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

I'm sure you're right lemon, I've noticed that too.

Any left-wing people left? Are right-wing people right?

I do wish this thread would just stop - am I the only one who finds it somewhat distasteful not to mention sanctimonious to keep going on about the three who have left - there’s been done pretty nasty comments about them which I find quite ironic and they were not alone in sharp and nasty comments across the political spectrum. It’s all a bit childish imo. They’ve gone, GN will be perfect now, great. Yeh right.

Whilst this thread goes on, I don’t think it shows that GN is a nicer place - quite the reverse actually and there’s plenty of the same old same old on some threads.

And by posting on this thread you've just extended it a little bit further maryeliza!
And if the other threads are "same old, same old", just gloss over them and ignore them. There's no obligation to post on any that you don't find to your taste is there?

I wanted to say what I did because some of you are being frankly spiteful and childish

Would you really expect anything else maryeliza?

These are the people who frequently complained that they and others were scared of posting because the big bad lefties disagreed with them and posted links that they didn't want to read. However, a browse through the political threads shows that the principal complainants re alleged intimidation have been very forthright in expressing their views.

I find it pathetic that even though whitewave gracesgran nightowl and durhamjen have left the site, their detractors still can't resist having digs. Of course, it makes it much easier when they're not around to answer back.

A case of nil nisi bonum ?

I had to google that Maw ?

Annie

Never mind Eloethan you are doing it for them!
The main point is, GN had become pretty awful all round on many threads, and suddenly, even on news and political threads, things have become much better and calmer.
Co-incidence?
They are still likely to return under different names in the future though.

And yes btw, probably time this threas was pulled as there is nothing new to say.

Not much in the way of political discussion going on at all now though !

A case of nil nisi bonum ?
we could have a philosophical discussion about reincarnation.

Now I've had to google it! I actually smugly and wrongly thought I knew what it meant before your learned post.

Still leaves me wondering were they asked to leave or told to or were they really Russian diplomats who were expelled?

I hadn't been following their last thread, but I went back and had a look when it became known that they had left. It seemed to me that Whitewave was already planning to go. Perhaps the others joined her in a combined gesture of solidarity, all the more effective as it was unannounced?

"Don't speak ill of the dead" - but they are not dead, they are probably all very much alive and kicking and discussing the same things elsewhere.

..and reading these posts?!

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.

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.

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

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

Not de mortuis but de discessis?

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

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

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