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.

H/S's fascination with a middle aged bearded man knows no bounds -):

..well really -):

This is what may finish Corbyn

http://www.money-marketuk.com/Politics/5679-corbyn-at-odds-with-his-party-over-trident.html

Back to JB again eh, okie dokie..

I hear Cameron is trying to change Downining street into a airstrip so he can go on holiday and make a hasty escape when Boris moves in.

Hays,

What concesssions is he getting over EU membership?


Pop down to the neo-fascist HQ and get the latest spin!

Poor old Cameron.

Perhaps, he picked up the wrong ideas from his new Chinese friend Chairman Maio.

And found there is nowhere to hide!

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Humbling of Sir Cover-Up: Crushing blow to Cabinet Secretary's bid to keep you in the dark as top mandarin demands MORE transparency
Sir Jeremy Heywood has been slammed over plans to water down FoI
His predecessor Lord Kerslake said that the act should be strengthened
He also accused ministers of double standards for wanting to restrict laws
Lord Kerslake was replaced by Sir Jeremy as the country's top civil servant
By DANIEL MARTIN CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FOR THE DAILY MAIL

PUBLISHED: 23:51, 14 December 2015 | UPDATED: 01:59, 15 December 2015


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Britain’s top civil servant was savaged yesterday over his plans to restrict the public’s right to know.

Sir Jeremy Heywood – dubbed Sir Cover-Up – has claimed the Freedom of Information Act is hampering the smooth running of government.

But yesterday his predecessor Lord Kerslake insisted this was wrong – if officials felt a ‘chilling effect’ it was ‘largely in their heads’.

Sir Jeremy Heywood – dubbed Sir Cover-Up – who has claimed the Freedom of Information Act is hampering the smooth running of government
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Sir Jeremy Heywood – dubbed Sir Cover-Up – who has claimed the Freedom of Information Act is hampering the smooth running of government

Lord Kerslake, who was pushed out of his post as head of the home civil service by Sir Jeremy, said the act should be strengthened rather than watered down because public trust in government was plummeting.

‘The default is to conceal, to hold things back,’ he said. ‘We have, in my view, a yawning gap between the governing and the governed in this country. The only way we can restore that trust is to become more accountable, not less. Anything which seems to restrict that accountability is a false move.’

Lord Kerslake accused ministers of double standards for seeking to restrict public access to information while at the same time leaking stories to the media. He said it was absurd for Chris Grayling, the leader of the Commons, to claim journalists were abusing the FoI Act in their pursuit of stories.

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More and more people are determined not to slip over to the dark side and are joining the Jedi church and religion so as to try and become better Jedi Knights.

I wondered if some of you on here might like to join with me in taking a quiet moment out of your routine and saying a Jedi prayer?

"Oh mighty Force

That art in every living thing

Its course and movement

Known and the unknown

Seen and the unseen

Here...there...and everywhere in the mystical energy field that surrounds us, penetrates us, and binds the galaxy together
Oh mighty Force, help me to become a better Jedi Knight
And not always to seek adventure and excitement
For the Jedi crave not these things

Instead, help me to learn the ways of the Force, that I may do thy work, to exercise a strong influence over the weak minded, perform many somersaults and handstands in thy name, ye, and with all else but death become a Jedi Knight, to have the deepest commitment, and the most studious mind

Teach me not to try, but to do, or do not, to unlearn what I have learned, and to finish what I begin.

Though that I am reckless, help me to complete my training so that I may become a Guardian of Peace, and Justice, and to forgive those that have become agents of evil...seduced by the Dark Side of the Force, guide my steps with wisdom so that I might not be tempted to join them, for once we start down the Dark Path, forever will it dominate our destiny, ye, teach me to use the force for knowledge and defense, never for attack, for verily thou art my ally, and a powerful ally thou art

Abiding in the great mystery it is ours to comprehend

Forever and ever oh Force, may thou be with me, always.

Trying to give it up Exec :0) Some bounce on CINE early doors. Got to be good for them.

Yes EL, a bit early for that sort of thing don't you think -):

St John's Ambulance wrapped in (yet another)'charity' scandal.

It's about time the Charity Commission clamped down on the great charity scandal whereby too many people are living the high life off the backs of the people they profess to help.

Billions more £'s would go direct to these causes if similar aimed charities were forced to amalgamate, thereby reducing the number of fat-cats feeding off the needy.

£252,000,000, yep £252 million went to accountants in 2013/2014 just to cover the charities accounts.
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so are you saying that as they are all medically centred, St John's, Air Ambulance, Lifeboats and similar should be blended?

i don't think so!

assuming your info is accurate, surely St John's and perhaps other charities should either have to justify the costs and/or there should be a rule that a minimum of say 65% (or more?) of donations should go to the work the cause does rather than to admin and similar
consistent failure to do so would lead to the withdrawal of charitable status

Large Charities are media driven advertisement PR consultancies.

Over 40-60 % of revenues going into administration and publicity not into front line servicing.

A bit like the present neo-fascist governing?

If you meet the meet a charity "organiser" ask when the last got their hands dirty.


8-)

Cynic, of course I'm not suggesting the charities in the example you quote should amalgamate, but as you mentioned medically linked, do you not think Breakthrough Breast Cancer; Breast Cancer Care; Breast Cancer Campaign and all other breast cancer charities could join forces? The huge savings could go to actually benefit breast cancer sufferers, and to find a cure.

There are 1,939 active charities focused on children: there are 354 separate charities for birds. Do you think that's an efficient use of donations?

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Hays i keep saying we will vote OUT of the EU come voting time ,the migrant problem from the Middle East has come at the right time straight after we were invaded from Eastern Europe .
Cameron will try to negotiate with the EU and when he gets nowhere will try and convince us he got some kind of deal (which he won't have) ,then it's the public who will vote out .

jimmy b----I read recently that even if we vote to leave, it's still not a given that we will.
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