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.

All down to career choice no?

As a labourer you are less likely to be murdered, assaulted, stabbed, spat on, run over, be a political pawn controlling riots in a crash helmet, body armour and carrying a plastic shield, work three shifts morning, nights and afternoons with short change overs. If called upon be a midwife, administer first aid, jump in the sea, river, canal to rescue anyone in difficulty. Inform next of kin of the death of their loved ones. Deal generally with the scum of the earth purporting to be human beings etc etc etc. Great job!

fred - please use ky and wear a condom (over your head!)

Cynic,

That might give you pleasure, but a little like Dreamer, you seem to me to be developing a fetish.

But, I suppose it is down to what gives you pleasure.

Cynic

If he does that he won't be able to get any air into his Welsh wind bag's

Fred is a national treasure and therefore should be kept in an air tight box.

cryogenically frozen would be even better .... that way he'll THINK he can be revived at some point, but in practice, not so - unethical at the very least :-)

The thought of being revivified in 50 years time and finding political political Neanderthals like you still around is not attractive.
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Ald,
Have you apologised to Chris Jefferies yet?

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Why hasn't Dave the brave introduce his pledge of Feb 8, 2010 ?

“David Cameron will introduce measures to curb the lobbying industry to ensure that attempts by business to seek influence on Government ..”

He is just another wind bag like bag Hays and Cynic.

A suitable leader of the party of cons. I would seem you adulate the idol like school boys and then troop after him.

How much do the Cayman group dodge in tax and pay the party for their badges and “dishonours”?

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We condemn other countries for be banana republics, this bunch of incompetent schoolboy bullies are leading the UK down the same path.

What a mob.

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The next dream of the nightdreamer,

there is seemingly a much juicier scandal to emerge than 2 labour + 1 other peers selling their "abilities", which currently has a very serious injunction covering it ..... all sorts of potential as to whom it might involve ..... 'er indoors has a very interesting and plausible theory

The scandal about the affair has no specific injunction about it. It is an affair linked to number 10. The affair has now finished. Does everyone know who the two people involved are? It won't come as much of a surprise when it comes out. It may help to explain a few things when you think about the two people. There could be be a bit of fallout depending on how it is handled. When you find out who it is you may be inclined to utter a gasp depending on your politics. It is no one who is currently in the Cabinet or involved with the government.

if there is no specific injunction, then assuredly it would be all over the internet and everywhere else

they said it didn't involve any Ministers, didn't say if it was a gay affair [ or a unhappy one ] .. lol

cynic , you are talking about 10,Downing street ?

i think it's the effect on DC rather than that it directly involves No 10

on an even lighter note, it comes as no surprise at all that labour, under the guidance of Ed Balls, is now spouting pretty much the same fiscal doctrine as the tories - e.g. "iron discipline", tight fiscal controls, keeping a lid on welfare costs and capping benefits and so on and so forth

cynic scratches his bald pate and wonders if Ed Balls has recently been appointed as George Osborne's right hand man

Is it Hugh Grant and Martine McCutcheon? Who's to say it's not love, actually?

i wouldn't dream of posting my/our thoughts, but neither of the above

Awwwww shucks, cyners. I was gonna scour the interweb for a sex tape.

Well, it is not as simple as that. If I told you why, then you would know who it was. Let's say that it is covered by a pre-existing injuction that goes back somewhat that is unrelated to this business.

It is not a gay affair and it does involve ex number 10.

I think everyone probably either knows or has heard the rumour of who it is. But Haystack is quite right, if it is them, there is a very valid reason why the two people can't be named.

http://www.rttnews.com/2128972/uk-s-manufacturing-pmi-climbs-to-14-month-high-cips.aspx?type=eueco

UK's Manufacturing PMI Climbs To 14-Month High: CIPS
6/3/2013 4:46 AM ET

The purchasing managers' index for the British manufacturing sector increased sharply in May to the highest level in fourteen months as a robust domestic market led to faster growth of output and new orders, data released by Markit Economics and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Logistics (CIPS) showed Monday.

The seasonally adjusted Markit/CIPS manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) climbed to a fourteen-month high of 51.3 in May from April's revised reading of 50.2. The index was forecast to rise to 50.1 from 49.8 originally reported in the previous month. Readings above 50 indicate growth, and those below point to contraction. The index increased for the second straight month.

The domestic market was the main driver of new order inflows, although new export business also contributed with a modest increase, the survey showed.

Manufacturing output increased across all the sub-sectors during the month, with growth registered by the consumer, intermediate and investment goods sectors. New orders received by British goods producers rose for the third consecutive month in May, led by a solid improvement in domestic market conditions.

Firms raised their staffing levels for the first time in four months, in line with the upturn in production. Input prices paid by manufacturers declined for the second month in a row, while output prices increased further as companies tried to protect margins and in response to higher demand.