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.

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gf
Very high quality

Sofas and armchairs

http://www.multiyork.co.uk/

Cheers guys having a look now.

thanks sticky - your contribution to that corner of the world well noted

how nice to encounter that rare beast of an honest politician, even if he has now retired to the Lords
Jack Straw openly admits that he (and the gov't of the time) completely screwed up with allowing open house for any EU citizen/worker back in 2004 - when even france and germany did not

as i think i have posted before, i would very much hope and indeed expect that i would have voted for JS had he been my mp, even if he is resides on the "other side"

I met Jack Straw briefly on a train before they came to power and we had a brief exchange of pleasantries, If I met him now those exchanges would not be so pleasant, and it would be nothing to do with Alf's above subject.

Ed: Anyone on here using the Reliance Bank? see my post 713 from last night.

Stan - if not re above, then why the discord?

Because he was and still is (as far as I can deduce) a member of that Tory Blue Labour lot who I despise.

an interesting colour combination!
in the instance of JS and one or two others, i would vote for the man and not his party, whichever party he happened to be attached to

McCluskey and Crowe and their ilk would never ever get my vote!

Straw typifies the Sycophantic Career Party Politician i.e. usually a member of the Legal, Accountancy or Journalistic Professions with a University Education to boot... A 1st class Crony.

what a bitter and closed mind you have to be sure ...... do you also carry a bag of potatoes? .... i rather think you do

Bag of spuds?

huge chips on his shoulder(s) :-)

for all that, it seems to have worked, painful as it has been and may be for a while yet ..... despite the protestations of fred and a few others (like you?), the economy is picking up pretty fast and in its wake will come more employment (crap from fred and others ignored) which in due course becomes self-fulfilling ..... sunny and green-pastured (not green as in politics of jealousy) uplands can never be guaranteed as so many extraneous things can have a baleful effect

Cynic,

Wake up, you are still in dream land.

"uplands can never be guaranteed as so many extraneous things can have a baleful effect"


I see you express your doubts and getting ready for the u-turns and explanations of failed policies with mantras it wasn't my fault it was mummy's and daddy who let me down.

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But don't have a heart attack, or car crash over Xmas as they won't know which exit room to put you in, I suppose there is the always the morgue.

"Plan for two-tier A&E as part of radical shake-up"



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24914385



When something is going wrong. it good to know that somebody will rush in and change it.

How many changes have there been so far due to Lansley and cronies?

"What a bitter and closed mind you have to be sure"... Not at all, But another nonsense response as usual, And mealy refers to himself.

"do you also carry a bag of potatoes?" ... What an Irrelevant wast of a sentence that is.

"I rather think you do"... Thinking? You?... When are you going to start then?

13 November 2013 Last updated at 09:44

UK jobless total falls by 48,000 and rate drops to 7.6%
Breaking news

The number of unemployed people in the UK fell by 48,000 to 2.47 million between July and September, the Office for National Statistics has said.

The unemployment rate fell to 7.6%, the lowest rate in more than three years.

The Bank of England has said it will not consider raising interest rates from their record low of 0.5% until the unemployment rate falls below 7%.

The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance fell by 41,700 to 1.31 million in October.

The number of people in work rose by 177,000, while the percentage of 16-to-64 year-olds in employment rose to 71.8%.

So, 28.2% of 16-64 year olds are on the missing list.

What are they all doing?

I suspect Call Me dave has given up on the prospects of getting re-elected, and is now in scorched earth mode.



Two-tier A&E as 100 units cut care

At least 100 A&E departments will offer reduced levels of service and patients will have to travel further for expert treatment under a shake-up of NHS casualty departments


Senior doctors say that the present A & E system is on the brink of collapse, adding that last winter many casualty units became like “warzones” as they struggled to cope with demand Photo: GETTY IMAGES


Laura Donnelly

By Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent

9:57PM GMT 12 Nov 2013



At least 100 accident and emergency units will offer reduced levels of service and patients will have to travel further for expert treatment under the biggest shake-up of NHS casualty departments in 40 years.


A new two-tier system of A&E departments is the only way to keep a safe health service which is free at the point of use, officials claim.


Under the system up to 70 of England’s 170 casualty units will be designated as “major emergency centres” which treat the most serious conditions and injuries. The remainder will deal only with less serious injuries.


The plan will also attempt to ease the burden on A&E by keeping patients who do not need emergency treatment away from hospitals.


The reorganisation comes amid fears that this winter will put unprecedented strain on England’s A&E units.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/nhs/10445410/Two-tier-AandE-as-100-units-cut-care.html