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.

TANKER don't cancel ,
take one of those nice new inflatable boats that they left on the shore and tour the islands ,they also have brand new life jackets in them .

See if they left one of those big new mobiles on board ...
That ones got a nice out board on it

Interpol have put 6 Fifa executives on the Most Wanted list

http://www.interpol.int/



INTERPOL issues Red Notices for former FIFA officials and executives wanted by US authorities

LYON, France – At the request of US authorities, INTERPOL Red Notices – or international wanted persons alerts – have been issued for two former FIFA officials and four corporate executives for charges including racketeering, conspiracy and corruption.

and i was delighted to hear that blatter is also under investigation
i was amazed to learn that his salary, expenses and other perks were never divulged even to other board members

It all depends of your age mainly.....

British support for staying in EU rises to 55 percent - Pew poll - Wed, 3rd Jun 2015 08:43

LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - British support for staying in the European Union has risen to 55 percent, up 9 percentage points from two years ago, according to a Pew Research Center survey.

Prime Minister David Cameron, re-elected on May 7, has pledged to reshape Britain's ties with the EU before holding an in-out referendum on membership by the end of 2017, but he could hold it earlier.

British support for staying inside the EU rose to 55 percent from 50 percent a year ago and 46 percent in 2013, Pew said. The poll showed 36 percent of Britons wanted to leave.....

Support for the EU in Britain was strongest among 18-29 year-olds: 69 percent of them wanted to stay in while 25 percent wanted to leave. British people over 50 years old were the most sceptical age group about membership. .... more

i also think that there are very short odds that the vote will quite easily be for staying in

however, i very much hope that DC will at least manage to get some worthwhile "adjustments" ...... ideally i'ld like to see a long term commitment (from whom and how?) to overall eu review and reform as some aspects are nowhere near what was envisaged when there were only 7/12 countries involved and are in need of dramatic overhaul

Dodgy Dave couldn't even adjust his own tie.

When I went up to Rotherham a few days ago, I neglected to take my phone for music, and found myself having to tune in to Radio Leeds. They were getting listeners to text in whether they'd vote in or out. Of the hundreds of texts they received, literally only one text was to stay in. Everybody else wanted out!

I guess that says something about the demographics of the average Radio Leeds listener (geriatric and retarded?), but it probably also dispels the myth about the eurosceptic lobby being predominantly disillusioned Tories.

Polls ,,look what happened at the election . hilary's post above says something , i think we could very well vote out .

I don't think the UK will vote to exit, Jimmy, but I do believe it's very important that the good folks of the UK are allowed to have their say in a referendum. And even if the public were to vote out, I don't believe the consequences would be as bad as the doom-mongers would have you believe.

Unfortunately, there's a lot of ignorance being demonstrated about freedom of movement and trade agreements, and the public are regularly blaming the EU for unrelated matters. It's not exclusive to the UK, however, and there's discontent all across mainland northern Europe.

I saw a programme about policing Sheffield (right by Rotherham) a few months ago .
The police were saying how much pressure is on them now as there 700 new families moved in to one area of the City (about 3 thousand people)
The problem was they congregate in streets around residential areas making a nuisance of themselves . The locals have had enough ,people who have lived in these streets for many years .

That is the reason i think we may have a surprise when there is a vote , i think in a lot of British cities folk have had enough .

I agree with you. The fear factor alone will be enough to make people vote to stay in. The pro lobby, and that will include Cameron, will promote the dangers of leaving. I also believe that leaving wouldn't be that bad. However, we may have to accept freedom of movement even then as part of a trade agreement.

On another related issue, I see that Farewell is having fairly public rows with Farage. It is not impossible that he could return to the Conservative fold and I am sure the party have been speaking to him. It would leave UKIP in a fine mess.

I don't think the Conservatives would have him back, Haystack, and they certainly don't need him now they have a majority. If he quits UKIP, I'm pretty sure he'd be forced into becoming an independent.

It would be nice if he did come back. It would do serious damage to UKIP and get the Conservatives more votes next time and increase their majority now. He might choose to trigger a by election though with uncertain results. He wasn't popular in the Conservative party and was regarded as a trouble maker. I think he left the party as he could see there was no chance of promotion and the same applied to Reckless.

the return of prodigal sheep is often more than welcome
that they might be occasionally ornery, would be no bad thing either

churchill switched parties and returned

If he is ornery, I would think he will feel at home in the tory party.

If he is ornery, I would think he will feel at home in the tory party.

indeed, just as does dennis skinner :-)

SNP to escalate battle for Commons front bench amid fury at Labour's 'absolutely pathetic' behaviour

SNP ready to order MPs into Parliament for 7am and block Labour committee appointments if Dennis Skinner's side does not back down in seats row



Nicola and the wee beasties




By Ben Riley-Smith, Political Correspondent

5:30PM BST 03 Jun 2015



The SNP is threatening a major escalation in its battle over a Commons front bench after branding Labour's refusal to hand over the seats "absolutely pathetic".


It is understood the leadership is willing to order MPs to get into Parliament at 7am and block Labour appointments on Commons committees if the row is not resolved.


"If they want to play silly games, we'll play silly games", a senior figure told this newspaper after admitting to being "f***ing furious" with Labour's attitude.


It comes with half a dozen Labour backbenchers – led by veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner – continuing to refuse to give up their front bench seats in the Commons to the SNP.


There is anger among the SNP that despite getting official third party status in Westminster Labour is refusing to fully vacate the second opposition front bench.



the other beast



more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/SNP/11649598/SNP-to-escalate-battle-for-Commons-front-bench-amid-fury-at-Labours-absolutely-pathetic-behaviour.html