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.

If true sounds like it was staged, but would've gone down a storm i should
imagine..

I wonder where Sky gets its news readers. There are those that can't complete a sentence at normal cadence. They have to hang it out there as if they don't know what is coming next. "and - we - have- coming -up -for- you"
Then there is this weekend's duty reader Niall Paterson. While reporting on the 7 o'clock news on Saturday, he informed us that the investigation re the Texas balloon tragedy would probably be finishing until the following day since "it would be getting dark soon". Texas is 6 hrs behind us, making it just after 1pm at the time.
Then he reminded us about the 2013 tragedy at Luxor in Egypt that took 19 lives. "Luxor near the pyramids" Luxor is great for visiting Karnak, the Luxor temple, the valleys of the king and queens, even the Aswan dam, but to visit the pyramids you will need to travel about 400 miles north to Giza, outside Cairo. Doh!

What do you expect from the present government who has its own future in mind.

Somebody has to support Manuel.

Who wants to pay TAX not me, say the rich Israelis tax the Palestinian!


Israel's taxman investigating 8,000 accounts at HSBC in Switzerland
Mon, 1st Aug 2016 10:47 - By Steven Scheer

JERUSALEM, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Israel's tax authority, looking to crack down on unreported capital, said on Monday it has received a list from French authorities of more than 8,000 Israeli customers that held bank accounts at the Swiss arm of HSBC.

HSBC early last year acknowledged "past compliance and control failures" that may have allowed some customers to evade taxes.

Since February 2015, Israel's tax authority had been working to obtain the list of Israelis with accounts at HSBC Switzerland.

Having a Swiss bank account is not illegal in Israel as long as it is reported to authorities and taxes are paid. The tax authority said that it will spend the next few months examining the list of Swiss HSBC accounts and compare it with the authority's records.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which had coordinated the release of leaked data from HSBC in Switzerland, initially reported that Israel ranked sixth among 203 countries whose citizens were customers, with 6,554 Israelis holding accounts worth $10 billion.

"Getting the list is one of the most significant outcomes of the fight against undeclared capital and it joins the legislative moves and other measures to obtain information on bank accounts and assets held by Israelis abroad," said Moshe Asher, head of the Israel Tax Authority.

The authority has offered immunity from criminal prosecution by anyone who comes forward to report an account abroad. It has so far received 5,360 requests worth 18.6 billion shekels ($5 billion).

Asher called on those Israelis who have not yet reported capital to do so now. Those applying for amnesty are still liable for back taxes and penalties.

Israeli newspapers had reported that among the Israelis on the list were bank owners and directors, diamond and real estate moguls, retired military officers, public and private company heads, well-known lawyers, a "popular" TV presenter, artists, soccer players, sports agents, a retired judge and a former prosecutor.

The tax authority previously arrested 32 people over secret accounts worth tens of millions of dollars held at UBS in Switzerland.

The dishonours list.

What did you expect from a self-sacking PM of a corrupt administration?

Market forces "dear boy".

Some of the others on the list must feel grubby.

Perhaps, Theresa may have a market auction for said "honours"when she departs.

-=-=-=

Manuel and Haze.

You never know, if you dig deep (very deep) in your pockets you could get on the next list.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/01/jeremy-corbyn-calls-for-law-to-limit-pms-powers-to-deploy-special-forces

Jeremy Corbyn denies living in "a bubble of adulation"

He must have given up on that bubble of adulation called Diane Abbott in that case. I suspect you are a secret admirer of Corbyn Hays. You are always posting about him; the rest of us just don't care.

You would care if he was PM.

I'm not sure how true the following is, but anyway, here goes:

IMPORTANT MESSAGE.

ESSEX POLICE HAVE JUST BEEN ON BBC ESSEX RADIO, IF ANYONE IS ASKED TO STOP ON THE M11 or M25 by a UNMARKED SILVER MONDEO POLICE CAR.

DO NOT STOP FOR THEM. THEY ARE THIEVES AND WILL STEAL YOUR CAR. THERe ARE 3 guys in POLICE UNIFORM AND A FIREARM WAS SEEN.

ESSEX POLICE HAVE SAID IF POSSIBLE PHONE 999 and if you do have to pull over, make sure it is somewhere busy.

ESSEX POLICE HAVE SAID THEY ARE NOT USING UNMARKED POLICE CARS, UNTIL,THESE PEOPLE ARE CAUGHT. THIS HAS HAPPENED THIS WEEK.

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILIES ETC.... JUST BE CAREFUL.

Seems to be true. It has been reported by quite a number of newspapers and other media.

http://www.itv.com/news/2016-08-01/should-george-osborne-share-honour-with-stephen-hawking/



Professor Hawking has also been recognised for his work on quantum mechanics and his theory that black holes emit radiation.


George Osborne is well known for his omnishambles budget of 2012, his controversial austerity programme, his political loyalty to David Cameron and missing his own deficit targets by more than half a decade.

Put a woman into No. 10 and the violence escalates...

The cat wars of Downing Street have escalated to "worrying" levels, after another fierce scrap between Number 10's Larry and Foreign Office mouser Palmerston.

Larry has already been treated by a vet for an injury to his right front paw following a scrap with his black and white adversary.

The latest bout had to be broken up by a seasoned political photographer, who has charted the hostilities in recent weeks.

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home has revealed it has stepped in to try to end the turf war, after calls for something to be done before one of the cats is seriously injured.

The animal rescue centre said one of its feline welfare specialists had been in contact with both Downing Street and the Foreign Office.

Battersea's head of catteries, Lindsey Quinlan, said she recommended that Larry and Palmerston have "temporary restrictions" put on their outside access to "reduce the risk of them meeting in their early days".

Monday morning's fight saw scraps of fur lying all over Downing Street and both cats limping away - Larry having had his collar ripped off - after being separated.

Aussie ad lampooning Trump and his stupid Mexican wall is banned in the USA (but not here! Tee hee hee):

Trump's wall: Is it feasible?

Should the NHS provide preventative HIV drugs for those high risk groups at a monthly cost of £400 per person. The report says per patient but these are people who are not sick but may catch HIV through their lifestyle. When does personal responsibility, or a plain old fashioned condom kick in?

Isn't the treatment a preventative and the cost actually nearer to £400 PER WEEK?

From: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/02/users-of-hiv-prevention-prep-urge-nhs-to-fund-life-changing-medicine

Users of HIV prevention PrEP urge NHS to fund 'life-changing' medicine
NHS can now legally fund HIV prevention drug PrEP. We spoke to those already taking it about how it has changed their lives

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), sold as Truvada, has been shown to be highly effective in preventing HIV transmission.

Tuesday 2 August 2016 17.14 BST
Last modified on Tuesday 2 August 2016 17.53 BST

Men and women across the UK at risk of acquiring HIV were offered hope after a high court ruled that a preventative treatment for HIV – known as PrEP – can be legally funded by the NHS.

Until now, those at risk of HIV transmission have been left with no choice but to obtain the preventative drug using private prescriptions or online pharmacies where the quality of medicine cannot always be assured.

Michael, 39, who lives in Sussex, buys Tenvir-EM – a generic version of Truvada, the drug used for PrEP – from online pharmacies. His partner is HIV positive and he takes PrEP to further reduce the “infinitesimal chances” of infection.

“The NHS is digging its heels on reviewing the drug so I, and many in my position, turn to internet pharmacies. I’d much prefer it to be available on the NHS. I would happily pay the prescription charge several times over, if only for the reassurance that the medicines are genuine. For now, I rely on good faith,” says Michael.

Dr Will Nutland, founder of Prepster – a PrEP awareness website – and a public health worker at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, began taking the drug this year in part to protect against HIV transmission, but also to test the quality of online purchases.

“I’ve been sexually active for 30 years and I’ve always had the risk that HIV could be transmitted; condoms can break. I bought my first box of PrEP over a year ago as I wanted to demonstrate how easy it is to get hold of. It cost £45 from India. I thought, if I was advocating for it, then I must be prepared to take them myself. I found that, broadly, it was a simple process although I once had to pay 25% import duties,” says Nutland.

About 4,000 people acquire HIV in the UK every year. The average cost of a lifetime of treating each patient at current prices is put at about £360,000. Nutland believes that this cost could be eliminated.

Michael James, 49, from London, buys three months’ supply at a time from an online pharmacy in India at a cost of £150. But he is worried about safety, and angry with the NHS for discriminating against those at risk of HIV transmission.

“Of course it is a risk not knowing the quality and effectiveness of the medication but this is the only option many of us have. It’s a disgrace to be discriminated against in such a way by the government, who continue to handball the responsibility from authority to authority at the risk and expense of the individual,” says James.

PrEP activist Will Nutland believes the drug could hugely reduce the number of HIV cases.

Nutland isn’t personally concerned about the safety of PrEP bought over the internet, instead he believes the greatest problem is that those most at risk cannot afford to buy the drugs.

“There’s a Facebook group, where people swap information and batch numbers. There are about 100 of us in the UK, who test at sexual health clinics to measure the amount of the drug in our blood. There hasn’t been one person whose test hasn’t shown the drug, the only issue being when the tests have been taken too soon, too little of the drug shows up.

“The website IwantPrEPnow lists four reputable pharmacies. I don’t personally have any concerns with the drugs coming in. A major problem is affordability. I can afford the £45 a month, but the people who should use it might not be able to,” he says.

Although it is a positive that PrEP is easy to get, Nutland worries that may stop people from having advisable health checks before taking the drug, which is another reason that he is urging the NHS to fund the drug.

“It’s a concern that people using PrEP are doing so without HIV tests and kidney function tests,” he says. “If it was through an NHS commission, through a sex clinic, there would be a full barrage of tests. People are not safeguarding other things. Those who can protect themselves. Buying online is a stopgap until it’s properly available.”

One of my favourite TV personalities, Mike Brewer of 'Wheeler Dealers' fame:

'Angry' Kinnock slams private schools and then sends daughter to £29k-a-year one

LABOUR MP Stephen Kinnock has criticised private schools despite sending his daughter to two including a £28,600-a-year fee-paying school in Wales, according to reports in the Danish press.



PUBLISHED: 00:00, Tue, Aug 2, 2016 | UPDATED: 15:20, Tue, Aug 2, 2016


http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/523144/Kinnock-slams-private-schools-then-sends-daughter-to-29k-a-year-one