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.

This was a silly idea. I suppose they thought that the police would go home and leave the van there because 5 people didn't want a new runway.

The inbound tunnel to Heathrow Airport has been blocked by climate change activists protesting at proposals to expand the West London airport.

Five people were arrested as members of campaign group Plane Stupid locked themselves into a vehicle they parked across the lanes of the main road into the airport.

Well, the "stupid" bit is on the money!

I thought Corbyn's remarks on the Syrian bombing discussion were thoughtful and sensible.
Syria is a mare's nest of conflicting political forces and unless there is a consensus between Russia, Turkey and the west, backed by the people they represent, no coordinated advance will be made to clear out da'ish and allow people to resettle.
Until that is done, I believe any british force should be focused purely in support of the Kurds to allow them to regain all of their traditional areas and create a safe zone outside.
Assad has to be part of the equation at least for the reconstruction period.

One problem is that Putin wants Assad to stay. We may end up in conflict with Russia if we bomb Assad's forces as part of the process.

Amongst many things which is puzzling me about the M.E. at the moment is what are the Israelis considering about in relation to the "situation".

They are very quiet, or perhaps I am looking it the wrong directions.

Another, if "we" "flatten" Syria in an attempt to wipe out ISIL many who seem to have already spread to other areas of the world (Tunisia, Turkey, France, UK USA etc.) will it make the Streets of the UK safer?

If so how much safer and at what overall costs?

Just asking!

I believe Putin wants Assad to stay in the interim. We shouldnt be bombing anyone apart from IS in the kurd areas, or in a safe zone outside, until a post conflict political road map has been agreed.

any israeli participation in the syrian conflict will be kept under covers for decades just as it was in the oman civil war of the early 60s

Interesting figures on immigration.


If the government can't keep their promises on the levels, how can anyone trust this government figures on anything?

Haze, quick, off to PHQ to ask Lynton what the new ideas are and what to say!

fred - stop running with the fox and hunting with the hounds

Hidden away towards the back of the Autumn Statement was the section on “Reducing the cost of politics”, which consists of a modest 19% reduction in Short money allocations. This means the taxpayer-funded wedge to which opposition parties are entitled will be cut by millions. Good news for the taxpayer, bad news for the already massively in debt Labour Party.

Below is the sum each party was previously due to receive in each year of this parliament. In brackets is what a 19% cut would potentially look like:

Labour: £6.2 million (£1,178,000 CUT)

SNP: £1.2 million (£228,000 CUT)

UKIP: £650,000 (£123,500 CUT)

LibDems: £540,000 (£102,600 CUT)

Greens: £212,000 (£40,280 CUT)

A handy benefit of being a Chancellor with an eye on the next election is you can severely wound your opponents where it hurts: in the pocket…

Manuel,

Not, when is supports my cause!

Aldi has re-entered the war of the Christmas ads with a cheeky take on the John Lewis Man on the Moon tearjerker.

Jean Jones, the pensioner with a penchant for Aldi gin who first appeared on screens in 2011, returns as the "Christmas friend" to cheer up a lonely old man on the moon who bears a striking resemblance to the star of the John Lewis ad.


Aldi's man in the moon comparing telescope prices

The ad opens with the gentleman comparing the price of telescopes at John Lewis and Aldi, before he is cheered even more by the sight of Jean flying across the sky in an armchair held aloft by a bunch of balloons.

Jonathan Neale, joint managing director of corporate buying at Aldi, said: "Jean quickly became a national treasure for her love of our Oliver Cromwell London Dry Gin when she first appeared on screens in 2011. ("My husband likes this tea and he also likes this tea. I don't like tea. I like Gin.")

"We're confident our customers will be excited by her return this Christmas."

The full two-minute John Lewis ad, featuring the story of a young girl named Lily striking up a connection with an elderly man living alone on the moon, had been watched around 5.9 million times within the first 24 hours of it appearing on YouTube earlier this month.

Aldi's offering, which is set to My Favourite Things from The Sound Of Music - recorded by up-and-coming British artist Jade Williams, was watched just under 7,000 times in the 14 hours after it was uploaded.

The new Aldi ad kicked off on TV screens last night.

if assad must be removed because of is policies then why are we not going to remove the biggest tyrant on the plant a real evil regime Saudi

apart from the more obvious reasons, if you depose the current saudi regime, you could easily end up with something far more radical, controlled by the wahhabi

cynic the king is evil a thousand times worse than assad

yet Cameron and the royals seat and eat with the scumbag
he drinks along with is family yet the peasants can not he speaks with a false lying tongue the best wine money can buy for him

hey numpty .... try reading

H/S whats the cut in your "Con" Party in post 65362?

Stan,

Just another donation, or commercial bribe or two from the Cayman Isles with perhaps a few exiles in Austria etc. throwing a bob or two into their kitty.

Everyday arse l.

I am sure you will be pleased to know that the cuts do not involve the government in power. That's nice, isn't it.

Well well.. now there's a surprise.