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.

And what about Ted Heath I havent seen him in the commons for ages.

Money for old rope for the Tory Boys.

I thought Ted Heath was dead - perhaps not.

DLT not guilty of 12 offences and no decision on two.,CPS want a week to decide on retrial

Is he, ooooooooops.

Wel cant say Ive missed him anyway.

he he he LOL LOL LOL corker.............

Marcus Chown ‏@marcuschown
Cameron is told Somerset Levels flooding not due to water left behind by Labour, as he has been claiming

And what about fat ERIC, what on earth does he do other than eating all the pies at the commons canteen.

I personally think all Tory Ministers should be placed on Zero Hour Contracts and paid the minimum wage on a mandatory basis.

Id make them all army reservists aswel to fill in for all those they have sacked. Plus they could do a bit of community service dredging the Thames.

surely you guys have plenty of practice and now expertise in dredging up all sorts old garbage, so no doubt you could band together and show the dutch engineers and everyone else how it should be done

The flood water isn't Labour's , but the froth and rubbish is.

Dave Matthews ‏@thejurasout
Apparently there's an "epidemic" of benefit fraud.........



its down to the bottom left hand side hardly visible.

aldwickk what about these 2 aircraft carriers that we own but sadly dont have any aircraft on them.

Make them into banana boats???.

Mind its not the Caribbean where they would be sailing to.

Wheres the nearest water to Rumania and Bulgaria??

"And time Camoron got a grip with her."


Preferably around her throat.

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Ted Heath is not dead.

He has been reincarnated as Wavy Davy Cameron.

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Perhaps, if we didn't have the aircraft hangars, the trains would run on time.

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Andrew Mitchell, apparently from Times that story is not over yet.

Typical modern day tory plonker.

Andrew Mitchell: Downing Street police 'complained minister repeatedly broke rules by cycling through main gates before Plebgate incident'
Feb 13, 2014 01:18 By Sam Adams

The information was allegedly revealed in a leaked email written by a constable the day before Mitchell's infamous confrontation with police guarding the gate

PAMitchell: Said he cycled through main gates "on many occasions"
Police officers guarding Downing Street complained former chief whip Andrew Mitchell repeatedly broke the rules by cycling through the main gates before Plebgate incident, it has been claimed.

The information was allegedly revealed in a leaked email written the day before Mitchell's infamous confrontation with police guarding the gate - by a constable seeking advice from his superiors on how to handle his demands.

The officer was said to have complained that Mitchell "keeps requesting to leave Downing Street via the main vehicle gates" and was "adamant he WAS GOING THROUGH THOSE GATES".

Mitchell was forced to resign last year after it was reported that he had repeatedly sworn at officers and called them "plebs" after they insisted he wheeled his bicycle through a side gate - a claim he has always denied.

Evidence subsequently emerged casting doubt on the police version and last week a serving officer was jailed for fabricating an account of the incident.

The email obtained by The Times, dated September 19, potentially casts new light on the incident, suggesting that Mr Mitchell had had previous disagreements with officers over the issue.

The author is said to have written: "It has been 'brought to my attention' that a certain cyclist who is now the Government Chief Whip, Andrew Mitchell, keeps requesting to leave the front of Downing Street via the main vehicle gates.

"When he was initially denied this, he went on to say 'I am the Government Chief Whip and I will be leaving via these gates. I have been in and out of these gates three times today and I will be leaving this way, thank you'."

The officer said that "as it was quite late and quiet" and "in order not to create embarrassment" to himself or the Diplomatic Protection Group, Mitchell had on that occasion been allowed to leave through one of the main gates.

The officer went on to request advice from people "of much higher rank or standing", adding: "Do we stand our ground (but have the backing of yourself if something comes of it in the future... or do we allow him (only) to use the main gates for his arrivals and departures at all times?"



http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/andrew-mitchell-downing-street-police-3140137#ixzz2tDQneigf
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On a more serious note and thanks to a poster on another bulletin board for this exerpt from an article in the FT today:

"You'd be forgiven if you'd missed it, but Congress has suspended the US debt ceiling until next year.

Perhaps it was the impending snow storm that pushed the House of Representatives and then the Senate to quickly pass a bill on Wednesday afternoon that had caused angst and drama when the self-imposed borrowing cap was last suspended in October.

More likely, it was the dawning among Republicans that October's scrap did them no favours in the polls and there are elections in November.


Any euphoria should also be tempered by the fact that the ceiling is only suspended until March, 2015. November's elections could deliver a Congress that is even more sharply divided over how to improve the longer-term outlook for America's debt.

For now, though, a little celebration is due."

DLT

The jury of eight women and four men had been deliberating for around 20 hours after a trial at which the former Top Of The Pops presenter was accused of indecently assaulting 10 women and sexually assaulting another in alleged incidents dating back to 1976 when he was at the height of his fame.

There will be a further hearing at the same court on February 24 to decide if there should be a retrial of the two outstanding charges.

8 women and 4 men , a bit onesided

If it was so one sided, wouldn't he have been found guilty - but you have a point aldwickk, in cases of this type surely it would be better to have a 50/50 jury.

What did they use for evidence?

How did they even find these women after such a long time?


Who started the whole shebang going, and why?

One made a complaint, which was publicised. Then more came along etc. The offences date back almost 40 years. There was no real evidence. It was a case where the police hoped to show a pattern of behaviour. One claims to have told parents and friends at the time. Apparently , her parents told her not to make a complaint. I think that is one of two that the CPS may retry.

Well, DLT now has money problems according to one report.

What does a four week trial cost these days...£millions?


He's buggered whatever way is goes.

I hope not.

Told it can be painful!

300,000 more patients on NHS waiting list under coalition

NHS data shows that 2.88 million people in England were waiting for consultant-led treatment in December


Denis Campbell, health correspondent


The Guardian, Thursday 13 February 2014 19.42 GMT



The number of people waiting for NHS hospital treatment has risen by more than 300,000 under the coalition, amid concern that NHS rationing is forcing patients to wait longer for operations.

NHS data shows that 2.88 million people in England were waiting for consultant-led treatment in December 2013, up by 310,000 or 12% on May 2010.

"It's worrying that the number of extra people waiting is that high. That 310,000 is a huge number of people who are waiting for what is quite often life-changing surgery," said Katherine Murphy, chief executive of the Patients Association.

Patients were facing delays before having a cataract removal, hip or knee replacement or other operation, she said. "Waiting lists are growing because of NHS rationing and because of financial pressures and the NHS's efficiency drive."




http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/13/patients-nhs-waiting-list-coalition