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.

tony blair babys being born in iraq with deformatives from bombs hope you are happy . but i doubt you will lose sleep .

Don't you just love this country! 'Ex-gay' London bus advert ban ruled lawful

A good court decision for once. The upholding of the ban stops a bigotted Christian group suggesting that being gay is a condition that you can be cured of. Yet another reason to add to the list of why religion is a bad thing.

Are you suggesting only Christian groups are homophobic?

No, but this particular one seems to be.

Or that homophobic groups shouldn't have a voice or "right" to "object" or to canvas for changes in "law"?

You really are being really stupid now. Perhaps you wouldn't mind Neo Nazi posters on our buses.

sedgfield 4pm race no 6 will win 4.1

going well one circuit to go

bloody second

so you lied again ...... bloody illegal celtic immigrants; never believe a word they say :-)

Fully agree Haystack.

I first saw the bus poster on the BBC news a couple of months ago and remember thinking that it was a stupid thing to allow.
Mind you there have in the past been many examples of religion being intolerant (I though tolerance was supposed to be a Christian philosophy), IE burning of witches, now that was intolerance at its best!

If your last few posts have been replies to Fred (on my squelch list for years now), they are a waste of time as all he is, is a wind up merchant best ignored!

Hays,

I wouldn't like it, but I would not attempt to prevent such posters, unless they were likely to incite others to violence or other illegal acts.

I have seen many very "ugly" posters, which I disliked and preferred that they had been self censored.

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On the previous postings, I would prefer state funding and allowances only for state run "secular" schools.

Those who wish their children to attend "Faith" or other "Privately" run schools would be able to do so, but the cost of doing so should not be borne by, or subsidised by the state in any way.

That would not interfere with what I would be the rights of the individual.

My children are their 40s and 50s and when I reflect back remember that they did have periods of private education and tuition, which for various reasons I was prepared to fund.

they did have periods of private education and tuition, which for various reasons was prepared to fund.
what a naughty boy! ...... but no doubt it was to give your children a better start in life, rather like many of your labour politicians do - e.g. slimeball blair

I would hardly have provided language and music tuition for them, if I didn't think it was for their benefit.

A bit like tennis coaching etc..

Other parts of private education, was due to me having to move bases and it seemed to be the easiest way to get round a problem, until I had a more permanent base, when they could attend local schools.

I would do the same again, if it was necessary.

of course and why should you not - or anyone else for that matter? ...... i'm sure it bettered their chances in later life .....no doubt you also took as much care as you could to live where there were good local schools too ..... and if you were in the forces, i believe that they look after their officers' children pretty well too

Your priorities and mine, may differ.

priorities almost certainly, but i would hope the aspirations you have for your children are very similar albeit that you may choose a slightly different route to encourage them to achieve or even exceed their potential

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‏@Ed_Miliband...........1hour ago

We're not talking to ourselves this weekend, this is Labour looking outwards and inviting the British people in #ppf pic.twitter.com/8mRTbdXei

Cant remember ED having posted here over the past weekends mind.