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.

Haze,

David Cameron has urged people to reflect on Britain's Christian values in his Christmas message.
The PM said the country's "important religious roots" made it "a successful home to people of all faiths and none"
.Cameron wouldn't know what Christian values were.

He is a hypocrite.

Sorry, tory.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day (Liberal).

Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (Conservative).

Promise a man someone else's fish and he'll vote Labour.

Promise a man unlimited fish at no cost and he will vote Corbyn and then tell him you have run out of fish and bread is in short supply.

Manuel,

More than you think!

Did not see a a minute of the apprentice this time...but the winner looks like Benny Blanco from the Bronx... reformed....Carlito...Carlito...Sugar....or Sparks resucitated....this town ain't too big for the both us....ta da..da..da..da...euh euhuh huhuh...whatever happened to them...?...

Good one Stan :-)

yep Stan...funny....Merry Xmas all....and wish you all happy Vladimir Putin 2016 calendars......(Abi Titmuss might be better)...but it's the thought that counts....

Sales of Jeremy Corbyn calendar ‘Disappointing’, confirm retailers

Sales of Jeremy Corbyn’s 2016 calendar have been sluggish, according to retailers this morning.

The Labour leader posed in a wide variety of improbable environments for the calendar, which has so far sold 14 copies in 2 months.

“I’m not sure why they aren’t shifting,” said Head of Calendars, Simon Williams, “even the Vladimir Putin calendar has sold more.”

“Maybe people just aren’t into the photos, but I rather like them.”

“January’s photo features Jeremy chained bollock-naked to nuclear reactor on a cold day, while February has a valentine’s theme with him uncomfortably offering a white rose to the camera.”

“I’m most proud of October, where Jeremy embraces the Halloween spirit by dressing up as your children’s future under the continued grip of corporate capitalism.”

“But despite this wealth of creativity, we’ve hardly sold any, and the 14 we have sold appear to have gone to a Miss D. Abbott of Westminster.”

“I’d like to thank her for her support, and for her inspired suggestion for the January photo.”

sorry max - it was in today's FT

New Year 2016:

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Boost for David Cameron EU renegotiation as Merkel and Hollande make migrant benefit offer

Eurosceptics will claim that Mr Cameron has failed in his flagship bid to stop benefits claims by EU migrants for four years



Big Dave's fighting again



By Peter Dominiczak, Political Editor

2:47PM GMT 25 Dec 2015


David Cameron's EU renegotiation has been given a boost after it emerged that Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande have offered to allow him to stop migrants claiming benefits in the UK for three years.


The two EU leaders have suggested the compromise deal in a bid to save Mr Cameron's flagging renegotiation and ensure Britain does not leave the EU.


Mr Cameron had initially demanded that Britain is able to stop EU migrants claiming in-work benefits for four years.


However, this was overwhelmingly rejected by EU leaders, who said that it threatened the principle of "freedom of movement".


The news that Mrs Merkel and Mr Hollande have offered the deal will be welcomed by Downing Street and will allow Mr Cameron to claim that his renegotiation has been largely successful.


More miracles here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/12069131/Boost-for-David-Cameron-EU-renegotiation-as-Merkel-and-Hollande-make-migrant-benefit-offer.html

Three or four years, what's the difference? More important in my view is to deport those that shouldn't be here or in the EU.

i think there would be general consensus across the country for that - fred would be the inevitable objector

unfortunately, this is where we and others get hamstrung by the likes of the human rights act

Why did I think of the neo-cons and Manuel and other wannabes would want to share this:




Some wanting to bring back the 1930s and the "social" revolution1

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-not-trusted-to-safeguard-national-security-by-71-of-britons-a6787776.html

Jeremy Corbyn not trusted to safeguard national security by 71% of Britons

Exclusive: Survey's findings will worry Labour leader, with 54% of participants trusting David Cameron

Seven out of 10 people do not trust Jeremy Corbyn to safeguard Britain’s national security, according to an ORB poll for The Independent. Fifty-four per cent trust David Cameron to maintain the country’s security, while 46 per cent do not.

The findings of the survey of 2,000 people will worry Labour critics of their party leader, who claim that people would not vote for a potential prime minister they regard as weak on security.

Terrorism, the Syria crisis and the question of whether to renew Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons system are bound to keep the issue in the spotlight in 2016.

Lord (John) Hutton, the former Labour Defence Secretary, branded Mr Corbyn a threat to national security after the Labour leader said he would never press the nuclear button. The poll found that only 29 per cent of people trusted Mr Corbyn on the issue, while 71 per cent did not.

According to the results, men are more likely than women to have faith in Mr Cameron on security. Six out of 10 men (59 per cent) trust him on the issue, compared with 49 per cent of women.

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Haze,

Is this the man haunting you?