Politics

[Gullscorer]

I agree to a great extent with the last few posts; and I know where Andy's coming from, having similarly suffered for most of my life. I would only add that the most successful people are not necessarily those with formal education or talent or ability or privilege, but those with the most energy and the right attitude, knowing what they want in life and having the determination and single-mindedness to apply themselves to achieving their goal, regarding their situation as a springboard rather than a bog from which they cannot extract themselves. Of course, knowing what you want to achieve is not the same thing as knowing what the most important things in life are...

[ferrarilover]

Do kids not read anything anymore? Teenage Gull has just posted "could of been worse". Now, I appreciate the idea that "Could've", if spoken lazily, could sound a bit like "could of", but surely, if one reads even so much as a local newspaper, the phrase "could have" would crop up sufficiently frequently for the truly correct form to be learned?

The only answer I can think of is that TG (and millions of other kids) simply don't read anything at all, so aren't exposed to the true form. It's a similar story to the use of apostrophes and the words "a lot", which seems to be morphing into the single "alot" now.

Madness.

Matt.

[AustrianAndyGull]

I reckon I am the only person in the world who texts messages the way they are spelled. It does take me 10 minutes to send one mind but I know i'm doing my bit.

[Jerry]

I generally avoid crowds like the plague.

Now I finally understand why you chose to support Torquay Andy.

[AustrianAndyGull]

Haha, it certainly has helped!

[ferrarilover]

Having read back my last post, should probably point out that I'm not singling out TG, just that it was his post which prompted mine.

Matt.

[Colorado Gull]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... icial.html

Exactly why we need OUT. NO TO EU.

[Scott Brehaut]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 49131.html

A good reason to not vote for either of these parties too....

[ferrarilover]

As if we needed another reason not to vote Labour...

Matt.

[Colorado Gull]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 49131.html

A good reason to not vote for either of these parties too....

Well that just shows doesn't it that all three parties are indistinguishable.

[yellowforever]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... icial.html

Exactly why we need OUT. NO TO EU.

The most annoying thing with this is that it will see an upsurge in support for UKIP. Oh deary me.

[stevegull]

As if we needed another reason not to vote Labour...

Matt.

I really hope people don't forget who was in charge as our country fell into the mire. Sadly, I think people just like to hear policies that sound nice but simply can't work if they thought about it at all.

Vote labour if you wish, but please don't forget where we went with them on board last time.

And I'm really not a staunch conservative or anything - this is just what I think.

Infact, I'd say my vote is still up for grabs for the election.

[Gullscorer]

It's absolutely true that, whatever their rhetoric, our three main political parties are indistinguishable from each other. I read that over half of Australia's foreign trade is with China and Japan, yet nobody there is suggesting that Australia enters into economic and political union with those countries. For us to tie ourselves to Europe in this way is madness. It's time that we in the UK took back control of our own destiny, which is why I shall be voting for UKIP.

[Dave]

Totally agree Gullscorer, Danny won't have work hard to convince me, haven't voted in any type of election for a while now, however will be voting UKIP in May.

One thing that confuses me, keep hearing so many people tell leaving the EU would be so bad for British business, so if that's the case why is bloke supporting UKIP...http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... lions.html

scaremongers with an agenda trying to keep us in the EU.

[Gullscorer]

It's not only the politicians we should be worrying about, but also the anti-democratic actions of unelected officials in the EU and in the UK. Here's an example involving (surprise, surprise) social workers: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... mbers.html