swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 4:29:37 PM UTC+1, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
>> QUOTE: It also emerged the council ignored advice not to host the
>> Commonwealth Games despite serious financial difficulties. ENDS
>>
>> Fully agree - these games are only of any interest to senile gammons
>> still harking back to the days of Empire and sad flag shaggers.
>
> Then, like in the coronation, they litter the streets with their silly
> little flags, tents and hats.

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On 13/09/2023 07:20, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 12:18:34 PM UTC+1, soup wrote:
>
>> Where's the lie ?
>> The bike lane is cited as an example of the badly run finances.
>
> QUOTE: £750 million equal pay bill. ENDS
> Plus the £778 million Commonweath Games boondoggle.
> Just those two equal over £1.5bn.
>
> The bike lane was only £10 million - hardly enough to "bankrupt" the entire council as the article infers.

TEN MILLION POUNDS?

Seriously?

And nutters can even refer to it as "only" TEN MILLION POUNDS.

On 13/09/2023 08:42, soup wrote:
> On 13/09/2023 13:20, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 12:18:34 PM UTC+1, soup wrote:
>>
>>> Where's the lie ?
>>> The bike lane is cited as an example of the badly run finances.
>>
>> QUOTE: £750 million equal pay bill. ENDS
>> Plus the £778 million Commonweath Games boondoggle.).
>> Just those two equal over £1.5bn.
>>
>> The bike lane was only £10 million - hardly enough to "bankrupt" the
>> entire council as the article infers.
>
> The article infers nothing, that's entirely on you.
>
> I think the word you are groveling for is IMPLIES.

Well said.

But May Sun was usually off school and eventually only fit for menial
cleaning work (as we say in the trade).
>
> I don't see an implication anyway.

On 13/09/2023 10:47, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 2:42:41 PM UTC+1, soup wrote:
>> On 13/09/2023 13:20, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 12:18:34 PM UTC+1, soup wrote:
>>>
>>>> Where's the lie ?
>>>> The bike lane is cited as an example of the badly run finances.
>>>
>>> QUOTE: £750 million equal pay bill. ENDS
>>> Plus the £778 million Commonweath Games boondoggle.
>>> Just those two equal over £1.5bn.
>>>
>>> The bike lane was only £10 million - hardly enough to "bankrupt" the entire council as the article infers.
>> The article infers nothing, that's entirely on you.
>>
>> I think the word you are groveling for is IMPLIES.
>>
>> I don't see an implication anyway.
>
> If you remove the insinuation in the Daily Mail article, the presence of a new cycle lane is totally irrelevant to BCC financial health. They could have blamed libraries or schools, but that would not have got the gammons frothing at the mouth. Their readers are cyclist haters.
>

Ten million pounds here and ten million pounds there... and pretty soon,
you're talking serious money.

On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 4:29:37 PM UTC+1, swldx...@gmail..com wrote:
> QUOTE: It also emerged the council ignored advice not to host the Commonwealth Games despite serious financial difficulties. ENDS
>
> Fully agree - these games are only of any interest to senile gammons still harking back to the days of Empire and sad flag shaggers.

Three overseas nations have already stated that they will NOT waste any money on hosting this event - let it die a natural death. It's totally outdated.