curlywhirly, no, I asked to be banned from the whole site. It is not healthy, not pleasant, and achieves nothing, aparts from widening the divide even further. It is upsetting and painful- but more to the point, achieves absolutely nothing. After 40 years in UK, followed by 10 years dipping in and out, with all our family there and a property- I have huge affection for the country- the landscapes, the castles and gardens, but also the cities- but even more importantly, for the tolerance the openess, the SOH, the open and tolerant mix of cultures - and seeing what I so loved attacked, those values Trisher talked about- is truly painful and beyond sad. And for it to be all confirmed on a 'grannies' forum, even more so
No flouncing, just painful acceptation that this won't change and that I should respect my health and do much better things with my time. As for 'unsubscribing' - I have no idea how to do this on my tablet. The reason I'd like to be banned, is so I am not tempted to look, nor tempted to respond. Only came back tp pick up some lovey PMs. Leave you to it - but I will make a prediction, and we will see if it will happen. Boris and his ERG+ Cabinet- are just playing a game. They are pretending to cut a deal, but (heard that one before) setting such hard red lines, which the EU cannot possibly accept, like no checks between UK and NI. That will be very messy- and at the very end, days before the end of the transition period he will make an announcement 'we have tried so hard, ben over backwards, but the EU have refused to play our game and are being intransigeant, so we will go out with NO Deal' - and the next day, we will be virtual vassals of Trump and China, Russia and others too- with all the serious consequences on our industries and agriculture- and rubbish pouring in.
We urgently need a strong leader of the opposition with experience, and gravitas, like Keir Starmer- to confront this head on, insist on the Russian interference report to be published, and insist that a) promises made must be delivered and b) nothing is put in the way of a good deal with EU (which will always be much worse than what we had- but that boat has sailed)...
None of this will be achieved on GN, that is abundantly clear- so as far as I am concerned, no point anymore. Martyr did you say Merlot? How, where? Not asking for any sympathy, at all- just saying that there is no point. That is fair enough, no.
