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.

I have just seen the funniest story that I have read for a long time. This is from The Guardian

"Tony Blair is to be given his first formal role in the Labour party since retiring from frontline politics, when he stepped down as prime minister five years ago, as an adviser to Ed Miliband's policy review.

Blair will be reunited with leftwinger Jon Cruddas, a former aide, who was brought in by Miliband to head the policy review. Cruddas spoke recently of "reforming the band" – bringing together leading lights of New Labour – in support of Miliband.

The highly controversial move – perhaps especially within the Labour party – was announced at a fundraising event on Wednesday evening when Miliband and Blair symbolically shared a platform to make speeches.

Miliband, who was more closely allied to Gordon Brown during the 13 years of Labour government, praised Blair's role in helping the UK win the right to host the Olympics this summer in London. It was, said Miliband, "one of the many proud achievements of the governments that Tony led: saving the NHS, rebuilding our schools and cutting crime.

"I want to thank Tony for what he did for our party and for our country. And I know how committed he is to Labour winning next time."

Blair told the Labour fundraising dinner at Arsenal's Emirates stadium: "It's an honour to be here tonight to support our party, whose values and principles I have always believed in and always will. And to support Ed, support his leadership, support his drive to make our party win."

The joint appearance was organised by Alastair Campbell, Blair's spin doctor, the former Labour general secretary Lady McDonagh, and Richard Caborn, sports minister during the successful Olympic bid. Other guests at the event included the former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott and the Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson.

With much of his own party – and the country – still angry about the legacy of Blair's decision to take Britain into the Iraq war, and Labour's clear departure from socialism under his reign, Miliband will be aware that his new role will be controversial."

I don't think the SUN could have thought of running that story even as a April fool joke , Unbelievable . They just don't get it

Bush House: BBC World Service moves home

The BBC World Service has been synonymous with Bush House for 70 years, but on 12 July the news is broadcast from the building for the last time. Here Bogdan Frymorgen and Emma Crowe bid farewell in sound and pictures. Below, Anna Horsbrugh-Porter talks to a producer who first heard the BBC in a Soviet labour camp, and recalls letters from African listeners addressed to The Queen, c/o Bush House.

Hays,

When you consider Blair with Cameron you have to accept that Blair at least held his party together for over 10years, while the Coalition is unravelling and the tory party disintegrating under Cameron.

(And the country is going to the dogs, and looking more and more like a military state with soldiers at the borders.)

I had no time for Blair and considered him and Cameron as shams, but the public were wooed by them.

Also, however you consider Blair he seems successful and acceptable on the international stage. Why? Don't know.

Cameron looks like a "here to-day and gone tomorrow" PM.

Hays,

When you consider Blair with Cameron you have to accept that Blair at least held his party together for over 10years, while the Coalition is unravelling and the tory party disintegrating under Cameron.

(And the country is going to the dogs, and looking more and more like a military state with soldiers at the borders.)

I had no time for Blair and considered him and Cameron as shams, but the public were wooed by them.

Also, however you consider Blair he seems successful and acceptable on the international stage. Why? Don't know.

Cameron looks like a "here to-day and gone tomorrow" PM.

Ps..

I forgot Cameron has one problem that Blair didn't have, i.e. the present tory party is a self interested opportunistic rabble looking for quick bucks.

Blair was briefed on UK UFO files

Prime Minister Tony Blair was briefed on the UK's files about UFO sightings in 1998, newly declassified MoD documents have revealed.

I just love these subtle pictures.

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See where you fit in!

Where are you on the global fat scale?

Skinny,

Who initiated UFO investigations and why?

Fred

Your not going to blame Margaret Thatcher for that as well ?

Who?

For What?

Too little wit, to woo!

Anybody read the Sunday papers yet and can post the share tips ?

Theresa May has got to go. Beginning to think she new of this security cock up for the olympics a lot longer then two weeks ago. No doubt it will come out in the wash. I dont think the chief executive is to blame on his own. On the Andrew Marr programme
this morning it stated ministers have been in talks with g4 for atleast two months.
G4 had a impossible task to employ people for a couple of weeks only afterwards to go back on the dole. The government would be better off without this woman. Perhaps the airports fiasco will claim her, if this does not. Lets hope she has days left in her position, as I think she is doing great damage now to the government.