OneGuyFromBarlick

I always got the impression that Danny Alexander was basically a decent chap who had been thrown into the rat pit of Tories. Not very good at telling lies and creative spin. He was not the only Lib Dem who saw their career hit the rocks by joining up with the Tories.

Not sure why the link didn't work. Try this one Sir Danny Alexander

Worth a read. I'd forgotten his nickname in fact I'd almost forgotten him entirely.

In November 2012 the Cairngorm Brewery rebranded their beer called "Cairngorm Gold" as "Ginger Rodent" with Alexander's agreement and cooperation.

Wasn't his sister in politics too for a while?

He seemed very comfortable with his new life in China, and said his focus was mainly on India. The map on his wall showed China as the centre of the world. I think it soon will be. The more I see of modern China - the more I marvel at the difference since I caught a train in 1965 from Hong Kong to the village on the border, which was as far as you were allowed to go, and looked across at the guard towers at regular intervals, across the padi fields.

"He was not the only Lib Dem who saw their career hit the rocks by joining up with the Tories."
And the party as well. I always thought that the coalition with the modern Tories was the biggest mistake they could make.
I watched an episode of the Bridge last night to remind me of what good TV looked like....

Well that doesn't happen very often. I've found a 'drama' that I could watch.

'Manhunt The Night Stalker' - with Martin Clunes. I'll be there for the end tomorrow.

I watched another two episodes of The Bridge. Let me know when Vigil finishes and I'll have a crack at that.

Vigil finishes this coming Sunday Stanley, 26th sept.

Tripps wrote: ↑22 Sep 2021, 21:42 I've found a 'drama' that I could watch.

Now I know why - it wasn't a 'drama' but was based on a true case. That made the last half hour very confusing.

Thanks Gloria, I watched 3 hours of the Bridge. I Love Saga Noren!

More Bridge last night. A wonderful series and well worth watching again.
Can I put on record how much I dislike the new El Cheapo R4 offering of 'Fourthought' presented by Ollie Man. It's a procession of people giving a 12 minute talk on a subject that involves them stating the bleeding obvious.
Include me out!

We have just caught up with the first episode of the latest Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing series. It's an absolute joy to watch and if you have never seen it, start at the very beginning back in 2018.

More Bridge binge last night.....
I shall bear that in mind Wendy. Filed with Vigil and Manhunt.

All C4 live feeds were AWOL last night but I watched F1 quali on catch up. Then I binged on The Bridge again. A good series!

We watched f1 highlights which was very good, Lost Treasure Tombs of the Ancient Maya on ch4 part 1/2, very interesting, and the final Vigil, a series well worth watching.

I watched the race last night. I think one could say it was full of incident! Then I had another episode of The Bridge. I have Vigil lined up for when I run out of Saga Noren!

Time Team making a return with some of the original experts including Carenza, but not on mainstream TV, it looks like they will launch on You Tube.

Wendyf wrote: ↑28 Sep 2021, 16:13 Time Team making a return with some of the original experts including Carenza, but not on mainstream TV, it looks like they will launch on You Tube.

They have been looking for sponsership for about a year and a bit, releasing older episodes, some with additional comment and follow up.

Caught up with A House ThroughTime from last night, they have been so interesting, can’t stress how much they are worth watching.

I'm being quite boring and still reviewing 'The Bridge'.

Gloria wrote: ↑29 Sep 2021, 18:59 Caught up with A House ThroughTime from last night, they have been so interesting, can’t stress how much they are worth watching.

We watched it too, it was fascinating seeing the most recent residents.

Big Kev wrote: ↑30 Sep 2021, 10:58

Gloria wrote: ↑29 Sep 2021, 18:59 Caught up with A House ThroughTime from last night, they have been so interesting, can’t stress how much they are worth watching.

We watched it too, it was fascinating seeing the most recent residents.

Me too. Interesting stories they had to tell

I am still being boring and reviewing 'The Bridge'. Such a good series.

On Friday nights we’ve been watching re runs of Doc Martin on more4, last night they started again right from the beginning. One of the good things of getting old is we hardly remembered any of it, so we can enjoy them all over again.

I recognise that one Gloria, certainly true about the later Bridge episodes.

Reached the end of the Bridge last night, tonight I think it will be Vigil.

It wasn't.... I watched a very old film, 'Oh Mr Porter' with Will Hay. Almost 100 years old but still a very funny film.