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.

Clarkson accused Liverpool Echo journalists of being “f•••tards” after they attacked comments he had made in his Sunday Times column.


— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson)
February 22, 2015

People of Liverpool. Read what I actually wrote. Including the bits the f•••tards on the local rag left out. Shocking journalism.

His column at first praised Liverpool, saying that – in contrast to previous incidents he had experienced in the city – a recent visit had been “very agreeable”: “There was a lot of postmodern urban-chic architecture and many museums, hotels and waterfront cafes. It looked really good. I liked it.”

However, he then went on to complain about the service in his hotel, adding: “Ordering [the rosé wine] Whispering Angel in Liverpool is like a Liverpudlian strolling into the Savoy at teatime, in a shell suit, and demanding seven pints of vodka. He’s going to be shown the door. And I should have been shown the door too.”


He then went on to discuss the north-south divide, saying: “Closer to home we have soft-living, champagne-soaked southerners imagining that they know what’s best for northern cities such as Liverpool. ‘My dear fellow, why don’t you simply give up heroin and start a book club? Because if you don’t, we’ll cut your benefits.’

“We go up there and say, “Look what we’ve given you, Gary: a Tracey Emin hotel and slavery museum, all full of Ed Miliband bumper-sticker slogans. Aren’t you grateful?” But Gary isn’t grateful because he doesn’t like Primrose Hill sensibilities and bloody mood lighting.”

He added: “The north of England has never been more different from the south of England.


“People up there earn less, die more quickly, have fewer jobs and live in houses that are worth the square root of sod all.”

On Monday Liverpool’s mayor Joe Anderson waded into the fray, defending his city as BBC executives arrived for the BBC Worldwide Showcase 2015: “It is amazing that the BBC chose, after a warm reception last year, to come back again this year for the showcase. Yet in contrast to that, this buffoon – Mr Clarkson – has made these comments and the BBC continue to have him on their payroll.”


In addition to his tweet attacking the Echo, Clarkson retweeted followers’ supportive messages:


— Lee B Jackson (@leejako)
February 22, 2015

@JeremyClarkson were not bothered about the local rag Jeremy, your still a legend and I love Top Gear. Liverpool Echo is notorious for it!


— Philip Sinclair (@PhilipSinclair)
February 22, 2015

@LivEchonews @JeremyClarkson rubbish journalism as usual from a poor over priced garbage paper. Read his whole article instead of snippets


— jo abrams (@jojobings)
February 22, 2015

@LivEchonews @JeremyClarkson used to love the echo, how crap you have become. Shame on you


— john dodd (@JpdDodd)
February 22, 2015

@JeremyClarkson Yes, have to agree with you! The Liverpool Echo is a bit of a bile-spewing militant socialist foghorn!

if you read todays tele you will see why I did not mention straw its all their today
the man should be charged with fraud using is position to get a 75m contract for is
future employee. it stinks ..

did you watch sky news on the papers ,they both said rifkind is stupid and should never have been on any comitttee

BOTH of them were singularly naive
listening to the wireless yesterday, there was an interview with one of the specialist lobbying companies
they said the direction of the questioning was so blatant, it should have been immediately obvious to where it was leading

They think they are infallible.

Exec.

Didn't realise you are such a sensitive little chap.

Well, you can't suggest Jack and Mike don't support business.





Manuel, may understand why I don't vote!

if can not live on a mp wage then resign or do not become a mp
its that simple .
in many ways this as nothing to do with gov its just plain greed
and they should be kicked out and lose all the benefits

i understand, but still think it's a cop out

What impressed me is that the pair suggested fees of over £5000 a day, while the minimum wage raise is suggested to be RAISED by 20 p per hour lifting it to £6.70 an hour.

Congratulations all round.

"cynic - 24 Feb 2015 08:08 - 56914 of 56918

BOTH of them were singularly naive"

Change that to "singularly to greedy" and then I think you will be nearer the mark.

ah but did you also hear about CofE
bishops call for "living wage" to be made "minimum wage" but still pay many of their workers minimum wage
hypocrisy starts at home :-)

i'll stick with naive thank you stan, or bloody stupid if you insist

Oh no you won't Alf, it's to greedy or nothing -):

Yes, and as the bloke on the street corner selling papers would shout, standard... double standards!

Manuel,

You are a knowledgeable man,

Do MP members of the various House of Commons committees get paid in payments get paid for their attendance at those meetings?

If so how much?

I have tried to find out but struggling!

(The difference between the MPs and the Church over Basic wage is that the Church admitted their mistakes and held their hands up and addressing it.

Mistake not hypocrisy.

A large number of conservative MP voted against the bill to introduce the Minimum Wage.

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Desperate times ..



Lord Ashcroft: Ukip plunge in aftermath of Channel 4 programme

UK Independence Party drops 5 points in wake of Channel 4 docudrama and offensive comments from councillor



By Holly Watt, Whitehall Editor

4:45PM GMT 23 Feb 2015


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Ukip have been hit hard in the polls, falling five points in a week, according to polling carried out by the Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft.


The party’s support felt to 11 per cent of the vote, the lowest share since the former Tory donor began analysing voting intentions.


Ukip’s poll slump comes after Ofcom received thousands of complaints following a docudrama by Channel 4, Ukip: The First 100 Days, which imagined the party leader Nigel Farage as the Prime Minister.


A Ukip councillor was also expelled from the party after saying she had "a problem" with black people, and making other offensive remarks.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11430186/Lord-Ashcroft-Ukip-plunge-in-aftermath-of-Channel-4-programme.html

Found some of the information:

The salary entitlement of a Select Committee Chair is £81,936 (this figure comprises of MP's salary of £67,060 and additional salary for Select Committee Chairs of £14,876) from 1 April 2014.

It seems Rifkind is less than sensitive about his salary and remember the salary does not take into consideration his "expenses" and "perks" he of course thinks as a man of his "professional" standing and "ability" is entitled to.

It is a little "amusing" to see him chairman of a committee which may investigate "Stings and Scams".

He is as incompetent as Dodgy Dave and George who have been trying to tighten up on Tax evasion and avoidance techniques for nearly 5 years, but unable to find the screwdriver to tighten the screws on their mates.

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Get ye gone!

Ashcroft is not a honest person a tax evader so who gives a toss about him he is scum . any one not paying their taxes should have no say in gov .
Ashcroft the dishonest not a lord a scumbag

fred - to the best of my knowledge, MPs just get paid a salary .... in fact, i'm sure that must be so, as some MPs have a very poor attendance record


btw, i caught a little snippet on the subject of minimum and living wage .....
if i understood correctly, the minimum wage is set by some committee which looks at a level which it feels can be afforded without putting jobs at risk - ie creating a situation of diminishing returns

rifkind the liar I do not get a salary . the man is a clown and should now be investigated on is tax affairs

£67k a year?

This is 'a bit of a pittance' these days for a top guy, IMHO. Anyone who believes otherwise is quite naive.