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.

Horsemeat scandal: Bute found in eight horse carcasses

Eight horses, killed in the UK, tested positive for the painkiller bute and six may have entered the food chain in France, the Food Standards Agency said.

Some 206 carcasses were tested, with eight found to contain phenylbutazone.

Interesting that polls show Labour and Conservatives neck and neck on economic skills.

skinny - 14 Feb 2013 13:43 - 21462 of 21465

that's the funniest for a while! LOL

hays,

Is it true that when Cameron goes riding nowadays that he gets on Rebecca's horse backwards, in order not to confuse the hunt with his U-turns.

Bag, cat, out of

Hmmmm - Miliband Bounced Into Speech Policy U-Turn

He heard Cameron had fallen off his horse again.

Talking of which... PMQs: Miliband falls off the horse

Skinner, 8-)

I thought these remarks pertinent:

"Cameron, before executing the Eton Giggle (ruddy cheeks contorted into a winning smile, dead behind the eyes, finger on the ‘Release the Hounds’ button) at a few horsemeat jokes – is the PM sure he’s not speaking “100% bull”, isn’t the coalition an example of “misleading labelling”"

I think I will stick to the market for a while. Has is turned??

I heard that - even Cameron laughed.

"Shadow chancellor Ed Balls said both he and Ed Miliband had raised objections to the 10p move when they were members of the cabinet at the time.

Asked on the Daily Politics whether it was a firm manifesto commitment, Mr Balls said they could not write their manifesto now, but the changes were something "we want to do... intend to do... plan to do" if the party gets into power after the next election."

You can see why they call him the panda

That is quite pleasant nickname for Ed.

Better than Cameron's nickname when the majority of people seem to refer to him as that Sh__t.


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Or perhaps, the escapee Hunt who is locally known and as the "shunt",or something like that.

hunt the shunt was of course the late lamented james

Horsemeat is 'delicious, like rich beef', says restaurant owner

A French restaurant owner who has added horsemeat burgers to his menu said he hoped the food scandal would encourage people to become better educated about the source of what they eat.

Martin Leman, 38, who runs Chez Sophie in Knockholt, near Sevenoaks, Kent, said horsemeat had a "delicious" beef-like taste, was low in fat and packed with protein.


British horsemeat sales spike as curiosity piqued

Paul Webb is milking Europe’s latest food scandal with a recipe for horse-meat lasagne and a pledge that “There’s no Moo in our Mince” on his company’s website.

Webb, the director of Exotic Meats in Derbyshire, England, says sales of horse burgers, sausages, steaks and mincemeat have spiked 10-fold since the equine matter was first found in supermarket burgers last month.
He ran out of supply last weekend.

Exotic Meats, which also sells steak from zebras, wildebeests and alpacas, is among the unlikely beneficiaries of the meat scandal.

i believe bison is the meat of choice for being tasty and low-fat, but i've never seen it for sale over here, nor for that matter on a menu anywhere, even in usa

Exclusive: North Korea tells China of preparations for fresh nuclear test - source

BEIJING | Fri Feb 15, 2013 12:43pm GMT

(Reuters) - North Korea has told its key ally, China, that it is prepared to stage one or even two more nuclear tests this year in an effort to force the United States into diplomatic talks with Pyongyang, said a source with direct knowledge of the message.

Further tests could also be accompanied this year by another rocket launch, said the source who has direct access to the top levels of government in both Beijing and Pyongyang.

You want Bison then go to the Montana Grill in Denver

http://www.tedsmontanagrill.com/

or the Fort where they do Buffalo and Elk

http://www.thefort.com/Menu.htm

Hunt criticises health trust over whistleblower

The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has criticised a hospital trust's actions after a gagging order was broken to raise concerns about patient safety.