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.

Get your conspiracy theories out – Leon Brittan has died22/01/2015

Did anybody else know anything about Leon Brittan having cancer before today’s announcement?
According to his family, the former Home Secretary died last night, aged 75, after a long battle with the disease.

This writer was completely unaware that Mr Brittan had been diagnosed with it, and a (quick, admittedly) search of the Internet makes no reference to it either.

The death, and the revelation that it was due to a hitherto-unmentioned disease, is almost certain to lead to conspiracy theories – especially when one considers the fact that Brittan’s reputation has been tarnished by his connection to historic allegations of sexual abuse, in which it has been suggest that he not only hid evidence of such crimes, but may have committed them himself.

Personally, this writer finds it a huge inconvenience. I have been working on a piece of fiction involving a group of assassins working for the Establishment (not the government) to eliminate anyone likely to cause embarrassment to the power-that-be; their modus operandi being to make the death look like an accident or natural causes.

Now I’m going to have to rework chapter one completely.

Afterword: Some readers may feel this article does not show proper respect to somebody who is recently deceased. While sympathy is due to Mr Brittan’s family, there are so many questions remaining to be answered about his life and conduct that they should not be avoided for the sake of social niceties. That is how it is ensured that these matters are forgotten.

Er don't tell me, he was a known associate of Jimmy S and had close contacts with the BBC....!!

The MP (forgot his name) who gave Brittan the documents would surely not have given them to him if Brittan was named therein.
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All we need now is for Cameron to win the election, take us into the EU fully and watch our savings shrink as they get revalued as Euro's....

at least you have a chance of voting on the issue with the tories, whereas none at all with labour

Manuel.

That is a good a chance as no chance.

Won't see another torry government for at least 20 years.

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Doubt if we'l ever see one.

Young kids these days support Labour.

ON THIS DAY IN 1979
On 22 January, tens of thousands of public sector workers downed tools. Public services were halted until the middle of February, with rubbish left uncollected on the side of the roads, and the army driving ambulances.

After losing a vote of confidence at the end of March by a single vote, Callaghan called a general election for May. The Conservatives won, and Callaghan’s Labour government was brought to an end.
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Fred needs to get his cataracts done.
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fred - you're a brave man to stick your neck out to bet on anything other than a hung parliament ...... it even looks far from certain that labour will have the most seats

ohhhhhhh they will.

so you keep telling us all - incessantly

a bit like the ranting about how interest rates were 110% certain to rise before end '14, but switched to b4 GE ..... i don't think so :-)

you've also rattled on a number of other absolute non-specific certainties along the way that have also mysteriously failed to materialise

as fred says - you don’t have to win any argument if enough people are willing to say you did ....... except that in this instance, the ballot box will reveal all

We young'uns support UKIP not Labour....

I meant 16 year olds not 38 year olds, dont forget Milly wants them to have the vote.

PS. where is Hays talking of old gits.

the child abuse against gov officials we will never get the real facts .the reason they keep putting people in place knowing they will be kicked out its a rue to delaying the case . they are delaying the case till they re all dead . the government of all parties stinks of corruption trying to delay the case long enough for those quilty to be no more . the old boys rules

Yep it seems that way TANKER. Typical sleazy Tories.

You can bet your life they wont wait until Blair snuffs it.

ahem!
what MrT actually wrote was the government of all parties stinks of corruption

No he and his 30 mates are now voting Labour.

that has nothing whatsoever to do with what you wrote in 55570

New offer from the broadcasters:

BBC & ITV: one seven-way debate each with Tories, Labour, LibDems, Greens, UKIP, SNP and Plaid Cymru

Sky & C4: Cameron v Miliband head to head