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Kizzy 29-05-2012 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 5161055)
Eh don't turn my comment into some kind of pro-Tory post, I was talking about u-turns in general, it doesn't matter if it's Labour or the Tories, they're always mocked and criticised for doing it but they're also criticised if they stick with a policy

Don;t worry I won't
They should not do it then, how much faith are the public to have in a government that changes its mind at the drop of a hat?

Pyramid* 29-05-2012 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 5161055)
Eh don't turn my comment into some kind of pro-Tory post, I was talking about u-turns in general, it doesn't matter if it's Labour or the Tories, they're always mocked and criticised for doing it but they're also criticised if they stick with a policy

Absolutely fair point - regardless of which party - damned if they do, damned if they don't.

MTVN 29-05-2012 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by kizzy (Post 5161068)
Don;t worry I won't
They should not do it then, how much faith are the public to have in a government that changes its mind at the drop of a hat?

I'd rather a government that can admit they've made a mistake and change their mind than one which sticks to its guns and pursues a policy when it's the wrong thing to do and the great majority of the public are opposed to it. Give me an open minded government that isn't afraid of doing u-turns over one which refuses to and takes old Thatcher's "the lady's not for turning" view

Omah 29-05-2012 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 5161055)
Eh don't turn my comment into some kind of pro-Tory post, I was talking about u-turns in general, it doesn't matter if it's Labour or the Tories, they're always mocked and criticised for doing it but they're also criticised if they stick with a policy

AFAIK, a pasty tax was not part of the Tory election manifesto and I wouldn't have thought it was a policy or even part of one - I assumed it was simply a sticking plaster stratagem to fund holes in the government's budget by bashing the working-classes ..... the current government appears to lack either the intention or the ability to think things though ..... :idc:

(Apologies for hi-jacking your previous comment ..... :blush:)

InOne 29-05-2012 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Pyramid* (Post 5160044)
As much a chav food as cheap pizzas and suchlike:laugh2:

If people wish to choose fast food that has to be prepared/ cooked / heated - they should be a taxable uplift on it.

If they want to be lazy and have someone else prepare their food / and or cook it - they should have to pay extra for it as it is a non-essential - it is a luxury.

If people want to seriously complain about it: go out, buy all the ingredients, make it all from scratch, cook it, watch over it whilst it cooks, clean up the mess afterwards: then you'll see what a bargain hot food is.

The stance being taken about foods being allowed to cool down: now - that opens up all sorts then: ie; cooked chickens that sold in supermarkets, etc - but allowed to cool before being sold etc - are they cheaper that the ones that come straight from the roasting spit? I don't think they are?

Pizza isn't chav food, and I don't buy cheap :hmph:

If you enjoy your cat**** pasties from Greggs I won't hold it against you.

Kizzy 29-05-2012 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 5161099)
I'd rather a government that can admit they've made a mistake and change their mind than one which sticks to its guns and pursues a policy when it's the wrong thing to do and the great majority of the public are opposed to it. Give me an open minded government that isn't afraid of doing u-turns over one which refuses to and takes old Thatcher's "the lady's not for turning" view

Don't kid yourself it was public pressure, it was pressure from the businesses affected.

Pyramid* 29-05-2012 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by InOne (Post 5161238)
Pizza isn't chav food, and I don't buy cheap :hmph:

If you enjoy your cat**** pasties from Greggs I won't hold it against you.


If I wish to regard the typical standard of pizzas available in fast food joints as chav food... I shall do so. :hmph: Good to hear that you don't buy cheap, but I didn't say you did.

I don't like pasties at all. In fact, I cannot stand pasties, they are disgusting.

InOne 29-05-2012 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Pyramid* (Post 5161254)
If I wish to regard the typical standard of pizzas available in fast food joints as chav food... I shall do so. :hmph: Good to hear that you don't buy cheap, but I didn't say you did.

I don't like pasties at all. In fact, I cannot stand pasties, they are disgusting.

If pizza is chav food then Greggs is Heathen food.

Pyramid* 29-05-2012 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by kizzy (Post 5161249)
Don't kid yourself it was public pressure, it was pressure from the businesses affected.


Where are you obtaining this information that you are so very certain of this, to be telling others ''Don't kid yourself''?

Pyramid* 29-05-2012 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by InOne (Post 5161259)
If pizza is chav food then Greggs is Heathen food.

That's your perogative - not everyone likes the same food stuffs - hot or cold, Greggs, Pizza, KFC or even ''Heathen Foods'' as you state. Different folks: different strokes and all that.

InOne 29-05-2012 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Pyramid* (Post 5161264)
That's your perogative - not everyone likes the same food stuffs - hot or cold, Greggs, Pizza, KFC or even ''Heathen Foods'' as you state. Different folks: different strokes and all that.

Indeed they don't, but it is what it is.

Marsh. 29-05-2012 11:35 PM

I didn't realised the word chav is now used to describe "things I don't like". Hmm...

Kizzy 29-05-2012 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Pyramid* (Post 5161260)
Where are you obtaining this information that you are so very certain of this, to be telling others ''Don't kid yourself''?

It's just a yorkshire phrase pyra, stop with the inciteful attitude please. I am not rising to the bait sorry.

InOne 29-05-2012 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by 08marsh (Post 5161268)
I didn't realised the word chav is now used to describe "things I don't like". Hmm...

The word has such a diluted meaning these days it can be pretty much used for anything.

Kizzy 29-05-2012 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by InOne (Post 5161259)
If pizza is chav food then Greggs is Heathen food.

Have you had a bad experience in a greggs joe?...Did your first girlfriend dump you in one or something :)...If you ever need to talk, I'm here ....:joker:

Marsh. 29-05-2012 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by kizzy (Post 5161276)
Have you had a bad experience in a greggs joe?...Did your first girlfriend dump you in one or something :)...If you ever need to talk, I'm here ....:joker:

:laugh:

Personally, I prefer Waterfields.

InOne 29-05-2012 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by kizzy (Post 5161276)
Have you had a bad experience in a greggs joe?...Did your first girlfriend dump you in one or something :)...If you ever need to talk, I'm here ....:joker:

No it's just always dire when I go in lol

Pyramid* 29-05-2012 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by kizzy (Post 5161270)
It's just a yorkshire phrase pyra, stop with the inciteful attitude please. I am not rising to the bait sorry.

Just asked you a question Kizzy, using your very own words, no inciteful attitude, and no baiting whatsoever - I used your words - yours.

What's the source of your information that you can be so sure of what you stated earlier?

Marsh. 29-05-2012 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by InOne (Post 5161283)
No it's just always dire when I go in lol

So, you do go in? Chav. :hmph:

MTVN 29-05-2012 11:48 PM

Greggs do good pizzas :pipe:

Pyramid* 29-05-2012 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 08marsh (Post 5161292)
So, you do go in? Chav. :hmph:


Ooopsss..... :D

InOne 29-05-2012 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by 08marsh (Post 5161292)
So, you do go in? Chav. :hmph:

You're only a chav if you actually buy anything, those are the rules. Unfortunately some of my friends still enjoy their cat**** pasties

Pyramid* 29-05-2012 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 5161296)
Greggs do good pizzas :pipe:


Those little French Bagette style ones - tried them a few years ago and I have to say, they were really nice.

Pyramid* 29-05-2012 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by InOne (Post 5161298)
You're only a chav if you actually buy anything, those are the rules. Unfortunately some of my friends still enjoy their cat**** pasties

Your call your friends Chavs. Nice.

InOne 29-05-2012 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Pyramid* (Post 5161302)
Your call your friends Chavs. Nice.

Yes, and it mortally offends them.


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