Labour isn't working - Thread 16

[TheNuthatch]

A chat thread for those who don't like this Labour government. 💙

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

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I think the festive food talk is ok. But stay or go if people can get on and share Christmas cheer why not.

Totes.

Underrated, I think.

Your wish is my command re lights

Yep, this 💯
All of it 😁.

Those old style coloured lights are beautiful. The modern ones are too bright for me. I have warm white at the moment, on a very traditionally decorated tree. Love all the things made by the kids when they were small.
I'm a bit late this year, but will be making our Xmas cake this weekend. I didn't get time to make our annual parkin this year 😫. I'll miss that on bonfire night.

https://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-120-vintage-multifunction-led-lights-lit-length-12m/p113395892

I know they are LED but I bought these and they are retro. Highly recommend.

Please forgive me, but…

”Just leave it Placey, they’re not worth it!”

Shoes back on. The cab’s coming.

Ooh really. Where can I find them. Desperate to get them. My dh gets paranoid and thinks they'll start a house fire. I'm sure they never did in the 80s

Eastern , a sweet invitation but I feel we are seen like the old Vic in Albert square to some who are holding thier noses from fortnums tea rooms to cross the divide.

No issues with sharing Christmas cheer. I highly recommend the Christmas Chronicles for getting in the festive mood.

I am off now, though. 🎅

Thanks Pandora

I thought my prunes lowered the tone quite drastically.

Noma for lights or norma

Yes, they have soft muted colours. I'm tempted by those. Love the casings too. A bit worried about splurging in John Lewis in case we can't pay the bills after budget. It may be a case of seeing what we can scrape from under Tiny Tim's toenail

For a moment it was akin to playing Xmas footie with the Hun in no man’s land…

Right, back to our Rachel.

🤣🤣🤣

@ChardonnaysBeastlyCat no
The prune comment didn't lower the tone in my view however the response " at least you won't get bunged up with all that game"....well...

Sorry hang on

Or, a bit like Bruno - perhaps we shouldn’t talk about Rachel….

Haha no way, it made me laugh though. I feel like people come in and yell at us sporadically, but if they mellow and eat a mince pie I can forget about that in the spirit of Christmas etc

Sorry not sorry! 🤷‍♀️

Anyone interested in retro Christmas lights should give Etsy a visit. Endless choices, I'm thinking of ordering these:

Apologies for the delay in the photo appearing, sensitive images of 80s Christmas lights.

Well that appeared more quickly than expected!

These lights are all amazing. Lovely memories of my childhood. I'm going on a light search. Thanks for the inspiration.

The problem is you need enough to go round a whole tree. Sometimes, these vintage lights aren't enough and then you need two sets. Then you have issues with sockets and Christmas tree placement.