HQ - can you give me some advice please?

I have no problem with the endless wailing and gnashing of teeth by disgruntled Labour supporters, just so long as it is kept to the politics forum. What drives me doolally are Labourite moaning threads thinly disguised as jokes or 'chat'.

Keep all your grumps where they belong and then I can choose to ignore them.

He's a nice bloke, that Mark Carney. He's definitely in favour of staying in the EU.

You should all listen to that clip. It's very interesting.

I agree, Ash Tree. And the 'it's all the fault of this government' digs introduced into completely non-political discussions.

I too am fed up with these continuous repeating political threads. Ok I can (and do) ignore them, but it seems that any thread is a target for political comment regardless of the OP's intent.
Also, even on the political threads, if conservative supporters like myself post anything, it is simply shouted down with unpleasantness.
Keep politics to the political threads so that those of us who are bored with politics can ignore them.

whisper.... which thread was the f--- o-- on?

I was always told that one should never discuss politics, religion or money but of course I disagree! Let's keep GN as vibrant and interesting as we can by discussing all sorts of things. Grans like us need to be as widely read as possible and that means reading stuff we don't necessarily agree with but that makes us think. However, I do agree that politics is best left under the politics heading as obviously not everyone wants to read it. Keep on being controversial, grans!

I agree with that. Since I've been reading politics threads on GN, I've been listening more slosely to the Today Programme. Well, trying desperately to stay awake.

closely. not slosely.

So, is that a yes to being able to discuss politics as long as it's in the correct part of the forum? And that, when we do we won't be accused of whingeing or sour grapes and that we can natter amongst ourselves and not be accused of boring everyone.

jingl I can't find original post on ^I might vote Tory but that doesn't make me a bad person* thread (possibly deleted?) but POGS* response was:

*Granny Twice
Far North
Durham Jen

You may find it amusing to tell other posters who do not conform to agreeing with you to F--K O-F as Granny Twice has told them too but do you really think that adds to your debate/argument.*

Oops! Response from POGS was Sunday 10 May 10:22:03

Well, we must keep the "free speech" going - so I for one reserve the right to say that someone is sucking sour grapes if that is what I genuinely think. In general I prefer to keep out of political argy-bargy heart-felt discussions though. I have no wish to influence anyone else's opinions, or to suffer having my own opinions rubbished and assaulted with a view to changing trhem.

I think the word 'politics' as a thread heading should be in red so that those who want to can avoid them. The print is so tiny that no one really reads what forum a thread's on until they've brought it up.

Nooooo, Ana. Leave it BLUE

Red, Ana? Not blue?

Good idea Ana and preferably 'members only' !

Elegran I agree, it's the thinly veiled insults and anyone being described as ^silly little girls^ and pathetic when someone has the temerity to disagree that is depressingly boring.

Oh! Discuss anything. On any thread. Threads wander. Always have, always will. If you don't like it, just talk over the poster you consider is being "wayward"!

Oh, of course, it's a hyperlink, it is already blue. Quite right too

(for want of a better word)

What we could do with is an emoticon for "I've got my fingers in my ears".

No it's not a hyperlink. It's the title of the forum a thread is on...

That's why I suggested red - the blue is hard enough to make out at the best of times!

(just checking we'd still got that! )

Goodness knows I want one Ana, NOW,

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