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A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is politics?" The dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I'm the breadwinner of the family, so let's call me capitalism. Your mother, she's the administrator of the money, so we'll call her the government. We're here to take care of your needs, so we'll call you the people. The nanny, we'll consider her the working class. And your baby brother, we'll call him the future. Now, think about that and see if that makes sense." The little boy goes off to bed thinking about what dad had said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has soiled his diaper. The little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed. The next morning, the little boy says to his father, "Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now." The father says, "Good son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about." The little boy replies, "Well, while capitalism is screwing the working class, the government is sound asleep, the people are being ignored and the future is in deep shit."

Inspired by people pointing out, quite rightly, that the recent picnic event had no mention here, this is happening today:

Sorry but I do enjoy the odd political debate. In the Red Lion , on the Forum or just generally . ( not saying I read all posts ) I do not like intimidation or the language of 'one up man ship' . In certain political circles it seems to be going too far. Still we have not got to 'Vote for me or I will kill you yet'. Now about the so called 'Wansbeck Mafia'. Maybe all can now be forgiven in the interests of the town and the country. Strange times 'Think not what your country can do for you , think what you can do for your country'. Insert :town, forum , friends, family etc instead of or as well as country.

Sounds like a plan Canny Lass. The Red Lion is so busy these days (all day) that it is just take any table you can. The trouble with lemonade can be the add on double Jack Daniels.

This is coup number five for Turkey, who will Mr Bryant blame for the other four Guess what Country has had the most coups ( it sure to come up in a pub quiz ) answer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coups_d'état_and_coup_attempts_by_country

Just been fiddling around in Photoshop again. I quite like this image of 'The Silverdale Miner' in Nottinghamshire. I just replaced the sky and tweaked a few levels, I'm no expert!

Sorry, might be a bit late with this but Happy Birthday...

Pauline - contact Freemasons Hall in London ... it's the HQ for all English Freemasonry and has a records archive. Google for contact info.

Looking at that pic 3g, it was an accident waiting to happen, much like the situation the entire EU finds itself in at the moment!