Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

there are more crooks in power than there are in prison

Anyone but me find an ethics inquiry that was called by the government is a bit like the pot calling for an inquire into the kettle.

There is a petition doing the rounds to stop the UK giving any further loans to Argentina, (yes, believe it or not we still are).
To sign this petition go to http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/34551

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mna what it as done is put millions off voting I am looking to join them .
why waste my time voting for thiefs and liars .

"why waste my time voting for thief's and liars" Agreed, so why don't you stop voting for them and vote for the people who are not thief's and liars? Giving up voting is just letting them get away with it.

Totally agree Tanker. At the end of this whitewash the public should know exactly how much tax payers money has been spent on this utter farce. How much longer is this going to go on? Everyone and his dog is being called to give evidence and when you get an utter jerk like Piers Morgan in the witness box preening himself you do despair.

Because by holding the enquiry you may have a chance to expose some of the "said" political elite for the villains some of them are.

Also, at the least, the public and those "offended" by the abuse of "power" against them, have a chance to remedy the corruption that was previously carried out behind closed doors. It may prevent an even more rapid descent of public standards to that of a banana republic.

I am fed up with the statements "that was yesterday" and "just put it behind you". Previous governments have had their periods of corruption, but none like the stench arising around the present one.

I hope that as a result of exposures at the Leveson enquiry, that there will be more civil actions and criminal prosecutions against the perpetrators of the abuses.

Probably, it will lead to the end of the Murdoch media empire.

I don't think that many members of the present government are "fit" to hold public office.

He said to me . ... . I don't know why you wear a bra; you've got nothing to put in it
I said to him .... . . You wear pants don't you?

He said to me ... . ......... Shall we try swapping positions tonight?
I said to him .. That's a good idea - you stand by the stove & sink while I sit on the sofa and do nothing but fart

He said to me. ... What have you been doing with all the grocery money I gave you?
I said to him . ..... Turn sideways and look in the mirror!

He said to me. ..... Why don't women blink during foreplay?
I said to him ... . They don't have time.

He said to me. . How many men does it take to change a roll of toilet paper?
I said to him .. .. I don't know; it has never happened.

He said to me. . Why is it difficult to find men who are sensitive, caring and Good- looking?
I said to him . . . They already have boyfriends.

He said to me...What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is every night?
I said to him. . .. A widow.

He said to me.... Why are married women heavier than single women?
I said to him .. . .. Single women come home, see what's in the fridge and go to bed….Married women come home, see what's in bed and go to the fridge.

Stan

Fred doesn't vote , i should have a word with him.

Who will you be voting for ? Labour again

Next national election, I can't see many voting Tory, Lib/Dem, or perhaps what could be your favourite party, the BNP.

Greek
Mixed metaphor.
Dig yourself into a hole.
Paint yourself into a corner.

I will be voting Tory , because i don't want Labour or a Lab/Lib or a Con/Lib in power.

What i would like would be a Con/UKIP goverment. The tory's always get in were i live.

I thought you were the ghost of yesterday!

Strange how quiet this thread has been on Syria.

Also interesting to reflect on Asma Assad. President Assad of Syria’s wife apparent statements in 2008.

I can’t find original statement, which I thought was at an address made at United nations, but below is taken from

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/pariah-states-first-lady/story-e6frg6tx-1111118301574


Strange how actions are different from expectations/

““She is adamant, however, that Islam has been unfairly demonised. "When we associate extremism with religion, we're being too narrow," she says. "It can exist everywhere, in politics, in society and in attitudes. But what does religion actually teach us? All three monolithic religions teach us about the dignity of the human being, respect for others, openness and the value of human life. To disfigure religion and associate it with violence and terror is just not humane. It's not the religion that's wrong; it's those people who are using religion as an excuse."
Such reflections have given an urgency to her drive to tackle poverty in Syria. "There is no time to waste," she says.
In a recent speech in Italy, she said: "Take a second to ask yourself ... Where would the extremist preach if poverty did not provide the audience? Where would a terrorist recruit if poverty did not line up those in despair?"
"We tend to assume poverty only exists in the Third World, but you find even in the US and Europe there are pockets of extreme hardship and that's not something that people pay enough attention to," she adds now. "The reason it is so important is because it affects us all. When people are poor they have no hope and when they have no hope they become desperate, and desperation can breed some bad, bad things." Poverty is an issue in Syria, too, with a per capita income of about $1915. She is particularly concerned that Syria's economic progress - and last year its economy grew by about 6.1 per cent - is not unfairly skewed towards the cities. Her largest undertaking, Firdos, the Fund for Integrated Rural Development of Syria, focuses on micro-finance for small businesses, scholarships for bright pupils and teaching information technology skills.”

Is this the same woman who defended her husband on what he is doing to his own people in Syria

Yes.

The bad new's is The Tories have slumped to a 14-point deficit behind Labour, according to an opinion poll published in the Sunday Express.

The survey puts David Cameron's party on just 29% - compared to 43% for Labour.


But the good new's is UKIP are now level with the Lib/Dem's on 9%

Would love to see Farage gain a couple of seats. Only politician i have any time for...

A few home truths, he likes to tell it exactly as it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llDYLb7HoIk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez-88_hIrLY&feature=related

U-Turn and U-Bend are doing a superb job for Britain.

I suggested to the French that they could have the pair of them.

I won't repeat their responses.

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By the time they have run out of excuses and others to blame the next election will have arrived and then you will see the rats leaving a sinking boat.

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