Corbyn declines to meet the Queen.

forum? Not thread?

Yep rosesarered: given the number of comments on this forum would seem to be worthwhile.

Anniebach, I agree but we are perilously close to a Michael Foot situation. Who is informing opinion? The media are - it's closely reminiscent of the days when the Unions seemed to dictate policy and opinion and it's scary.

A whole new forum?

Yes, I know but I think he grows vegetables. Seriously there are at least 2 pages of unrelated stuff. Perhaps someone should set up a separate forum to discuss roses and thorns etc.

tigger, the media twist everything to negative about him. He said he was sorry Bin Laden had been killed not sent to trial , this has become - Corbyn was sorry Bin Laden had been killed . He is against heredity monarchy like many are but this has become Corbyn snubs the queen , what else from a Tory press, SKY and even the BBC who are panicking because the government is reviewing reforms

We combined it with gardening, tigger, the great man himself has an allotment you know.

By the way, looking at the last few posts, am I on the right forum? I thought this one was about Jeremy Corbyn.

He didn't decline to meet the Queen, he was unable to attend due to a previous appointment. I do wish the media would cease demonising this man just because of his political opinions.

we never stake roses here ( that is for delphiniums and vampires) but we could give any droopy drawers a good cutting down to size!
I enjoy a good spray each morning too .

I think Elegran needs to take more water with it Roses

I could do with staking to keep me upright.

I need regular spraying to keep me smelling sweet
And I could do with a bit of trimming round the middle part.

But generally speaking I am very easy-going as long as I get enough manure food and drink water.

I believe that is true Elegran

Don't think we're exactly 'rosebuds' any more though. I liken myself to a full blown rose which is just about to lose it's petals and needs to be pruned, sharpish

We do our best for them, but one of mine is developing the dreaded black spot. I shall have to get out the fungicide. I read somewhere (sorry, forget exactly where) that black spot is not so bad in cities, because of the air pollution being bad for the fungus. I hope all you assorted rosebuds don't need spraying.

And if I get disparaged too much I stick my thorns in.

Anya, calm down we are all rose-lovers here (although some, of course, are more compassionate than others). We all try to do our bit for the good of all roses, but sometimes our motives are questioned and disparaged....sigh!

Annie you are quite right, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet
( although if a rose were called a Muglion or a Wartaria, would we like it as much?)

Well, Anya, I think your rose needs a bit of it's own personal space to truly discover itself.Lavender is all very well, but it does tend to take over and
Leach all the good stuff from around it.Roses put up with it, but it does affect them, they are more frail and vulnerable than you may think, and could go into a decline.I think my roses had better have a quiet word with your roses, just to be sure.

OMG Roses are you saying I don't know my own roses? That I make sweeping generalisations without establishing the facts? Let me tell you I worked with unhappy and socially deprived roses for years.

A rose by any other name would as sweet

Anya.... Have you actually asked your rose if it's happy? mmn, I Think not.
yes Roseanya sounds good, we could have utter confusion in the ranks, what fun!

Perhaps I'll come back as Lavender

[thinks]

But I'm all for confusion. Perhaps I could become Roseanya?

My roses are interplanted with lavender and seem quite happy