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.

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 .

i suspect that there are also a number of security elements in play

just fo JB

Back door Cam Force One.

£10m quid to convert...they are never going to use this plane as anything other than a vanity vehicle for the chaps.

Why cant they ride coach like the rest of us?

Telegraph
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Together we stand, divided we fall!

Come on now JEZZA get on the ball!! LOL! Joke that is the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. More, More!

I hope they go through customs and security!

BBC News

Junior doctors in England vote in favour of strikes in December over new contract.

i confess i really do fail to understand why the two sides seemingly refuse to sit down and thrash this out
for the life of me, i cannot determine which party has the stronger claim, as i hear differing opinions even from the consultants and other senior medics

The Antibiotics news is quite worrying too.

Because they don't trust Cameron, Hunt, or this government on their dealing with them or the future of the NHS.

Things are getting worse for Corbyn in Scotland. They are only two points ahead of the Conservatives.

One of the comments I agree with :-

11% pay rise and they call that bad?
Most of us in the private sector get contract changes quite regularly, we don't get our knick knacks in a twist, we just sign and move on.
The NHS has huge debt and is in a poor state so it needs to change yes? if it continues as-is (which is what this mob of loonies want) then it's going to go bust.
Change or collapse, those are the choices.

Junior doctors make up their money by working in excess of 90 hours a week.
Dave says they can work a max of 72 hours a week, and at increased ra£e.

I have worked 92 hours a week at security{many years past} and at the end, I was knackerd and worn out.
Junior Doc's sometimes have to make life or death decissions, even when they are knackerd and worn out.
But now they are saying that it's about the money and not the wellfare of the patient!!
Someone should point out to them that it is a HOSPITAL they are going to work in, not a morgue.

Listening to John Reid and David Blunkett makes you realize how far Labour has gone downhill. Now "led" by mental dwarfs supported by syncophants.