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.

More than 100 asylum seekers have been ordered to live for nine weeks in a luxury hotel favoured by Manchester United stars - at a cost to the taxpayer of up to £400,000.


Officials acting for the Home Office sent the migrants to book in at the suburban 50 bedroom Amblehurst Hotel while their claims to stay in the UK are dealt with.


The Conservative-run Trafford council in Greater Manchester was given just 48 hours notice of the arrival of the 104 asylum seekers, comprising 31 families of various nationalities.


The hotel in Sale where rooms cost up to £125 pounds a night has in the past hosted parties for Manchester United players and various corporate firms. It is thought the hotel will close to regular paying guests whilst the asylum seekers are in residence.


This week the Conservative Group held an emergency meeting about the move organised by private company SERCO, which was appointed by the Government to deal with accommodation for asylum seekers.

The families had previously been staying in Liverpool but had been moved to out due to large numbers of migrants applying to stay in the UK. The total bill with food could run to as much as £393,750.

Councillor Matthew Colledge, leader of Trafford Council, said: "To be given less than 48 hours notice of the imposition of a large contingent of asylum seekers is frankly ludicrous.

"I have asked, along with partners from the NHS, for the decision to be deferred but this is not to be. It is intensely irritating that as council leader I have had no opportunity to influence the decision at all."

Cllr Colledge said he was sympathetic to the plight of asylum seekers but expressed concern over the strain that could be put on Trafford's services.

He said: "I recognise that some asylum seekers are escaping from appalling situations and that may include the children arriving in Trafford. However with schools and GP surgeries full in the Sale area I question the logic of choosing this location."

A spokesman for SERCO said: "'We are currently using the Amblehurst Hotel to temporarily accommodate a number of asylum seekers who were previously being looked after in Liverpool.

"In due course these people will be found further housing throughout the North West of England pending the outcome of the Home office review into their eligibility to claim asylum.

"At all times we work closely with the local authorities, the Home Office and local services including the police, health and education bodies to carefully manage the safe and appropriate accommodation of asylum seekers in our care."

More than 100 asylum seekers have been ordered to live for nine weeks in a luxury hotel favoured by Manchester United stars - at a cost to the taxpayer of up to £400,000.


Officials acting for the Home Office sent the migrants to book in at the suburban 50 bedroom Amblehurst Hotel while their claims to stay in the UK are dealt with.


The Conservative-run Trafford council in Greater Manchester was given just 48 hours notice of the arrival of the 104 asylum seekers, comprising 31 families of various nationalities.


The hotel in Sale where rooms cost up to £125 pounds a night has in the past hosted parties for Manchester United players and various corporate firms. It is thought the hotel will close to regular paying guests whilst the asylum seekers are in residence.


This week the Conservative Group held an emergency meeting about the move organised by private company SERCO, which was appointed by the Government to deal with accommodation for asylum seekers.

When is Have i got news 4u going to be on , this the second program i missed since Mandela died

it's all a jolly good jape...what?

I guess that they were laughing at Ed Balls.

That photo will haunt them come the next election day.

Like big kids. Bullingdon boys.

Dont get that from labour.

Dave Camoron ‏@EtonOldBoys 20m
I feel sorry for people who don't drink ! They'll never fully appreciate the comfort and coolness of their bathroom floor !

Dave Camoron ‏@EtonOldBoys 55m
Dont forget moronic brain washed plebs, the American sub prime was #alllaboursfault

lol

Dave Camoron ‏@EtonOldBoys 2m
If re-elected we promise to put Children back up chimneys and down coal mines, and when they are 18 we will put them in the Army off to war

An equivalent Labour tweet would be promising to let the unions run the country, tax everyone to the limit and spend the proceeds on under water Turkish disabled lesbian hang gliding clubs.

Sounds ok to me hays.

It seem's that the law is giving jail term's now , if a drunk person shout's racist abuse. I know this man was acting very nasty but he didn't attack any one no one was hurt , but he was drunk and when people are they are likely to say thing's they wouldn't say if sober.

If he was shouting abuse because she was fat or Irish
, would he be jailed ? why not a fine or community service .

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/12/07/keith-hurdle-racist-londo_n_4402923.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/12/07/muslim-patrol-jailed-london_n_4403374.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-news

MaxK

They were not drunk , it was not a one off offence

Drunk or not, the courts could have handled both problems without jail time.

Make all the parties walk around central London with signboards stating that they admit they are tossers.

Fairly cheap to police, and the humiliation alone would be a powerful turn off.


At least try the non custodial route before the very expensive jail time.

The first case might be suitable for some therapy and intervention. The second case is much more serious and sinister. There is the underlying possibility of violence and a trend that had to be stopped. A custodial sentence was needed to indicate that others should not try and emulate the behaviour.