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.

Hiliary,

A short one.

I agree with you.

Modification of rules, regulations etc. will occur, but it is here to stay.

ALL politicians of all colours are always (or they should be) looking to the future and where their next crust might be earned, and there is nothing intrinsically wrong with that


should EM be next PM(!!), then time will show how well he shapes up
frankly, i have no confidence that he will be any better than DC, albeit that he will wear a red rather than a blue tie

my biggest fear is that we'll end up with an italian-type shambles

Yes, thank you Cyners, the snow is reasonably good and the sky is a deep, deep colour of blue this morning.



But.... Unfortunately, I have to work.

:o(

For all the Labour fanatics on this thread who were jumping up and down with glee when this MP was arrested;

MP Mark Pritchard has urged a review of the law on anonymity for people accused of rape after police dropped an inquiry into allegations against him.

Police said there was "insufficient evidence" to take further action against the Tory MP for The Wrekin after he was arrested last month.

Speaking outside Parliament, the MP said it had been a "testing time" for him and he was "glad that it was over".

He urged "greater fairness" under the law for those accused of sex offences.

At the moment, those who say they are victims of rape and other sex offences are granted life-long anonymity but the same legal protection is not afforded to those accused of such offences.


In a short statement outside the House of Commons, Mr Pritchard thanked fellow MPs and constituents for supporting him since the news of his arrest emerged six weeks ago.

Referring to the allegation made against him, he said "sadly, as an MP, sometimes you have a target on your back".

"To be falsely accused of anything is an awful thing," he told reporters.

"Of course (my accuser) remains anonymous," he said. "The law on anonymity does need to be reviewed and fairness does need to play a far greater role in these cases."

Mr Pritchard was arrested on 2 December following an alleged incident in central London. The MP voluntarily attended a police station for questioning and was bailed pending further inquiries.

But police said on Tuesday that he would face no further action as there was "insufficient evidence".

A police spokesman said: "A 48-year-old man voluntarily attended a north London police station on Tuesday, 2 December where he was arrested, following an allegation of rape in central London.

"He returned on bail on 6 January where he was informed he will face no further action as there was insufficient evidence."

Mr Pritchard won his seat in 2010 with a majority of more than 9,000 and served as secretary of the influential Conservative 1922 committee for two years until 2012.

He is a member of Parliament's joint national security strategy committee. He has dismissed reports in recent months that he could possibly defect to UKIP.

BBC News

meanwhile, is this guy really as big an imbecile as would appear ......

Jim Murphy, the Scottish Labour leader, revealed that Ed Miliband's controversial mansion tax on properties worth more than £2 million will be used to fund 1,000 extra nurses in Scotland.
He said most of the money would come from homes in London and the South East of England

Re-read what he actually wrote.

Also, the associations made with Mansion tax. The direct linking of it is daft to me.

Happy with mansion tax, but it should go into the general tax pot. Linking is, think a "dangerous" move!


Just as dumb as the associations made by DB4.

he actually spake :-)

True!

luxury house from old shipping containers
this is the one i mentioned yesterday .......

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2768293/I-m-desperate-gorgeous-girl-I-just-want-happy-explains-Channel-4-Grand-Designs-team-turn-cover-project.html

They are doing without the containers in Slough...



Revealed: Up to 6,000 'beds in sheds' set-up by rogue landlords are found by spy plane's thermal image camera

Slough Borough Council spends £24,000 building up 3D map from air
Authority uncovered 6,350 suspicious sheds and garages emitting heat

Thousands could be living in converted outbuildings without permission

Plane criss-crossed streets, picking up heat signals from outbuildings

Analysis of images from night flight revealed suspicious dwellings


By Martin Robinson and Mark Duell

Published: 16:57, 30 July 2013 | Updated: 07:51, 31 July 2013


A spy plane equipped with a thermal imaging camera has found that more than 6,000 outbuildings in one town could be 'beds in sheds' converted by rogue landlords.


Slough Borough Council is the first local authority in the country to pay for the specially-adapted aircraft to fly over streets picking up heat from sheds and garages.


It spent £24,000 on flights to build up a precise 3D map of every building in the Berkshire town. The results mean thousands could be living there without planning permission or contributing council tax.



Welcome to Slough: This thermogram image shows data recovered after flying over the town, with the red representing high levels of heat escaping. The council said the imaging helps them identify outhouses because the cameras can pick up areas of high heat loss - although few can be seen outside the houses in this snippet


Normally: This satellite view from Google Maps shows the area captured by the 3D thermal imaging software in Slough, Berkshire. A school is seen to the right, while the rest of the area is mostly residential



More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2381451/Slough-spy-plane-detects-6-000-illegal-beds-sheds-thermal-imaging.html

Well, I must be a bit thick because if 'red is hot', why are the streets and gardens redder (or at least 'oranger') than the blue houses?

PS. By heck! It looks a bit hot at No.32 don'tchafink? I bet it's probably a couple having sex!

Hey I live there------------------and I'm at work.
2517

your wife's working too :-)

Napoleon.

How has the NHS faired so far this winter, after the recent Lansley re-organisations?

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I wonder why the tories want to depoliticised the NHS as a topic for debate before the Election!

my comment about not politicising NHS was nothing to do with what you say is tory party line ..... it was my own straight comment

you've already seen what i have written on NHS, and it would just be very tiresome to re-post it

Just rethink it!

54391--------I wondered how she could afford to buy me a new roller for Christmas, ha!ha!
2517

for your hair or the lawn?

LOL

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