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.

Team Miliband spent thousands on limousines while in government

Ed Miliband accused of "champagne socialism" by Tories as bills released under Freedom of Information show spending in Labour leader's last year in government




By Matthew Holehouse

9:45PM GMT 26 Dec 2013







Ed Miliband’s ministerial team spent thousands of pounds on luxury car hire and hotels while he was in power.


Mr Miliband’s office spent £125,000 on accommodation using a government credit card during his last nine months as energy secretary. It included £590 at the four-star Arctic Hotel in Greenland.


Mr Miliband’s department also spent £3,025 at Carey International Limos, a US limousine hire firm, between September 17 and 24, 2009.


On those dates Mr Miliband was attending a United Nations summit in New York and Washington. His team also visited Bali, Mexico, Barcelona, and made three trips to Venice within three months, according to bills released under the Freedom of Information Act.


Bob Neill MP, the vice chairman of the Conservative Party, said: “Like all good champagne socialists, the Labour leader has no respect for the public purse.”


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ed-miliband/10538643/Team-Miliband-spent-thousands-on-limousines-while-in-government.html

Manuel,

I think Hays is capable of answering for himself and doesn't need luminaries like you to help.

Repeat.

Manuel what was it like your bed over XMAS.

Bet you were the one in the middle.

Who is ducking Salmond a Fauxpage.

A new breed of cabinet cowards.

This young woman has 3,582,193 Instagram followers.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/cara-delevingnes-alternative-christmas-speech-9025957.html


Have they really nothing better to do with their lives?

YouGov’s daily poll for the Sun this morning had topline figures of CON 34%, LAB 39%, LDEM 11%, UKIP 12%. The five point Labour lead is pretty typical of what YouGov have been showing over the last fortnight.

More people believe they would be helped than harmed by a rise in interest rates, according to a new survey.

A leading pollster said the finding suggested that a pre-election rate hike could actually improve David Cameron's chances of staying in Downing Street, rather than damaging them, as is widely thought.

Some 31 per cent of those questioned by YouGov for The Times said that a rise in interest rates would leave them personally better-off, against 23 per cent who said they would be better-off with lower rates and 32 per cent who thought it would make little difference either way.

Team Miliband spent thousands on limousines while in government

Ed Miliband accused of "champagne socialism" by Tories as bills released under Freedom of Information show spending in Labour leader's last year in government

Ed Miliband’s ministerial team spent thousands of pounds on luxury car hire and hotels while he was in power.

Mr Miliband’s office spent £125,000 on accommodation using a government credit card during his last nine months as energy secretary. It included £590 at the four-star Arctic Hotel in Greenland.

Mr Miliband’s department also spent £3,025 at Carey International Limos, a US limousine hire firm, between September 17 and 24, 2009.

On those dates Mr Miliband was attending a United Nations summit in New York and Washington. His team also visited Bali, Mexico, Barcelona, and made three trips to Venice within three months, according to bills released under the Freedom of Information Act.

Bob Neill MP, the vice chairman of the Conservative Party, said: “Like all good champagne socialists, the Labour leader has no respect for the public purse.

fawlty - i don't suppose hays needs your incessant left-of-socialist blather either

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ed-miliband/10504420/Lord-Puttnam-Labour-handed-Tories-gift-by-selecting-Ed-Miliband-over-David-to-be-leader.html

Some know what he needs!

EU elections when????????

Result should go down well with the Home Counties and the Hunting Brigade.

Cameron's nightmare will really start.

If he isn't snorting now, he will be then.

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Bye the way is Wavey Dave holding Rebecca's hand at the Hunt Ball this year or is taking Liam with him!

Nigel reminds everyone to have a Cinnamon Danish, whilst you still can.

Apparently the EU are about to ban them because the cinnamon used isn't pure and has a toxic ingredient.

Not that it will kill you as you'd have to eat thousands of Danish pastries to accumulate enough of the toxic component. Just the odd Danish now and again isn't going to hurt you. But the EU are having none of it! Cinnamon is banned!

There is also Uranium in the sea water as well as Mercury and watch you don't swallow a used condom or a floating plastic bottle.

Hmmm? Thinks......

Do the EU have a ban thereby preventing people drinking sea water? And if not, why not?

"Apparently the EU are about to ban them because the cinnamon used isn't pure and has a toxic ingredient.'

Well EL, if thats true we can look forward to the majority of super market (so called ) food which is full of chemicals and additives to go as well, and about time as well.

The story of Cinnamon.

I use both types in Asian Dishes. However I eat curries infrequently and therefore the dose of coumarin is small.

Anybody (other than AlDS, Manuel and Hays) or those on Warfarin or similar drug should probably give Cassia Bark a miss. (Nice to chew in very small quantities)

From Wicki


"Cinnamon (/ˈsɪnəmən/ SIN-ə-mən) is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several trees from the genusCinnamomum that is used in both sweet and savoury foods. While Cinnamomum verum is sometimes considered to be "true cinnamon", most cinnamon in international commerce is derived from related species, which are also referred to as "cassia" to distinguish them from "true cinnamon".[1][2]

Cinnamon is the name for perhaps a dozen species of trees and the commercial spice products that some of them produce. All are members of the genus Cinnamomum in the family Lauraceae. Only a few of them are grown commercially for spice.

Adverse effects

The European Food Safety Authority in 2008 considered toxicity of coumarin, known to cause liver and kidney damage in high concentrations and a significant component of cinnamon, and metabolic effect on humans with CYP2A6 polymorphism, and confirmed a maximum recommended Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) of 0.1 mg of coumarin per kg of body weight.[52][53] The European Union set a guideline for maximum coumarin content in foodstuffs of 50 mg per kg of dough in seasonal foods, and 15 mg per kg in everyday baked foods. These limits are low enough to affect the flavour of cinnamon pastries.[54]"

OFFICIAL: “Online Resistance movement right on the button, Westminster MPs off in la-la-land” says new ICM research

By John Ward December 27, 2013




Just one person in 50 is inspired by politicians. Chances are they’re politicians.

About three years ago, I posted something (sorry, can’t find it) which asked why nobody was doing market research about how people feel about the political system, rather than individual issues or Party popularity. But now at last a new Guardian/ICM poll has done just that. Nothing whatever in it is surprising. But for any experienced observer of democratic politics, it is nothing short of terrifying.

Only 2% of those questions found any politicians inspiring.

Asked for the single word best describing “how or what you instinctively feel” about politics and politicians in general, 47% of respondents answered “angry”.



Take a squint at this chart about ‘what comes to mind when you think about voting:




full article here:
http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2013/12/27/official-online-resistance-movement-right-on-the-button-westminster-mps-off-in-la-la-land-says-new-icm-research/

George Osborne Named 'Briton Of The Year' By The Times Newspaper

MailOnline - news,politics.. Saturday, Dec 28 2013 3AM

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Balls wins hands down and the mail is a tory wrag.

Little wonder he gets under Camoron and Sir Giddeons skin.