Carole Thatchter - Page 2

claytonender · 05-02-2009, 20:26

I don't dislike Carole Thatcher. and if anything feel sorry for her -having Maggie as a mother must be a cross to bare and at least, unlike her brother Sir Mark, she hasn't (as yet) tried to organise a coup in an African country. But she should have been more careful in what she said in the Green Room.
About 12 months ago my daughter was in London (en route to a union meeting) and she was sat near to Carole Thathcher on the Tube - she was very tempted to say to her 'My mother hates your mother'.

For Andrew (before he gets any ideas that my daughter was abusing expenses by travelling to London) my daughter lives in Kent and the regional office of her union is in London.

Wynonie Harris · 05-02-2009, 22:27

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she was very tempted to say to her 'My mother hates your mother'.

I would imagine she's got used to that by now!

yerself · 05-02-2009, 22:30

If anyone should be sacked it's the oversensitive, mard-arse Adrian Chiles, who was allegedly offended by whatever Carol Thatcher said. I hope West Brom are relegated.

garinda · 06-02-2009, 00:51

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If anyone should be sacked it's the oversensitive, mard-arse Adrian Chiles, who was allegedly offended by whatever Carol Thatcher said. I hope West Brom are relegated.

I find Adrian Chiles's Brummy accent offensive, and his million pound salary.

Benipete · 06-02-2009, 01:04

Anyone that grasses a fellow worker up should be shot.It's just not British.

garinda · 06-02-2009, 01:17

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Anyone that grasses a fellow worker up should be shot.It's just not British.

...unless that worker is stealing all the company assests, and there's a possibility you might not get paid that month, or might lose your job altogether if the firm closes.

Then it's ok to grass, before shooting them.

cashman · 06-02-2009, 01:42

comment was much less offensive than n aussie calling me a pommie barsteward, n i do not find that offensive. far more offensive than her comment is what "Ross" got away with,in my book. much ado about nowt in my book.

Wynonie Harris · 06-02-2009, 08:39

I would imagine that families with young children would find it far more offensive for the "f---" word to be broadcast at 6.55 just as they were sitting down to their breakfasts, as it was this morning on BBC1.

Reckon the BBC are losing it somewhat.

jaysay · 06-02-2009, 11:43

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

I would imagine that families with young children would find it far more offensive for the "f---" word to be broadcast at 6.55 just as they were sitting down to their breakfasts, as it was this morning on BBC1.

Reckon the BBC are losing it somewhat.

Well they did make a grovelling apology as the show was closing at 9-15, the thing is Carole didn't actually call the tennis player a Golliwog, she said his hair resemble that of a Golliwog, which makes it even more ridiculous

grannyclaret · 06-02-2009, 12:34

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

I would imagine that families with young children would find it far more offensive for the "f---" word to be broadcast at 6.55 just as they were sitting down to their breakfasts, as it was this morning on BBC1.

Reckon the BBC are losing it somewhat.

i might have misheard ,but i think David Platt came out with that word on Corrie,,,cor that was supposed to be a family show

Wynonie Harris · 06-02-2009, 14:17

It just gets worse for the Beeb...now Clarkson has called Gord "a one-eyed Scottish idiot".

andrewb · 06-02-2009, 14:52

I think it's about time we had a reasonable BBC licence fee. It's a tax, lets be honest. Why are we not paying for it based on income?

MargaretR · 06-02-2009, 14:57

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I think it's about time we had a reasonable BBC licence fee. It's a tax, lets be honest. Why are we not paying for it based on income?

Means tests need admin - the costs of administering such fees would use up a big chunk of whatever fees were gathered - not economic to do that

andrewb · 06-02-2009, 14:59

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Means tests need admin - the costs of administering such fees would use up a big chunk of whatever fees were gathered - not economic to do that

Not really economic for a poor family to pay as much as a rich one to get vital news information..

MargaretR · 06-02-2009, 15:04

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Not really economic for a poor family to pay as much as a rich one to get vital news information..

Having spent a large chunk of my career applying means tests - just take my word for it - assessing each individual family's ability to pay would cost so much that the actual fee would go through the roof and the poorest families would pay more than they pay now

PS and there would have to be a staffed fraud dept for the ones who lie