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.

Tanker - is that you or your brother posting over the road on the BARC thread?

Magnitude 6.2 quake hits off New Zealand's North Island coast

WELLINGTON | Tue Jul 3, 2012 11:56am BST
(Reuters) - A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of New Zealand's North Island on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The quake was centred 69 miles south-southwest of the town of New Plymouth in the bay between the country's two main islands at a depth of 147 miles, USGS said.

A Reuters witness reported feeling the quake in the capital Wellington.

Hays,

In case you haven't noticed Labour are not in" power" and many of the the previous government ministers are making more in the open market.

The tories are in power (Not the coalition.) and should get on with governing rather than bleating mantras and Baa, Baa etc..

8-)

PS.

Cameron reminds me of :-


"There go my people. I must find out where they are going so I can lead them."

I wish the Tories were in power instead of the coalition. Unfortunately there are many Labour leftovers from the last governent still around like Ed Milliband and Ed Balls.

Hays,

Probably, many of us would prefer the Toeies in power to this lot.

I might even vote for them.

Who are they?



8-)

I know.

My wife has told me they must be made up from the dyslexic Young Conservatives.


"-)

You should have known all about that being dyslexic yourself

Hidden Doggerland underworld uncovered in North Sea

A huge area of land which was swallowed up into the North Sea thousands of years ago has been recreated and put on display by scientists.

Doggerland was an area between Northern Scotland, Denmark and the Channel Islands.

It was believed to have been home to tens of thousands of people before it disappeared underwater.

That's very worrying Skinny since we've just had the wettest June since 1860 - and it's still raining!

If you think that is worrying, what about this - No evidence of mermaids, says US government



Science has found no evidence that mermaids exist, a US government scientific agency has said.

The National Ocean Service made the unusual declaration in response to public inquiries following a TV show on the mythic creatures.

It is thought some viewers may have mistaken the programme for a documentary.

"No evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found," the service wrote in an online post.

A lot of stuff that comes out of the US is worrying - a very high percentage of Americans believe that UFO's exist.

See post 17385.

Watch out there is a stalker about!

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Some say the culture of the city evolved in the USA markets.

I think many in the City didn't need much pressure to join in the corruption similar to the acceptance of gifts from the "Murdoch" and "others".

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I am beginning to wonder what this government may be attempting to hide.

Who is paying who, and who has profited from LIBOR "arrangements" and other "crooked" dealing.

Guess that the USA and the media will push Osborne and Cameron into having a full Judge inquiry.

Bet Cameron wishes he hadn't fallen out with Murdoch, especially after Murdoch's recent remarks in the states.

The net grows wider.

Barclays reveals Bank of England call memo

Barclays has revealed details of a phone call in 2008 between former boss Bob Diamond and the deputy governor of the Bank of England, Paul Tucker.

In new evidence to the Treasury Committee, Barclays says that Mr Tucker told the bank its setting of the Libor inter-bank rate need not be as high.

doodlebug

Don't they ?

Felt this would be more appropriate here.

Interesting to see Ed Millipede calling for a Leveson type probe into the libor fixing scandal, was it not the ex-chancellor Buffoon Brown who ignored a report that libor was being fiddled, was it also not Buffoon Brown our illustrious PM when Labour (including Millipede and Balls-up) discounted claims from Tom Bond the whistleblower at Barclays.
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Peers reject judge-led banking inquiry bid

A Labour attempt to set up a judge-led inquiry into banking has been defeated in the House of Lords.

Peers voted by 251 votes to 197 against an amendment to the Financial Services Bill, which would have established an inquiry independent of parliament.

On Monday Prime Minister David Cameron announced a parliamentary inquiry into the banking sector following the Barclays rate-rigging furore.

But Labour has said a parliamentary inquiry is "not good enough".

The party wants a broad inquiry, led by a judge, into the "culture, governance and professional integrity of the banking and financial services industry".

MPs will get the opportunity to vote on Thursday about the type of inquiry to be held into the Barclays Bank rate-rigging scandal.

MPs will vote on whether to hold a judge-led inquiry, favoured by Labour, or a parliamentary one, favoured by government ministers.

Commons leader Sir George Young said the votes would take place at 17:15 BST.

Re post 17445 (acceptance of gifts)
Absolutely right Fred.

I don't recall the Blairs fighting not to accept their freebie holidays either.
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The haul of gifts Tony Blair took with him when he left Downing St

Tony Blair walked out of Downing Street with a haul of gifts from his ten years as Prime Minister including guitars from rock stars and nine watches from Silvio Berlusconi, it was revealed yesterday.

Jewellery, ornaments, sculptures and even a dagger from Yemen were among the 76 items he and Cherie could not bear to part with when they left office.
The guitars from rock legends Bono and Bryan Adams are likely to be worth a small fortune if sold at auction.


Shameless: Blair's freebie holiday at Bee Gee mansion

Blair accused over his family's free Egyptian holiday

Inside Camerons' £9,500-a-week Italian countryside holiday villa... and unlike the Blairs, they're paying!

Skinny,

I never had any time for Blair. Nor do I have time for him now.

If he has transgressed, and committed any illegal or/and criminal act, you are entitled to take out a private prosecution, if not attempt a civil actions.

I would be happy for you to do so.

But I would like to see Wisteria in the same court and a few others in the same courts.



By obstructing a Judge's enquiry not only is the city beginning to stink abroad, but this government is seeming to be corrupt and hiding things.

The USA will put pressure and Europe will be delighted at "reasons" for pulling out its transactions and using other centres.

Perhaps. Osborne could explain to a judge false claims for a "taxi bill" claim.

But this pair are now in charge and and appear to many to be less the scrupulously clean.

There are good reasons for a completely independent enquiry.

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PS.

Because there were and probably still are bad apples in the Labour,Lib/Dem and UKIP parties doesn't mean that there are not villains in the present "tory" government.

Neither, does the above "excused" any of the villains for any "corrupt" actions.

Like the bankers, they should have "criminal" activities exposed.