They threatened Corbyn would take us back to the 70s.. But the Tories did

[wobs]

Speaking of the UK, an interesting film on our last attempt to enter the space race:

And we actually thought about going to moon! To the extent we designed a space suit decades before the Americans:

-See a replica, and the thinking behind the whole thing

 

[Ihavenojob]

How many supersonic passenger jets did the US put into service?

As much as it pains me to say, Concorde was a collaboration with the French.

 

[wobs]

As much as it pains me to say, Concorde was a collaboration with the French.

Glad you brought up. Collaboration is an important factor in many innovations.

 

[Mottie]

So you think that ideology pays the bills? Interesting.

52% of those that voted didn’t like the 'bill' they were paying. That’s democracy and has to be respected even if you are part of the remaining 48%.

 

[JohnD]

52% of those that voted didn’t like the 'bill' they were paying.

The one they were falsely told was £350 million a week.

Boris and Cummings had to lie to win.

Mottie likes liars.

 

[Mottie]

Perhaps there should be a system of reverse democracy? You know, the one where those that lose a vote are judged to be more knowledgeable than those that won. I’m sure there’ll be a few on here that would like that system.

 

[wobs]

52% of those that voted didn’t like the 'bill' they were paying. That’s democracy and has to be respected even if you are part of the remaining 48%.

There should be no shame in admitting you were conned.

 

[Captain Nemesis]

... the European court of human rights ...

And there, ladies and gentleman, we have another shining example of the level of knowledge of a typical Brexit supporter.

 

[Mottie]

There should be no shame in admitting you were conned.

No shame in admitting you were wrong either. Go on….

 

[Captain Nemesis]

As much as it pains me to say, Concorde was a collaboration with the French.

What on earth kind of person finds that truth "painful"?

 

[ReganAndCarter]

America is an odd country, they are both modern and ancient at the same time.

They realise that hanging onto traditions is very important to their national identity.

The US is a fantastic country, I've visited many times and could happily live there. It's almost like a world in one country - from the frozen wastes of Alaska to the dust of Arizona, and everything in between. But someone once described The US as a third world country with money. While that's probably not true of the whole country, it could probably well describe large areas of it.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

My teenage years, other than drinking and shagging seemed to be mainly taken up with tuning twin SU's on the various Spitfires I owned.

I had a Dolomite with the 1500cc engine used in later Spitfires. I became quite good at setting up the twin SUs.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

the various Spitfires I owned.

Bloody hairdresser!

 

[Deleted member 18243]

Thatcher etc used privatisations as a way to generate revenue which they then gave out in tax cuts which got them voted back in.

except if you privatise something, you lose public assets and make a country weak…..the UK is just a foreign owned entity with terrible public services as private companies only care about shareholders profits.

This is correct but the national industries were badly run by the pre-Thatcher governments. This is another case where both sides did wrong yet we only had the usual two sides to choose from.

 

[wobs]

No shame in admitting you were wrong either. Go on….

Brexit has been a disaster. As predicted.
So, I wasn't wrong.