I regarded one of the benefits for me personally of joining TH as being the renewed opportunity to interact with you, Grasshopper (sorry, I don't recall your actual name - if you ever told me it, that is).
Like you, I don't share Kieron's (Oldtimer's) apparent fondness for the worldview of Kate Hopkins, or his opinions on many things generally.
But I find myself in a place in my life where, if possible, I'd like to co-exist peacefully with others, agree to disagree, and replace conflict with ignoring that which I oppose.
I felt Kieron offered me a bit of an olive branch by hoping I'd bet a winner or two at Sandown last week and reckoned it would be churlish of me not to acknowledge that.
Ditto Colin's views here - I too didn't agree, but Colin also writes material (not necessarily political) that does resonate with me too, so I ignore that with which I disagree and eagerly embrace that with which I do concur.
For me, this is trying to get along.
I do hope you reconsider, but will of course respect your decision if you don't.
Ian
