On Saturday I attended, for the first and perhaps the last time in my life, the Annual General Meeting of the National Trus
Interestingly, I never received any notice of, or voting papers for, the AGM despite being a member for 20 odd years and always receiving them in previous years. I need to look into why, although thankfully the right people won without my vote.
https://conservativehome.com/2023/11/14/andrew-gimson-why-i-stood-for-election-to-the-national-trusts-council-and-what-can-be-learned-from-the-results/Johnson's hagiographer isn't happy about losing.
Those "Common Purpose" types get around...... I see people on multiple sites ranting about them, they must be worse than the Illuminati & the Masons !
“It has made knowledgeable long-serving staff redundant, indulged in managerial gobbledygook, promoted a self-hating conception of history, and suppressed well-founded criticism from members.”
Kim, you are very bad!
It's gammon shorthand for 'aknowledging that BRITIAN[1] have been, quite often, the bad guys'. Which you'd think would be uncontroversial at this point, but that's my naive 1990s adolescence talking.[1] Other colonial empires are available.
Quote from: Kim on 14 November, 2023, 01:56:33 pmIt's gammon shorthand for 'aknowledging that BRITIAN[1] have been, quite often, the bad guys'. Which you'd think would be uncontroversial at this point, but that's my naive 1990s adolescence talking.[1] Other colonial empires are available.In this particular context, but not as a phrase itself. For instance, I don't think the much-cited "self-hating Jew" has any reference to the BRITISH empire.
https://x.com/CeliaRichards0n/status/1724846803776938196Director of "Restore Trust" steps down. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/11/15/director-of-restore-trust-campaign-group-putting-pressure-on-national-trust-steps-down-from-roleAt the risk of stereotyping she doesn't look like a typical NT member, unless she's still on her parent's card.
Plus the ability to start hunting again. And to hide slavery...
I completely agree with Reg.