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.

Well Russia starting to hit , now going after ISIS oil infrastructure , about time really it's been known about for quite a while now . May see crude move up .

hays - defense ministers may be unanimous, but whether or not they do so with the full backing of their gov'ts and parliaments is unclear


victim - little reaction at the moment

I would have thought that France gave advance notice to governments before invoking the clause.

Cyners,

64850 - No, I'm not sympathetic towards refugees. Am I supposed to be?

only as a human being, but then it isn't a given that mothers love their children either

Published on 18 Nov 2015

Sky has launched a new service called Sky Q that blends live and on-demand TV as it tries to compete with the likes of Netflix.
The company described the new platform as its most significant product launch since HD and "a new way to watch TV".
The package will comprise a set-top box and a "super premium package" and will be separate from Sky's Now TV on-demand service.
Experts questioned what it would cost as Sky has not revealed pricing for the product.
Sky's Andrew Olson told Rory Cellan-Jones that it was a new "premium" offering.

Cyners,

That's bollocks, but feel free to paste up your address and I'll be happy to write it in the Lesbos sand.

Lesvos (Lesbos) - more than just another Greek island

You can never keep up with a gypsy!

It looks like Corbyn could get a bloody nose on Tuesday

The Labour leader could see large numbers of his own MPs line up against him as early next week, with the SNP believed to be planning a vote on the UK's nuclear-armed submarines on Tuesday.

The SNP are set to table a House of Commons motion asking MPs to back the scrapping of the Trident programme.

Mr Corbyn strongly opposes nuclear weaponry and has called for Britain to get rid of its warhead missiles.

But many Labour MPs, including shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle, support maintaining a continuous nuclear deterrent.

Mr Corbyn dodged a debate about Trident at Labour's annual conference in September, but the SNP plans will force the Opposition leader into a showdown with his MPs over the issue earlier than he would like.

It is believed Mr Corbyn will order his MPs to abstain in Tuesday's votes, but many will defy his intervention and point out it is still the party's policy to renew Trident.

I'm a Celebrity: past winners


2014: Carl Fogarty Multiple World Superbike Championship winner

2013: Kian Egan Former member of Irish boyband Westlife

2012: Charlie Brooks Eastenders actress

2011: Dougie Poynter McFly bassist

2010: Stacey Solomon X Factor finalist

2009: Gino D'Acampo Italian celebrity chef

2008: Joe Swash Ex-EastEnders actor

2007: Christopher Biggins English actor and TV presenter

2006: Matt Willis Busted boyband member

2005: Carol Thatcher Journalist, author, daughter of Margaret Thatcher

2004: Joe Pasquale Helium-voiced comedian

2004: Kerry Katona Former Atomic Kitten member and reality TV star

2003: Phil Tufnell Ex-England cricketer

2002: Tony Blackburn Veteran radio DJ

The monthly ICM poll for the Guardian came out yesterday, with topline voting intention figures of CON 39%, LAB 33%, LDEM 7%, UKIP 12%, GRN 3%.
Their weekly EU referendum poll has figures of REMAIN 43%, LEAVE 38%.

Survation have also put out some new figures, voting intentions are CON 37%, LAB 30%, LDEM 6%, UKIP 16%, GRN 3% and
EU referendum intentions are REMAIN 42%, LEAVE 40%

Russia destroys 500 fuel tankers used by IS . Obviously someones been making money out of this situation who do they belong to . Why has it taken this long to do it .

well hilary, at least my son went to lesbos and saw for himself - and incidentally took over a load of clothing etc and distributed it personally

btw, i'm not sure which bit of what i wrote you reckon is bollocks, so perhaps you can enlighten or even explain your stance

David Cameron and senior ministers to get dedicated plane

The government will give David Cameron and senior ministers the use of a converted RAF plane for official trips






By Steven Swinford, Deputy Political Editor

10:00PM GMT 18 Nov 2015



David Cameron and senior ministers are to be given the use of a dedicated plane for long-distance trips instead of chartered flights.


The government will announce next week that it will spend £10million refitting an RAF plane which is normally used for air-to-air refuelling.


Ministers insist that the plane will save the taxpayer up to £775,000 a year on the cost of Downing Street's flights because it will avoid the use of costly charter flights.


Downing Street is likely to face criticism over the announcement as it comes ahead of the spending review which will see deep cuts across Whitehall.


It will cost significantly less than Tony Blair's plans for "Blair Force One", which involved the purchase of two private jets for the Prime Minister's use and the Royal Family at an estimated cost of £100million.


Gordon Brown, the then Chancellor, blocked the plans and later abandoned them entirely when he became Prime Minister. The Conservatives criticised the idea at the time saying it was the “wrong moment to be splashing out taxpayers' money on funding the government to travel in style".



More austerity here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/12004343/David-Cameron-and-senior-ministers-to-get-dedicated-plane.html

The government will announce next week that it will spend £10million refitting an RAF plane which is normally used for air-to-air refuelling.
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The USA get Air Force One and Dave arrives covered in Diesel , maybe he's trying to get that Winston Churchill look .