Why we've lost the Empire

[Mac McLennan]

This has to be a new thread "Larking around on the job"

 

I'll go start a thread now...............

[David Humphries]

They probably went back to the shed and complained about a wierd tree man, not working and playing with a camera!!!!:001_tongue:

 

 

I wholy resent the "playing" with a camera remark..........

 

 

 

...............but I'll freely hold my hands up to the "weird tree man" bit

 

 

 

 

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[raafbeard]

Football in chainsaw boots is always a laugh though ....randomly punting it about like the guy in your photo....

[Andy Collins]

I dont think we lost the Empire, I think some bugger nicked it when we werent looking!

[Mick Stockbridge]

I dont think we lost the Empire, I think some bugger nicked it when we werent looking!

 

Yeah Tony Blair and Labour

[Mesterh]

Yeah Tony Blair and Labour

 

Plus all the building companies,solicitors,estate agents,banks and mortgage lenders who made an absoulute killing over the last 7 years and are now crying poverty and laying people off

[Peter]

The Empire was lost before Tony Blair was a small speck of wriggly DNA swimming for its life for the nearest egg.

 

If you want to blame anyone try Harry Truman and the Marshall Plan.

[Mick Stockbridge]

Plus all the building companies,solicitors,estate agents,banks and mortgage lenders who made an absoulute killing over the last 7 years and are now crying poverty and laying people off

 

Cannot stomach estate agents,there the root to most evil.

[treequip]

It wasn’t nicked or lost. Back in the 80’s Thatcher sold it off piecemeal to her mates while we were distracted with the “loadamoney” economy.

 

Andy

[Mick Stockbridge]

The Empire was lost before Tony Blair was a small speck of wriggly DNA swimming for its life for the nearest egg.

 

If you want to blame anyone try Harry Truman and the Marshall Plan.

 

No Way, we were reasonably ok until about ten or so years ago. Then for some unknown reason T.B decided to let in all and sundrie without a hint of asking Joe Public.WHY?