The King's Speech

Oh, its definitely not that.

"laff" all you like. GNers love being told that the men and the young folks are laughing at us.

Am telling you that men and women will surely be amused by many comments on forums by bigheads and know-it-alls.
It’s the way of forums, available and very public. This isn’t a chat in Costa between old friends.

The DDs can have a laugh if they want. So can the DPs or DHs.

But if posters don't see the absurdity of telling us that the men are laughing at us, then all is lost....

I feel somewhat abandoned as my husband never asks what I am doing on the computer

volver

I'm so glad that there are so many men available to have a good laugh at us and make comments about people they don't know. Wouldn't want us getting above our stations, that would be awful.

Thank goodness for the chaps, eh?

My DD’s have a laff at some comments on here as well.
It’s an equal opportunity forum.

I'm not insulted liebling.

But bemused that men like this still exist, but there you go. My father in law was like that. Glad to have provided your DH with a bit of amusement.

volver

I'm so glad that there are so many men available to have a good laugh at us and make comments about people they don't know. Wouldn't want us getting above our stations, that would be awful.

Thank goodness for the chaps, eh?

Absolutely Volver dear. You seem to be determined to be insulted on behalf of all GN, whether they’re insulted or not.
My DH wasn’t laughing, though he is over your recent posts.

A certain type of man is very uncomfortable with women talking as a group, bless them.

I'm so glad that there are so many men available to have a good laugh at us and make comments about people they don't know. Wouldn't want us getting above our stations, that would be awful.

Thank goodness for the chaps, eh?

Mollygo
My DP had a look through GN posts the other week and thought the same as your DH although he was having a laff at some of the bigheaded comments from know-it-alls.
Tbf you get those on every forum, they know how to do everything, have worked so they say in all kinds of high powered jobs and could run the country better than any politician.Since they will never have to put their money where their mouth is we will never know! What a loss to society.😂

He was wondering about all the wasted expertise on GN

Course he was. 🤣

Volver
Must be a terrible disappointment to him, all these old ladies with opinions
Why would you say that? Volver dear? He was wondering about all the wasted expertise on GN, although as Casdon says, he doesn’t know that GNs aren’t in politics.
Do you think many are? I don’t read of any GN claiming to be MPs -though to be fair, it’s not something I’d admit to either.

That made me smile. Mumsnet often gets lots of horrified people saying but why arent they talking about prams?
I am involved in politics at a local level if that helps. I am not chancellor of the exchequer but didnt realise that was a requirement for expressing a viewpoint.

I had recorded it so looked it over last night- I largely agree with Volver- i felt that it had been scripted for him to include all this- i didnt feel it was just him speaking from his own heart at all. And i agree with Caleo that bit about where his mother lay close by was not neccessary- I was'nt sure about doing it from that setting- a bit too cold and not 'homely' if he wanted it different to H.M the Queens setting surely sitting in the sitting room of their own home would have sufficed (without photos) and choir singing 'to remind us' all we've to say King now was a bit contrived i thought.And despite what he said he wont personally ever have to suffer with the cost of living problems will he so i wasnt over impressed.He did good enough as he must been nervous- his mother was 'a hard act to follow'- but not great in my opinion.

I have a question for your DH MollyGo, assuming he is talking about the posts on the News And Politics forum.

What does he expect to see? A lot of posts from older women saying things like "Oh, that Rishi/Keir/Ed is such a nice man, I hear he's nice to his mum, I'm sure they'll sort it all out and we old dears had best just stay out of it and get on with our needlepoint."

Must be a terrible disappointment to him, all these old ladies with opinions.

Mollygo

Sharing some of the GN threads with DH, he pointed out that, with all the expertise on politics, knowledge of the future, and how to manage other people’s finances, it’s such a shame that none of the posters with that expertise went into politics to do something about it.
Would you agree?

Maybe he should have done so himself Mollygo, or perhaps fortune telling, as he must have a crystal ball to know that some Gransnetters aren’t already in politics?

Mollygo

Sharing some of the GN threads with DH, he pointed out that, with all the expertise on politics, knowledge of the future, and how to manage other people’s finances, it’s such a shame that none of the posters with that expertise went into politics to do something about it.
Would you agree?

Well, I've always thought that Gransnetters could sort out all the world's problems, Mollygo!!

Sharing some of the GN threads with DH, he pointed out that, with all the expertise on politics, knowledge of the future, and how to manage other people’s finances, it’s such a shame that none of the posters with that expertise went into politics to do something about it.
Would you agree?

OK, in simple terms.

The government thought it was necessary to change the laws on tenancy.

Charles thought it would disadvantage him so he made sure it didn't apply to his tenants in Cornwall. Only to everybody else.

And we're supposed to say "suck it up", that's what you signed up for?

What?

I don’t think Im defending him. I think Im saying that if people take n a commitment like a lease they should expect to stick to the terms they’ve agreed legally.

Even if somebody else thinks it wrong, that’s what both parties agreed.

Also, I’m not really of the mindset that that criticises people I don’t like but is fine with the same behaviour if it’s someone I support. Like accumulating wealth through property.

The same law for everyone, rich or poor.

How do you square that with your defence of the HoS who made sure the laws didn't disadvantage him personally?

The same law for everyone, rich or poor.

I’d settle for that.

Don't worry Lathyrus.

Charles won't let them. You know, that apolitical Head of State we have?

Actually I’m quite worried that a future Government might bring in a law that would enable the tenants of my little terraced house to buy it if they chose.

When I came to live with OH I kept my house to move back to at a future date and let it to a young couple.

Like I said, tenants would know and agree to conditions before they made their choice. why should an owner be forced to sell?