Europe needs to get real on defence; Britain needs to get real on Europe
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1 April 2011
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Great city but the traffic is not too appreciative of “lost” foreign drivers particularly when you’re going down what is in effect a 6 lane highway that merges into 4. Manchester doesn’t have the Med location and the oh so blue sea and it also doesn’t have the sheer ‘class’ in its construction. Now Liverpool is another altogether……
!00% with you. The finest City in Europe.
Sounds like you benefited from ‘change as good as a rest’, though as you were also in South Africa this week, maybe you need to check the carbon footprint.
Good for you for sticking up for the crew … they are under a lot of pressure at the moment, and as a former steward, I would not trust either the management or the unions to sort things out for them. I did long haul for seven years and it is not an easy job. It is very nice when someone such as yourself acknowledges the work the cabin crew does for the customers, many of who can be very demanding, difficult and often quite rude
It helps that there are fewer people there. Heathrow would probably not look too bad if it was not swarming with people
Herr Goebbels,
So, why not migrate to Barcelona? It sounds like it could improve your health (less medication and all that). And BEST of all, no more Daily Mail !
Let’s put a project in place to get the Campbell family in Barcelona by autumn !
Is Barcelona still the mugging capital of Europe?
Five of our group of Rotarians were mugged separately at the 2002 Barcelona Rotary International Convention – out of 25 of us – 20% hit rate.
Saw Gorby promoting his foundation to Rotary.
The great art makes up for it all, though.
Delighted you enjoyed that lovely place. Such a fillip to the heart to be refreshed thus. Excellent.
@Scooke7
I have another idea for a project. Let’s get you and your vacuous comments off AC’s blog site.
“Herr Goebbels” besides the obvious inaccuracy, has become so repetative and boring. Also, if you were slightly more educated on mental health issues and took the time to read what AC has written on this subject then you would know your second sentence is completely superfluous.
So given what I’ve said about your post, I can only come to the conclusion that your post is a total waste of space.
Alastair is no doubt hoping for an upgrade next time he travels with BA…
It’s a special city, no doubt about it. Have the good fortune of my brother-in-law living there, which comes in handy. Had our honeymoon in Barca and I’ve also seen Celtic draw at the Nou Camp – scared to admit which was the more exciting!
Ha, an excellent read.
We were on the flight with you and have to agree, they were a fabulous crew, even to those of us “further back”!
Gilliebc,
Oh dear ! Looks like I’ve touched a raw nerve. Maybe you need to move to Barcelona as well !!
If you want my vacuous comments off Goebbels’….sorry..AC’s site, then go ahead and ban me. And do it openly.
I’ve checked the spelling of “Herr Goebbels” and it is correct. So, the inaccuracy is oblivious to me. Hope you remember that the phrase was coined by G. Galloway & I’m just repeating it. You, on the other hand, might want to check how “repetitive” is spelt…there’s YOUR obvious inaccuracy.
The person who mentions medication first is Goebbels…sorry AC himself. It’s in the title, “chill pill”. So, if he went to Barcelona for just 1 day and felt no need for medication, I’m merely suggesting a longer, maybe permanent move may result in him taking less medication or none at all, which he himself admits he takes, when things get a bit rough .e.g. when his home Internet connection broke some time ago.
I would also like to point out a tautologous section in your post. My sentence is either superfluous or it is not, “completely superfluous” suggests that there it is possible to be incompletely superfluous…which makes no sense.
You are quite welcome to you conclusion. But given that it is based on an inability to understand my post, you really should post an apology to me.
“Herr Goebbels” is an unnecessary insult: AC is guilty of many things but has nothing in common with Goebbels. As political opponents we should be able to debate without stooping that low. Your articulate dissection, below, shows the quality of your thought: You do not need to resort to this.
@ Scooke 7
I wasn’t questioning your spelling of “Herr Goebbels” but your use of that title and name when you are clearly refering to AC. It’s a cheap insult.
As for a project to get you off this site, that was merely a light-hearted retort to your comment about getting the Campbell family to Barcelona!
I think you are correct about the tautology and the obvious spelling mistake though 🙂
It is a special city, no doubt about it. Have the happiness of my brother-in-law who live there, which is convenient. We had our honeymoon at Barca and I have seen Celtic draw at the Nou Camp – afraid to admit that was more exciting!