Wandering Off Topic

[Vertigo Swirl]

Is he related?

Is that your idea of a joke?

[Miss Taken Identity]

Is he related?

Sadie might be able to help  she has all that evidence about the bloodline. OMG the thought...

[G-Unit]

There are cultural differences between the UK and Portugal which didn't help in the Madeleine McCann case in my opinion. Like the Spanish, the Portuguese way of life treats children very differently. In both countries it's not unusual for children to be out with their parents all evening. The British habit of going out without children is much less common. Hence the incomprehension of Portuguese people towards the McCann's childcare arrangements.

Respect for one's 'elders and betters' survives in Portugal too. Treating officials as equals is frowned on and is likely to cause problems. Telling the PJ how to conduct an investigation would be more likely to be seen as lack of respect than to be seen as helpful imo.

[G-Unit]

It seems like the GNR in Albufeira are losing patience with drunken Brits, just as the Spanish police did;
https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/02/fed-portuguese-police-crack-drunken-british-tourists-10507015/

[Mr Gray]

It seems like the GNR in Albufeira are losing patience with drunken Brits, just as the Spanish police did;
https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/02/fed-portuguese-police-crack-drunken-british-tourists-10507015/

its a  a paramilitary security force..

would the uk public accept paramilitaries on the streets here. Personally I would like to see it.

[G-Unit]

its a  a paramilitary security force..

would the uk public accept paramilitaries on the streets here. Personally I would like to see it.

As in other European countries it's not unusual. The UK took a different approach.

[Mr Gray]

As in other European countries it's not unusual. The UK took a different approach.

I think in Portugal Spain and France the police know they can get away with far more violence...in prtugal....a new wave of fascism seems to be on the rise

https://www.huckmag.com/perspectives/activism-2/in-portugal-protestors-march-against-a-new-wave-of-fascism/

[Vertigo Swirl]

It seems like the GNR in Albufeira are losing patience with drunken Brits, just as the Spanish police did;
https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/02/fed-portuguese-police-crack-drunken-british-tourists-10507015/

Perhaps the drunken Brits should stop going there and then see how the Portuguese like it - all quiet, with just tumbleweed roaming the streets and passing the empty bars.  Post Brexit the youth of Britain should be forced to holiday in Margate and Cleethopes anyway, much better for the environment, for local businesses etc.

[G-Unit]

Perhaps the drunken Brits should stop going there and then see how the Portuguese like it - all quiet, with just tumbleweed roaming the streets and passing the empty bars.  Post Brexit the youth of Britain should be forced to holiday in Margate and Cleethopes anyway, much better for the environment, for local businesses etc.

Perhaps British people need to change their ways and show some sense.

[Mr Gray]

Perhaps British people need to change their ways and show some sense.

Is it only British youths getting drunk in these resorts.. Or are you just on your normal anti British  rant

Is it all British people you have a problem with or just this small minority

[Vertigo Swirl]

Perhaps British people need to change their ways and show some sense.

Perhaps you’d like to start a campaign to instruct the British on how to behave abroad, I’m sure it would be time better spent than examining the minutiae of the Madeleine McCann case.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Is it only British youths getting drunk in these resorts.. Or are you just on your normal anti British  rant

Is it all British people you have a problem with or just this small minority

1.83m British tourists to Portugal last year, how many needed to be hit round the head with a Portuguese truncheon, I wonder?

[Vertigo Swirl]

Apparently the Portuguese are very worried about a sharp decline in British tourists to their country (and it’s not even the McCanns fault this time) and are trying to lure the bloody Brit troublemakers back.  https://www.euronews.com/2019/08/02/portugal-tourism-growth-slowed-sharply-as-fewer-brits-visit

[ShiningInLuz]

I think in Portugal Spain and France the police know they can get away with far more violence...in prtugal....a new wave of fascism seems to be on the rise

https://www.huckmag.com/perspectives/activism-2/in-portugal-protestors-march-against-a-new-wave-of-fascism/

Cobblers.

Do you have any clue as to what fascism means?

[Mr Gray]

Cobblers.

Do you have any clue as to what fascism means?

And cobblers to you too... With bells on... Seeing as you've lowered the standard of debate I may as, well respond.

Yes I know exactly what fascism means... Portugal has a history of it in case you didn't know