Susan Sarandon and Syrian Refugees

Rosequartz: SS! When America have Trump in power with his Nazi like ideology? It would have been better to use her whole name, especially as she is an ambassador for UNICEF and her political views are probably the other end of Trump's and his ilk.

Oh dear this is an old thread 🤔

If someone cares enough to use their name/fame to help highlight those suffering in the world is a good thing surely.
As for virtue signalling, is a strange term I prefer not to use, mean what is the opposite to this ‘nastiness signalling’, in which case I prefer the former.

petra

AustinSmith

Anniebach

I know cheaper in Wales, will the government build houses in mid Wales or reduce unemployment in South Wales ? Monmouthshire is flat enough for new housing estates and factories

Good points! Investing in housing for Mid Wales and tackling unemployment in South Wales could make a big difference. Monmouthshire’s flat land seems perfect for new developments.

What’s that got to do with the 10 year old OP 🤷‍♀️
You or the party you support obviously have a reason why.

I think that AustinSmith may have a vested interest in pushing for a controversial development on environmentally sensitive land to which there is a lot of opposition. I did report the post but obviously GNHQ did not agree.

Or as RR might say ‘ the best part of a decade’ old 😄

Weird to have such an old post back again

AustinSmith

Anniebach

I know cheaper in Wales, will the government build houses in mid Wales or reduce unemployment in South Wales ? Monmouthshire is flat enough for new housing estates and factories

Good points! Investing in housing for Mid Wales and tackling unemployment in South Wales could make a big difference. Monmouthshire’s flat land seems perfect for new developments.

What’s that got to do with the 10 year old OP 🤷‍♀️
You or the party you support obviously have a reason why.

Anniebach

I respect those who work out of the spotlight and those who work in the spotlight, if good is being done this is all that matters ,

Quite so! I couldn’t agree more.

Lots of famous people are ambassadors for UNICEF and other organisations/charities like this.

Good for them, I’d say ANYONE doing anything to help and to raise awareness needs a huge thank you.

It might be but why is AustinSmith picking up a very old thread to post in favour of a very controversial proposed development?
Strange.

I realised that this thread was 10 years old when I saw a reference to the princes' mother being 'our head of state'.

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Turkey seems to manufacture inflatable boats. I've been wondering how they could stop all these awful drownings if they could stop exporting them to turkey and they manufacture them. I've wondered where the life jackets have come from. It was the mention of he canoe that made me post this. Didn't mean to wander.

I love the Wye Valley. Take GSs there every summer. I actually went in a canoe a couple of years back.

Merlin (BBC1 a few years back) was filmed in Puzzlewood. Strange place it is. Can't say I like it too much. Bit oppressive.

Absolutely Anniebach!

I am far more interested in what a person does or say than what they wear

I wonder how many she will take into one of her homes and how she is personally funding them. Not got any time for her anymore, she looked just awful in her black bra and white jacket so we could all see her magnificent breasts, she should use some of her cash to buy a t shirt.

Spent many times at Symond's Yat, and Tintern Abbey.
Are they the frackable side, or not?

I should have said 'Pre-Roman times'

It is beautiful, but it also has an industrial heritage stretching back to Roman Times.
Iron and coal mining and other industries, etc.

Apparently part of the new Star Wars movie was filmed in Puzzlewood, they told people they were filming 'Countryfile' to put them off the scent.

It's so beautiful there

I notice that fracking is planned in the Forest of Dean, just the English side of the Wye Valley.

Rosequartz, it was yet another error, mixed up you and rosesarered again

I thought we were talking about Wales, in particular your desire to concrete over green and pleasant Monmouthshire with housing estates and factories, which sounds a bit like Nimbyism as i don't think you live there ab.
There are disused factories around, which could be put into use again if you wish, and large tracts of land already under development around in the area - factories and housing- without building on productive farm land and AONB.
Building on the lush productive farm land and then having to import food seems counter-productive to me.

Anyway, I think that Monmouthshire and surrounding districts and Wiltshire are amongst the first to wecome refugees. I don't think there is a need to concrete over whole counties especially up the Sugarloaf Mountain.

As djen said in her Desmond Tutu quote 'do your little bit of good where you are' etc.

Any publicity Susan Sarendon can spread in the US to counteract Mr Trump can't be bad. Make the US people see that refugees are people in need of help and not terrorists.