re social-body issues.<br /><br />Anyway, you will be able to give May a piece of your mind for this tectonic shift when you next visit Sainsburys. She will be the one demonstrating cookware.<br /><br />What a two day news cycle. Trump Comey and now this. I feel positively orgasmic.<br /><br />KT<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post-39415026531871629192017-06-09T12:41:08.767-07:002017-06-09T12:41:08.767-07:00Corbyn and his supporters, I believe, have done so...Corbyn and his supporters, I believe, have done something important. They've provided the British people with a real choice at the ballot box. A good day for democracy, in difficult times.justrecentlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post-8147682501371526552017-06-08T15:53:16.659-07:002017-06-08T15:53:16.659-07:00Foarp. A bit off-topic, but a response to your pe...Foarp. A bit off-topic, but a response to your personal assurance on this site that Jeremy Corbyn was COMPLETE and TOTAL electoral poison. <br /><br />Now, I could jeer and smirk at your expense, but I won't as I've just completed a mail order program in self-improvement.<br /><br />Oh well, there is one compensation for you: Liverpool didn't totally disgrace themselves this past season.<br /><br />KTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post-70565629601378853732017-04-21T02:01:21.489-07:002017-04-21T02:01:21.489-07:00Nothing gets lost here - too many cupboards for th...Nothing gets lost here - too many cupboards for that. But then, maybe a divorced daughter of Cleves wasn't seen as an element of fame at the time.JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post-49634161705814934742017-04-20T12:53:46.270-07:002017-04-20T12:53:46.270-07:00The same, visiting family and polishing my status ...The same, visiting family and polishing my status as a "Germany expert". I am even as we speak crafting an important essay on the German concept of <i>Wurst</i>, which we have no equivalent for in English, entitled "The sausage has two ends".<br /><br />I have visited Anne of Cleves house in Lewis - the first documented case of an all too modern phenomenon: the profile picture does not match reality! A bit surprised that there isn't anything I've seen here documenting her (though I haven't visited the castle properly) but possibly we Brits had a hand in this as well (my grandfather may have even had a hand in this, as he was in Bomber Command).Gilman Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607416440240634159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post-71815035735406332202017-04-20T11:05:49.533-07:002017-04-20T11:05:49.533-07:00Cleves? The birthplace of Anne of Cleves, one of K...Cleves? The birthplace of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Cleves" rel="nofollow">Anne of Cleves</a>, one of King Henry's luckier wives?justrecentlyhttps://justrecently.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com