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.

"Heath was an idiot. We were discussing Thatcher who was more of a man then Heath."

.. See what you mean H/S.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22328898

Local election 2013: Ken Clarke brands UKIP 'clowns'

Veteran Tory Ken Clarke has waded into his party's war of words with UKIP by branding them "a collection of clowns".

The pro-European cabinet minister said UKIP had no positive policies and was just "against" foreigners.

It comes as UKIP accused the Tories of conducting a "morally reprehensible" smear campaign against its candidates in Thursday's English local elections.

UKIP said it welcomed scrutiny but the Tories were guilty of "dirty tricks".

The anti-EU party has expanded rapidly, recruiting a record 1,732 candidates to contest Thursday's local elections. It admits it has not had the time or money to vet all of them properly.

Asked whether he agreed with David Cameron's 2006 claim that UKIP was made up of "fruitcakes and closet racists", Mr Clarke replied: "I have met people who satisfy both those descriptions in UKIP.

Stan,

Hays is one of Thatcher's children.

I do hope he doesn't smoke.

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I see that Clarke is blind to the racist pandering of many of the R/wing of the present torid party.

Mind he is old and grey and only kept in cabinet as a sinecure (I wonder if he is going to pay back the money, in a similar way that I.D. Smith is suggesting other wealthy pensioners should do.)

I forgot, it is Dave's way of pandering to the torie wets.

What a c------- inept government this one is.

cynic, sorry, for the meantime I have given up trying to respond to your political questions! Suffice to say I will be voting Conservative at my local elections on Thursday and not just for the reason that the Conservative candidate is the only candidate, so far, who has taken the trouble to knock on my door to enquire about my voting intentions.

Perhaps, that is due to the blue smoke coming out of your chimney and border control posts around the mansion.

8-)

I have signs around mine of "Attention Chien Méchant" and pictures "Theresa May".

Nobody has knocked.

A little old.


I hope Miliband isn't morphing into Liam Fox.

I forget Cameron has already bust the economy.

Edit.

Ps.

He seems to have gone to ground with his partner, or is he too busy with a consultancy.

Ken Clarke ramped up Tory attacks on Ukip today, branding the party's politicians ‘clowns’ and some of their supporters racist.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2316033/Ken-Clarke-goes-offensive-Ukip-Tories-war-ahead-polls.html

Clarke also pointed out that some Labour councillors are ex BNP. So it is not just UKIP that have racists.

Ken Clarke talking about clowns, where is Fred. :-))

Fred - post 24429 - my God you are right, there is blue smoke coming out of my chimney tonight!

dc - I have just read that a couple have been recovered from a swimming pool at Down Hall Country Club, near you I would imagine. What a tragedy!!

3M, bit of a shock. 2 miles down the road, passed it this morning. Several ambulances /police vehicles passed the house last night with sirens going.

Oh Dear, there is always something, somewhere.

I would hope so!

Haystack re: rebate ... Tories feck up , Tories renegotiate and you think it's wonderful.

lol

Bit like Blair bombing Iraq then rebuilding a few bridges that we bloody bombed in the first place and claiming he responsible for improving infrastructure !