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.

GF

“I shall hold my hands up and admit I did record it without their knowledge because sometimes my memory gets fragmented during these ‘assessments’ – it takes me a while to comprehend what’s happened,” she explained.

just like police and other services record interviews, I can not see why the interviews by the "Welfare police" or any other group should not be recorded.

In similar situations I recorded interviews and advised others to do similar.

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GF,

The problem with the controlling group in the present cabinet is their form of education with narrow socio-cultural exposure and their morality being based on their experiences in those institutions.

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DB$,

Prefer to point out the errors of your ways and point you in the right direction.

Hope the dogs got back safely!

8-)

Jolly good DB.

By TOM PETERKIN
SHADOW Scottish secretary Margaret Curran will today claim that even First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants Labour to win the general election.


In a keynote speech, Ms Curran will argue that a vote for the SNP in May could harm ­Labour’s chances of defeating the ­Conservatives.

She will say that the SNP spent the referendum campaign urging people to vote Yes to get rid of the Tories.

With a No vote securing Scotland’s place in the United Kingdom, she will say only a Labour vote can keep David Cameron out of Downing Street.

Speaking at a summit of Scottish Labour MPs and election candidates in Perth, Ms Curran will say the key question being asked of politicians by people across Scotland is: “How are you going to make me and my family better off?”


She will say only Labour or the Conservatives will lead the next government and only Mr Cameron or Ed Miliband can become prime minister.

“That’s the choice,” she will say. “Here’s something even Nicola Sturgeon can agree with me on. The best choice for Scotland is a Labour government next year, because we’d deliver what Scotland needs and keep the Tories out of Number 10. ”

She will add: “Today, the biggest threat of continued Tory rule comes from the SNP. No matter how much Nicola Sturgeon tries to sound Labour, she can never be Labour, because she refuses to support our policies and no matter how much she says she’ll never prop up a Tory government, that’s exactly what she could end up doing next year.”

She will continue: “People across Scotland will not forgive or forget a party that gives David Cameron five more years in Downing Street. The message to people in your constituencies over the coming weeks is clear.

“If you want to secure the recovery; if you want common sense changes like an energy freeze, a 50p tax rate for the well-off and a jobs guarantee for our young people; if you want to see the back of the Tories on 7 May, vote Labour.”

An SNP spokesman said: “This is desperate stuff by Labour who – after being tied to Tories for the past two years during the referendum campaign – are now clearly panicking at polling showing they are set to lose seats to the SNP.

“The fact is that the SNP will never let the Tories into power. As Tory cuts continue to hit the poorest hardest and the gap between rich and poor widens, ­Labour need to explain why they blocked the devolution of welfare in the Smith Commission just last week.”

“Next May, Scots have the opportunity to elect a strong team of SNP MPs to make sure Scotland’s voice is heard – and to ensure Scotland gets the powers it needs to move away from failed Westminster austerity and deliver real social justice.”

Scotsman

A "jobs guarantee"?

First round of golf today for weeks, good job on winter greens and not summer. God it was cold first 10 holes, then the sun came out and I could feel my hands again. Keeps the old swing going winter golf and always guaranteed the odd come again shot. I love a pint after a round with a sarnie. Sadly thanks to the 'Nanny State' certainly not worth the risk now with the new drink driving laws which commence tomorrow in Scotland. A mug of coffee did the trick though. Clubs profits will plummet but hey if it saves lives, has to be good.

52327 - congrats! you've woken up at last

how nice that we rarely have to suffer the bore of ANY winter (temporary) greens

To be honest cynic it doesn't really matter. It just makes a nice change to play a different course (reversed) and shortened. The air is obviously a lot thinner so the ball doesn't go as far, to compensate 3/4 handicap for competitions. Plus cold to you southern softies would be a heatwave on the east coast of Scotland. At least 5 to 10 degrees difference in temperature.

You may have forgotten that my original complaint was in reference to written English.

arguably not that quite that much, but am certainly looking forward to playing the Trump with a good client/friend when i'm in aberdeen next spring ..... just hope i'm playing rather better than at present as he's a bit good

Ah well good luck with your round at Aberdeen, It's a beast in the wind :0)

I went to a shopping centre in London at lunch time. My wife was playing carols in a brass band there. While she played, I went to an adjacent restaurant for a plate of pasta as it was pretty cold. I was eating my plate of spag nap when I started to be aware of the conversations on the next table.

It was the Xmas lunch for local Labour party activists. It was such an interesting eavesdrop. I was sorry to have to leave. They were going into all their plans for the election and moaning about Theresa May. The odd thing was that they were moaning about her because most of them thought she was doing a pretty good job.

Miliband wasn't mentioned, but they were criticising Ed Balls for a lack of ideas. They were talking about a few other people, but I couldn't hear properly as it was at the other end of the table. One guy kept saying f-ing this and f-ing that about someone.

I got the impression that they were somewhat depressed about the election.

So with all your other shortcomings you are a public ease dropper as well, your poor wife.

I suppose you wouldn't listen if it was Conservatives. What they were saying was easily audible, so that makes it in the public domain.

Now why exactly would I want to here anything any "Con"servative was saying, it would either be lies, mis information or any more such nonsense.

or from the benches opposite stan!

or from the benches opposite stan!

Don't try and soften Stan's stance. He is much better as a stereotype.

Perhaps it would help the NHS coffers a little if all the drunks who require treatment at A&E are made to pay for their treatment.