The Spanish
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sorry herr grunwald
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Vote Tory for a..umm...err..we sort of might have a sort of referendum on Europe.
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sorry herr grunwald
The Spanish
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The earnest berk hasnt realised it's a play on the signature song
yeah but on the plus side i got to find out the best thing about frankfurt is its reggae scene.
Of course not. I was just pointing out that whilst I sympathise with HoveGirl's former situation all was not lost as she is now fluent in a second language. I dont do innuendo.
The Spanish
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and in the days before remote controls you would have had to dash across the room to do so before joe and the boys kicked in. lot of hassle.
The Spanish
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indeed - just having one asset to choose from is just limiting your options.
Exactly. Before I voted to join the Common Market in 1975, I'd worked in Germany. All I needed was a work permit. The same would happen if we left Europe.
OK (which is an anacronym for "olla kala", the Greek for "all is well"), I'll bite. I said "oxi", which means "no", I'm not fluent in Greek. I do speak a lot of French, and some German and Polish though. My Latin is a bit rusty. When buying machines in Greece, the instructions were often in every European language, but English and French, but if you treat Italian and Spanish as if they were "bad French", then I can read Italian and Spanish as well.
Well for me first priority is get out of Europeen Union. Other issues follow. However you seem to trust the Conservatives so lets look at the record. ECONOMY= 1973 Ted Heath Conservative took us into the European Union. 1987 Margret Thatcher, culmination of 'selling the family silver' (Quote from Harold MacMilllan) was the Big bang city deregulation and worst of all freedom for the banks on lending....that came home to roost in 2008. EDUCATION= Again under the Thatcher Government, Conservative. Sir Keith Joseph was despatched to America to copy a system, which was ranked lower than the UK at the time. He came back with Sats and a plan for a National curriculmn. This was done and money burned on a redo it after the first issue was flawed. Added to this reducing the pass marks systematically. I was an exam marker in that time and was witness to the declining marks 95% for Grade 'A' became 45%. This led to the so called improved results every year. The damage this has done to our country is immense. We now recruit more qualified from abroad as home grown talent is just not up to a grade that is comparable with the world i.e non competitive. The final part of this mess has to be banning History, that was a tempory measure but its restoration left it a shadow of its former self. Why did this matter, because a nations young fail to gain national identity and as the old saying goes' he/she who fails to learn from history is doomed to repeat it. HEALTH= Easy to sum up in one word 'CUTS' 1980'S Conservative Policy and again under Cameron. You shoot down Labour for its mess but its failure was not to reverse the Conservative changes instead we got more of the same with Thatcher loving Blair. Brown realised all this too late and was doomed. So can UKIP do worse?? I want to see a proud country, united and economically sound. Politics of consensus rather than conflict. Then again I want the Albion to win the Premier League and The Champions league... so might be a long shot.
Boroseagull
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Yes it does, in line with UK pension increases. It's only when you venture further afield, USA, NZ, Australia etc. that it is frozen.
No?
I'm quite surprised that you claim you were in the country for 10 years, bored with nothing to do, and did not even learn the language fluently. No doubt you do NOT have ANY issue with immigrants in the UK not knowing English language either?
Buzzer
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...spent trolling right wing websites.
Dick Knights Mumm
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That is true. This does feel a bit like one of those sometimes.
Buzzer
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Really? I'm surprised you say that considering the Pavlovian reaction on here to the phrase "Daily Mail".
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lol
Dick Knights Mumm
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If you don't mind huts with holes in the ground, the Internet is at least a bit faster.
Broadband Romania better than UK
Broadband Romania better than UK
Buzzer
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Ah. Apologies, a long day has rendered my mental abilities as fragile as a Swansea ballboy.
daveinprague
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At work...not at home...I imagine most people who live abroad spend the majority of their time out, and about in their free time, not just me.
Only time I really watch tv is when there is a football match im interested in.