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.

Following new EU sexual predator legislation, I hear the Welsh assembly now allows sheep to shoot farmers or shepherds that worry them...

Bring back happy memories for JB and Manuel.

You got that loop working again Fred .

68307 - "wetback" is the word you're looking for ...... it's deemed pretty insulting

The new electoral map will cut 50 Commons seats, of which 24 will be labour and 14 conservative. New seats will have between 71,031 and 78507 voters.
The new map will be produced by the Boundaries Commission in September and finalised two years later.
About time something was done about the Lords. Cut it by 70% and nobody would notice the difference.

No one could ever call Corbyn a wetback. Hardest work he does these days is riding his bike. Less arduous than riding you know who I suppose.

David Cameron's EU deal is a mandarin's dream

The Prime Minister's deal is not legally watertight, as Michael Gove warned, but it opens the door to a big judicial fight


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/12171636/David-Camerons-EU-deal-is-a-mandarins-dream.html



Viktor Orban, Hungary’s Prime Minister, has told his parliament that Cameron got nothing and reassures them that Hungarians who have not paid contributions will still get UK benefits:


“the real debate was about there being benefits which workers do not pay for, but for which they are nonetheless eligible. The question was what should happen with benefits paid to third-country nationals, for which no contributions are paid in Britain. Here, too, we have succeeded in ensuring that these social benefits cannot be taken away… This means that we have even succeeded in protecting benefits which people working in the United Kingdom did not pay for in the form of contributions.”

Quite literally, Orban is boasting that Hungarians in Britain will get something for nothing…


http://order-order.com/2016/02/25/hungarian-pm-boasts-well-still-get-benefits-without-paying-in/



And who knows what is coming down the tube after the referendum:

http://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-presses-brexit-hold-button-uk-referendum-campaign-eu-legislation/

iturama - imo HoL does a very good job in preventing many stupid excesses that some legislation proposes ...... of course it's not foolproof (no silly jokes please!), but many in that house are very hardworking and experienced in the real world

I dont have any problem with a second tier, but if the US can do with 100, I'm sure we can do with less. Currently there are 816, excluding 39 that are on leave of absence or otherwise disqualified. If those were reduced by 70%, there would still be around 250 of the old and wise. Actually almost all being elected nowadays (in the basest form of the term) are political party apparatchiks.
Since there are only 400 or so spaces in the Lords, a culling is well overdue.

I almost wrote 400 bum spaces but I didnt want to be misinterpreted C. :)

Well well the Muppets were back in numbers in my absence I see, out again and will deal with least ignorant one's later.

Can you get your head through the door , or is it stuck up your a*%@ . To Stan the Man .

Victim or Vicky,

tut, tut.

CC unless you have just landed from Mars or only talk to a small limited number of people you should know that the Police in general lost the confidence of the general public a long time ago, so trying to personalise it does your argument (for what it is) no credit whatsoever.

Stan I have no opinion of the Police one way or other. You have obviously, your problem not mine.

Running a dog over and killing it, to prevent a serious accident and loss of human life in those circumstances in my opinion was justified. You disagree, fine. May as well try and knit fog to convince you otherwise.

thoroughly agree chris .... this was a one-off incident, and a case of needs must ..... had it been say a fox, no one would have said a dicky bird

Just on that note , the owner of the beagle has stated that the Police did the right thing .

Where ya' been then?

http://www.travbuddy.com/world-travel-map