UK pensioners forum

No but I may go on there now, just to wind them up and see how long it is before they ban me

Must be like reading the online reader comments in the Telegraph which I often do for amusement. Colonel Blimp has nothing on some of them.

Oooh I'm going to have so much fun on that site

Oh, my - just ventured over there……….and scurried back!!

Sounds vile. Good to keep in touch ,though. You don’t want too many surprises come election time !

Brahumbug

Had anybody been on that forum? What a dreadful group, it is full of the most vile right-wing bigots I have ever seen.

I suppose you could compare it with the left wing bigots on here. You know, the ones who called you bigoted if you disagree with the left liberal point of view.

I didn't know it existed. I might have a look.....

I have just had a quick look on one of the boards regarding winter fuel allowance, couldn’t see anything remotely resembling vile right wing bigots

Any chance you could be more precise Brahumbug

vampirequeen

No but I may go on there now, just to wind them up and see how long it is before they ban me

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Let us know how you get on!
I'd take a look but really must get on and write some Christmas cards ......

Just taken a very quick glance at a thread called Topic: Tory Plot and it doesn't look particularly right wing or bigoted, there are comments from all sides imo and I'm a fence-sitting ie one of those annoying floating voters who ensures we get a change of Government from time to time.

Without voters like me you'd be stuck in a rut for centuries

Perhaps it is you who is biased, Brahumbug

I've just had look. Interesting topics and a mix of views. There are some biased posters but that's true of many forums.

Just had a look - couldn't find anything vile or bigoted

Perhaps politics is like beauty - in the eye of the beholder

Never heard of it before.

Spinnaker

Just had a look - couldn't find anything vile or bigoted

Perhaps politics is like beauty - in the eye of the beholder

It's not much different to other SM platforms.

A couple of years ago or so I did lurk there awhile and there was one particular poster who had, shall I say, very "strong" views - on quite a few things and did dominate certain threads, so I decided not to join.

I don't think it's as good as GN though. We seem to have a much wider scope and variety of topics and - dare I say this - some much more knowledgeable posters, well-informed and articulate... from both sides of the political divide.

I think GN is on the whole far more civilised than many SM sites.

The posters seem about the same as the ones on Gransnet. The proportion of grumpy posts are a bit higher. Maybe their moderators don't delete reported posts or ban people as readily as Gransnet ones do, so more grumpy opinions get through? Or maybe the other posters are slower to report things that offend them.

Brahumbug

Had anybody been on that forum? What a dreadful group, it is full of the most vile right-wing bigots I have ever seen.

Brahumbug is advertising/promoting Pensioners UK, and knows how to do it without being caught out.

Dickens ^"I don't think it's as good as GN though. We seem to have a much wider scope and variety of topics and - dare I say this - some much more knowledgeable posters, well-informed and articulate... from both sides of the political divide. I think GN is on the whole far more civilised than many SM sites.^"

I second that. Gransnet has its share of the uninformed, un-knowledgeable, inarticulate and obsessed, but most exchanges are conducted politely and without personal insults.

Well, yes, OldFrill I bet quite a few of us popped in to see what the vile bigots were saying. I wonder what percentage stayed?

Ha. Its ways lovely to meet a fellow cynic oldfrill

OldFrill

Brahumbug

Had anybody been on that forum? What a dreadful group, it is full of the most vile right-wing bigots I have ever seen.

Brahumbug is advertising/promoting Pensioners UK, and knows how to do it without being caught out.

Thanks OldFrill

I just looked,too. Didn’t see any bigotry but I didn’t look too far. Bigotry is in the eye of the beholder, perhaps ?

Hey, really good marketing ploy. Must remember that one.

Never heard of it till I read this. Haven’t looked, don’t know where it is.

I had a quick explore and thought it seems interesting . When I'm less busy I'll investigate further. Didn't notice any vile-ness really.