I can't tell you how much I hope the Conservatives win the election.

BIWI I didn't take that comment as snarky, more like "Would you mind not calling me Sam, as I prefer Samatha, thanks"

well, because that is not my name, mainly. My name is TheRealDemosthenes, not TRD. I asked nicely I thought.

BIW Some people like to be known by their full name.... however long it takes to type it!

What's the problem about calling you TRD?! How ridiculous.

Also, going back again here, but who trained your teachers at your private schools? The state of course. So, who is getting nothing back?
Whats wrong with the EYFS?

NEWYORKSHIRE You agree with Balls putting children on lists?

ATLANTIS Can you touch type? it's so much quicker!

can I just say on education... rather Ed balls idea than the tories which is to leave kids and their parents with NO RIGHT to appeal when their child is excluded.

I wondered what you meant by normal, as if ever there has been 'normal' in this country, it has been rule by aristocracy. There have been more years/decades/centuries ruled by the elite than by the labour movement. So, that is what normal would be should you wish to revert to it.

You really think Cameron would be any different whatsoever to Brown? Same shit, different suit.

At least we agree on something, atlantis

I am still undecided BTW, but TBH all of this "My taxes blah blah nothing back blah unfair" nonsense always seems to come from right wing voters, not just on MN but everywhere, and it's that which puts me off the most!

"aaaah you meant "

I'm fed up with typing yawn and they don't have an eyerolling smiley so is the best I can do.

MNHQ can we have a yawn and eyerolling smiley please??

Sorry Bertie I missed your post with all the -ing I was doing !

Your quite right, spot on and of course your opinion counts.

DEMOSTHENES I don't want to live in the Nanny State! Ed Balls your lovely Education Minister wants to put children on 'hate lists' for playground taunts, if the school deems them offensive, the children stay on this list until they are 18. Why? what is the motive? apart from taking away childrens civil liberties, I checked this info out, and found it to be true. It is only one example of many of how the Labour party has trampled on peoples human rights. Most people in society today have to watch their p and qs, in case someone finds it offensive. Christians like me and others feel we cannot express ourselves in case we are 'done' for a hate crime. I like the person who began the post, am sick and tired of being told what to do, and how to behave by the state!For every day Blair was in power, there was a new law. The sooner Cameron gets in and sorts these buggers out the better!

aaaah you meant

Bertiebotts, your opinion does count and you are utterly correct .

as in, here we go again with the same old tosh and cobblers.

do you mean as in sceptical, or as in confused?

"normality?! what you mean proper division of labour/aristocracy? reformation of the peerage system as it used to be? should we take back all the land and recarve it for the gentry?"

You don't pay taxes for your own personal gain you pay them to support the whole of society. And, sorry, you pay prescription charges and recieve nothing in return?? What are you getting prescribed, fresh air? and what about the GP's time to prescribe these medications?

And yes before you say it, I know that some people think my opinion probably doesn't count for much on this since I don't actually pay taxes at the moment, but I am likely to in the future, and when I do I won't be bleating about how unfair it is that I'm not getting anything back for them.

normality?! what you mean proper division of labour/aristocracy? reformation of the peerage system as it used to be? should we take back all the land and recarve it for the gentry?

what is normality?

OURADI Good luck to you! I hope the Tories get in, perhaps we can leave the Big Brother State that Labour created and go back to normality! (hope Cameron repeals Labours daft laws as well!)

and would you mind calling me demosthenes rather than initials, please?

BIWI - re prescription charges - depends on the medicine! I have twice looked into buying medicines from abroad via the internet (once because I was a poor student and couldn't afford the prescription charges, the second time because it was so hard to get a GP appointment and they would only give me a week's supply at a time). Thought better of it both times but it would have actually been cheaper than the charge, even with postage.

just a trivial point I know....

BIWI it was TRD's post of 21:37 and AntoinetteOuradi's response of 21:38.

I saw this story today too - it's pretty shocking isn't it?

i meant I pointed that out, that which you linked to and it was not taken too kindly.