Life and times of Captain Tom

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  1. lk3

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    That doesn’t explain why people instead of saying well done to him etc only comment is to make it Political?
     
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    How does an individual doing a good thing for a charity expose the failures of the government?
    As someone else said there is enough faults to pick at without making incorrect statements.
     
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    Tha kiddin ant tha.
     
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    I'm sure there were loads of threads saying well done to him. I'm sure I posted one and replied to a few.
     
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    What you don’t think there’s enough to go at then?
    Or you think it’s OK for someone to wrongly say the money was wasted on PPE etc?
     
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    Exactly Helen , I’m talking about the ones on this thread.
    The thread was about his life story not about the reasons a charity exists.
     
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    thats entirly my point, Tykster. But some on here cannot see.They just want to turn everything into a political weapon.
     
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    I a know that but it was always going to turn political the right are no different, remember that Bacon sarnie that the Right wing rags turned into political weapon???
     
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    The explanation is that everything is political.
     
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    How is saying well done to someone political?
    I agree his actions of walking to raise money has Political connotations. But this thread was about a program about his life and a recommendation to watch it.
    So try again, why can’t some people just say well done?
     
    lk311, Aug 15, 2020
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    I very much doubt that anyone on here thinks it's nothing more than fantastic & we ALL very much appreciate his efforts.
     
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    You are wrong, the money was raised to go to the NHS charities but it seems everything seems to be turned into a political theme
     
    Red CB, Aug 15, 2020
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    How about, if the NHS is properly funded and money spent well, then we don't need such charity funds? The two are inherently connected.
     
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    I don’t doubt for a minute that everyone on here appreciates what he did.
    But that’s not what I asked was it?
    I asked instead of just congratulating the guy and keeping on topic of the post, why do people feel the need to add political digs?
     
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    You are still wrong about the charities, the charities are about what the NHS staff contribute to, as do a lot of other people do at many workplaces , its nothing to do with the NHS funding
     
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