to ask why several prominent members seem to have vanished?!?

Is that why you posted on it mcem

What a petty and childish thread!
Nanna na nanna!

I miss durjen's posts

trisher that is most definitely not true. Nor, imo, was there much of a debate allowed. There was plenty of monochrome dictats but alternative views and opinions were not tolerated.

trisher that is not strictly true.

You must be ‘aving a laff’ trisher !

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Not true Trisher

politics threads although there aren't any
They come under News and Politics trisher, as GN wouldn't split them and there are currently several running.

If you click on 'Forums' at the top and then on News and Politics in the list you can find them.

"Alive & kicking" - Usual word is "mortuis" - dead - but an online Latin-English dictionary translates "discessis" as decamped.

That is not actually correct Trisher, one of them was particularly insulting to others.

Well Grumppp, I’m sure they are alive & kicking elsewhere?

Doesn't anyone speak Welsh ? ☹️

De discessis nil nisi malum!

Woo if that's an example of kinder postings I prefer the rough and tumble usual in politics threads. One thing none of the three ever did was to bring personal criticisms into politics.

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Thank you Elegran I knew I could count on you to complete the saying (you will have noted that I didnt!)

This is a darn sight more educational than the News and Politics threads! Keep um coming folks!

At least there’s now a tabula rasa for others!

(Gee, the gears were grinding there.......!)

Not de mortuis but de discessis?

Not dead Elegran but "departed"
My Higher Latin didn't run to adapting the saying?

Enough discussion going on about Syria , is this not political ?

Isn't it funny that the people who go on about how nice the politics threads are now (although there aren't any) are the people who called many of the left wing posters names.

Welshwife the political discussion threads will pick up again. At the moment I don't think anyone wants to be the first to start a thread over there without the absentees who provided the bulk of the posts.

It was and is obvious that they did post most of the comments, and whatever the reason for that, it would be a good thing if a lot more posters contributed.

..and reading these posts?!