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 working class having money is bad it makes them lazy
better to keep them poor .
that is camerons view .

3m - your gripe about pubs closing down is not entirely fair ..... It is true that the breweries do indeed sometimes or even often manipulate things so that a pub becomes an unrealistic proposition and can/should this be turned into (profitable) real estate ..... on the other hand, it is now impossible for a landlord to make even a reasonable living from just selling beer, so it is now imperative that he offers at least half-way decent food as well

Pie and Pint or Pie in the Sky!

I promise to try and reform, but the present and things to come:

I wonder how George gets out of the hole he has dug for the UK?

fred - a semi-serious question for you ..... you are clearly fascinated by cartoons, so did you ever try your hand at creating them yourself?

Only when I comb my hair in the mirror.


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Humour, cartoons, symbols and "imagery" of various types have always been interesting to me and sometimes I find cartoons far more perceptive and a distillation of underlying motivations.

It often surprises me the amount and the depth of perception which goes into a few strokes on a piece of paper.

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as in the toilet perhaps?

No.

But analysis of attempts at humour by others, or oneself, can also be very informative of underlying motivation.

(Sometimes by the association of the "symbols" frequently chosen.)

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I am going on holidays, before it to late. I hope you have left France in a decent state.

January 2010 when Gordon Brown announced the recession had ended

Massive Celebrations in Britain's Streets as Recession End Announced

LONDON - England - All across the country there were celebrations and street parties to rival even the Queen's Golden Jubilee, the BBC reported.
From Land's End to John O'Groats, from Grimsby to Grimtowne, Britain's streets were today awash with people dancing and celebrating after Gordon Brown announced the end of the biggest recession since the last Labour government was in power.

"I've lost my home, my wife and kids, my job, everything I owned and even my dog. But, when I heard the announcement that Britain's GDP rose by 0.00001% today and that we're out of the recession, I fuckin' jumped up in joy and said by gawd I'm going to vote for Labour again. What a genius Gordon and his boys are, innit," George Numpty, 45, a resident of the Northern Yorkshire town of Grimness, told the BBC.

Even a homeless man living under Waterloo bridge threw up his arms and was all praise for Gordon Brown: "Gordo's done it again, last year I had a successful business, a house and a future. Today, I've got a cardboard box and a rolled up Mirror newspaper. I'm so glad I voted for Labour, they're financial geniuses they are. With the recession over, I think I might upgrade to a plyboard or MDF box."

Unelected Prime Minister, Gordon Brown even made an appearance at a home for destitute pensioners, where they are processed before put in coffins and buried. He was cheered as he walked into the home to witness how the pensioners are disposed of. Waving resolutely, he even managed a smile before being ushered into the Nil by Mouth processing centre.

It would seem the same effect Andrew Lansley reform of the NHS are having.

But there must be somebody else to blame.

Oh I know, the Hunt of Murdoch fame.

I see the government is going to have another attempt at distorting the unemployment figures by raising "school leaving age" and claim the policy is a success for the youth of the UK.

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Must pack another paper bag.

Another own goal from Fred. The law raising the school leaving age was drawn up by Labour in 2007.

fred - yes but am back on our boys' annual cycling jolly around loches (near tours) and poitiers at end august

cynic
I thought that you were in the Tour de France.

When I get back I will examine the goal.

But, I bet the con party will use the change to booster their own flaky confidence.

Must help the slaves load the luggage.

Raising the school leaving age has been found to reduce teenage pregnancies.

i was going to enter until i found they didn't stop after 10 miles for a coffee and after 30 for pastis and then a while after for a nice picnic by the river .... bloody fools if you ask me :-)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23475230

But Labour said the home secretary needed to look at how to measure immigration more accurately "as a matter of urgency".

Like they done when they were in power

British soldiers have returned to an area of Afghanistan for a week-long operation to clear Taliban insurgents.

Yes its a much safer country then when we first went in 10 year's ago , so we can now get our troop's back home. It will be as safe as Iraq is now.

And has Tony Blair said , it was to make the street's of the UK safe from terrorist

Vince Cable on the Andrew Marr show:

Asked about today's report from the Public Administration Select Committee, which said that migration statistics are "little better than a best guess" and probably understate migration into the UK, Mr Cable said: "We are not a totalitarian state. We don't count every single person but actually it's quite difficult being an illegal immigrant in Britain.

"You can't work, certainly legally, you can't have access to benefits. So, the idea that there's some vast, hidden army of people, is almost certainly completely wrong.

"It only really matters if you are pursuing some target. There's this sort of net immigration figure, which the Conservatives are very preoccupied by.

"It's not a government objective, make it absolutely clear.

"This idea that you are pursuing a net immigration figure is very misleading because, amongst other things, the largest number of people counted as immigrants are overseas students, who are not immigrants, they are visitors but under the United Nations classification they are regarded as immigrants, but they are good for the country.

"So obsessing about this net immigration number is not helpful."

Mr Cable said: "We are not a totalitarian state. We don't count every single person

Do you have to be a totalitarian state to do that ? I think not.

it's quite difficult being an illegal immigrant in Britain

What planet is he living on. The Lib/dem's had they chance in Government and have blown it.

I don't think some politicians live on the same planet as the rest of us aldwickk, that's part of the problem. Cable has obviously been living in outer space for quite a number of years judging from these comments.