I do admire the French audicity.

[Sharp Point]

Look at the yellow vests! Where has the English back bone gone?

Oh, we’ve been given everything for so long..... we’ve gone soft.

 

[Ric2013]

Have we?

Who are the UK yellow vest protesters?

 

[Sharp Point]

Have we?

Who are the UK yellow vest protesters?

Yep, walking with banners takes back bone.

 

[townfanjon]

Have we?

Who are the UK yellow vest protesters?

Yep these have been around for a while now , media blackout for pretty obvious reasons .

 

[Ric2013]

Yes, but initially, what were the French objecting to? Being made to pay fuel tax. I cannot really say I agree with them.

 

[townfanjon]

yep they are the worlds no 1 when they protest , they constantly do it , are always on strike , dont seem to like graft in my view .

 

[Sharp Point]

I just like the way the stand up to the system.
I remember years ago travelling through France to go skiing on coach, we were held up on motorway for ages, the coach driver took a detour at the next junction and in the distance, you could see a load of tractors side by side on the motorway travelling at a snail pace..... the feckers know how to get their point across.

 

[rpm]

Yes, but initially, what were the French objecting to? Being made to pay fuel tax. I cannot really say I agree with them.

Macron introduced awhole lot of tax changes including fuel, income tax, business tax and changes to the pensions so what started as a fuel tax protest very quickly grew to include the other stuff. They are protesting as the average person see`s it as helping the elite whilst hurting the average worker - Remind you of anybody this side of the water?
That said I don`t understand why you damage someones car or scooter.

 

[Sharp Point]

That said I don`t understand why you damage someones car or scooter.

That’s wrong, but it’s that one step beyond...that gets the point and meaning across I suppose.

 

[Deleted member 96286]

Look at the yellow vests! Where has the English back bone gone?

Oh, we’ve been given everything for so long... we’ve gone soft.

I don't think that you lot South of the Border have gone soft, although the government that you elected into the UK parliament is responsible for the entire Brexit fiasco. The UK government has spent the last two years fighting amongst themselves instead of getting on with a decent Brexit outcome. Twelve cabinet minister resignations later and it's reached stalemate. Now that May's Brexit plans have been voted down in the UK parliament by historical proportions, she has a damn cheek to "reach out to the other parties!" This is the most important decision in the 300 years of the UK and it's been left to a bunch of inept right wing crazies. From day one, every party leader from the four nations of this island should have been allowed to get involved and shape the Brexit negotatiations. We'd have been well finished by now if that had been allowed to happen!

 

[townfanjon]

The whole world must be laughing at us , absolute shambles

 

[Welder]

The whole world must be laughing at us , absolute shambles

No 'must be' about it Town. They 100% are!

Britain is paralysed by its single party politics. The single most successful country in the Western World since the war (Germany), has had continual coalitions...
They'd had enough of ideological bl00dy lunatics and realised they needed the checks and balance that the input of others provided.

Whatever your deity, you'd better start praying cos UK PLC is in for one rubbish time. Whatever happens, the divide will deepen cos our politicians have managed to screw it so bad that 50% of UK citizens 'lose'.

"Always look on the bright siiide of life..."

 

[Jerry]

Short term pain for long term gain?

 

[Welder]

Short term pain for long term gain?

Jerry. If you can objectively quantify ANY gain to UK PLC from this utter fiasco, I'll be the first person to vote for you as our next Prime Minister.

 

[Jerry]

Jerry. If you can objectively quantify ANY gain to UK PLC from this utter fiasco, I'll be the first person to vote for you as our next Prime Minister.

Blue Passports again!

 

[Tim S]

There's no need to worry..it'll all be fine when Donald comes to save us and we become the 51st state of the good old U S of A

 

[Welder]

There's no need to worry..it'll all be fine when Donald comes to save us and we become the 51st state of the good old U S of A

That would be amusing if it wasn't wierdly, worryingly prophetic

 

[Jerry]

Trump or Merkel?

 

[Welder]

Trump or Merkel?

Personally? EU. Why? We understand what tbey want to do. They are at least predictable.

During WWII the USA, our 'friends', fecked us over big style. We have literally only just stopped paying the backstabbing scum back for their 'help'. It is estimated we paid over 20 times its value.

The 'special relationship', is the US shouts & we go 'how high'. At least in the EU we had some clout.

 

[Jerry]

The EU is a great idea in theory but it seems to have lost its way.

Espresso or Pumpkin spiced Latte?
Mercedes or Chrysler?
Croissant or pancakes?

 

[Stigster]

I just like the way the stand up to the system.

When the egg farmers could no longer make profit on their produce they went and started pushing crates with 100,000 eggs each time out the back of a truck onto the ground outside the tax offices. They vowed to keep doing this every day until they got a tax break or something like that. They only had to do that for a couple of days before they got back into profit with new quotas that did not generate a surplus.

French egg farmers smash 100,000 eggs in protest - Farmers Weekly