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.

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.

Horsemeat: Compass and Whitbread find horse DNA in products

Catering giant Compass Group and Whitbread, one of Britain's largest hotel chains, have found horse DNA in products sold as beef, it has emerged.

Horsemeat has also been found in cottage pies supplied to 47 schools in Lancashire - they have been withdrawn.

When you have a cut back in "Health Inspectors" by the government are you really surprised that private enterprise takes over and seizes the opportunity to make a "buck".

That's market forces.

Also, blaming the private "systems" for not patrolling the "fences" when that should be the responsible of government is hardly credible and trying to excuse one's own failings.

That is why the Health Inspection was initially evolved.

It just shows how naive Cameron and cronies are.

FRED - that's absolute garbage and well you know it ...... much as you wish otherwise, it is absolutely not the fault of uk gov't methods and measures nor its offices such as EHO or FSA ..... having dealt with EHO for many years at first hand, their primary concern is general cleanliness, in a fairly broad sense ..... it is not the EHO's job to send for lab check the content of XYZ product unless they have good reason to believe there is a health hazard - the inclusion of horsemeat in lasagne et al patently did not fall into such a category, even with the minute traces of bute allegedly and ultimately found therein.

the fault lies with the suppliers and to a slightly lesser extent with the supermarkets' own quality control checks ..... you have failed to mention that Morrisons have apparently no incidence of this meat adulteration, seemingly because their quality controls are stringent

finally, do you suppose that this aldulteration has only been going on since the last election? ..... get real, if you can! ...... by its extent across europe, it has clearly been going on for many years ...... and what did your bedmates in the labour party do?

sorry, but do i hear a deafening silence on that score?

I see the president likes bison

http://articles.aberdeennews.com/2013-01-18/farmforum/36422780_1_national-bison-association-beet-gene-intertribal-buffalo-council

cynic
Fred would blame the Conservatives for the weather, meteors, earthquakes, disease, cat flu, premature ejaculation, gravity, ingrowing toenails, asparagus wee, the smell of paint and anything else that he could think of.