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.

for once, it's rather witty, though it can be applied to all strata of society across all countries throughout the world as well you know

given the implied corporal punishment of the cartoon, perhaps it was written for Saudi or the Indian sub-continent or a number of other regions where such is still permitted - even for husbands to inflict on their wives

Who makes the software that drives cloud computing, is it many or one? micro chips ect this could make the readers of talk to youreselve a lot of money ends

Labour still on course for an overall majority. Up 2% from last week.


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UK - Populus poll: CON 33%, LAB 38%, LDEM 11%, UKIP 10%

We will hit the like of Haystack very hard us SOCIALISTS instead of foxes we'l have Haystack drenched in a foxy smell and give him a 30 min start and then set the hunt off.

If the dogs dont get his ass the big gay huntsmen on the horses surely will.

(ps, nothing against gays)

Cynic,

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According to new research from job site, Foosle.com, the most important things employers look for in potential employees happen before they even speak.

The research, carried out by YouGov, revealed that the top four things selected by employers as most likely to create a good impression are punctuality (68%), dressing smartly or appropriately (52%), making good eye contact with the interviewer (51%) and appearing tidy and well groomed (33%).

YouGov revealed that it polled over 500 employers and 2,000 UK adults, and questioned employers about the worst things candidates have ever done in interviews. A number of employers reported disastrous errors such as using foul language, badmouthing former employers, calling the interviewer ‘mate’, being unprepared, and lying about their experience without being able to back it up.

It was also revealed that employers have been offended by potential employees who were chewing gum and taking calls on their mobile phone during an interview.

When asked, ‘what was the single worst thing a candidate had ever done in a job interview’, one employer responded by saying, “brought a glass of beer into an interview, which was held in a hotel”, while another said, “a candidate asked if they could come in an hour later as they were getting their nails done”.

Is this support for the Right winged rag.

Interesting twist.

It seems that some are being opportunistic or his just jumping ship before it goes down.

Mind there could be a bye election for Boris!


Rail minister Simon Burns stands down in deputy speaker bid
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Transport Minister Simon Burns has resigned from the government to run for the position of deputy Commons Speaker.

The MP for Chelmsford has been responsible for the controversial HS2 rail link during the past year, having previously been a health minister.

One of the three deputy Speaker positions is vacant after previous incumbent Nigel Evans stood down to fight sexual assault charges.

Mr Burns has clashed with Speaker John Bercow several times in the past.

On one occasion, Mr Burns described the man under whom he now seeks to serve as a "stupid sanctimonious dwarf".

BBC political correspondent Ross Hawkins said the Conservative MP had apologised afterwards - but only to groups of people who felt insulted, not necessarily to the Speaker himself.

African and Asian kleptocrats celebrate as British police and soldiers are fired

By David Craig, on October 5th, 2013


This week, our useless government announced that another 3,000 troops are to be fired as part of its plans to reduce our military by 40,000.





I estimate that the government will save around £2.6bn from sacking 40,000 troops and 32,400 police.

The news of the latest redundancies must have caused great joy in the gilded palaces of Africa’s corrupt, kleptocratic dictators and in the luxury mansions of Pakistan’s and India’s venal, tax-avoiding ruling elites.

Why? Because by making these 40,000 troops and 32,400 police redundant, our government will be able to afford the increase on April 5th this year in our foreign aid budget of £2.6bn from £7.9bn a year to £10.5bn a year.

Repeated studies of the effectiveness of foreign aid by the UN (documented in books like Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo and The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier) show that around 80% to 90% of all aid to Third World countries is lost due to corruption and incompetence




Yet, even though our government knows this, it continues to decimate our armed forces and police to enrich utterly corrupt, brutal Third World elites.


More: http://www.snouts-in-the-trough.com/

It is about time we cut defence spending. We are the fourth largest spender on defence in the world.

http://www.jesusandmo.net/

Richard Dawkins has expressed outrage after an LSE student society were forced to cover-up their T-shirts which had cartoon depictions of Jesus and the Prophet Mohammad.

Members of the LSESU Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Student Society at the university's Fresher's Fair were wearing t-shirts with the controversial 'Jesus and Mo' cartoons.

Student Union officials demanded the students remove the t-shirts, and several other pieces of literature, because there had been complaints from offended passers-by.


http://www.jesusandmo.net/

Labour accused of 'cover up' over failing hospitals

Labour has been accused of putting pressure on the NHS watchdog to "cover up" information about appalling standards of care at failing hospitals in the run up to last General Election.

Internal emails from the Care Quality Commission show that Labour tried to stop the watchdog from informing the public about failings at Basildon University Hospital, where patients were dying needlessly on filthy wards.

The dossier of emails, released under Freedom of Information, state that Andy Burnham, the then Health Secretary, was "furious" when "graphic details" of the care failings became public.

Separate emails suggest that Mike O'Brien, the former Labour minister of state for health, told the NHS watchdog that "anything you do is political" in the run up to the General Election.

Executives at the watchdog decided that "given the political environment" a report into standards of care across the country should be "largely positive".

The emails will increase pressure on Mr Burnham, who is now shadow health secretary, amid speculation that he is to be moved to a different portfolio in an imminent Labour reshuffle.

Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, refused to give his public backing to Mr Burnham at the Labour Party conference last month.

The emails were obtained by Stephen Barclay, a Conservative MP, after a four months of repeated requests.

He said: "Andy Burnham's position is untenable. Labour was playing politics with an organisation which is supposed to be overseeing patient safety and he CQC's failure to intervene meant that patients suffered appalling care.

"You cannot muzzle an independent regulator so that bad news is either not made public or presented in a more favourable light."

Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, there was evidence of a “cover up” by Labour. Last week he announced that Care Quality Commission will be given full independence to protect it from political interference.

He said: ‘There is now a strong body of evidence that Labour Ministers leant on the hospital watchdog to cover up poor care, leaving hundreds of patients to suffer under a system that put political priorities first.

"The care of NHS patients is too important for political meddling, and our new legislation will make sure that ministers always put patients first."

Labour was under intense pressure in 2009 after Gordon Brown abandoned plans to call an early election.

Damian McBride, Mr Brown’s spin doctor, has disclosed how he used spin, smears and lies to destroy the Prime Minister’s rivals.The NHS was one of the key battlegrounds.

In November 2009, an investigation by the Care Quality Commission found that dozens of patients died needlessly in filthy conditions at Basildon University Hospital.

However, at the time the watchdog’s website rated the trust as “good”, despite the fact managers had been concerned about safety issues at the hospital for more than six months.

Jill Finney, the then director of engagement at the Care Quality Commission, said in one of the emails: "We arguably sat on a highly sensitive safety issue for six months before informing patients and the public who believe they 'have a right to know'.

"We knew that the Commission [the healthcare commission] had been looking at trust for a long time and that we had had concerns about poor care since May."

The watchdog became aware that Dr Foster, an organisation which collates and analyses healthcare data, was due to publish figures in a national newspapers revealing persistently high death rates at Basildon.

The CQC prepared a press release to brief newspapers about care failings at the hospital, but was contacted by the Department of Health and told not to publish the information. The email states: "DH emailed the press team just after 1pm and asked us to stop the press release."

By that stage, however, the regulator had already briefed three newspapers about the problems at the hospital.

When a report on the "graphic detail" of the appalling standards at the hospital was broadcast, Mr Burnham was said to be "furious".

There were also indications that Labour ministers attempted to influence a press release about a report into the state of care in the NHS.

In January 2010 Mike O'Brien, the then minister of state for health, told the regulator that "at this sort of time [close to an election] everything you do is going to be political, whether you intend it to be or not."

He said it was "important" that the press release on the state of care in the NHS was "all agreed" with the Department of Health.

Managers at the watchdog decided that the report should that in view of the political sensitivity surrounding the report, it should be "largely positive".

Martin Marshall, the director of clinical quality at the CQC, said: "We agreed at the Board meeting yesterday that we had to get the overall tone right and that the conclusion was... this should be largely positive.

"The DH will go through this with a toothcomb and it is naive to think that they will really only do a factual check." A separate email from an official at the watchdog suggests that the Department of Health had that power to "amend the tone" of report as it saw fit.

The report, which was published the following month, found there had been a "steady increase" in the number of good and excellent trusts and that "great improvements" had been made in health and social care in England.

The emails also disclose that Mr Burnham was contacted by a whistleblower at the Care Quality Commission who warned him that the organisation was beset by a “culture of bullying”, that “indecision and inconsistency” was rife” and that there was “very little leadership” at the organisation.

The whistleblower suggested that senior staff had been given bonuses despite missing their performance targets.

Nigel Farage should not expect a place in the TV debates when his party has no MPs, the head of Sky News has said.

John Ryley, who has been at the broadcaster for eighteen years, has wrote in an op-ed for the Times that although Ukip are currently third in the polls, there is no place for the Ukip leader on the platform.

David Cameron has said only leaders with a fighting chance of being prime minister should be involved, though Labour leader Ed Miliband and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg have said they are willing to debate Farage.

"The involvement of its leader, Nigel Farage, could be a deal breaker for the main party leaders and would be unjustified given that his party polled only 3 per cent three years ago and has no MPs," Ryley said.

"UKIP is expected to perform very well in next year’s European elections, but for my money it wouldn’t qualify its leader to take part in debates ahead of elections to the Westminster Parliament.

David Cameron is frightened of been blown out of the water by Farage.

He appears to be an amoral coward.

..

Cameroon on a hiding to nothing, he will be forced to allow a four way beauty contest or lose the argument by default.

The position that Farage and UKIP has no seats is not tenable, he has consistant poll ratings above the third party, and significant wins in local elections.

To deny a popular candidate a place is to declare that the race is fixed, and only established runners and riders can compete, no newcomers allowed.

Hardly democracy, but I don't think he cares too much about that.

It is Sky that are not allowing it. Farage will not get to debate and quite rightly as well. He has no MPs and no chance of getting any number if any. Because there is no proportional voting he stands no chance. It is the reason he will do well in the EU elections. It is the same reason that Italy and Germany always have coalitions. With first past the post you are more likely to get a clear result.

Sky have little or no say in it, and even if they did, why would they rule out one of the most popular candidates who will draw a huge amount of viewers?

It's Cameroon who has ruled it out, Cleggy and Milliband said yes!

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/05/ukips-nigel-farage-should_n_4048631.html?ir=UK+Politics

Ukip's Nigel Farage Should Not Take Part In TV Debate, Says Sky News Head John Ryley

You are scraping the barrel looking for excuses Haystack, John Ryley is just towing the party line.


"David Cameron has said only leaders with a fighting chance of being prime minister should be involved, though Labour leader Ed Miliband and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg have said they are willing to debate Farage."


I take it you would also rule out Cleggy from the debate? Cos he has even less chance than Farage of being PM come the next election.


What is your position, other than trying to support the vile Cameroon?