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.

proportional representation and coalition
though coalitions work in many countries, the israeli model should be a salutary warning

likud (hard right) has been in power for a good number years, though it may be kicked out in a day or two (yippee i think)

how many seats does likud hold?
just 26 from a total of 120, so they have to be supported by twiddly parties with perhaps just a handful of seats, but who would effectively like to see the destruction of the palestinians

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however, after decades of strife and abuse, it was heartening to read that the public are at long last and very belatedly starting to speak up in favour of peace and co-existence, rather as the "popular" peace movement did in ireland

if Israel votes for the left party then they will not have a country within 10 years
the left are a party of cowards . it would be the end of Israel

in my view, that is a chance well worth taking, and i don't believe your portrait of gloom anyway

Agreed on that!

HELP!!!!!!!!
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Is Snappy on h.is way out?

What a bunch.

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Now was Ed right or wrong with the SNP?

I think I would have kept everybody guessing!

yesterday's ST indicated that likud was likely to be booted, so fingers x'ed as far as i am concerned

Like or loath, he and his gang pull in the punters!



BBC's Top Gear slot loses 4m viewers after Jeremy Clarkson suspension



Repeat of Red Arrows: Inside the Bubble attracted audience of just 1.3m, compared with more than 5m typically drawn by motoring show



http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/16/bbc-top-gear-jeremy-clarkson-suspension

As i said before if they sack him it's game over for that show no one else will be able to replace him also he may have had enough and walk.
And all in the name of bloody political correctness ...

it would seem that clarkson hit the other chap twice, and as such that has to be instant death
for bbc to do otherwise would completely undermine any employment policy they might pretend to
indeed, if clarkson did hit the producer not once but twice, he is very lucky not to have been charged

I have not seen that ,however the other fellow has not made a complaint .

However it was ok to keep Jimmy Saville on all those years .

ITV will be knocking on the door, not to mention sky.

Yes they will but i would imagine he can't take that format with him ,i would think there are restrictions .
Bloody pompous BBC , also now you have to put up with all the do gooders talking about the politically incorrect things he said ..makes me so ANGRY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh and iv'e always said the day the BBC (and it's been talked about) loses Wimbledon is the day i stop buying a license .

it's rather more more than just non-pc ..... it's assault at best and potentially ABH, though there may not be enough hard evidence to stand up in court

Don't be so delicate cynic ,the other fellow is not pressing charges ,clarkson 's not exactly Lennox Lewis is he ? what do you think happens when you tour with a rock band ,their scrapping every night .

And they are all attacking him now for his history of political incorrectness

sorry, but i don't think beeb has or had any choice

They had a choice with Jimmy Saville for god knows how many years but chose to sweep it under the carpet .

sorry but not comparable
js "crimes" were not in the public domain 40 years ago, so anything known about his proclivities were kept closely under wraps
whether or not clarkson set up this whole thing and ensured it came to public notice is an interesting question

Do you think no one at the BBC knew about Saville ???

Anyway i'm out of here before the politically correct crew arrive

What did annoy me was yesterdays Mail On Sunday (which i wouldn't buy) had the headline CLARKSON AS BAD AS SAVILLE which however the story read inside was disgusting .