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.

Forgot about this, Peter Dimmock snuffs it, A very influential BBC man in his time: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12010432/Peter-Dimmock-broadcaster-obituary.html

Robbed from across the road...

That Dianne Abbott what a witch!

Middle aged men with beards more your cup of tea then CC -):

Probably better than a fat racist witch.

Tell you what Stanley, God forbid if I was gay, but I'll tell you what the bearded one would be well safe!! LOL!!! Only Dianne Abbott would wan't to get down and sexy with JEZZA. Would imagine a good shower would kill him, and his school cap is hiding inside the beard. But hey Stanley whatever floats your boat. (being a Burnley fan your fantasies with sheep will stand you in good stead with sexy Di) fill your boots! :0)

oldham
very good result indeed for labour, though one can think of a number of reasons why that should have been ....... and of course similarly had labour had a vile time

my view is that it was an endorsement of the new MP who is very local and clearly a very popular and hard working councillor

i certainly don't see it as a pro-corbyn/mccluskey rally

the large muslim population also takes much "guidance" from the local imam and husbands, and hard to see that they would be openly in favour of the expanded bombing in syria
does that make them all pro-IS and terrorism as MrT would have us believe?
assuredly not, though one would have hoped for a much more public and louder condemnation from the muslim elders and similar even of the paris massacre ...... and a similarly valid point can be made of jewish leaders in uk about israel and the palestinians

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meanwhile
easy to be distracted down by the pool in dubai
it's surprisingly hot here still ..... as is the eye-candy!

eat your hearts out :-)

I'm a bit puzzled by the US , the latest shooting they had not long got married and had a six month old baby . They know they were in touch with radical muslim's before hand but it may be workplace related . If you see the arms they had I'd say it's pretty obvious .

partially yes, but what motive for the target

Maybe easy target of build up of people , they say they think there was second target also .

don't know
however, the amis will want to make out that there is no direct link to the attack being terrorist-organised even if the perpetrators were radicals and that way inclined

So basically they don't want to admit it was ISIS inspired on their own soil . It's a bit like I thought really .

that's my reading of it
why spread panic?
meanwhile you can bet a lot of peeps will suddenly mot be at home

Where's Freddie Kruger this morning lining up his days oratoria ( not sure it's a word that )

Max,

I think Benn junior is relatively and at least thinks. Don't agree with all his policies but at least considers others.

Wedgie, disagreed with a lot of his ideology, but again I thought sincere.

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But just watch Cameron!

I can hear the splash!

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PS,

How many votes and what was the % of votes for the tories in Oldham?

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found :

Labour has comfortably won its first parliamentary byelection since Jeremy Corbyn became leader, storming ahead of Ukip by more than 10,000 votes in Oldham West and Royton in Greater Manchester.

Jim McMahon, the 35-year-old leader of Oldham council, will swap the town hall for Westminster after persuading 17,209 people to vote for him. Turnout was 40.26%, down from 59.6% at the general election in May, but not an embarrassment on a very rainy Thursday in December. McMahon increased Labour’s share of the vote to 62.27%, up 7.49%.

Live Corbyn: Jim McMahon's Oldham win is a 'vote of confidence' in Labour – live
Rolling coverage of reaction to Labour’s Jim McMahon winning the Oldham West and Royton byelection, with Jeremy Corbyn planning a visit to celebrate his victory
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Ukip’s John Bickley, a Cheshire-based businessman, was runner-up, on 6,487. It was his fourth second place in Greater Manchester in less than two years, having lost out to Labour in byelections in Wythenshawe and Sale East in February 2014 and Heywood and Middleton in October 2015, failing again there in May’s general election.

The Conservatives were third on 2,596. The Liberal Democrats 1,024, the Greens 249. The Monster Raving Loony party were last, on 141.

In a statement McMahon said: “I am delighted to have been elected tonight. Michael Meacher was a close friend of mine and he was admired by people across the country as someone who worked tirelessly for the causes he believed in. I will do my best to live up to those high standards.


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I suppose the tories were considered a better choice than the Monster Raving Loony party.


JUST.

Good ol postal votes, they'll win it every time...



Farage's Fury Over Oldham By-Election Result

Labour dismisses a claim that postal voting was "bent", saying there is "nothing wrong" with people not supporting UKIP.




Nigel Farage wrote a furious tweet about the Oldham West and Royton by-election - even before the result had been declared.


As candidates were told about the outcome behind closed doors, the UKIP leader tweeted: "As a veteran of over 30 by-elections, I have never seen such a perverse result.

"Serious questions need to be asked."

Mr Farage later claimed he had evidence from an "impeccable source" that postal voting was "bent".

According to Sky's Political Editor Faisal Islam, UKIP supporters were "angry and annoyed" as the votes were counted.



http://news.sky.com/story/1599586/farages-fury-over-oldham-by-election-result