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30-10-2019, 04:10 PM
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Unbelievable!

Just quickly been on Facebook to catch up with family and came across this doozy...

"The Lib Dems have hit new lows as one of their MEP's, Chris Davies, has suggested Brexiteers shouldn't wear poppies. They are politicising Remembrance and should be ASHAMED of themselves.

Chris Davies who represents the North West of England in Brussels, posted an incendiary tweet saying he was ''cynical about those who want the UK to leave the EU wearing the traditional Remembrance symbol.'

He said the EU was 'created to ensure' that centuries of conflict' came to an end, and added: ''Am I wrong to be cynical about Brexiteers wearing poppies''.

His comment caused fury among the families of war veterans and Brexit campaigners, who accused him of 'politicising' Remembrance of the war dead.

Aileen Quinton, whose mother Alberta Quinton was murdered in the Remembrance Day in Enniskillen in 1987, phoned Lib Dem HQ to complain. She said:

''Both parents in RAF in WWII. My mother's comment when we joined the EU was that it was ''a slap in the face for the Commonwealth''. She was murdered wearing her medals and poppy, waiting to pay her respects to those she served with. I wear my poppy and you can shove your cynicism!''

To coin Joe's favourite saying... What a Scumbag Chris Davies is. What say you?
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30-10-2019, 04:21 PM
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Re: Unbelievable!

Do these people have brains or just a pumpkin head ?
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30-10-2019, 04:22 PM
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He should be shot as a traitor - that's my opinion. Does he not realise or care that thousands of people fought and died to give him the freedom to spout such absolute tripe! Remembrance Day has nothing whatever to do with the evils of brexit - and no-one should allow it to be tainted by such disgraceful remarks!
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30-10-2019, 04:54 PM
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Even my dog and his pal, Ozzie, are wearing poppies.
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30-10-2019, 05:00 PM
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I have decided the Lib Dem party is made up of, deluded crackpots.

Chris Davies’s suggestion is a huge insult to the brave soldiers and their families.
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30-10-2019, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Artangel ->
I have decided the Lib Dem party is made up of, deluded crackpots.

Chris Davies’s suggestion is a huge insult to the brave soldiers and their families.
Don't these eejits have anything bette rto do with their time????


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30-10-2019, 05:32 PM
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They only say it for publicity.
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30-10-2019, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Floydy ->
They only say it for publicity.
Bad publicity??
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Bad publicity??
No difference mate. Anything to get them noticed.
It's just a job to them anyway because the Lib Dems would never run the country in a million years.
What other reason apart from lining their pockets are any politicians in it for? Does anybody really believe that they are there to look after us?
When I go to work it's because I am earning a wage, paying the bills etc. Why would politicians want to go anywhere else than doing it for the same reasons?
They don't give a....
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30-10-2019, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Floydy ->
No difference mate. Anything to get them noticed.
It's just a job to them anyway because the Lib Dems would never run the country in a million years.
What other reason apart from lining their pockets are any politicians in it for? Does anybody really believe that they are there to look after us?
When I go to work it's because I am earning a wage, paying the bills etc. Why would politicians want to go anywhere else than doing it for the same reasons?
They don't give a....
The vast difference between yourself and them though Floydy is that you work and earn your money, if you didn't you would be sacked. They don't earn their money and often don't do a good job either but are never given their P45, more's the pity!
 
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