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No I think that seems pretty clear. There are variations of course: Old fashioned tories resisting all change - except as unavoidable to pre-empt active resistance - the French revolution really gave them the willies - then all those Russian peasants getting in a tizz! Post war tories accepting...

It's just loose shorthand for right-winger, presumed conservative voter and believer in the current conservative party ideology.

Chine well down the list "per capita" but top on total output. Click the top of a column to order it: https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-per-capita/ Chinese is also tops in terms of renewable energy production, and serving the rest of the world with the technology. One...

Depends on your definitions of "decent" and "genuine". In any case modern governments, in terms of public spending, go very much further than merely supporting people "in need". They are the least of their problems. I agree. "a similarly simplistic (and unfair) view of policy". Why confuse...

I just thought it was nonsense. Like a meaningless motto dropped out of a cracker. In fact the whole thread seems pointless.

Chinese importer. You will probably get the goods but after a long wait i.e. cheaper shipping.

What? You mean it is simplistic to assume that someone who votes tory, supports tory ideas, or even is party member, might actually be a tory?

Which way do you vote? That's usually taken as a reliable indicator, unless voting "tactically". Even more so if you are a paid up member of the party.

Well tories are stuck in the past - is that what you mean? Depends who is saying it. :ROFLMAO: I didn't realise tories felt it was something to be ashamed of. Maybe they should reconsider their positions? I'm not ashamed of being called a raving lefty, socialist, woke etc. Flattered in fact...

If you take this thread and others similar we seem to be communicating exceptionally well. Unusual to be without the usual veto on talking about politics and congratulations to the mods for handling it so well. I think what you mean is your own inability to communicate without hearing opposing...

Guilty! I cannot tell a lie! https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/another-ban-on-the-way.149949/page-5#post-1772072 But it wasn't a generalisation it was with reference to a particular moral dilemma (for a tory!) Sounds very much like "I'm not anti-vax, but...." :ROFLMAO: It's not about...

This was Golding's own experience too, but not of a primitive little school on Tonga. He had Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School (an expensive private boarding school in spite of the name) and Brasenose College behind him. He thought it was normal! He was wrong - people don't behave like...

Is that the old Stanley jig? The only one worth having IMHO. Gets a beginner used to the feel of the angle, also can make a camber. Then put it away once you've got the knack. Not sure about counting strokes etc I just do it until it brings up a burr, looks right etc. I just use a medium oil...

No of course not but I'd ask them to leave their waterstones outside. :unsure:

Pleased to say my wife reports that local womens' group (a.k.a. "Knit and Natter") are utterly horrified by Trump. They tend to be very tory and much in favour of rubbish like Boris Johnson, Brexit etc. so it could be significant!

Firm holding essential. Black & Decker workmate worth considering but not good for planing unless braced against something e.g. clamp in a a length of 2x4" with far end against wall, attach a planing stop and plane towards the braced end. The curve across the width, side to side. Tighter curve...

As a normal member of the human race (I think!) I would share it, and the heat from my stove, but with some little reservations if necessary. I can see it would be a problem for a tory, having to work out how to exploit the situation for his own advantage in a time of need and hence competitive...

For learning, best to start planing edges of boards rather than faces. You get more of a sense of how it works and you can see the shavings as they pop out, differently across the mouth depending on adjustment and camber. Camber is absolutely essential for most purposes; planing a wide face with...

:ROFLMAO: I didn't vote for Starmer as leader, nor for Labour at last election (first time in my life). But even I recognise that Starmer is more or less a normal member of the human race, particularly when compared to the extremely weird orange psychopathic dangerous monster the yanks are...