How do you leave?
 

OK, so I've been a member of the Labour Party for around 7 months now, and I have no idea how to leave. They don't have anything on their website telling you how to leave, they never seem to respond to emails and quite frankly, I get the feeling they're going to cling onto people now and try to keep them under their wing.

I've considered just returning my membership card to them with a polite letter explaining why I wish to leave, but I get the feeling that it will still be ignored!

I've only been called by the Labour Party twice since I joined, even though it said when I joined I would be contacted by my local Labour MPs, and it has obviously been one big general disappointment after another. They only called me to try and get me to put things in my window and talk to voters on election day. I feel like I've just been used instead of engaged with the party.

So yes, inventive ways of how to leave (or get kicked out of) the party are welcome and appreciated. Maybe Mr Jones would be kind enough to enlighten me?

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Blazey - do you pay your subs by DD - if you do just cancel the DD. Alternatively just write to them, quoting your membership number and say that you are resigning as a member.

I take it that you have given your address at uni for your membership.

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Hop on the bus Gus
Make a new plan Stan
Drop off the key Lee
No need to be coy Roy.
Just get yourself free.:theband:

Or just jump ship.:D

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Yes they have the uni address for membership as I am a member of the Lancaster CLP. You barely pay anything as a student so even if I cancelled the direct debit they wouldn't notice it for ages. I want to leave NOW.

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They would notice immediately - it's a computer system so would notice the minute you stopped paying even if you were only paying 50p. Stop your DD.

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Is it really that important ? I don't think people are going to stop and point fingers at you when you walk down the street, or cross the road to avoid you because the Labour Party haven't got round to cancelling your membership :confused:

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Well actually it does make a different, its something I am registered with on databases and currently part of my identity, part of my identity that is fake as it doesn't represent me and it restricts me from doing things with other parties in the future if I'm stuck to Labour.

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just stop paying subs they are slow but will catch on. when ???

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Blazey you asked what to do to leave the Labour Party....Claytonender was good enough to give you the relevant information.......why don't you just do as has been suggested......or is this thread about letting us all know you are leaving the Labour Party?

I know, I should really take my anti cynical pills.

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dont worry margaret ... i thought that when i first read it ... and in actual fact all you have to do is exactly what claytonender said ...

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Jen, I'm not worried, well not about that anyway. :D

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Blazey Why are you leaving the Labour party as a member interesting can you reveal the reason if not thats fine i respect your privacy just interested to hear your reasons and point of view.

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because all he women are leaving the labour party lol

ask gordon

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are they? :D:D:D

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why leave i would have thought this is the best time for you to rise through the ranks and get into a position where you can change things.why is it when thing get a bit rocky people jump ship.maybe if you stay long enough you will become prime minister :Dswings and rounabouts.i see the press fail to mention if the tories get in they are going to abolish the national minmium wage.that will really bring poverty as the companies will bring more cheap labour in for maxium profit and the working class will become the underclass....just a thought:confused:

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A whole seven months.

Doesn't time fly?

It doesn't seem all that long ago since you were posting on here about your support for the Conservative party.

I've known students who don't change their bedding as often as you change political allegiance.

:rolleyes:

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nah no way i dont believe for a second the tories would screw the working class , cant wait until people on benefits who vote for them suddenly find themselves worse of as well and watch them pound tehir head into teh wall trying to figure out why

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Are they:D

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well if your staying you may as well take blazeys poster distribution round on as well lol

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You need lessons in life more than anything else, you swap and change your allegiances,friends and enemies, causes and concerns constantly!
What have you gained from telling everyone on here that you have yet again changed your mind?
Nowt.
We all know you are fickle and we all trust
you about as much as we trust the weather forecast.
As they say in Yorkshire, I won't thole it any more, get a life or shut up!

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Blazey you were complaining about the party you joined asking you to stick stuff in your window etc.... are you any good at making Jam?..if so you should join the Tories then you could sell it for party funds at the local pheasant shoot!

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Sometimes I really do shake my head a some of blazey's logic, and this is some one who hopes to make a career in law, God help us:rolleyes:

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I do make quite good jam.

I've already contacted Labour and they don't respond. I've never actually been a member of the Conservative Party, Labour was my first party membership because I thought it was wrong to follow a party that would protect my future and not my current position, as a student from a low income background, but actually Labour has made that worse for me, and worse for a lot of people.

So yes, perhaps I want to leave the political party but the times have changed since I joined. I joined just before the economy crashed and if anyone was going to resolve that it was Gordon. Do you think he's done a good job?

Anyone who knows me will know I care about european politics more than any other, so it is quite painful for me to know that people would rather be represented in the EU by a complete moron than anyone with any real political nouse.

I was watching Nick Griffin on the bnp website yesterday and he was talking about people in their backyards dying from diseases from forming swamps... in LA.

Political parties all failed yesterday. I'll go back to being independent from them.

Re: How do you leave?
 

Didn't Winston Churchill have trouble deciding?

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Ya but he got it right in the end:D

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I hope you get your self sorted out.

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How kind Mallard.

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sometimes people can't accept when a relationship has ended..I left Abbey National 4 years ago but they still send me letters..:D

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phone them and tell them to stop, they have by law to put a marker against your name and address, any more and they can be fined a LOT of money

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I wouldn't be very intelligent if by the age of 20 I stuck to an idea and never changed it. And those of you who DO know me and talk to me quite often will know better than some of the members on here that I am not as immature and rowdy as I sometimes make out.

At least I feel genuinely passionate about this, whereas there are a lot of people dossing around on this forum who seem to only find pleasure from the disdain of others.

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well it was not me miss....it's that bloke with the big ears!

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well, Blazey...if you aren't as rowdy and immature as you make out...........why do you give that impression?
It isn't a trait that fosters admiration.
And yes it is perfectly reasonable to change your mind about something....after all females are notorious for doing just that.......but what makes you think that we all want to know about it.
You asked for advice......good advice was given and yet (pardon the pun) you still laboured the advice.

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I 'laboured' the advice because I have pretty much already done it. Why write a letter when they have email addresses? I've contact them by email and had no response yet but it have been 2 working days so I'll give them until the end of the week and then I'll try another method.

And I gave up talking about anything serious that I'm interested in because it tends to be a bit out of the depths of most people on this forum, so I save those conversations for the people who know what they're talking about and vent out my boredom with you lot. I mean, you're all easy enough to convince that I'm being serious most of the time, and the ones who know me well seem to appreciate it quite a bit because they know what I'm doing. Maybe you all need to stop being so serious?

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like i said in the karma i just took from you....dont underestimate people

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I don't think I'm underestimating anyone. You appear to be struggling to find work and yet there is another thread where you are asking when the best time to get pregnant is.

If you want me to estimate you a bit higher, maybe you should a bit more tactful.

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try reading the thread properly about me wanting to get pregnant

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For Gods sake give um their money back Mancie:D

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How very patronisingly condescending you are.......and contradictory too.....in one breath you tell us we are all too dim on here to appreciate your superior intellect......and then in the next breath you tell us all that we need to stop being so serious.......now which of these do you mean.

You thrive on the oxygen of other peoples interest, and I, for one, will not now respond to anything else in this thread....and would ask others to perhaps do the same.

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Are you saying you can't be intellectual and lively? This is why I'm glad I'm at Uni amongst people who want to challenge each other in these ways, and not amongst the people who simply don't understand young people. The world would fall apart if we stuck to these stiff, rigid ideas about the world that some people have.

There are a lot of people on this forum who actually treat me in exactly the same way you are describing, and whilst you were brought up being told to respect your elders, I was told to question and challenge them. Fortunately I get by very well in this world as a result of that and I have been offered a lot of well paid opportunities during my free time because of this. Maybe people shouldn't be so quick off the mark to judge me if they don't like me treating them in the same way in return.

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Don't know about going into Law, the stage would suit her far better Margaret:rolleyes:

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Do you think that life revolves around what you are passionate about? I am surprised that given the busy, highly successful life you tell us you are leading that you can find the time to visit and let us know how you are doing.
I suggest you are the one treating people with disdain but then again you have already stated elsewhere you come on here to "relieve your boredom". I really do hope that your are as successful in life as you seem to be sure you will be. Otherwise you are going to come down to earth with one hell of a bang.
I for one don't object to being challenged but I do object to being patronised be it by a person older than me or one younger!!!!

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Thanks a bunch ... maybe you should grow up a bit first ... I made a decision when i was 15 ... and ive stuck with that decision since then .. now im nearly 42 and i still agree with that same decision ... does that make me not intelligent... no i dont think it does .. it means i stick by my beliefs whether right or wrong ... and for someone who hasnt even left education yet ... when you've done the same as what ive done in the last 27 years .. well then you can come back and tell me im not intelligent ...

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Whyever would anyone wish to join a minor party like Labour in the first place?

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Dunno, but it speaks volumes fer the other parties, "ALL" who gained less votes in the last 3 elections.:rolleyes:

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I think perhaps you are making assumptions on how people are brought up.

Maybe you were not the only child to be brought up to challenge and question??? I too had this type of upbringing... Where do you think I got that from????
It is having the capacity to know when to challenge and question others in the correct manner, without being condescending.


As far as the labour party is concerned you obviously had the conviction to join, why not have the conviction to stick with them and see what happens in the future or even try to make a difference within the party!

I am sure that they could benefit from your experience and expertise....!

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I like blazey feel aggrieved when my email/emails are not responded to; not to do so with a the very least an acknowledgment of receipt is B rude and to totally ignore them doubly so. And like blazey I will spread the news of the way that I feel I have been misused far and wide.

I have had emails ignored; once when I asked why my complaint about a death was not dealt with and a third party allowed to respond and not the poster of the death threat. That email was ignored.

More emails where ignored when I addressed one question to more than one recipient after failing to get any response from the first single addressee; and in that case asking the web editor about the emails who again ignored the basic question that I had repeated in the email to him and I was still ignored.

Then I went as far as asking about the emails openly on the boards of the forum for them still to be ignored and a suggestion made that the boards was not the right place to ask. Where then I ask; was the right place?

A death threat was not something that needed addressing and emails ignored about that?

To me this is an arrogant disregard for social niceties and the feelings of people shown by some concerns; and in my case; a carers charity.

Re: How do you leave?
 

Spot on Jen, I took the same decision as you when I was 16 a few years earlier than you did though, 46 years ago and have never wavered since, and I don't think we are the only ones on here either, I know at least another 3:D

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The court room is a stage for some of those blood sucking leeches, especially when they try to take a rise out of some poor sod who is only acting as a witness.
Have you ever been on jury service and seen the silly clothes they wear, and the pompous poses they strike.

Retlaw.

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I don't agree with sticking to your beliefs even if they are wrong. If you think your beliefs are wrong how can you believe in them? :confused:

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quietly please :D

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Well no I haven't, but seems like blazey will be at home there Retlaw:rolleyes:

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And some fell on stoney ground, accyman:D

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I think that you are misinterpreting what was ment. It is possible to not agree with some policies of the party that you support but still support that party. If you don't agree you make sure that your views are listened too.

I have supported the Labour party for over 45 years.

Re: How do you leave?
 

She certainly has the right qualifications, All GOB and very little sense, and she's still young enough to know every thing.

Retlaw

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Never thought that was an option in the Labour Party claytonender, I remember the late George Slynn opposing the closure of homes for the elderly and he was out on his ear

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Now you're going to tell us Maggie Thatcher was always known for having a sympathetic ear for others opinions.:D:D:D

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I've moved from one social situation to another in the past two years. I've gone from living in one place to another, and things are different in the real world that lies beyond Accrington.

Lancaster has a large amount of support for the Green Party for a start, a party which isn't really that influential in Accrington. You become of more issues at University than ever before. I went to Labour because I thought that as a student from a working class background they would appreciate my input, as the 'class ceiling' in a big issue at the moment and even more so in this economic downturn. Instead I was called twice in a 7 month period and this was to put up a poster. They didn't know anything about me or what I believed in, they base their following on faceless statistics.

YOU are faceless statistics. If you want to remain that way then vote for labour. It doesn't care about your individual needs, it cares about its vote count and its revenue. That's the problem with socialism really, looking at the average opinion of the masses and not at the variables, letting those most in need slip under the radar.

How many of you have actually been in my position? This is today, not your day. The youth of today don't go out and work in the local shops and consider that hard work, that's the easy option these days. I know students who hold down full time jobs alongside their studies, I'm just fortunate enough to have a flexible job where I get to do a lot of meaningful work with young people, many of which are from this town and those close by.

I do what I do with my full commitment and I'm not getting that from Labour in return, who are meant to be representing me. If it is so bad that I have lost faith in them well then fine. But at least I care enough to say so, which is better than just blindly accepting it.

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Did you expect to be called to help Gordon Brown through the current political crisis?
Get real, there are a lot of grass roots Labour supporters who would be glad to do whatever the party required of them......and after all 7 months isn't such a long time is it.
The fact that you have belonged to the Labour Party.....a card carrying member will always be on your record.

And you ask if anyone has been in your position, and of course the answer will be 'NO' there is only ever YOU in your position.......you think that because we grew up years ago that you are experiencing things that we never did....and some of that might be a fair assumption....but there is nothing new under the sun.

As for the Labour party letting you down.... if you are so disillusioned with the party and you can see where it is going wrong(because of course you are young enough to know everything)don't you think the party deserved for you to stay and work on improving the party from the inside?

No Blazey don't answer these questions for me, because I don't really need to know.

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Quite simply you are a prima donna who seems to have this idea that you are better than most people on accyweb. Even though I know I'm better than some members (mancie & Jam Butty);) I do not try to belittle them, thinking about it yes I do but I'm a bit more diplomatic than you. Whatever your response is to this post will not be replied to because I really don't give a **** what you think, come back when you've grown up a bit although I suspect the grown up Blazey will be an even more immature version of the one we know now.:(

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and this is when he gets out of the correct side of bed lol

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There's a fine line between stubborness and loyalty:eek: ... and I don't think I would brag about not changing my mind in 46 years .... I just can't believe that, in those 46 years, you have not questioned your political commitment; I don't mean in fundamentals but in details of the day to day behaviour of the politicians, particularly the leaders, of the party you choose to support. I also direct this comment to those who have supported Labour, perhaps more so than those who are commited to the Conservative party. The Labour Party I read about is certainly not the Labour Party I remember, the one that my grandparents supported and voted for.

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I like the last bit:D I wonder what she means about the "real world that lies beyond Accrington"?:confused: Is she delving into physics and philosopy as well as law:rolleyes:

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Eric, she believes that Accrington is the 'unreal' world, and that Lancaster is the centre of the universe.......for now, at least, but in 7 months time she may have fallen out with Lancaster too.

It may not live up to her high expectations.

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If Accrington and area is out of step with the rest of the universe, I might just have to pay a visit sometime:D And Lancaster can't be the centre of the universe .... I am:theband: And how to leave? Quietly, with dignity, and without the handwringing melodrama:rolleyes:

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Perhaps Jaysay hasn't changed in forty odd years, but the party he supports certainly has.

Can't see many of Macmillan's cabinet throwing confetti at one of their own number's same sex union, nevermind hugging a hoodie, or I suppose the then equivalent, a duffle coat wearing Aldermaston marcher.

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I long for a return to the days when we had people, of all parties, who sought election to public office because they cared about the greater good of society, and thought they could make a difference.

I'm sick to death of naff people who see politics as a career option, and are just out to climb the greasy political pole for their own advancement, or worse still those who are in it for the ego trip, and delight in seeing their ugly mug in the papers, and think we do too.

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I suppose if Blazey was serious about leaving she could "just get on her Bike " ;) ;)

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But no doubt they had their own forms of political expediency.:rolleyes:

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" .... and ride". Maybe she does have ambitions to be Queen;):D

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WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE????

You are not the only one who is full time University education you know!!

You seem to think because you are at university studying Law that you are in some way above the rest of the population of this town.

I am in full time university education at BSc level, I also have one of the hardest jobs in the world, I am a MUM. (1 preschool child and a 5 year old) At the same time I am committed to attending a clinic to help those who are suffering. I do not bleat on about it, I don't have to, I am happy with the knowledge that I am helping others. I do not have to tell the world how successful I am......

The youth of today with which you say you class yourself, do not actually know what hard work is!!
Have you ever worked in a factory environment for a 14hr shift stood on your feet all day? Or in a shop? where you have to stand all day and be PLEASANT to to people..... I really can not envisage you doing this with the attitiude that you are demonstrating on this forum...

You have no idea what hard work is... yes it is hard being a student and the work can be difficult, but actually working for a living is different... You work part time which you say yourself is flexible this obviously makes it easier for you to fit around your studies.

You mention that some of your fellow students work full time and are full time students... when and how do they manage to fit in the work that they have to do for uni, the reading, the assignments and do their personal tutors know that they are working full time? I know that on my course you CANNOT work full time, if you are found to be working more than 14hrs a week you are put on to the course as a part time student!!!

Finally, I am NOT a faceless statistic, you have absolutley no idea what political affliations I have and how active I am within them....

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Could not agree with you more Mr Rindi, it is a rare occasion. :D

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Nicola, hope ya bowed n touched yer forelock when ya said that. good lass.;)

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Well of course I didn't always agree with every aspect of the Tory party in those 46 years, but unlike blazey stayed and made my feelings known from the inside. I still support the Tory party because the principles haven't changed that much over time,maybe moved more to the centre ground of politics, unlike the Labour Party who sold every principle they ever had to become electable, in the form of New Labour.

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:)NOT:)

It needed to be said....not that I think any notice will be taken.....

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Why does the phrase 'He/she is educated beyond his/her intelligence' spring to mind?:rolleyes:

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Oh, the irony of that statement.

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Don't think its that ironic Rindi, I agree with you sometimes :rolleyes:

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Like jaysay says there are times when you disagree with what the main party is doing and you make your feelings known .. which i did .. and in fact there is someone on here who knows that i can make my feelings known ... he was at the brunt of it .. in fact it was the first time i met him .. wasnt it Bernard ...:D:D:D and in fact the argument that started that day carried on for many a month .. ok i lost that argument .. but i was up against a government that didnt listen .. oh by the way this was in 1994 or was it 95? ...

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Can I ask a question please? Is Blazey a troll? If not she does a very good impersonation of one. The remark earlier in the thread to Flashy was unforgivable and if I knew how to take karma away I would have done:eek:

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PMSFL.......................classic. errr and yes i think she is a `troll` to put it mildly

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[quote=blazey;720391]I've moved from one social situation to another in the past two years. I've gone from living in one place to another, and things are different in the real world that lies beyond Accrington.
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Believe me miss `worldly wise`......i`ve travelled the world and it ain`t much different from good ole accy....( language aside)...one day you will regret every single word you have written on this forum. I feel really sorry for you.:mad: shame

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1. I like Accrington, but I think people forget that there are things beyond the town and that opinions can differ from the consensus in Accrington.
2. Yes I am a troll. In the morning I even have the hair.
3. The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions. Which are you?

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On that note as well, I don't mind being called little girl as it reminds me that I am still young, certainly young enough still to do whatever I want to do in life, and being told to shut up reflects badly on you, not on me.

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As a member of Accyweb who has an LLB which is the degree Blazey seems to want so badly, i can say that Law schools through out the country have a wide social mix, you have the confident students who want the degree to progress. You have the students who study law as there families are all lawyers and its what is expected and then you have the students who study law to improve there social standing.

Ive seen students like Blazey before, all the talk and witty comments but when the final year arrives they fall by the way side, no one is bothered about social background anymore. But for some they feel the legend of the LLB is a holy grail which they can bash everyone else over the head with.

As i sit here typing this, by 3 neighbours are all lawyers, there down to earth and friendly, my forth neighbour is a stay at home mum of 2. we all talk and get on. I dont see why people like Blazey feel that an LLB will secure either a better life or repect from others. I just see a little up start who will soon see her degree counts for nothing if she cant hold her tongue and mix with all backgrounds.

Please dont judge all law students based on Blazey, she is the exception and will learn. I just hope she learns manners and grace before her time at university is wasted.

P.S Depression treatment going well :-)

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As I've said before, I'm different in person and all the accywebbers who have met me in person know this.

As for my time at University being wasted, I do more academically and socially than anyone I know and again, the accywebbers who know me are aware of this!

I'm not entirely sure why you wanted to add onto the bottom of that message that your depression treatment is going well :/

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Because he/she wanted to. Would you like to check his posts before they are submitted? :notworthy

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Blazey, when all is said and done. You only have to impress yourself. Your in love with your own Legend and your only a student, no LLB yet, no training and no legal job as a lawyer. Until that happens you ARE just a student like we all were.

You just cant make sweeping statments about you working harder that other people and insult the majorities like you do.

There are far too many lawyers as it is, do we need you? no, its not easy to find a job in the legal sector anymore despite what you think you know.

Dont bother to argue as i am what you want to be, a lawyer. So take it from the horses mouth, you have a long way to go and your anoying those that have made it with your insults to others.

Confidence in yourself means you dont need to shout from the roof tops how great you are, you either are or your not.

Silence is a virtue that you need on your way to top, i wish you all the best in your studies, but to be honest, i cant see you getting where you want to go until you let go of this hard done by act you put on.

And the depression comment was to save me updating an older thread.

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you mean your not R2D2..

NOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo :(

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Most of the population realise this by the age of seven or eight.

Congratulations.

A little slow, but you've arrived at the same conclusion as the rest of us...eventually.

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You usually find the people that have to self proclaim their own merits, are usually very insecure, and it's the only thing they can do to make themselves feel a little more worthy.

Quite sad really, if a little amusing at the same time, for those of us not so bright and dazzling.

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A bit of a thread wander but i`m glad(as i`m sure most other Accywebbers will be) its all going well......:)

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I think blazey may just remember the old biblical theory "blessed are the meek as they shall inherit the earth";)

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I think she is so far up herself she may think she `wrote` the bloody bible...............