Martin Freeman

[lindapalmara]

That fine upstanding actor, Martin Freeman appeared in Labours Election broadcast yesterday. This is the man who:

Backed Arthur Scargill (whilst rejecting the Labour Party at the time)

Sends his kids to Private Schools

Let his long term partner, a fellow actor who this week said "*** the Tories, to go backrupt in 2013, owing the tax man £120,000. This is a basic form of tax dodging. Live with a wealthy partner, don't pay your tax, declare bankruptcy and have no consequences.

Talk about double standards. I think Lsbour should be more careful about choosing its 'Celebrities' in future.

[whirlyhurly]

I thought he was very good in the TV series Fargo.

[ToraToraTora]

ummm - "What is wrong with sending your kids to a private school if you can afford it? " - nothing at all but it's a bit hypocritical when you support the party that destroyed the grammar system and prevented poor children getting a decent education because of some rediculous left wing ideology.

[bednobs]

sorry, but youdon't have to support every single thng a party oes.says support t hem

[Ric.ror]

Oh I don't know
With his 'Cartoon face' .......................

[tonyav]

Had to google him, didn't know who he is.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3020564/Red-Ed-s-celebrity-phoney-Hobbit-star-wouldn-t-vote-Labour.html

[ToraToraTora]

Mikey "And many people supported the Miners, including me.....they would have starved without any help. " - could they possibly have not gone on strike at the start of the summer when they'd let the government stockpile coal over the winter? Teensy weensy leadership problem there methinks! Good solid fellows many of them, followed a brainless donkey over a cliff. Too easy for TGL.

[maggiebee]

Well, I like Martin Freeman so there!

[Ric.ror]

Oh I like Martin Freeman in his place - on The Office and Sherlock's sidekick. But what I don't like is some millionaire telling me and people who have really been hit by the current economic climate how to vote.
Martin Freeman should not be troubling his pretty little head with that nonsense.
Saying that - I hate it when I find out a celeb I like votes Tory
I hope Poldark votes Labour - time for an avatar change I think

[lindapalmara]

Thanks for your support Naomi. I can always rely on Mikey to patronise me. As far as supporting the Miners goes, Scargill had his own agenda of bringing down the Tory Government and following his own Communist Agenda. He did his training in Russia and took loads of money from them.

As for Mine closures, look at my link below from a source close to you stating that the Consevatives closed 160 mines and Labour, before them closed 290!!!

http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Wilson-closed-mines/story-18821771-detail/story.html

[mikey4444]

naomi...I will take no lectures about the miners strike from you. I and my Union helped them out every week of the strike, and I was proud to do so. Unlike you, I am still proud to be working class, and I always will be.

I have stood by the Labour through thick and thin, unlike you, who switched sides when the going got tough.

And your comment about Freeman being a "rotten actor" is breathtaking. He has been lauded with praise for everything he has done, and I have yet to hear many, if any, disparaging comments about him. But whether he is a good actor or not is relevant, as I presume you would be just as critical of Olivier if they dug him up again.

Or is it just actors that support the Labour Party that you oppose ?

[lindapalmara]

What about my comment on the pit closures Mikey?

[naomi24]

Linda, you’re very welcome.

Mikey, //I will take no lectures about the miners strike from you.//

Haaaa! Truth clearly hurts you, Mikey. Those ‘starving’ miners suffered from the same affliction that consistently clouds your judgement – inverted snobbery – but that’s a dyed in the wool Labour supporter’s antiquated politics of envy for you, so no surprise really. ;o)

//I have stood by the Labour through thick and thin, unlike you, who switched sides when the going got tough.//

More fool you! For me, personally, the going didn’t get tough under long years of Labour government – but to anyone with any sense of reality at all what they were doing to this country – and to the working man - became untenable. And this ‘working class’ label you talk about? What does that mean?

//But whether he is a good actor or not is relevant,//

I said that, but the red mist seems to have descended upon you again half way through my post. No, I don’t oppose actors who support the Labour Party. I simply dislike hypocrites.

[Ric.ror]

Mikey - I think Olivier supported Labour too
As for closing pits - there are ways and means of doing things, and leaving whole towns without any hope of a future and destroying communities is not something I would want on my conscience

[Zacs-Master]

No ric, Arthur must be very ashamed of himself for doing that.

[mikey4444]

Ric.ror....very true, something Attila the Hens apologists forget about.

[naomi24]

Mikey, I assume you’re talking about Margaret Thatcher? As was explained this morning on another thread to which you contributed Jim Callaghan and Harold Wilson closed more mines than Mrs Thatcher did – but Labour’s apologists forget about that.

[craft1948]

I remember the 'good old miners' strike'. I particularly remember one of them threatening me when I refused to put any money in his collection bucket...

[lindapalmara]

I see you still haven't commented on the article in the South Wales Evening Post about the number of pits closed by Laour. Well, as Andrew Neil says, I've asked you three times.........

[Mick-the-Miller]

Sounds like most people to me - a bit Left-Wing over some issues, a bit wooly-headed over others, a bit hypocritical etc etc

I wouldn't think him supporting Labour would have much effect, definitely not over me - leave him alone and support who he likes - next!

[chaptazbru2]

Good on ya Martin !