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.

The new Levels on regulations are unlikely to do much. It is interesting to note that all the events that caused the Leveson were investigated and people charged under legislation that already existed. None of the events investigated by Leveson would be referred to any new regulatory framework.

Noticed that Cameron didn't turn up for the last negotiation night.

Probably protecting his ------- as usual.


Mind the Press seem enthusiastic about the decisions.


Cameron reminds me more and more of Blair, out of touch and should be concentrating on his legacy.

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There's nothing like subtlety and this is nothing like....

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Skinny,

As you can witness from this country and other countries, power tend to corrupt.

It tends to blind some from what maybe their overall responsibilities.

I would think that Blair, Brown recently and earlier Harold Wilson and Anthony Eden would be good examples of not handling power well.

notice (hahaha) the difference between "tends" and actuality .... full-o'-shit-freddie strikes again

Manuel strikes again!

Haystack, don't mix Blair and Brown. Brown is honest & respectful - not a good manager though

'RESPECTFUL?'

He was very respectful to the woman he called a bigot. He was very respectful to his staff when he shouted, swore and threw things at them. One of the worst PMs the UK has ever hadf. and certainly a bad manager.

He didn't call a woman a bigot to her face. Inadvertently he forgot he was still 'miked up' and said that to his aide as a private comment. Just bad timing, imo.

It showed to the public what a nasty person Brown was. This was already known by his staff who suffered under him. The stories of his bad behaviour were legion while he was in office. When he left it turned out that he was even worse, flying into terrible rages.

He was certainly honest, as opposed to many liars we have had....
What did Cameron say about his quotes about the cuts, growth and downgrades!! was he honest? He might have dementia!

If they had a scintilla of decency, Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell and John Scarlett would not show their faces in public again

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Not even honest, he lied constantly about a wide variety of things. If you want to see some of them then Google Gordon Brown's lies.

i look forward to see how our resident armchair expert reacts to whatever the budget produces ..... i'm sure he'll have a whole bag of pearls, comme d'habitude

meanwhile, it looks as though as lot of fiscal responsibility is now being thrown back to guv BoE ..... i'm sure the football has followed that course in the past, the game then being "re-arranged" as and when politically convenient!

Hays,

Just as on this thread you expose yourself.

Tanker,

Perhaps, if you understood many of your comments, you also, would be better off in hiding.

Duty on aim stocks removed.
2p tax for beer abolished and present duty
reduced by 1p.

i haven't listened closely, but it sounded like quite a sensible budget with some good stimulus, and a vote-catcher of tightening significantly the rules for tax avoidance

Wonderful English from Around the World

> In a Bangkok Temple:
> IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN.
>
> Cocktail lounge, Norway:
> LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.
>
> Doctor's office, Rome:
> SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.
>
> Dry cleaners, Bangkok:
> DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS.
>
> In a Nairobi restaurant:
> CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE, OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER.
>
> On the main road to Mombasa, leaving Nairobi:
> TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.
>
> On a poster at Kencom:
> ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO WE CAN HELP.
>
> In a City restaurant:
> OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS.
>
> In a Cemetery:
> PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS, FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.
>
> Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:
> GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE, OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.
>
> On the menu of a Swiss Restaurant:
> OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.
>
> In a Tokyo Bar:
> SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.
>
> Hotel, Yugoslavia:
> THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE, IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
>
> Hotel, Japan:
> YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
>
> In the lobby of a Moscow Hotel, across from a Russian Orthodox Monastery:
> YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY, WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET COMPOSERS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY, EXCEPT THURSDAY.
>
> A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest:
> IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE, THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT, UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE.
>
> Hotel, Zurich:
> BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
>
> Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand:
> WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?
>
> Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:
> WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS. (Just Like British Airways!!!)
>
> A Laundry in Rome:
> LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND THEN SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME

And finally the all time classic:
Seen in an Abu Dhabi Souk shop window:
IF THE FRONT IS CLOSED PLEASE ENTER THROUGH MY BACKSIDE…