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.

Quite a good analogy for the current Labour/union debacle.

What are you bleating about?

In that the labour party is supposed was derived to represent of the the Class 3,4,5, of UK society I find it obvious that there would be attempts to influence "political goals". (Old nomenclature.)

If there is corruption it should be investigate, just as the corruption of MPs and lobbyists etc.

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And just a starting point for looking at "bribes" and leaves out the so called hidden payouts, or expectancy payments.

But just for balance about back pockets and corrupting tea parties at No 10. (centre for con operations).


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http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/09/30/the-biggest-conservative-donors-from-beyond-the-square-mile/



The Puppet Masters pulling the con party strings


Top 5 donors by sector

City

Hedge Funds £1,384,070.58
1. Michael S Farmer £316,600
2. Stanley Fink £218,700
3. Andrew E Law £101,000
4. Christopher Rokos £100,850
5. Paul M Ruddock £68,666

Financiers £1,305,806.52
1. David Rowland £1,160,936.52
2.The Funding Corporation Group Ltd, IM House £130,000
3. Vincos Ltd £50,000
4. Selina Burdell £25,000
5. Peter M Steward £15,000



Fund and Asset Managers £1,158,000
1. Gloucester Research Limited £166,600
2. Shore Capital Group Plc £125,000
3=. FIL Investment Management Ltd £100,000
3=. Vivian Imerman £100,000
5. Investors in Private Capital Ltd £80,400

Banking £607,771.70
1. Flowidea Ltd, Arbuthnot House £68,800
2. Richard Q Hoare £55,000
3=. Simon Robertson (Sir) £50,000
3=. Jeremy Isaccs £50,000
3=. David L Mayhew £50,000
3=. Adam Fleming £50,000
3=. James R Lupton £50,000

Private Equity £565,400
1. Alexander Knaster £100,000
2. Edmund G Truell £69,000
3. Jonathan P Moulton £53,600
4=. Roger Nagioff £50,000
4=. Graham Clempson £50,000
4=. Jitesh Gadhia £50,000
4=. Jeremy Isaacs £50,000

Trading, Broking and Dealing £473,253
1. IPGL Ltd, Park House £163,350
2. Peter A Cruddas: £123,600
3. CMC Markets UK Plc £100,000
4. Neil Record: £35,050
5. Nicholas Finegold: £22,600

Financial Services £193,157.40
1. Abduladem El Mayet £50,000
2= Barnford Industries Limited, Romeo House £25,000
2= Killik & Co LLP, 46 Grosvenor Street £25,000
2= Julian L Smith £25,000
5. Grahame N Elliott £13,200

Insurance £189,400
1=. Andrew Brannon £50,000
1=. Henry Keswick £50,000
3. Hampden Insurance Holdings, Hampden House £29,400
4. Windsor Partners Ltd, 71 Fenchurch Street £25,000

Sectors outside the City

Industry £913,410.60
1. JCB Research, Lakeside Works £300,000
2. Rainham Steel Co Ltd, Devonshire House £115,500
3. Tompkins UK Ltd, Danesmore House £76,700
4. William Cook Holdings Ltd, Parkway Avenue £65,647.10
5. J & H Sales (International) Ltd, Finance House £64,400



Automotive, Aviation and Transport £689,257.19
1. Michael Bishop £335000
2. International Motors Ltd £118,457
3. David C Ord £68,600
4. Dennis Keech £58,000
5. Thomas R Scott £50,000

Real Estate £617,665.55
1. IM Properties plc £69,401.50
2. Debbie S Fiorentino £64,329.25
3. CC Property Company Ltd £63,500
4. Realreed Ltd £53,137.60
5. Thomas F Harrison £53,012.84

Retail £551,100
1. Nicholas D Jenkins £102,000
2. David Whelan £100,000.
3. Bestway Cash & Carry Ltd, 2 Abbey Road £61,000
4. Simon Wolfson £53,600
5=. Babyway International Limited, Babyway House £50,000
5=. Catherine C Baxendale £50,000
5=. Julian Richer £50,000

Creative Media and Arts £271,166.77
1. Universal Music Operations Ltd £80,000
2. Christopher Ingram £50,000
3. Julian Kitchener-Fellowes £40,000
4. Charles Caminada £27,800
5. Michael Batt £20,000



Energy £252,600
1. Ayman Asfari £79,200
2. Ian R Taylor £65,600
3. Jeremy B Asher £52,300
4. Abdul-Majid Jafar £25,000
5. Scottish Power UK Plc £14,000

Construction £224,641.65
1=. Wates Group Services Ltd £50,000
1=. Leonard J Nike £50,000
1=. Aggregate Industries UK Ltd £50,000
4. Keltbray Ltd £24,500
5. Robert M Kirkland £12,642.65

Leisure £220,195
1. Edward Wray £59,600
2. Lord Dolar Popat £45,600
3. The A & S Leisure Group Ltd £25,000
4. Sandhya Popat £22,000
5. Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd, £20,000

Services £205,000
1=. Richard D Harpin £50,000
1=. John A Frieda £50,000
3. Rajasundram Seinthan £45,000
4=. Tiziana Cantoni £25,000
4=. Mark J Page £25,000

Technology £143,550
1. Anthony N Bickford £50,000
2. British Institute of Technology and E-Commerce Ltd £27,000
3. Microsoft Ltd £18,750
4. Jeremy J Oates £16,000
5=. John Maxted £10000
5=. Resilient Networks Plc £10000

Lobbying and PR (including City lobbyists) £62,800
1. Hanover Communications International Ltd £13,500
2=. Euro RSCG Apex Communications Ltd, c/o Havas Shared Services Ltd £11,900
2=. Bell Pottinger Communications Ltd £11,900
4. EUK Consulting Ltd, 176 Franciscan Road £9,000
5. Huntsworth Plc £8,500



Pharmaceuticals £58,500
1. Lord Ballyedmond, owner Norbrook Pharmaceuticals £50,000
2. Norbrook Laboratories Ltd, Station Works £8,500

Health £37,250
1. Nadey Hakim £10,000
2. Abdool R Ebrahimkhan £9,500
3. Churchill Retirement (Group) Ltd £9,250
4. HCA International Ltd £8,500

Political £28,000
1=. Chris Hudson £10,000
1=. Edna Davies £10,000
3. Graham Smith £5,000
4. The Association of Conservative Clubs Ltd £3,000

Agriculture £27,250
1. Malcolm Scott £16,000
2. Alexander Inglis and Son Ltd £8,500
3. Sir Richard Sutton’s Settled Estates £2,750

Education £26,000
1. Lifetime Training Group Ltd, £26,000

More diversion tactics to hide corruption in the Labour/Union relationship.

Perhaps, this is the reason why, political financing with xamine of spending on election "propaganda", "electioneering" and "canvassing" expenses should be examined, before we go further down the USA model.

I think legislation to limit the total spend by all parties and candidates should be introduced.

What the limits are, is the difficulty.

Smartphone becomes in-car head-up display

Sat-nav firm Garmin has made a portable head-up display (HUD) for cars that projects turn-by-turn directions on to a vehicle's windscreen.

The portable HUD works with a smartphone and Garmin app to generate navigation information.

The gadget can project directional arrows, distances, current speed and speed limits on the windscreen.

Should be useful for the totty party leadership. It may stop them having to do U-turns all the time.

GF - Conspicuous by your absence? Your mate Fred ranting like a 'good un' (Yorkshire speak tha knows) today. Can't imagine what's rattled the silly old fool, can you?

Keep the red flag flying! :O)

and to think i just tossed an innocuous pebble in the pond this morning ...... think i'll adjourn again with my book by the pool :-)

I hope you are reading Das Kapital by Karl Marx.

why would i read that? ..... in fact a very gripping novel called The Given Day by Dennis Lehane

There is a film of your book in production at the moment directed by the director of the Spiderman movies.

Is it just me or does anybody else find it a bit strange that fishfinger doesn't seem to appear on Old Bollock Chops' list of Tory party donors?

Seeing as the thread's revered maestro only cancelled his £120k grand subscription yesterday, I would've still expected to see him appear on the list. Is that a large dollop of rocking horse poo I can smell, perchance?

It depends on which stable you bed down in.

Chris Im here mate.

Been cleaning the swimming pool.

Good news for Hays just out.......NOT

Lord Ashcroft‏@LordAshcroft
YouGov's London poll compared to the General Election 2010.
CON 29 -5.5
LAB 48 +11.4
LibD 9 -13.1
UKIP 10 +8.3

Id say that is a very worrying poll for you Hays especial given who the tweeter is.

has a life long tory I will say this YES the unions do have a right to fight for their members and yes they should put up good people to protect the members
the tory party is run by the rich for the rich
my party is now a party of liars and crooks
CAMERON AS FCUKED UP THE PARTY and it will not recover
a lot of us have deserted the liars for UKIP

THE CON PARTY IS WHAT IT IS A PARTY OF CONS .
I WOULD NOW SOONER VOTE LAB THAN TORY

the government have given the nod to their families to buy RBS shares last week
insider dealing by the government and it will be clear when the country is told to take away the bad loans from rbs and holders will only hold the good bank shares .

what are the regulators going to do ?

Damming words indeed and one of the reasons my local club has stopped donations to the Tory party........

TANKER- 09 Jul 2013 14:21 - 26924 of 26924

has a life long tory I will say this YES the unions do have a right to fight for their members and yes they should put up good people to protect the members
the tory party is run by the rich for the rich
my party is now a party of liars and crooks
CAMERON AS FCUKED UP THE PARTY and it will not recover
a lot of us have deserted the liars for UKIP

THE CON PARTY IS WHAT IT IS A PARTY OF CONS .
I WOULD NOW SOONER VOTE LAB THAN TORY

time will tell if I am correct in RBS if they split the bank and the tax payer keeps the bad loans . rbs shares have gone up 35p in a week with out any good news so
who knows what .
two weeks a go it was sell RBS .